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LATEST CD RELEASE
TERMINATRYX - "Remyx v1.0"
The much anticipated full remix album of the self-titled TERMINATRYX release,
feat. international & local remixers was released mid-December 2011

Click Here For Secure Global On-Line Orders


TX RMX

Click Here for remix info.
Order the album now at www.OneWorld.co.za and www.HighFidelity.co.za
For a limited time the TERMINATRYX back catalog and related releases (incl. the "Kopskoot!" Afrikaans compilation CD
and "V.O.D - Archives Vol. II" DVD) is available at a very special price of only R69 (under $10) at the links above.
(secure global orders)



TERMINATRYX Debut Album vs Remixes Clip
Below is an extensive trailer feat. extracts from all the TERMINATRYX debut album songs,
each alternated with their new remixed versions (+ bonus tracks) :

 
  TERMINATRYX debut album & "Remyx v1.0" twin trailer © 2012 Flamedrop Productions


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APRIL 2013


TERMINATRYX
New Album Recording

Studio time has been booked for the next Terminaryx album, across most of the month of May 2013!


Terminatryx Paul

Two of the new tracks have already been recorded with co-producer Theo Crous at Bellville Studios.
With pre-production currently taking place at Flamedrop Productions, the first half of May will be spent at Bellville Studios,
while for the other half Terminatryx will invade Simon Ratcliffe's Sound & Motion Studios.

An IndieGoGo campaign is being activated.
Regular studio updates will appear on the Facebook page, Twitter and YouTube -
Like, follow and subscribe at
www.facebook.com/Terminatryx
www.twitter.com/Terminatryx

www.youtube.com/Terminatryx




TERMINATRYX
in Playboy Magazine

Playboy Terminatryx
click here
for the review



MARCH 2013


Paul from TERMINATRYX and V.O.D
will be one of the judges for the Wacken Metal Battle - South Africa

Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/494175077311517/

Paul Terminatryx Wacken



TERMINATRYX LIVE
with MEGALODON and INFANTERIA
Friday 29 March 2013
at BUCKLEYS, Edward Str, Bellville
FREE entry
Terminatryx

The event will be the pre-album launch show of Megalodon's debut album "Darkness In Sonance".

RSVP at the Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/529302183787999


FEBRUARY 2013


THE NEXT TERMINATRYX STUDIO ALBUM

Sonja Terminatryx


News will follow soon on a prospective release date of the next Terminatryx studio album,
as the band is awaiting news on where they'll fit into the solidly booked Bellville Studios schedule
to finished the rest of the recording.
Some of the tracks will be available for free soon.

JANUARY 2013


"SCARS"
TRACK RECORDING SESSIONS FOR UPCOMING NEW TERMINATRYX ALBUM !


Terminatryx in the studio
R - L : Sonja (Terminatryx vocals) and Theo (engineer / producer)

Early January 2013 Paul & Sonja entered Bellville Studios with Theo Crous to record the new track "Scars"
(set to appear on the next full length album)

Thursday 3 January:
Worked on some string / synth arrangements and bass lines underneath the imported Pro Tools demo session of the song.
(Head out to a workshop with Theo to check out the new spray job on his Lamborghini).
Towards the end of the first day, we also laid down Sonja's guide vocal track for the song, which can in fact be
retained as backing to the main vocal (to be recorded 15 Jan).

Friday 4 January:
Paul and Theo incorporated some rhythm guitar tracks, and considered the song's structure and key,
and whether it should be shifted up... Used both Paul's Epiphone Les Paul shape flame-job guitar, and the
studio's white Gibson Explorer.
Paul lay down live drums to be blended with the programmed beats for more punch.

Friday 15 January:
F
inished tracking all the instruments - last bits included lead & backing vocals, a few guitar leads & distorted bass guitar
(on Paul's 4-string Hohner / Steinberger) .
While constantly tweaking as the sessions progressed, Theo will now shape and mix the rest of it. First mix expected soon!


(An in-studio video is in the works which will feature clips of the process and the song with interviews).


Check out some studio pix at the Facebook Gallery

Pre-production continues on the rest of the new album's songs.



