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12+ albums
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about:blank is a two man project originally formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, created from an explosive meeting between two musical worlds. In a way, the sound of about:blank is a crossover between ebm, industrial, rock, electronica and in some way even classical. The tracks are usually heavily laden with effects, strange industrial samples, rich evolving soundscapes and thick distorsion on the lyrics, but they're also engulfed in a warmth of strings, choir samples and heavy guitar riffs complementing highly melodic tunes and the hard hitting basslines that make up the core of the tracks. Niklas Weidel (lyrics, music) was influenced from the alt-rock (NIN etc) scene and started as an amiga tracker artist (nightowl in the demo group Goto10, for example) in the demo scene in the 90's. Martin Pettersson (music, effects) came from the underground ebm and noise scenes. The results of their combined musical vision was to become about:blank around the shift of the millenium (named officially in 2001). The name of the band is meant to convey a digital start with no previous history and unknown future, as the music in itself doesn't lend itself to be easily categorized and thus it is up to the listener to make their own minds if it fits their tastes and what it really is. (ie: when opening a web browser with no site to load, the adress bar says about:blank as destination, and when typing it in the adress field you clear the page you are on) Building a studio in an apartment and