ZS Concep‡

Bio:

The beginnings of ZS Concept were formed by D G at his University, while playing in a variety of bands at school as well as working in College Radio. Keyboards, guitars and drum machines were used to make the first recordings on a 4track. Early music was atmospheric with darkwave influences. Over time, the sound has become more diverse with greater experimentation and newer technology. The music evolved using elements of death and goth metal, industrial, trance, classical and ambient.

As the years progressed, S M joined this partnership as a singer, artist, muse and spouse. S M's education was in art and it's her creativity that has expanded the soundscapes that make ZS Concept. One side of this vision is to create dark aggressive and metal-edged noise {ZS Concept} while the other side is to compose soothing neo-classical introspective pieces {ZS Concept 2}. It's this dynamic that coexists between these divergent musical styles that energizes the whole musical and visual experience.

Our youth has helped develop to what we are now. D G was born in Brazil, and emigrated from Holland to America when he was young. He was raised by Dutch parents, who allowed him to let his creativity grow in music and photography. S M was born in America, but lived her younger years in Thailand and Nigeria. Her parents encouraged her creativity in art, crafts and similiar endeavors. This common thread of international exposure and imagination bonds our art together.

If you have read this so far, we commend you. What really drives us is to channel all of this darkness to our music. We want you to feel the blackness, let it linger and maybe even scare you. Let the bleeding out, expose it and share it. What inspires us is the pain that we feel from ones dear to us as well as the horrors others live thru. We don't want to sugarcoat it, but let you experience it firsthand.

Skratch magazine has us as a featured artist earlier this year. Check out our blog for the complete interview. We will also have a 7 song download EP to be released later by Death to Music. Our songs have been featured on internet radiostations in US, Canada and Europe. We also have our music played in several music festivals in Holland and Germany.

If you like the sounds here, check out my other sites. ZS Concept 2, the music is more gothic as well as melancholic. On Industrial Souls, the sound is electro with an industrial feel. Sonic Thunder is metal with Death Metal / Experimental pedigree. Project Zooom is my solo progessive metal site. Finally, Zsymphonic is my ethereal / classical profile.

Recently added a few more projects here. Creative Expression is a non-music site showing S M's art and D G's photos. Discordant Animosity is a joint collaboration with D G and Cease a gifted guitar player creating some serious metal with a prog / death metal sound. VuurHemel is the newest page that combines the etheral darkness of Zsymphonic to ZS Concept for a dark ambient metal sound. You can find these on my topfriends.

Thank you for stopping by. D

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Influences:

69 Eyes
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy
Astarte
Bach
Bathory
Bauhaus
Beethoven
Betty Blowtorch
Black Sabbath
Clan Of Xymox
Clash
Cruxshadows
Cure
Dark Tranquility
Dimmu Borgir
Drain STH
Einsturzende Neubauten
Enigma
For My Pain
Girlschool
In Flames
Joy Division
Judas Priest
Kraftwerk
Lacuna Coil
Led Zeppelin
Lore
Machine Head
Marilyn Manson
Megadeth
Metallica
Ministry
Motorhead
Mozart
My Ruin
Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails
Opeth
Poisonblack
Rammstein
Ramones
Samael
Saxon
Sex Pistols
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Switchblade Symphony
Tangerine Dream
Therion
Type O Negative
Within Temptation

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