TERMINATRYX LIVE
at EVENT HORIZONS'
THE UNDERGROUND IN: Chapter II
ROAR / Gandalfs
299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town

12 January 2013

Underground II

Line-up :

Terminatryx
Wargrave
Sindulgence
The Devil Sent Me Back
Betray The Skyline
Mora Mortem
We Seek Vengeance
No. XV
Geheime Skaduwee

Event page:
http://www.facebook.com/events/453610701341548




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AUGUST 2012

NO TERMINATRYX AUGUST LIVE SHOWS

terminatryx live

Terminatryx guitarist Patrick and his partner Dauline are heading to Slovenia for a holiday
at Metal Camp to enjoy some of their favourite bands, so there will be no Terminatryx live shows for August.



TERMINATRYX MUSIC TO HIT mp3 STORES!

itunes

The ball is rolling to get all the Terminatryx tracks onto iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, CD Baby and more.
More info coming soon!


JULY 2012

NEW TERMINATRYX TRACK

sonja terminatryx

The new Terminatryx song "Shadow"
was submitted to the MK music channel's MVP project where they select about a dozen songs
for which they supply a music video budget.
"Shadow"
was inspired by the silent movie Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde during the Terminatryx-linked Makabra Ensemble
soundtrack created for its performance at the 2011 South African HorrorFest Film Festival.
From there it developed into a darkly evocative song and has had good response at live shows.
It was recorded at Flamedrop Productions with additional recording and mixing at
Bellville Studios with Theo Crous late June.


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TERMINATRYX FEATURE
IN GORGEOUS FREAKS


Catch the Terminatryx feature in Gorgeous Freaks Magazine issue 8.

Check it out at
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/406595



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FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THE NEXT TERMINATRYX ALBUM
Early-July the band head out to the Cape West Coast for a weekend to plot the course
of the next album. A dozen songs were selected (including "Shadow"), so the ball is in motion.


JUNE 2012

TERMINATRYX-driven MAKABRA ENSEMBLE
Live Silent Movie Soundtrack Performance To
M E T R O P O L I S


makabra ensemble
group pic by ronnie belcher

The Makabra Ensemble will be performing a new soundtrack to the screening of Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 film METROPOLIS at
Celludroid Mach III, the 3rd annual Sci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival (29 June - 5 July).

This single performance at Celludroid will happen Saturday 30 June, 9pm
@ The Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town
To book, call 021 424 5927
Event site: www.CELLUDROID.net


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Celludroid Facebook Event Page

Live sound provided by
Point Blanc Event Tech Solution


TERMINATRYX
"Obsession"
Global On-Line Music Video Launch

 
TERMINATRYX "Obsession" Music Video
©
2012 Flamedrop Productions


Terminatryx Sonja

The new "Obsession" music video by South Africa's ultimate female-fronted Industrial-Metal band TERMINATRYX
will have its on-line launch Friday morning 8 June!
Watch the video above, or at http://youtu.be/o4wM9w79_YI

[ "Obsession" written by Holly Knight & Michael Des Barres, popularized in 1984 by Animotion ]

This version of the song is one of the bonus tracks on the Terminatryx remix album, "Remyx v1.0".
Produced early-March 2012, the music video made its theatrical debut at the CineMacabre short film event in late-April,
was part of the X Fest film festival's short film collection mid-May, and made its live environment debut on the Terminatryx video backdrop
during the World Goth Day live set late-May.

Terminatryx

Directed by Terminatryx co-founder Paul Blom, the music video concept has a voyeur watching the band members in four different locations
via spy-cam, while the "Obsession" music video plays on a laptop. But all is not well...
The voyeur is played by Theo Crous (Springbok Nude Girls; K.O.B.U.S.). He was also a part of the song's production with the
guitars and live drums recorded and mixed at his Bellville Studios (vocals, programming and other production at Flamedrop and iRONic).
Theo also contributed additional guest rhythm guitar to the song.
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Terminatryx Obsession

MAY 2012

TERMINATRYX LIVE AT WORLD GOTH DAY

Terminatryx goth day

TERMINATRYX will hit the stage as the official live act at Cape Town's World Goth Day celebration event,
the Carnevale Di Sangue masked ball!

