Razed in Black
| Razed in Black | |
|---|---|
| Origin | 'Ewa Beach, Hawai'i, United States |
| Genres | Electro-industrial, Electronica, Futurepop, Trance, Gothic rock[1] |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Cleopatra Records, Hypnotic |
| Website | razedinblack.net |
| Members | Romell Regulacion |
Razed in Black (RiB) is a gothic electronic music act created by Romell Regulacion (vocals, keyboards, guitars) and is supported in live performances by band members Chris Nelson and Raj Kapololu.[2] The band was formed in Hawaii in 1994 and signed to Cleopatra Records the following year.[3] RiB's music combines elements of industrial, synth-pop, darkwave, gothic rock, and hardcore techno. Mostly an underground act, RiB have had songs featured on television shows like Homicide: Life on the Street, in movies, and in videogames.[3]
Regulacion has also released material under the names DJ R<I>B, DJ Skooby,[3] and Transmutator. Transmutator incorporates more techno and hard electro/beat elements in its musical style, while Razed in Black has more lyrically-based songs with a darker tone and a heavier pop/rock influence.
Discography
Albums
- Shrieks, Laments, and Anguished Cries (1996)
- Overflow (1997)
- Funky Disco EP (1997) (as Transmutator)
- Take Over (1997) (as Transmutator)
- The Colony of Sluts (1999) (as Transmutator)
- Sacrificed (1999)
- Oh My Goth! EP (2001)
- Damaged (2003)
- Share This Poison - Retrospective (2012)
Compilations and remixes
Compilation appearances
- Covered in Black—An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage AC/DC (1997) (song: "Hell's Bells")
- The Blackest Album: An Industrial Tribute to Metallica (1998) (song: "The Thing That Should Not Be")
- 100 Tears—A Tribute to The Cure (1999) (song: "Disintegration")
- Covered In Nails: A Tribute to Nine Inch Nails (2000) (song: "Starfuckers, Inc.")
- Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna (Volume 2) (2000) (song: "Erotica" by Razed in Black vs. Transmutator)
- Don't Blow Your Cover: A Tribute to KMFDM (2000) (song: "A Drug Against War")
- The Blackest Album 3: An Industrial Tribute to Metallica (2001) (song: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)")
- A Tribute to New Order (2001) (song: "Everything's Gone Green")
- A Gothic-Industrial Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins (2001) (song: "Cherub Rock")
- A Tribute to Nine Inch Nails: Re-Covered in Nails (2001) (song: "Sin")
- Dig It—Hymns of the Worlock: A Tribute to Skinny Puppy (2003) (song: "Assimilate")
- Electrocured—An Electro Tribute to The Cure (2004) (song: "Disintegration")
- Dark Trance vs. Neogoth Vol. 1 (2005) (song: "Blush V.2"
- Apocalypse Now 1 (EuroMedia SPV 088-38752) (song: "Metamorphosis")
- Cyberl@b (Nuclear Blast NB 27361-63132) (song: "Overflow")
- Cyberl@b Version 2 (alpha Matrix EFA 23205) (song: "Never Meant")
- Cyberl@b Version 3 (Matrix Cube TRI 042 cd) (song: "Oh My Goth!" (trance mix))
- Cryonica Tanz v.1 (Cryonica CRY CD 001) (song: "Nightmare")
- Cryonica Tanz v.2 (Cryonica CRY CD 003) (song: "Share This Poison")
- Elektro-Industrial Sounds of the Northwest (CLEO 9593-2) (song: "Metamorphosis")
- Elektrauma Vol. 4 (TRITON RECORDS (Europe) 13 CD) (song: "Master" (Painful edit))
- Future Wave (CLP 0199-2) (song: "I've Suffered Long Enough")
- Gothic Vampires/Covered in Goth (CLP 0957-2) (song: "Disintegration")
- Graver's Paradise (Hot Topic compilation) (song: "Blush")
- Hypnotic State (CLP 0111) (song: "Cyberium" (Mutation mix))
- I Hear Ya! (Caroline 1996) (song: "Cyberium" (On Speed mix))
- I Hear Ya! 1999 (Caroline 1999) (song: "Master")
- Industrial Revolution 3 (Cleopatra CLP 9732-2) (song: "What's Fair?" (Agony mix))
- Industrial Revolution: The Very Best of Industrial Revolution (Cleopatra CLP 0838-2) (song: "What's Fair?" (Agony mix))
- Industrial Madness Massive 4-CD set (CLP 0045) (song: "What's Fair?" (Frustration mix))
- New Dark Noise (Cleopatra/Hot Topic) (song: "Better Off")
- Signal to Noise (Cleo 1147-2) (songs: "Come to Daddy", "More Human")
- Soundline Sampler #3 (Sideline magazine SIDELINE 003) (song: "Cyberium" (On Speed mix))
- Taste of Sin (Cleopatra CLP 1167-2) (song: "Oh My Goth!")
