Angelspit began as a duo, formed by members Destroyx/Amelia Arsenic (Amelia Tan) and Zoog Von Rock (Karl Learmont) after the two met on an online zine forum in 2002. The duo’s zine collaborations formed the lyrical inspiration for early releases. Their debut industrial EP, Nurse Grenade, was self-released for free in October 2004 and later remastered in 2007.
Angelspit’s debut album Krankhaus, a concept album with themes of grotesque horror and medical experimentation, was self-released in June 2006 to praise from critics, cementing them as an innovative up-and-coming act. A remix album, Krankhaus: Surgically Atoned was released in 2007, featuring remixes from acts like Combichrist. The band released their debut music video for the song “Vena Cava”, which provided striking, disturbing visuals for the album’s storyline.
Angelspit’s second album Blood Death Ivory was released in June 2008. It was considered a subtle evolution of their unique sound. A remix album, Black Kingdom Red Kingdom, was released in 2009, featuring remixes by acts like KMFDM and Ayria.
Angelspit’s third album Hideous and Perfect was released in September 2009, with praise towards its album artwork (which featured an unrecognizable Destroyx) and experimental and atmospheric soundscape. Two remix albums, Larva Pupa Tank Coffin and Carbon Beauty, were released in 2010 and 2011 respectively, each including additional original tracks by Angelspit.
Angelspit released their fourth album Hello My Name Is in October 2011. This album moved the band’s lyricism further towards the political, with a common theme being critique of corporate society. This was the last album to feature member Destroyx, who left in March 2014 to pursue other projects, including solo music under the name Amelia Arsenic.
Following Destroyx’s departure, Angelspit continued to make music, fronted by Zoog and taking a new focus towards collaboration with other artists and an ever-changing line-up of associated musicians. The band’s fifth album The Product was released in March 2014, and featured guest appearances from George Bikos, Miss Ballistic, Helalyn Flowers, Agent 13, Chant, and Teknocracy. In September 2015, Angelspit collaborated with The Gothsicles, under the name Hardcore Pong, to release a video-game inspired collaborative album.
Angelspit’s sixth album Cult of Fake was released in June 2016, reinventing the band’s sound and taking a larger inspiration from dance music. Its lyrics were the band’s most obviously political yet, with blunt critique of the American lifestyle, media, and the 2016 election.
Angelspit’s seventh album Black Dog Bite was released in September 2017. Its music was based on 90s cyberpunk and its lyrical themes included dystopia, consumerism, and futurism. Their eighth album Bang Operative, released in September 2019, continued these themes, creating a dark and lonely soundscape.
Angelspit’s ninth album The Ignorance Cartel was released in October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by 2020’s political landscape, the album’s concept involves authoritarianism and mind-control. It features multiple guest appearances from Miss Ballistic and Ice Planet 9000, as well as appearances by Gasoline Invertebrate and Queen of the Static Opera.
Angelspit’s tenth album Diesel Priest was released in December 2021. The album received praise for its thought-provoking and deep lyrics, which continued to be inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated political landscape. Its lyrics critique America’s apathy towards violence, most notably in the single “Killed on Camera”. The album featured guest appearances from Gasoline Invertebrate, Miss Ballistic, MeteorEYES, Queen of the Static Opera, Ice Planet 9000, and May May Graves. Four remix albums were released for Diesel Priest, with three having exclusive original tracks.
In 2022, Angelspit has participated in two collaborative projects. The first, a collaboration with Ice Planet 9000, was the instrumental science-fiction concept album Sequence 1: Glass Jar, released in February. An associated audio drama was also included with digital purchases of the album. The second, a collaboration with Queen of the Static Opera, was the single “Breathing But Not Alive”, released under the name Venus of Gorgon.