Saturday 26 May at Mercury, De Villiers Str, Cape Town, ZA
The show will focus on the band's live renditions of the remixes from their "Remyx v1.0" album, and include a few surprises,
a live track debut and be the official launch of the new "Obsession" music video.
Gotham The Entity, Phoenix and DarkPower have joined forces to bring you a night to remember, taking over the entire Mercury complex.
2 dance floors, DJs, live stage, Wolf Clothing stall, Marilyn Manson's new album promo & give-aways, plus much more.

CLICK HERE for the Facebook Event Page
Terminatryx Goth Day 2012



DR-BENWAY PHOTOSHOOT

Mid-May Terminatryx will team up again with their favourite photographer Dr-Benway
for an experimemntal photo-shoot - its theme being a homage to classic paintings.
Stay tuned.



THEATRICAL SCREENINGS OF TERMINATRYX MUSIC VIDEOS

4 May 2012
sci fi london
The TERMINATRYX "Virus" music video will screen at the SCI-FI-LONDON festival at the BFI!
All info at: www.sci-fi-london.com
Click Here to watch the "Virus" video


11 May 2012
x fest
The new TERMINATRYX "Obsession" music video will be part of the X FLIX short film collection at the 5th annual X FEST Extreme Film Festival
All info at:
www.XFEST.org

("Obsession" will soon be officially launched on-line at: www.YouTube.com/Terminatryx)

 

APRIL 2012


TERMINATRYX
"Midnight (The Awakening Remix)"
New Music Video
(
Launched 20 April 2012)



TERMINATRYX "Midnight (The Awakening Remix)" Music Video
©
2012 Flamedrop Productions

MARCH 2012


3 TERMINATRYX MUSIC VIDEOS

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Sonja Terminatryx Obsession


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Sonja - "Siek+Sat" make-up
Pic by Daleen Badenhorst
Sonja, on set of the "Obsession" shoot
Pic by Daulene Coetzee
Sonja - clip from "Midnight"
Pic by Paul Blom


The long overdue "Siek+Sat" Afrikaans video clip (with great make-up FX by Cosmesis), was shot in 2008, but shelved for various reasons, incl.
technical difficulties, and to avoid the possible confusion that Terminatryx is an Afrikaans band

From the new "Remyx v1.0" album comes a resurrection re-edit of the "Midnight" music video for The Awakening's remixed version of the track
(feat. clips from the legendary Nosferatu movie plus new elements)

"Midnight" on-line launch event on April 20th : www.facebook.com/events/ 365948916777051


One of the new remix album's bonus tracks is the cover version of Animotion's "Obsession",
with song collaborator Theo Crous also featuring in the video with a supernatural & voyeur theme.
"Obsession" will made its premiere launch screening at the Cinemacabre short film event (April 26th) & X Fest Extreme Film Festival (May 11th).
"Marked", the short film version of the "Virus" music video also screened at CineMacabre
CineMacabre: http://www.facebook.com/events/274736445947112

X Fest site: www.XFEST.org

The video launched on Jun 8th - watch it here: http://youtu.be/o4wM9w79_YI

click here for images from the "Obsession" video shoot.


These are all Flamedrop Productions.
Special thanks to Media Film Services (Cape Town) for lighting assistance.


FEBRUARY 2012

 

Terminatryx Remyx v1.0


Various reviews of the TERMINATRYX "Remyx v1.0" album :


rolling stone


TERMINATRYX "Remyx v1.0"
in Rolling Stone Magazine
(Feb 2012 issue)
click here
muse oct 12
TERMINATRYX "Remyx v1.0"
in MUSE Magazine
(Oct/Nov 2011 issue)
click here
Kultur 5

TERMINATRYX "Remyx v1.0"
in KULTUR Magazine
(Jan 2012 issue)
click here


JANUARY 2012


METAL 4 AFRICA'S 2012 SUMMERFEST

28 JANUARY 2012
KLEIN LIBERTAS, Stellenbosch, Cape Town


Summerfest 2012

TERMINATRYX returns to Summerfest and will hit the stage as part of the band's "Remyx v1.0" album launch shows.
Click Here
for Slippery Lyzard's low-down on the event


Full line-up & info at:
www.Metal4Africa.com
and

www.facebook.com/events/137974879643880


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ROCK THE RIVER NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL
31 DECEMBER 2011 - 2 JANUARY
2012
Cape Town Ostrich Ranch, West Coast, CT

Terminatryx 2011

The first ever new year's show by TERMINATRYX will be on 1 January 2012 at Rock The River (around 7pm).
Other bands will include MIND ASSAULT, AXXON, STRIDENT, FOKOFPOLISIEKAR, HOG HOGGIDY HOG
& dozens more.

