German electro-industrial project, FIX8:SED8 has revealed details about their highly-anticipated forthcoming album, Octagram courtesy of Dependent Records.
For FÏX8:SËD8 the number 8 is more than just another digit. When the 8 just turns by a little in the context of the German electro industrial project’s sixth album, it becomes the symbol for infinity. Infinity and the promise of eternal life also constitute one of the main tools instrumentalized by organized religions to control their followers, which is one of the lyrical themes present on Octagram.
The number 8 is also reflected in the structure of the album, which consists of eight songs each with a playing-time of eight minutes. The new songs break away from the classic “verse and chorus” formula. Freshly introduced odd time signatures and polyrhythmic experiments add to the overall progressive feel Octagram creates.
Octagram features all the signature elements and sounds that define FÏX8:SËD8: The album is as playful, complex, and melodic as its predecessors. The drums push even a bit harder than before, while the vocals are even more diverse on Octagram. Vocal samples consist mainly of recitations quoting the last words of persons that were about to receive the death sentence.
Octagram continues and expands the exploration of electronic musical dimensions that mastermind Martin Sane began with the highly successful predecessors, Foren6 (2017), Warning Signs (2019), and The Inevitable Relapse (2021). Channeling obvious influences from Canadian cult acts such as SKINNY PUPPY and FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, the German developed his own inimitable style that oscillates between dark electronics and catchy, melodic passages. FÏX8:SËD8 ultimately created their own soundscapes by successively moving away from their musical paragons, which broadly resembles the development of artistic soulmates such as MENTALLO & THE FIXER and HAUJOBB.
With Octagram, electro industrial shooting stars FÏX8:SËD8 once again push the extent of their own musical dimensions as well as the limits of the whole scene. Octagram is truly a groundbreaking milestone in the evolution of Martin Sane’s electronic industrial darkness!
Pre-Order the physical CD from the US shop:
https://us.dependent.de/us/Artists/FIX8-SED8/Fix8-Sed8-Octagram.html
Pre-Order the digital album via Bandcamp:
https://fix8sed8-de.bandcamp.com/album/octagram
Official release date is October 3rd.
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FIX8:SED8 is the dark electro project founded by Marin Sane and based in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Before making his first experiments with electronic music in late 2003, Martin Sane had worked for years with acoustic instruments. This knowledge helped Martin realize the purely electronic project, FIX8:SED8 which revealed Sane’s preferences for dark, interlocked sound structures influenced by bands such as Skinny Puppy and Velvet Acid Christ. FIX8:SED8’s vocals and the excessive use of samples in FIX8:SED8‘s music were inspired by these artists as well.
But the more songs Sane made for the debut FIX8:SED8 album, Humanophobia, the more he started to integrate dance-elements into his music. In 2009, FIX8:SED8 independently released their second album, Dormicum.
In 2017, the German label, Dependent Records released FIX8:SED8’s full-length album, Foren6 followed by 2019’s Warning Signs and 2021’s The Inevitable Relapse.
On October 3, 2025, Dependent Records will release the highly-anticipated, ambitious new album from FIX8:SED8 titled, Octagram. Preceding the album will be the singles, “Oathbreaker”, “New Eden” and “The Unborn”