Dead Letter
Angelspit Lyrics
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I wheel a cage around you
They only see emptiness
In rot decay and horror
Trash goddess soil your beauty
A foul embracing thumb screw
Her fingers gouge divinely
As the old poisons the new
Nothing more to bleed
Nothing more to sow
Nothing more take
Nothing more will grow
A hangman's rope to bind you
Their stories to deceive
One golden cloth to blind you
Served up for the naive
I spoke genius
I wrote a bible
Dead white men could not have done it better
Paint over it in black
Wrap it up in red tape
Address it to no-one and send it off as a
Dead letter I got a Dead letter
Sedit takes his crystal tool (hammer)
Drives the nail into skull
Menstrual Roses field of Harlots
Ripens the pleasure dolls
Milk opiate enigma
Most vicious animal
Seed lillith and her Dogma
The grafted cannibal
Nothing more to bleed
Nothing more to sow
Nothing more take
Nothing more will grow
A hangman's rope to bind you
Their stories to deceive
One golden cloth to blind you
Served up for the naive
The lyrics to Angelspit's song Dead Letter contain a lot of images and ideas that are not immediately clear. The song seems to be about a woman, Jessica, who is being kept captive in a cage. The lyrics describe how she is being mistreated by those who are supposed to be taking care of her, and how her beauty is being marred by their actions. The chorus repeats the idea that there is nothing more to be gained from the situation, that everything that can be taken has been taken, and nothing more will come of it. The verse about the hangman's rope suggests that there is some kind of deception being carried out against Jessica, that her captors are telling lies to keep her under control. The final verse, about Sedit and his crystal tool, is perhaps the most abstract and menacing of all, with images of pleasure dolls and cannibals.
One interpretation of the song might be that it is about the way that society treats women who are seen as outsiders, who don't conform to traditional beauty standards or social norms. Jessica could be a stand-in for any woman who is made to feel ashamed of her body, her desires, or her beliefs. The song suggests that even when someone is "dead" to society, there are still people who care for them, and who will fight to protect them. The final image of the dead letter is perhaps a message to everyone who might receive it, a warning not to turn a blind eye to those who have been abandoned by society.
Line by Line Meaning
Bless Jessica her tempest
Graciously acknowledge the storm that is within Jessica
I wheel a cage around you
I enclose you in a restrictive structure
They only see emptiness
Others perceive nothingness about you
In rot decay and horror
Your existence is that of decomposition and atrocity
Trash goddess soil your beauty
The goddess associated with filth tarnishes your aesthetic appeal
A foul embracing thumb screw
As if a torture technique, a repulsive influence clutches you tightly
Her fingers gouge divinely
In a godlike manner, her fingers cut and dig into you
As the old poisons the new
Just like how old toxins are harmful, so too is this influence to you
Nothing more to bleed
There is nothing left to lose or to spill
Nothing more to sow
There is nothing more to plant or to begin
Nothing more take
There is nothing more to acquire or to confiscate
Nothing more will grow
There will be no growth or progress
A hangman's rope to bind you
A noose used for execution becomes a restraint on you
Their stories to deceive
Their narratives serve as a tool to mislead you
One golden cloth to blind you
A single fabric blinds you to the truth
Served up for the naive
This is all presented to the easily fooled
I spoke genius
I proclaimed a message of intellectual superiority
I wrote a bible
I created a work that is considered sacred
Dead white men could not have done it better
Only the most privileged and powerful would have been able to produce a work of such grandiosity
Paint over it in black
Obscure and defile this work
Wrap it up in red tape
Cover it with bureaucracy and administrative procedures
Address it to no-one and send it off as a
Leave it without a specific recipient and send it off as
Dead letter I got a Dead letter
I received a communication that is unwanted, unclaimed, or undeliverable
Sedit takes his crystal tool (hammer)
Sedit uses his crystal tool, in the shape of a hammer,
Drives the nail into skull
And proceeds to forcefully embed the nail into your skull
Menstrual Roses field of Harlots
A field of roses that is grown from menstruation, tended by prostitutes
Ripens the pleasure dolls
These roses cultivate an environment that nurtures synthetic pleasure providers
Milk opiate enigma
A puzzling yet seductive concoction that lulls one into a dreamlike state
Most vicious animal
The cruelest and most savage creature
Seed lillith and her Dogma
Plant the Seed of Lilith and the doctrines she endorses
The grafted cannibal
A flesh-eating entity that has merged with another
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