The TERMINATRYX performance is part of
the "Remyx v1.0" album launch shows.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284358398259139

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DECEMBER 2011

TERMINATRYX "Remyx v1.0" GLOBAL LAUNCH
Saturday 10 December
Streamed live from Sound & Motion Studios, 19:30 SAST
at this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/terminatryx
(scroll down for info and time zones)

TX RMX

hamer

The 2011 Sound On Screen Music Film Festival will close on Saturday 10 December at 7:30pm with a special global live performance streaming event by TERMINATRYX, for the release of their ambitious international remix album, "Remyx v1.0", with a set containing both original tracks and live versions of remixes from their self-titled debut album (released via ENT Entertainment).

The location is the intimate White Room at Sound And Motion Studios (Cape Town), with a small select group of invited guests & press, but the performance will be
streamed on-line to the rest of the world - exact international time zones listed below.
(A special private show for City Varsity will happen the night before)

Access the webcast at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/terminatryx

Promoted via the Sound On Screen Film Festival, one lucky winner from the collected audience poll cards will be drawn to win the slick HAMER electric guitar (pictured left) from PAUL BOTHNER MUSIC, Claremont (Tel: 021 674 4030)

Contributing remixers in this project include international artists like the legendary Martin Degville from Sigue Sigue Sputnik with Lloyd Price (UK), Sheep On Drugs (UK), Industriezone (Austria), Modern-e-Quartet (Greece), The Awakening (USA), and local acts incl. Mr Sakitumi, Battery 9, Axxon, NuL, iRONic, Jekyll & Hyde.

For info on the remix album, see www.TERMINATRYX.com/remix


To celebrate the remix album, the TERMINATRYX catalogue (CD & DVD) will be available as limited special of only R69 each at www.OneWorld.co.za

CLICK HERE


The TERMINATRYX remix album launch streaming event is made possible with the assistance of:

sound motion
point
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bothner
  wildfire wolf  
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TIME ZONES FOR TERMINATRYX ON-LINE STREAMING
(please double check your location's time-zone independently)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/terminatryx

SOUTH AFRICA - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 SAST
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Saturday 10 December - 08:30 AKST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Saturday 10 December - 09:30 PST
DALLAS, TEXAS - Saturday 10 December - 11:30 CST
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Saturday 10 December - 12:30 EST
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
BARCELONA, SPAIN - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
SWAZILAND - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 SAST
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Saturday 10 December - 21:30 GST
LONDON, ENGLAND - Saturday 10 December - 17:30 GMT
HELSINKI, FINLAND - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 EET
PARIS, FRANCE - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
BERLIN, GERMANY - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
ATHENS, GREECE - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 EET
BERMUDA - Saturday 10 December - 13:30 AST
SANTIAGO, CHILE - Saturday 10 December - 14:30 CLST
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - Saturday 10 December - 14:30 ART
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Saturday 10 December - 15:30 BRST
VANCOUVER, CANADA - Saturday 10 December - 09:30 PST
TORONTO, CANADA - Saturday 10 December - 12:30 EST
NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA - Saturday 10 December - 14:00 NST
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
CAIRO, EGYPT - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 EET
HONG KONG - Saturday 10 December - 01:30 HKT
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - Saturday 10 December - 17:30 GMT
MUMBAI, INDIA - Saturday 10 December - 23:00 IST
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 IST
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Saturday 10 December - 11:30 CST
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 WAST
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
OSLO, NORWAY - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Saturday 10 December - 22:30 PKT
LIMA, PERU - Saturday 10 December - 12:30 PET
WARSAW, POLAND - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
LISBON, PORTUGAL - Saturday 10 December - 17:30 WET
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Saturday 10 December - 19:30 EET
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Saturday 10 December - 21:30 MSD
ROME, ITALY - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
BELGRADE, SERBIA - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - Saturday 10 December - 18:30 CET
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Sunday 11 December - 01:30 CST
BONGKOK, THAILAND - Sunday 11 December - 00:30 ICT
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Sunday 11 December - 06:30 NZDT
NORTH KOREA - Sunday 11 December - 02:30 KST
BALI, INDONESIA - Sunday 11 December - 01:30 WITA
VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA - Sunday 11 December - 04:30 VLAT
TOKYO, JAPAN - Sunday 11 December - 02:30 JST
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Sunday 11 December - 04:30 WST
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - Sunday 11 December - 01:30 WST


