History
Project Pitchfork was formed by Peter Spilles and Dirk Scheuber. After agreeing to work together, they picked the project's name by choosing a random word from the dictionary. The band gave their first performance in Hamburg in February 1990 and released their demo, "K.N.K.A", in August. In May 1991, their debut album "Dhyani" was released. The band's second album, "Lam-'Bras" was released in February 1992 and yielded the first vocal appearance of Patrica Nigiani. Six months later, the band's third album, "Entities" was released. The band switched labels to Off Beat for their 1994 release "Io". The album featured two singles, "Renascence" and "Carrion", and marked the first time the band entered the German Charts. The album was followed by a lengthy German tour.
In 1995, Project Pitchfork established their own label, Candyland Entertainment, through which they would release the majority of their material. 1995 also saw the release of two EPs, "CH'I" and "Corps d'Amour", and one album, "Alpha Omega". The year finished off with a tour supported by Rammstein. The next Project Pitchfork studio album "¡Chakra:Red!" was released in 1997. It was the first album since "Dhyani" to be written as a group effort, rather than by Peter Spilles alone, and the first to include Jürgen Jansen as a permanent band member.
Right after their first US tour in 1998, Project Pitchfork returned with concept album "Eon:Eon", their first while signed to label EastWest. The album yielded three singles, "Steelrose", "Carnival", and "I Live Your Dream". With the support of Eastwest, an imprint of the major label Warner Music), the band had greater resources available to produce videos for their music, which led to their being the first gothic industrial band to receive airplay on music TV in Germany. The video for "Steelrose" earned the band a nomination for an Echo Award for Best Video National. In 2001, the band released their eighth studio album "Daimonion" and supported the album with a European tour. In 2002 the band released the "NUN" trilogy which consisted of album "Inferno" and EPs "View From a Throne" and "Trialog". This earned the band another nomination for an Echo Award, this time for Best Alternative Act National.
Project Pitchfork returned with album Kaskade in 2005. In February 2009 the band released "Dream, Tiresias!" which received praise from electronic music magazine, ReGen. In 2010 the band's follow up album "Continuum Ride" was released along with a video to support the song "Beholder." "Continuum Ride" was inspired by the band's US tour in 2009, particularly their experience of Detroit, whose dilapidated skyline led to a more "dark and destructive" sound than that of their previous album.
By 2011 Project Pitchfork ceased operating their Candyland label, having since begun releasing their work on the Trisol label.
The band released "Quantum Mechanics" in 2011 as well as a video for the album's second track, "Lament". Later that year the band released a compilation album titled "First Anthology". In 2013 the band released their fourteenth studio album, "Black", and a music video to accompany the song "Rain". In June 2014, the band announced via their official website a new album titled "Blood". To promote the record the band held a pre-release show in Hamburg. The album was released in September and featured a music video for "Blood-Diamond (See Him Running)" edited by Peter Spilles himself.
In 2016, Project Pitchfork released their "Second Anthology", a double CD that included one new track, several unreleased rarities, and many re-recorded and remastered tracks. Also in 2016, the band released the album "Look Up, I’m Down There" to commemorate their 25th anniversary. The album was released in two versions: a standard CD release and a special, limited edition double CD wth an 80 page art book containing complete lyrics and a short story by the fantasy author Björn Springorum.
In 2018, the band released the album "Akkretion", the first of what was planned to be a trilogy of albums for release that year. Of the remaining albums of the trilogy, only the second, "Fragment," was released.
Starting in 2019, Trisol began releasing reissues of all the band's material over the previous decade from "Dream, Tiresias!" through "Look Up, I'm Down There".
