Xotox was founded in 1998 as a solo project by Andreas Davids. adequately described by himself as "industrial for hyperactive people", the Xotox-sound is characterised by hard beats, catchy melodies and merciless noise-attacks. the debut-album "Stueckgut" developed a small cult following, which eagerly anticipated the following releases "epos" and "monolith". with the release of "disinhibition" Xotox started performing live around Germany, winning more fans and attracting media attention for the first time. the following albums "Normalzustand: angst" and "rhythm of fear (live in Jena)" got a variety of great reviews. in 2002 "Silberfieber" and the mini album "Nothing" were released featuring the hits "Eisenkiller", "Nothing", "Null" and "Zweischicht", which went on heavy rotation in many clubs in Germany. both releases had this success resulted in Xotox being picked up by industrial label Pronoize, which in turn led to Xotox getting a much higher profile in part through their contributions to high profile compilations such as "industrial frequencies vol. 5" and "industrial highlights vol. 1" both put together by the German scene magazine Orkus. in 2003 the first album on Pronoize was released - "Lichtlos" managed to establish itself on nearly every German dancefloor. "Eisenkiller" became the club anthem of winter 2003/04 and "Lichtlos" the benchmark album. for the very first time an industrial act managed to reach number 1 in the German alternative charts (dac) and held on to