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The Republic Of Desire

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The Republic Of Desire biography

Originally formed in 1997 by front man Kalle Lindberg and Guitarist Lasse Alander the gestation of The Republic of Desire as been one of steady evolution from a primitive industrial rock sound to the complex snarling beast that is the REALpolitik album.Between ’97 and ’02 the band went through a number of line ups before finally recruiting ERK_Z on keyboards and recording their self financed album 2.0 Beta and the KVBER E.P., it was the KVBER E.P. that brought TROD to the attention of Ammonite Industries. The Republic of Desire has once again undergone line-up changes, ERK_S retiring from live duties to a more studio based role and the recruitment of second guitarist Arto Eskola. REALpolitik sees TROD continuing to perfect their caustic blend of metal brutality and syntheti

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Biography

Originally formed in 1997 by front man Kalle Lindberg and Guitarist Lasse Alander the gestation of The Republic of Desire as been one of steady evolution from a primitive industrial rock sound to the complex snarling beast that is the REALpolitik album.

Between ’97 and ’02 the band went through a number of line ups before finally recruiting ERK_Z on keyboards and recording their self financed album 2.0 Beta and the KVBER E.P., it was the KVBER E.P. that brought TROD to the attention of Ammonite Industries. The Republic of Desire has once again undergone line-up changes, ERK_S retiring from live duties to a more studio based role and the recruitment of second guitarist Arto Eskola. REALpolitik sees TROD continuing to perfect their caustic blend of metal brutality and synthetic grandeur.

The Republic of Desire is

Kalle Lindberg- Vocals, Programming, Keyboards
Lasse Alander- Guitars
Arto Eskola – Guitars
Paavo Alander – Bass
Matti Jarva – Drums

ERK_Z – Keyboards

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Discography

Albums

Biopreparat

  • Label: Self Released
  • Released: 1999
  • 1. Never Submit
  • 2. Fear & Loathing
  • 3. Between Hate And Grace
  • 4. Waves
  • 5. 5
  • 6. Corona

Songs of Betrayal

  • Label: Self Released
  • Released: 2001
  • 1. Dust
  • 2. NoGoodYear?
  • 3. Clarity
  • 4. Shut
  • 5. Caterpillar
  • 6. Sick Again

2.0 Beta

  • Label: Self Released
  • Released: 2003
  • 1. Memory Manager
  • 2. Shiva
  • 3. Reality Modulator
  • 4. Year of the Locust
  • 5. Locust
  • 6. Sorethroat
  • 7. Neckstep
  • 8. A Formless Spawn
  • 9. (Avtomat)

KVBER

  • Label: Self Released
  • Released: 2005
  • 1. End Product
  • 2. Species
  • 3. Solstice
  • 4. Resource Conflict
  • 5. Desining and Controlling
  • 6. KVBER

REALpolitik

  • Label: Ammonite Industries
  • Released: 2007
  • 1. Babylon
  • 2. Vampiirs ov the West
  • 3. Critique
  • 4. Blood of the Martyrs
  • 5. Eschatology
  • 6. REALpolitik
  • 7. The Red Sun
  • 8. Burning Cities
  • 9. Mouth of the Beast
  • 10. Gethsemane

Tower

  • Label: Inverse Records
  • Released: 2011
  • 1. The Imperium
  • 2. The Red Times
  • 3. For The Defiled
  • 4. Cleansing
  • 5. War Drum
  • 6. Razing The Tower
  • 7. The Railhead
  • 8. Virtue
  • 9. Coup D´Etat
  • 10. Final Deliverance
  • 11. Come Ruination

Demo / Promo

GrooveCore (Demo)

  • Label: Self Released
  • Released: 1998
  • 1. My Eyes
  • 2. Cycles of Solitude
  • 3. I´m Nothing
  • 4. Victim

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Members

Kalle Lindberg
Keyboards,Vocals 1997 -
Lasse Alander
Guitars 1997 -
Arto Eskola
Guitars
Paavo Alander
Bass
Matti Jarva
Drums

Former members

Panu Askonen
Guitars
Heikki Multanen
Drums
Erik Zacharias
Keyboards

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band [at] therepublicofdesire.net

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