No-Big-Silence

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No-Big-Silence
Background information
Origin	Tallinn EST
Genre(s)	Industrial metal Industrial rock Industrial Death metal(Early Material)
Years active	1989–present
Label(s)	NBS recordings, Piraat Records, Cyberware Productions
Website	Official site
Members
Cram Willem Kristo Kotkas Kristo Rajasaare
Former members
Marko Atso

No-Big-Silence (also known as NBS) is an industrial metal band from Estonia

1 From Death to Industrial
2 Early life
3 Style
4 Success
5 Members
6 Aggressor lineup
7 No-Big-Silence lineup
8 Previous members
9 Aggressor Albums
10 No-Big-Silence Albums
11 See also
12 External links
13 others

[edit] From Death to Industrial

NBS were originally a death metal band called Aggressor, then in 1994 when bass guitarist Cram sung a Corrosia Metalla cover called Russian Vodka from their Of Long Duration Anguish album in which resulted the idea of changing their style.

In 1995 they went to the studio (still as Aggressor) where they were suggested a name-change. So in 1996 they wrote lyrics to a song titled "No-Big-Silence 99" (a street in the USA where a mass murder was committed). So the album was titled "99" and band was renamed "No Big Silence".

[edit] Early life

The band was first introduced to a wider audience in the summer of 1995 at the Rock Summer festival, Estonia, where they headlined the B-stage. The crowd gave the band a spectacular welcome and from then on No-Big-Silence has successfully performed at larger festivals and smaller clubs in Estonia, the Baltic States, Russia and Scandinavia. No-Big-Silence is valued as a live-act with an impressive show, esteemed by such world class rock bands as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, HIM, Motörhead, Waltari etc. No-Big-Silence was chosen to be their support act from a selection of bands.

[edit] Style

The music of No-Big-Silence is loaded with positive energy that has an ironic side to it. "No- Big-Silence, unlike most of the hard rock bands that get their inspiration from mysticism, concentrates on expressing the twists and turns of human psychology in the language of pop music. It is a great achievement in itself - to sound tough and delicate at the same time," rates Marko Mägi from Eesti Express weekly.

Influences: Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, KoRn, Rammstein, Rob Zombie , Filter, Depeche Mode

[edit] Success

The chairman of the concert agency BDG Peeter Rebane, the local promoter for Metallica, Iron Maiden and Rammstein, comments: "In our opinion No-Big-Silence is the most professional industrial band in the Baltics. Besides, they are a great live-act."

Their 2nd release Successful, Bitch & Beautiful was already the album of current hitsongs such as "On The Hunt" and "Vamp-O-Drama". In 2001 the album was sold in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and other European countries through the Finnish label Cyberware Production. The homepage of Cyberware states that the album of No-Big-Silence is a magnificent masterpiece and regards it as one of the label's strongest releases today. According to Cyberware the bonus video "Star DeLuxe" on the western version of the album gives a good overview of the band's glamorous live-show and enthusiastic fanbase. The Scandinavian music magazine Prospective Magazine thinks that "Successful, Bitch and Beautiful" is a must to listen to. The review in the same magazines gives No-Big-Silence 8 out of 10 points. Johan Carlsson, a reviewer for the Swedish Release Magazine distinguishes the even and uniform quality of the album. "Metal riffs melded with electronic sounds on top of rock song structures make an interesting mixture, and the vocals fit perfectly." Positively surprised, he continues: "It is nice to see an Estonian band, but don't buy it because of that. Buy it because it is good."