Nachtmahr - Imperivm - A5 Digipak CD

Nachtmahr - Imperivm - A5 Digipak CD

Empires fall. NACHTMAHR is standing proud. Thomas Rainer has learned from the mistakes of decadent empires. He has never overestimated himself or underestimated his opponents. He has always known what he wants and how to achieve it. But what was almost more important was that he always knew who was on his side. And who was against him.

All of this has made his project NACHTMAHR one of the major trendsetters in industrial music over the years. Already with his very first sign of life, the thunderous dark techno EP “Kunst ist Krieg” (Art is War), he crossed the Rubicon. Since 2007, he has unleashed eleven devastating studio albums, nine EPs, and countless scorching live shows. A time marked by antagonism, fierce headwinds, resistance, and solidarity.

In 2026, it is clear that all this has not been enough to stop this movement, to break this iron will. On the contrary: it has made NACHTMAHR even more uncompromising, even more unyielding, even more headstrong. NACHTMAHR is legion, for we are many. The only logical next step: a manifesto like “IMPERIVM,” which combines the will to win with unyieldingness and gives the resistance a soundtrack of steel and obsession. A new creed.

“IMPERIVM” is a titan, a turning point, an axe for the frozen sea within us all. From thunderous imperial industrial, sexually charged uniform fetishism and militant visuals, from sonic dominance and brute force, NACHTMAHR distills its purest essence in 2026: A militant soundtrack for resistance and revolution. A new firestorm.

On “IMPERIVM,” the rabid beat supremacy is joined by everything that has defined NACHTMAHR in recent years. Facets of bursting hard dark techno, EBM, industrial metal, and even a little neofolk dominate this beast of an album. This is an iron will set to music, a new NACHTMAHR, a new nightmare from Vienna. This band has never sounded more possessed, self-assured, and varied. May God have mercy on us.

NACHTMAHR is art. A mirror. An inventory of our collective traumas and desires. A flaming sword for freedom in the arts, for unconditional devotion to sound storms, for trembling catharsis in the reflection of a burning world. And “IMPERIVM” is the marching order for ultimate triumph.

Tracklist:
Wer Wind sät
Unterwerfung
Nie zurück
Das Böse
Stärker als ihr Hass
Infantil
Der Schlaf
Willenlos
Offenbarung
Neue Ufer