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Death Loves Veronica (USA)

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Veronica is the creator, composer, and vocalist of dark electro/industrial solo project DEATH LOVES VERONICA.

Her first demo album, Vampiros Electric (2018), was widely described as a cold wave-minimalist sound created with a variety of analog synth work and distinctly clean vocals.

Veronica's first stage appearances were at age 15 as she wrote and performed originally in punk rock. She then moved into studio work with deathrock band Veronica's Veil in the early 90s.

As the former singer of legendary, (now defunct) Veronica's Veil, Veronica opened for acts such as 45 Grave, David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets), Lydia Lunch, and has been billed alongside Kommunity FK, Fear, The Adicts, and several others. In 2000, Veil was included on a tribute album to Rozz Williams of Christian Death. After an extensive hiatus and the loss of their guitarist, Veil attempted a two-year long reformation and recorded a studio album that has yet to be released. Veil then disbanded again.

Veronica's focus became her solo project, and she released her second independent demo EP, In Nightmares, on April 1, 2019. This album retains a lot of darkwave electro sound while incorporating post-punk and deathrock elements that stem from earlier artistic roots.

​A collection of her earlier works can be found on the album Three Acts (Swiss Dark Nights). It was then followed by an experimental full-length album, Lucid Dreams.

Veronica signed on with Cold Transmission Music for the release of the Chemical album.​

Veronica considers Chemical her first official full-album release. It has a much darker electronic post-industrial sound, and was released May 21. 2021. This album was followed by an even darker album, "Corruption for the Insidious," in April of 2022.

"The Sex Tape Sessions," a Kill Shelter x Death Loves Veronica EP was released by Cold Transmission in 2023 to favorable reviews and was named one of the top 20 EPs of 2023 by ReGenmag.com. ​

Veronica has been vocal about the importance of addressing mental health issues and is in treatment for neurological conditions such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and Chronic Migraines. She urges people to embrace their differences and to seek help without shame.

​Veronica has composed music and played several instruments since early childhood which helped her to cope with sensory issues, learning disabilities, and childhood abuse.

Veronica lives a culturally Jewish lifestyle, having come directly from a long line of Jews who had historical significance during the Spanish Inquisition (being imprisoned and burned at the stake for their beliefs).

Quelle: Wikipedia

Death Loves Veronica ist ein Musikprojekt der Sängerin und Produzentin Veronica Stich, geb. Campbell, das dem Synthiepop und Dark Wave zugerechnet wird.

Auftritte und Hintergrund

Bis zu den Beschränkungen aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie trat Death Loves Veronica als Live-Band auf. In der Pandemie trat Stich als Death Loves Veronica allein auf Online-Festival auf. Nachdem Auftritte wieder möglich wurden, behielt sie Auftritte ohne Band, nur mit Hilfe ihres Co-Produzenten bei. Auftritte blieben dennoch selten, da Stich unter Panikattacken leidet. Die Sängerin geht offen mit ihren psychischen Problemen um und gibt Informationen zu den Hintergründen bewusst preis. Sie befindet sich aufgrund von Zwangsstörungen, Störungen der Sinnesverarbeitung und chronischer Migräne in Behandlung. Sie möchte mit ihrem Beispiel und ihren Aussagen Menschen anregen, die eigenen Andersartigkeiten anzunehmen und ohne Scham Hilfe in Anspruch zu nehmen. Ihr helfe die Musik, mit ihren sensorischen Problemen, Lernschwierigkeiten und Missbrauchserfahrungen umzugehen.

Stil

Die Musik von Death Loves Veronica basiert auf einem „analoge[n] Synthesizer ohne MIDI-Technik“, gelegentlich eingesetzten Gitarrenanschlägen und einem „lasziv klingenden, sehr unnahbar wirkenden Sprechgesang“. „Pulsierende elektronische Bässe, gepaart mit Dance-Drumbeats, bilden die Grundlage“ der reduzierten Musik die Synthiepop und Dark Wave zu erotisch aufgeladener Fetisch-Club-Musik variiert, die „auch Soundtrack zu einer schummrigen BDSM-Party sein könnte.“