Blood Star

Swiss noisemakers Bloodstar deliver a knockout punch of industrial dissonance and guitar thrash. Consisting of Rolf Brunner (vocals/guitar), Roger Baumer (bass), Micha Pansi (guitar), and Roland Brandli (organ), Bloodstar were cult stars in the early '90s, combining techno rhythms and electronic experimentation with a heavy metal racket. Comparisons to similar acts such as Nine Inch Nails and Ministry are inevitable, but the group should be seen as peers and not imitators since they developed their styles at roughly the same time -- the late '80s. Nevertheless, the band remain...