And Then You Die

“Finland – the happiest country of the world. From the flip side of the coin you’ll find long periods of darkness, harsh climate, economic depression, alcoholism and high suicide rates. Therefore, it’s not much of a surprise Finland have spawn ‘And Then You Die’ – a group that could be described as a collective of artists operating from the shady alleys of Vaasa region, western Finland.”

And Then You Die was formed all the way back in 1990 so you could say they were one of the first electro/industrial drillers in Finland. The sound of the group is extraordinarily cold, dark and pitiless. French webzine Musique Machine described in review that ATYD’s music could be the soundtrack of Marc Caro’s and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s cult movie Delicatessen if you remove the happy ending. A place where you wouldn’t want to live. The roots of the sound lie in dark music; name dropping artists as Einstürzende Neubaten, Swans, Godflesh and Scorn. Nonetheless, And Then You Die manages to sound fresh and original. The group paints their soundscapes with loops and sequences, rattling heavy bass, guitars, analog synthesizers and sometimes even real drums.

And Then You Die released their latest album “Electric Uterus” on May 2021. Electric Uterus sounds like unrefined industrial noise, while simultaneously conjuring images of New York’s murky independent scene and even Swedish indie rock. The harsh soundscape drills holes in the listeners’ skull with a mixture of a compressed-to-death soundscape, shrieking bedlam and astral vocal melodies that create a cold, ruthless and pessimistic atmosphere.