- This Is Goth (Cleopatra CLP 0845-2) (song: "Oh My Goth!")
- This Is Industrial (Cleopatra CLP 0691-2) (song: "Master")
- Trancespotting IV (Hypnotic CLP 1158) (song: "Oh My Goth!" (trance mix))
- Wired Injections (Cleopatra CLEO 9675-2) (song: "Cyberium (On Speed mix))
Remixes for other artists
- Aiboforcen: "Not Unique (Razed In Black remix)" psychosomeatically unique: Alfa-Matrix am3005-DJ
- Afterchain: "Corporate Reality (Razed In Black remix)"
- Ayria: "Disease (Razed In Black remix)" Square Matrix v.4: Alfa-Matrix am1039
- Berlin: "Pleasure Victim (Razed In Black remix)" The Greatest Hits Remixed: Cleopatra CLP 0760-2
- Birmingham 6: "Policestate (Razed In Black remix)" To Protect and to Serve: Cleopatra CLEO 9659-2
- Birmingham 6: "Accept Reality! (Razed In Black remix)" Mixed Judgements (US): Zoth Ommog CD Zot 229
- Bow Wow Wow: "I Want Candy (Razed In Black remix)" Wild in the U.S.A.: Cleopatra CLP 0424-2
- Celldweller: "Frozen (DJ RiB Remix)" Frozen/Goodbye Remixes
- Crüxshadows: "Cassandra (Razed In Black remix)" Fortress In Flames: Dancing Ferret Records 724
- Cheap Trick: "Dream Police (Razed In Black f/Kelly Hanson of Hurricane A Tribute to ...: Cleopatra CLP 0786-2
- The Damned: "Shadow to Fall (Razed In Black Mix)" Testify: Cleopatra CLP9899-2
- Digi Wni: "No Future" (and 4 other tracks) EP: Dolphin Entertainment JAPAN: BLCK - 85984
- Digi Wni: "No Future" (and 10 other tracks) LP: Dolphin Entertainment JAPAN: BLCK - 86015
- Diverje: "To Hell (Razed In Black remix)" Digital 6 Focus A: DSBP Productions DSBP 1014 Existence-Program Remix: DSBP Productions DSBP 1019
- Electric Hellfire Club: "Prince Of Darkness (Razed In Black remix)" Unholy Roller: Cleopatra CLP 0235-6
- Gene Loves Jezebel: "Always a Flame (Razed IN Black remix) Desire: Cleopatra CLP 0377-2
- Genitorturers: "4 Walls Black (Razed In Black remix)" Machine Love: Cleopatra CLP 0735-2
- Emergence: "BluMuse (Razed In Black remix)" Romell produced their debut EP as well. Scarred EP: Self Released
- Implant: "Engine No. 9 (Razed In Black remix)" Komputer: Triton Records (Europe)
- Implant: "Too Many Puppies (Razed In Black remix)" Self-Inflicted: Alfa-Matrix am 7252
- Inertia: "Angel (Razed In Black remix)" Positive Angel: Cryonica Records (Europe) nightCD035
- Information Society: "Going, Going ... Gone! (Razed In Black remix)" Insoc Recombinant: Cleopatra CLP 0490-2
- Internal: "Information (Razed In Black remix)" Information: Sideline Records (Europe)
- Jim Morrison: "Tresspass (Razed In Black remix)" Electronic Proclamations of a Wild Child: Morpheus Ozit C00070 (Europe)
- Matthew Grim: "Electric Avenue (Razed In Black remix)" Epic 98: Epic Records Epic 9
- Missing Persons: "Walking in LA (Razed In Black remix)" Remixed Hits: Cleopatra CLP 0609-2
- MMTM: "ESP (Razed In Black remix)" Binary Sex: Underground, Inc.:UN1077