NOVEMBER 2011



Reviews of TERMINATRYX self-titled debut album & its "Remyx v1.0" version

Terminatryx debut
Terminatryx Remyx v1.0
2011 review of TERMINATRYX self-titled 2008 debut album in MUSE Online (Nov 2011) in anticipation of the remix album release - click here
TERMINATRYX "Remyx v1.0" Review
in MUSE Magazine (Oct/Nov 2011 issue)
click here



OCTOBER 2011


The TERMINATRYX "Virus" music video

"Once in every generation a plague shall fall upon you! 'Virus' by Terminatryx delivers a bone crushing, gut munching, spine tingling, supersonic blow to the cerebral cortex. Metal, mayhem and no holds barred lycanthropy. What more could you ask for?"
- Richard Stanley (writer/director of Hardware and Dust Devil)


The wild self-produced TERMINATRYX music video for the song "Virus" has been officially selected,
together with its extended short film version "Marked" at both the Barossa Film Festival (Australia)
and Salt Lake City Horror Film Festival (USA).
Over the 2011 Halloween weekend the "Virus" music video won BEST MUSIC CLIP at Barossa!
(See video below)

 
For more info on the production process & reaction to this exciting new clip, head to the video page


MAKABRA ENSEMBLE LIVE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
The TERMINATRYX-driven MAKABRA ENSEMBLE project will perform a new, live movie soundtrack
to the screening of the 1920 Dr. JEKYLL & Mr. HYDE at the 7th annual South African HORRORFEST
(Sunday 30 October, 9:15pm, Labia Theatre, Orange Street, Cape Town, ZA)
Makabra
Based on the legendary Robert Louis Stevenson tale of a respected doctor whose experiment to tap into his dark side
hurtles out of control with deadly consequences. This classic 1920 silent version was directed by John S. Robertson,
and stars John Barrymore, Charles Lane, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst.
Accompanying the visuals will be the premiere of the new live soundtrack performance by THE MAKABRA ENSEMBLE, their 6th movie scored to date.
The ensemble includes Sonja & Paul from Terminatryx (& V.O.D), Simon (Lark), Sean (Mr Sakitumi & Lark), and Matthijs Van Dijk,
with a wide range of instruments and styles, breathing new life into this cinematic landmark.
As one of the HorrorFest highlights, booking is essential, and the show will include the audience Halloween dress-up competition.

More HORRORFEST info at www.HORRORFEST.info
More MAKABRA ENSEMBLE info, all their movies scored, DVDs etc. at
www.terminatryx.com/makabra


Live sound by POINT BLANC Sound Solutions: www.pointblanc.co.za
Point Blanc


Live sound recording by SOUND & MOTION Studios: www.soundandmotion.co.za
Sound and Motion



SEPTEMBER 2011

Terminatryx

Here is the original self-titled Terminatryx cover design and its new transformed Remyx v1.0 rendition.
Remix album coming soon!
Original cover by Paul Blom, transformed version by Paul Blom & Dr-Benway
click here for the remix page


CLICK HERE
to order the TERMINATRYX self-titled album



AUGUST 2011


TERMINATRYX article in Muse Magazine issue 16
Catch the killer Terminatryx article by James Rose-Mathew
CLICK HERE

muse 16



JULY 2011


TERMINATRYX "Remyx v1.0" remix album mastering

Sound and Motion

Late-August the much anticipated TERMINATRYX Remyx v1.0 remix album will head in
for mastering with Simon "Fuzzy" Ratcliffe at Sound & Motion Studios, Cape Town.
www.SoundAndMotion.co.za




