Attrition

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(1) Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England (2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC (3) Attrition is also a Canadian war metal band formed in 2017. 1. Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics, they emerged as part of the early '80's UK Industrial scene alongside contemporaries Coil, Test Department, Legendary Pink Dots, In The Nursery, Portion Control et al. Founder Martin Bowes has steered the band through a 25 year career, fueled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums... The band has regularly toured Europe, North America and Mexico, appeared at major festivals and had their music included on a number of film soundtracks.... (most recently two of their songs are included on the US cult film “Mint in box” alongside the Pogues…) Through their career Attrition have worked with musicians as diverse as psychedelic veterans The Legendary Pink Dot’s to punk legend TV Smith to Franck Dematteis of the Paris Opera. Attrition’s music has featured on countless releases - from 1984’s “Bullshit detector” on Crass records to the hugely successful “Animal liberation” album alongside Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smiths, Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich etc… Recently their song “Acid Tongue” featured on KTEL’s Industrial story CD - a who’s who of industrial music with Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Neubauten et al… In Germany Orkus magazine’s Best of the 90’s collection featured their darkwave classic “A girl called harmony”… Attrition’s work been remixed by underground artists from an eclectic mix of genres including Chris n Cosey, Martin Atkins, Dance or Die and UK drum n bass act Rascal & Klone…(featured on the first Grand Theft Auto game soundtrack..) Martin’s increasing studio production work has included mixes for The Damage Manual (Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble, Geordie Walker, Chris Connelly et al…), Die Form, In the Nursery, Black tape for a blue girl, Emilie Autumn and more… He has contributed a song for the new Pigface album and is recording the narrators voice to an upcoming US horror film, “C for Chaos”… 2012... Invocation is the bands first full length film score...composed for US cult horror movie G.H.O.S.T. 2013... The Unraveller of Angels is the all new album... (2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC 2. They existed from January 2005 - May 2007 and played a progressive style of emotionally charged, metallic hardcore influenced equally by screamo bands such as pg. 99 and Majority Rule, noisecore bands such as Converge and Botch, and more straight-forward hardcore bands. Their lyrical content approached issues such as anarchism, feminism, straightedge and veganism (an interesting similarity to their UK counterpart), but from a personal, anecdotal perspective, focusing more on alienation and frustration than on prescriptive politics. They toured the US once (partially with North Carolina crust band Requiem) and the East Coast once with Philadelphia vegan straightedge hardcore band Kingdom and self-released two CDEP's named, respectively, "Preface" and "Chapter One: We Are Fucking Serious". "Purist", from the second EP, was featured on "Open The Cages: SHAC 7 Benefit" on Catalyst Records and the previously unreleased "No Control" appeared only on "Keep Singing", an animal-rights benefit CD released by Exotic Fever Records. Their entire discography is available for free download at attrition.dead-city.org/. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Genres

industrial,dark wave,uk,electro-industrial,england,coventry,minimal synth,ebm,dark cabaret,darkwave,deathrock,cold wave,neofolk,gothic rock,ambient,dark ambient,neoclassical darkwave,

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Attrition and V2A at The Arches (December 5, 2025)

Coventry - The Arches

5/Dec

2025

Attrition at The Priory Undercrofts (December 6, 2025)

Coventry - The Priory Undercrofts

6/Dec

2025

Videography

Attrition - A girl called harmony

Attrition - A girl called harmony

Dec/2025

Artist discography

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Last FM

Lip Sync - EP

Jul/2019

Invocation - Live in Toronto. 15.03.19

Invocation - Live in Toronto. 15.03.19

Apr/2019

ATTRITION - Live In Wellington, New Zealand 11/05/2018

ATTRITION - Live In Wellington, New Zealand 11/05/2018

Jul/2018

Live in Wellington. New Zealand. 11.05.18

Live in Wellington. New Zealand. 11.05.18

Jun/2018

Reason : Remodel

Reason : Remodel

Jan/2018

Silent Night - Single

Silent Night - Single

Dec/2017

Silent Night

Dec/2017

The Attrition of Reason - Redux

The Attrition of Reason - Redux

Sep/2017

Attrition - Live In Toronto. May 2017

Attrition - Live In Toronto. May 2017

Aug/2017

The Voice of God ep

The Voice of God ep

Aug/2017

Live in Toronto. May 2017

Live in Toronto. May 2017

Aug/2017

A Girl Called Harmony

A Girl Called Harmony

Jan/2017

Second Onslaught

Second Onslaught

Oct/2016

Something In My Eye

Something In My Eye

Aug/2016

Live at Club Neutral. Toronto. 06.06.10

Live at Club Neutral. Toronto. 06.06.10

Feb/2016

Part Time Lovers - The 2004 Remixes

Part Time Lovers - The 2004 Remixes

Feb/2016

Part Time Lovers - The 2004 Remixes (feat. Martin Bowes)

Part Time Lovers - The 2004 Remixes (feat. Martin Bowes)

