Psyclon Nine at Stimulate at dröm

Inspired by industrial and electronic metal bands, Marshall Goppert created a project called Defkon Sodomy in 1999 in San Francisco, California. He performed twice under that name before changing it to Psyclon Nine. The new name was a malapropism of Zyklon B, the trade name of hydrogen cyanide used in the gas chambers during the Holocaust, and Nine because of the number's significance in Aleister Crowley’s numerological writings. Goppert also changed his name to Nero Bellum, taken from the Roman Emperor Nero Caesar and the Latin word for war. Personnel changes were frequent and Bellum occasionally placed the project on hiatus; the revamped quartet currently consists of vocalist Bellum, Marilyn Manson guitarist Tim Sköld, keyboardist Rotny Ford, and IAMX drummer Jon Siren. Psyclon Nine released its sixth and most recent studio album, Icon of the Adversary: Act 2, on August 24, 2018.

Psyclon Nine started as an electronic aggrotech band, and quickly moved more in the direction of industrial metal and black metal. Following sets by Missit Toys, Justin Symbol, and Striplicker tonight at Stimulate's 11th Annual Halloween Demon Ball at dröm, Psyclon Nine's music was as extreme as it could get. Bellum's voice was a constantly abrasive growl, except when it transformed into a haunting screech. The crunching rhythms behind him were played harshly and violently. Song after pounding song, the mood was darker than midnight. With no nuances or subtleties, this super-aggressive music took industrial and EBM (electronic body music) to the deepest levels of blackness.