JUNE 2011



TERMINATRYX features in Muse Magazine issue 15
Check out the piece on TERMINATRYX at the Inside The Machine section
CLICK HERE

Muse 15



TERMINATRYX "Virus" music video



Sonja Terminatryx

The new horror-slanted TERMINATRYX "Virus" music video is on-line
Produced by Paul Blom & Sonja Ruppersberg; Directed by Paul Blom
Special make-up FX by Clinton Smith & his Cosmesis team;
Director Of Photography - Marnus Tredoux
Edited by Leon Visser

 

For more info on the production process of this exciting new clip, head to the video page


TERMINATRYX "Virus" Music Video on MK
In addition to the TERMINATRYX "Virus" music video
being playlisted on the MK Music TV Channel (DSTV),
the clip will also feature on the debut episode of the new MK show, ONDERGROND ("Underground"), the channel's first programme dedicated to the heavier and extreme side of music.

Catch it Wednesday 1 June 2011, 9:30pm

 

For more info on the production process of this exciting new clip, head to the video page

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CLICK HERE
for the news & info archive


> 2002 - 2003 <

...below follows the first TERMINATRYX on-line information blurb from 2002 / 2003...

The Birth Of A Notion 2003
Mid-2002 Sonja and Christina mused over a mutual fantasy to front a band of extreme sonic persuasions. The two of them (one a make-up artist, the other one of South Africa's most prestigious super models) clicked on a personal, social and professional level, coinciding on many planes - including musical taste. Paul (drummer of South Africa's most influential metal act VOICE OF DESTRUCTION and sole F8 member) set the wheel in motion, devising a concept and writing the songs to fit. Programming many tracks, adding bass guitar and keyboards where needed, the only extra touch required was that of a fearsome guitar. For 6-string duties Tom was called in (filler for V.O.D while Diccon resided in the UK).
With the music shaped, the girls were drawn in to reveal their vocal capabilities. Their clashing vocal types was a perfect counter blast for the multi-layered moods reflected in each song - from a whisper to a scream, they played off one another. Pre-production commenced at Flamedrop Studios (Cape Town, South Africa) in late 2002, winding up around August 2003 - leaving the task of recording proper ahead.

Motivation
TERMINATRYX did not undertake this audio task to please the status quo or appease the masses. The philosophy behind TERMINATRYX has always been a sense of non-compromised non-conformism, creating sounds with which the members can identify and have fun with, not producing a market oriented package. Although the double vision of the two incredibly attractive leads is not something to be ignored, the look and more-powerful-than-the-norm music attached to it may be hard for some to swallow. A wake-up call is never a bad thing (since 2003 Sonja took over as sole vocalist). South Africa's musical environment has always been a hostile one when it comes to extreme music (especially the locally created variety). The female pop "stars" are inevitably bottle blonde puppets with saccharine vacant songs as nauseating as a no-holds-barred trip through Willie Wonka's factory. This technicolour neverland needs a bit of a shaking…and TERMINATRYX are the self-appointed shakers. The South African female perspective has always been a polarized, media friendly showcase - no more.
The idea that it is uncouth for women to be exhilarated by passionate, powerful, extreme music is as outdated as the notion that they cannot maintain their own career and are mere instruments of procreation. As sad as it may seem, these ideas are still very prominent in our multi-facetted societies. Women who appreciate this kind of music are also not limited to the beer guzzling, overweight, motor cycle rally variety - the proof before you.
Some things need to be said and explored. It is not often enough said by the female of the species, let alone in this legendary oppressive part of the globe. Some dinosaurs will simply fume at the thought of two Über-hot, outspoken babes giving them the finger. Fume away…and fade away, why don't you.