Feb/2016

Live at AKW. Wurzburg. Germany. 19.05.1988

Live at AKW. Wurzburg. Germany. 19.05.1988

Dec/2015

Live on the VPRO. Netherlands. 1984

Live on the VPRO. Netherlands. 1984

Sep/2015

Millions Of The Mouthless Dead

Millions Of The Mouthless Dead

Jul/2015

The 1983 Tapes

May/2020

Take Five - EP

Jun/2020

Live at Metropolis, Copenhagen 14-01-2000

Live at Metropolis, Copenhagen 14-01-2000

Apr/2020

The Great Derailer - Single

The Great Derailer - Single

Jan/2020

Live at Metropolis. Copenhagen. 14-01-2000

Live at Metropolis. Copenhagen. 14-01-2000

Apr/2020

The Great Derailer

The Great Derailer

Jan/2020

Reason Remodel

Jan/2018

Invocation - Live in Toronto. 15.03.19

Invocation - Live in Toronto. 15.03.19

Apr/2019

The Mouthless Dead

The Mouthless Dead

Jan/2021

The Mouthless Dead / The Bone Factory - Single

The Mouthless Dead / The Bone Factory - Single

Feb/2021

The Mouthless Dead / The Bone Factory

The Mouthless Dead / The Bone Factory

Feb/2021

The Alibi

Jun/2021

The Alibi - EP

Jun/2021

Invocation - Live in Toronto. 15.03.19 (feat. VANCORVID)

Invocation - Live in Toronto. 15.03.19 (feat. VANCORVID)

Apr/2019

Death House Variations - Live at The Tin. Coventry. 10.09.21

Death House Variations - Live at The Tin. Coventry. 10.09.21

Sep/2021

Fires Rise - Single

Fires Rise - Single

Nov/2017

Live in Wellington. New Zealand. 11.05.18

Live in Wellington. New Zealand. 11.05.18

Jun/2018

Demo 1

Nov/2017

Death House Variations - Live at the Tin 10.09.21 - EP

Death House Variations - Live at the Tin 10.09.21 - EP

Oct/2021

A Great Desire (1986 - 2004)

A Great Desire (1986 - 2004)

Feb/2022

A Great Desire (1986 - 2004) [Clean]

A Great Desire (1986 - 2004) [Clean]

Feb/2022

Death House Variations - Live at the Tin 10.09.21

Death House Variations - Live at the Tin 10.09.21

Oct/2021

Death House Variations - Live at The Tin. Coventry. 10.09.21

Death House Variations - Live at The Tin. Coventry. 10.09.21

Sep/2021

Live at Projektfest, Chicago, USA - 1996

Live at Projektfest, Chicago, USA - 1996

May/2022

Dam

Oct/2022

Torgalia

Jan/2021

Vade Retro

Nov/2020

One Horse Rider

One Horse Rider

Sep/2036

The Switch EP

Mar/2023

The Switch

Feb/2023

This Death House (2021 Remaster)

This Death House (2021 Remaster)

Apr/2021

In Hell I’ll Seek My Confidence

In Hell I’ll Seek My Confidence

May/2023

The Great Derailer (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

The Great Derailer (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

May/2023

Narcissist (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

Narcissist (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

May/2023

The Alibi (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

The Alibi (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

May/2023

Acid Tongue (Blinky Blinky Computerband maximal mix)

Acid Tongue (Blinky Blinky Computerband maximal mix)

May/2023

Acid Tongue (Blinky Blinky Computerband minimal mix)

Acid Tongue (Blinky Blinky Computerband minimal mix)

May/2023

One Horse Rider (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

One Horse Rider (Blinky Blinky Computerband remix)

May/2023

Live in The Cage 07-02-23

Live in The Cage 07-02-23

May/2023

Live in the Cage - February 2023

Live in the Cage - February 2023

May/2023

The Black Maria

The Black Maria

Mar/2024

The Black Maria (feat. Anni Hogan)

The Black Maria (feat. Anni Hogan)

Mar/2024

Prayer For the Head (Live at The Recession Club, London. Oct 12th 1983)

Prayer For the Head (Live at The Recession Club, London. Oct 12th 1983)

Nov/2023

Prayer For the Head (Live at The Recession Club, London. Oct 12th 1983) - Single

Prayer For the Head (Live at The Recession Club, London. Oct 12th 1983) - Single

Nov/2023

Attrition [Explicit]

Attrition [Explicit]

Nov/2023

Tortured into Submission - Single

Tortured into Submission - Single

Oct/2023

Tortured into Submission [Explicit]

Tortured into Submission [Explicit]

Oct/2023

Prayer for the Head - Live at the Recession Club, Hackney. Oct 1983

Prayer for the Head - Live at the Recession Club, Hackney. Oct 1983

Oct/2023

The Last Harvest [Explicit]

The Last Harvest [Explicit]

Oct/2023

The Last Harvest - Single

The Last Harvest - Single

Oct/2023

Death Deprived - Single

Death Deprived - Single

Sep/2023

Death Deprived [Explicit]

Death Deprived [Explicit]

Sep/2023

A Permanent View? Black Maria Remixed

A Permanent View? Black Maria Remixed

Jan/2025

Scalaire Scud

Dec/2024

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