- Mnemonic: "Labyrinth (Razed In Black remix)" Alfa-Matrix: Limited Edition Packaging - Indentistorüng
- Neotek: "Suicide (Razed In Black remix)" Brain Over Muscle ~ Deluxe: Zoth Ommog/Cleopatra clp 1375-2
- Neikka RPM: "Bound by Sympathy (Razed In Black remix)" Square Matrix 03: Alfa-Matrix Records
- New Mind: "Lightning Zone (Razed In Black remix)" The Zone: Out of Line Records
- Pygmy Children: "Intensify (Razed In Black remix)" Industrial Mix Machine: Cleopatra CLP 9969
- Razed In A New Division Of Agony: "Shadowplay (Razed In Black Remix)" - Joy Division cover
- Regenerator: "Blink (Razed In Black remix)" Regenerated X: WTII Records
- Shunt: "White Skin (Razed In Black remix)" Romell also appears on this album as a guest guitarist Profane Groove: 21st Circuitry 21C 39
- Soil & Eclipse: "Fields of Stone (Razed In Black remix)" This album also produced by Romell Necromancy: Cop Int'l Records- COPCD 033
- Soil & Eclipse: "Poetry of Angels (Razed In Black remix)" Archetype: Cop Int'l Records- COPCD 055
- Soil & Eclipse: "Sentence Me (Razed In Black remix)" Purity: Cop Int'l Records- COPCD
- Sonic Adventure Remix "Open Your Heart" (Transmutator vs. Razed in Black) (1998)
- Sonic The Hedgehog: Remix Adventure Contains Razed In Black collaboration with Corey Glover of Living Color Toshiba/EMI TOCP-65024
- Switchblade Symphony: "Clown (Razed In Black remix)" Drool: Cleopatra CLP 0042-2
- Warrant: "Down Boys (Razed In Black remix)" Greatest & Latest: Deadline Records CLP 0694-2
- UV: "Dementia (Razed In Black remix)" Album also Mastered by Romell: BLC Productions
Appearances in movies, television, and video games
- The Rage: Carrie 2 features "What's Fair?" by RiB & "My Wonderful Friend" by Transmutator during the movie but was not included on the official soundtrack.[4]
- Ginger Snaps features "Overflow", not included on official soundtrack[5]
- The independent film Strange Life: The Breech features "I've Suffered Long Enough"
- The WB's Mission Hill features music by Razed In Black
- NBC's Homicide: Life on the Streets features music by Razed In Black
- "Pursuit," "Future Unknown," "Power", and "Cyberium (Endurance Mix)", from Shrieks, Laments and Anguished Cries, appear in the 1997 THQ fighting video game Vs.
- The first episode of the television series Hellcats features their cover of Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy".[6]
- "A Fifth Of Beethoven" by Transmutator is featured in Mystery Men
References
- ↑ "Razed in Black | Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
- ↑ allmusic Razed In Black Biography
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Basic Black, The last stop on an album tour brings an isle musician home", Jason Genegabus, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 11, 2003
- ↑ The Rage:Carrie 2 IMDB Soundtrack Page
- ↑ Ginger Snaps IMDB Soundtrack Page
- ↑ Hellcats: A World Full of Strangers Trivia and Quotes on TV.com