Light Within The Darkness
We walk the line between chaos and order. Behind disaster there is always hope. In part
TERMINATRYX explores the dark side while never losing grip of a hope for a better day. There are enough bands, groups & solo artists out there dealing with the illusion of a blissful world devoid of any evil. While we all have the capacity for evil lying dormant inside each of us, some have the rationality to keep it at bay, others not. TERMINATRYX all know their dark sides and are not afraid to face it. An explosive way of expression like this purges the demon. Theirs is not a pessimistic world-view as they reflect the state of things. This dire inherited state is an endowment due to generations of greed and self-gratification at the expense of others - a simply unacceptable predicament. By looking into this abyss, we are reminded of our collective handiwork and need an electrified jolt to re-navigate the course before the entire show is over.
Never before has there been a female fronted extreme musical force in South Africa with outspoken, strong female projection, not afraid to say it like it is, cutting to the bone, exposing the flesh and the mechanics underneath. The no-shit attitude will only be threatening to those of the un-emancipated.

The Name
>We are finding ourselves at the edge of time, the final frontier pushed ahead with each passing second - the past done with, the future a mere second ahead of our present. Man (& most relevant here, woman's) evolution and the effects of technology and its advances is what we are living. Science and technology has advanced our lives, but in the same breath making us capable of bringing it all to a gloriously unglamorous end. Regardless of our progress we are still inherently savages.
TERMINATRYX is a mood of the time - past, present and future, a glimpse of time.
>Sometimes the division between science fact and -fiction become blurry. Only a few years ago the thought of a camera on a portable phone was reserved for Sci-Fi B-movies of half a century ago. But film has become our historian - be it factual, fictitious, utopian, frivolous, prophetic, dystopian or doom-laced. Those movies playing with time and an unattained dispensation have always been more stimulating. (Its artistic accomplishment aside), some prominent motion pictures had explored these aspects and hold significance for
TERMINATRYX, their spirit incorporated into a single name:

- Ridley Scott's BLADERUNNER ( with its Nexus replicants that are "more human than human" )
- Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS ( a dominated working class in the future with a female saviour who is kidnapped and replaced by a robot )
- Shinya Tsukamoto's TETSUO THE IRON MAN ( live Manga where a man evolves from metal fetishist to iron super-being )
- James Cameron's original TERMINATOR ( a cyborg assassin from the future returning to alter events )
- The Wachowski Bros.' THE MATRIX ( the wool pulled over mankind's eyes, unconscious slaves to the artificial world created by their mechanical superiors )
- The goddess Styx and the deadly Hades river named after her
- The sexually charged force of the dominatrix
- And then of course Mamoru Oshii's Manga classic GHOST IN THE SHELL ( from which the Wachowski's borrowed liberally )

Here film transcends mere entertainment and the pop-culture stigma attached to it. Yet, we don't exactly enter the realm of possibility - who knows? Nothing is definite, or infinite - or so we believe. Belief in itself can be a mere evolutionary asset bringing light to some and dread to others. Our world and lives have become cinematic, its impact far too often viewed in this respect, its reality and urgency overlooked. Life and art imitating one another - a symbiotic dream world. We watch wars on TV as though it's an ongoing movie - atrocity passing us by between commercials. In 90% of the above-mentioned films women play pivotal roles in motivation and outcome.

>While men have oppressed (one another and) women for ages, amid this tyranny the dichotomy and need to be dominated by the opposite sex has always been present (for whatever psychological-, fetishistic- or sexual reasons). Only in the ultra prude the image of a dominatrix will fill the observer with disgust - and in most cases this will also be a superficial recoil, the deep dark secrets inside the mind's denial (and behind closed doors) often making a beautiful woman in PVC a singular vision of divinity. Under normal circumstances it will ignite arousal or at the very least, fascination - the fetish clothing, the instruments of submission and discipline...erotically thrilling in its threatening guise. The identification of the two leading ladies in
TERMINATRYX with the dominatrix look is both an aesthetic and assertive one - looking good while not allowing to be pushed around. Terminating convention, preconception, closed-mindedness and prejudice.

>The name
TERMINATRYX is an amalgamation of all these elements.

>With futuristic sound and vision, coupled with traditional elements, subjects of immediacy are substantiated as universally constant - like time.

Synapse Infiltration
But, watching Tetsuo, Bladerunner & The Matrix and paging through a book of Dominatrix photography won't give you a total handle on the
TERMINATRYX phenomenon. You'll have one incredible night in, that's for sure, but it is more than the clash of beauty and power through sound. If you get it, you do, if you need explanations, explore for yourself and exercise your faculties. What seems complicated can often be right in front of you. Basic, traditional truths have always been with us, a logical extension of our human condition. Yet, the tyranny of those fearing its effects often shift its focus, forcing it underground. TERMINATRYX is humanity, yet not of this earth.