Fleischverstärker
Project Pitchfork Lyrics
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Es beisst - wohin do auch ziehst
Es beisst - es ist schneller als dein ziel
Es beisst - denn do nimmst zu viel
Es beisst - und do wirst es niemals sehen
Es beisst - und do kannst es nicht verstehen
Es beisst - und ein stück in dir fehlt
Es beisst - aber auch dieses stück zählt
Es beisst - wohin do auch siehst
Es beisst - denn es kennt das ende
Es beisst - lang' bevor do beginnst
Es beisst - nicht die zeit sondern do verrinnst
Es beisst - und do bist allein
Es beisst - und do siehst es nicht
Es beisst - der schmerz wächst in dir
Es beisst - der schmerz wird zum tier
Und beisst
Es beisst - bevor do verstehst
Es beisst - auch nachdem do gehst
Es beisst - ein wenig tiefer hinein
Es beisst - sich fest in deinen geist
Es beisst - do kannst nicht tiefer fallen
Es beisst - und es zieht dich heran
Es beisst - und es schaut dich an
Es beisst - wie es sonst niemand kann
Es verzehrt sich nach der macht in dir
Denn alles was do fühlst gehörte ihr
Es wird niemals verstehen
Wie es ist auf der stelle zu stehen
Denn es wird vergehen
Es beisst dich nur zurück
Es beisst dich nur zurück
Es beisst dich nur zurück
Es beisst dich nur zurück
Es beisst dich nur zurück
The lyrics to Project Pitchfork's song "Fleischverstärker" describe a relentless, biting force that pursues the singer no matter where they go. The force is faster than the singer's attempts to escape it and knows the end before they do. It bites away pieces of the singer, leaving them incomplete and alone. The pain it causes grows, like a wild animal, and it latches onto the singer's mind, taking hold and refusing to let go. The force hungers for power and wants to possess the singer, unable to understand what it's like to be stuck in one place. The final message of the song is that although this force will bite back, it will also eventually fade away.
The biting force described in the lyrics can be interpreted in a number of ways, such as an addiction or a mental illness that continually haunts the singer. It highlights the concept of being pursued by one's own demons, with no means of escaping. The lyrics are filled with metaphors that give the song depth and meaning, with each verse contributing to the overall message of the song. The song's composition also reflects its haunting themes, with an eerie melody and electronic instrumentation that generate feelings of unease and discomfort.
Line by Line Meaning
Es beisst - wohin do auch fliehst
No matter where you run, the pain will catch up to you
Es beisst - wohin do auch ziehst
No matter where you go, the pain will follow you
Es beisst - es ist schneller als dein ziel
The pain is faster than you and will always catch up
Es beisst - denn do nimmst zu viel
The pain bites because you take on too much in life
Es beisst - und do wirst es niemals sehen
You cannot see the pain that bites you
Es beisst - und do kannst es nicht verstehen
You cannot understand the pain that bites you
Es beisst - und ein stück in dir fehlt
The pain takes away a piece of yourself
Es beisst - aber auch dieses stück zählt
The missing piece still matters, even though it's gone
Es beisst - wohin do auch siehst
The pain is everywhere you look
Es beisst - denn es kennt das ende
The pain knows how it will end
Es beisst - lang' bevor do beginnst
The pain starts before you even begin
Es beisst - nicht die zeit sondern do verrinnst
It's not time that's passing, it's you slipping away
Es beisst - und do bist allein
The pain makes you feel alone
Es beisst - und do siehst es nicht
You cannot see the pain that bites you
Es beisst - der schmerz wächst in dir
The pain grows inside of you
Es beisst - der schmerz wird zum tier
The pain becomes a beast
Es beisst - bevor do verstehst
The pain hits before you can comprehend it
Es beisst - auch nachdem do gehst
The pain persists even after you leave
Es beisst - ein wenig tiefer hinein
The pain bites a little deeper each time
Es beisst - sich fest in deinen geist
The pain grips your mind tightly
Es beisst - do kannst nicht tiefer fallen
The pain prevents you from hitting rock bottom
Es beisst - und es zieht dich heran
The pain pulls you closer
Es beisst - und es schaut dich an
The pain looks at you
Es beisst - wie es sonst niemand kann
The pain bites in a way that nobody else can
Es verzehrt sich nach der macht in dir
The pain devours the power within you
Denn alles was do fühlst gehörte ihr
Because everything you feel belongs to the pain
Es wird niemals verstehen
The pain will never understand
Wie es ist auf der stelle zu stehen
How it feels to be stuck in one place
Denn es wird vergehen
Because the pain will eventually fade
Es beisst dich nur zurück
The pain only bites you again
Es beisst dich nur zurück
The pain only bites you again
Es beisst dich nur zurück
The pain only bites you again
Es beisst dich nur zurück
The pain only bites you again
Es beisst dich nur zurück
The pain only bites you again
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