Evolved Regression
We are all part of the game. But it has reached saturation point - overload - too much at one time; regurgitation. We need to step back before we slip into the proverbial heart of darkness where a point of no return becomes very blurry indeed - fashion, food, drugs, cars, music, on-line gratification, money, ego, illusion…Conglomerates force-feeding trends and ideals while nations starve, their leaders' guts busting. Need we ask what's wrong with this picture? Evidently so.
Our collective past is littered with shame, our present offer up embarrassment - what's left is to live into the future, even if it is via fictitious, fantasy and artistic means. Stepping back to look at the disastrous overview in order to push towards a better ideal.
Every day is a revolution - somewhere, for someone. Inside a skyscraper, in a lab basement, a besieged town, a classroom, inside the construction of someone's words or musical notes. Whether it is to expand their thought processes, demand improvements or as simple as not being hungry by nightfall. We are in control - but yet so heedless.

ManFreedomMachineOppression
Choice (within reason) is what makes us human (in part) - but when reason is deleted, our choices can have dire consequences. We see it daily. Zero defect machines are programmed to function optimally. At times our planet's downward spiral makes us feel as though things will be better off if it emulates the well oiled utility of our metallic brothers and sisters. But, part of our choice is not to be zombies - there are too many of them running the world as it is, their sheep populace swaying to their mesmerizing lies, pacified by a diet of consumerism.
Dulled senses are maintained by artificial stimuli within a paranoid 21st century milieu. When things seem like an elaborate conspiracy, that doesn't mean it is not the case. Ultimately
TERMINATRYX wants everyone to think and decide for themselves on all levels.
And the machines are part of the consumer cycle, no choice in their utilization - well, not yet. Choice or not, malfunction cannot be avoided - in human and its mechanical creations...

Song Subjects
The lyrical aim of
TERMINATRYX was never a set, patterned verbal conveyor belt, and never will be. TERMINATRYX want to speak their mind. Subjects are varied, none claiming to be works of genius.
Alien visitation, world conflict, assertive relationship stance, time, perception & misconception, protest, hope, fear, consumerist traps, the media and of course poetic license.
Within the conditioned mind-frame the public sees female artists as the bringers of love songs to be kept in their place (seeing as they're so helpless, fragile and can't do much else but submit to their overwhelming weaknesses…). Love songs had been written since the dawn of time. All of its emotional / cultural / physical / spiritual angles have been explored. There are some incredible ones out there. Nowadays it is simply too much of the same. No spin is put on proceedings.
TERMINATRYX wanted to turn that notion on its head (just a little) with A Fuckin' Love Song. It also serves as an instrument of empowerment to women who feel that way, but never speak out. [It is not based on any real life experience, this hypothetical is one that needs articulation - and it is done so with force].
One cover version from the fabulous 80's period is set to be included while Afrikaans and German lyrics will also feature.

The Album Cover
For the album's cover design
TERMINATRYX are working with renowned artist Vernon Swart, creating a provocatively dark vision. It is set to be a controversial atmospheric piece, one that'll have the grannies' lips flapping down at the salon.

Live
With many live ideas and concepts kicking around for future performances,
TERMINATRYX are focussing their energies on the matter at hand - generating interest while they finish off the dozen plus songs for public scrutiny, adoration, destruction, scorn and praise.
The first ever
TERMINATRYX live performances came in the shape of the band being asked to act as support for German Darkwave legends DIARY OF DREAMS on their South African Tour late-2003. (See LIVE chapter)
At this stage, Christina had already left and never took part in any live shows.

2003 UPDATE
Christina is no longer an active member of
TERMINATRYX due to work commitments. She is however behind the band in all of its endeavours and she may appear on the debut album as guest artist. This has changed nothing to the band's sound, attitude or commitment, Christina's selected backing vocals now merely replaced by that of lead vocalist Sonja.
The TERMINATRYX concept has become the prime focus of Paul and Sonja, and when it comes to live performances, the services of musicians fitting the bill will be acquired.

Contact
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