KILL THE THRILL was formed in 1989 and is composed of Nicolas Dick on vocals, guitar and lap-steel, Marylin Tognolli on bass for its founding members. Stemming from the French noisy wave of the early 90’s, their music is often described as dark, abrasive and hypnotic, full of epic moments, with a dense and rich sound mixing elements of industrial rock, post-punk and experimental metal.
Forging an atmosphere as dreamy as chaotic, with multiple layers and atmospheres, sometimes ambient, sometimes more hostile. KILL THE THRILL interlaces orchestrated soundscapes, enriched with innumerable layers and arrangements, playing amongst the rifts to create a unique and personal work, so far from everything and so close to everyone.
The band released its first album in 1993 entitled DIG, followed by an EP : PIT (on the labels Noise Product CH and Semetary), and at that time had three musicians, already working with samples and playing with blocks of sound.
In 1996, the trio became a duo with a second album entitled LOW (Noise Product CH), recorded, mixed and produced by Nicolas Dick. The artist ErikM intervened on the interludes with sound tracks which frame each title of the group. The album is hailed by the press as a perfect balance between melody and distortion.
Over the years, tracks have appeared on a large number of compilations: La Famille (Noise Product Belgium), Serial Killer Vol 1 (Roadrunner), Brutale Generation (Semetary / WMD), Ah Quelle Belle journée (Amanita records), A Wild State Of Noise And Disorder (Pandemonium), 5 Years Of Fury (Noise Product CH), Tribute To Godflesh (Nihilistic H. Rec.), Fear Drop 14 : « Coal Fire » The Cure masterpiece Pornography, Dark 80’s (Atropine Records) etc.
Frederic De Benedetti joined the band on guitar and it’s again as a trio that the album 203 BARRIERS was released by Season Of Mist in 2001, the album again entirely recorded and produced by Nicolas Dick. With this new opus KILL THE THRILL’s music has evolved towards a daring, disturbing and more extreme sound. With international promotion and distribution, signing with the label Season Of Mist allowed an opportunity of further development for the band.
KILL THE THRILL has shared stages all over Europe with other artists such as Godflesh, Killing Joke, Zeni Geva, Isis, Young Gods, Treponem Pal, Einstürzende Neubauten, La Muerte, Neurosis, Jesu, Jim Rose Circus, Grötus, Dillinger, Escape Plan, Dälek, etc.
The album TELLURIQUE released in 2005 (Season Of Mist, recorded and produced by Nicolas Dick) combines a cold and clinical industrial/metal sound with a new wave sensibility, bathed in a heavily melancholic atmosphere, but leaning more in the direction of noisy, distorted shoegazing mists than the fires of metal. The album is described by the press as an organic journey in which you must immerse yourself to feel its harshness and beauty.
This exacerbated trio asserts itself as a true entity in symbiosis, with an unfiltered and no holds barred take on music and sound.
Anger has no origin, and when the events from which it arises, physical bodies and soundwaves, can no longer contain patience and intelligibility, the sounds become the violence.
But with KILL THE THRILL, violence is always suggested more than frontally expressed, it remains hemmed in and contained.
In 2015 the band reissued its first under the title « 1989 » (Atypeek Records), a digital-only album intended as a nod to KILL THE THRILL’s origins.
During a few years of silence put to good use on the personal and musical projects of the members of the group, KILL THE THRILL took the time to polish a new version. Their new album AUTOPHAGIE will be released in early 2024 on Season Of Mist.
François Rossi joins the band for the concerts, along with Julien Robaut on guitar and Stéphane Guillouzouic on bass.
KILL THE THRILL has released a limited number of albums in its career so far, but is resistant to all erosion, the secret of its longevity residing in the timelessness of the music.
An atypical band whose music is enough to itself ; a discrete band for imposing music ; a group which reveals next to nothing but pursues its sonic quest, outside of common standards. A living ambiguity : cold and hot, the calm and the storm.
« A long flow of orgasmic lava, a wave of shimmering noises that carries away everything in its path. One immerses oneself entirely in its bewitching atmospheres. We leave for a long descent on a carpet of guitars, their richness is inside, under this heap of notes and noises, under this black and disturbing mass. It’s up to you to understand what you can during a journey that is sublime ».
To Kill the Shiver reaches for the ineffable.
Formé en 1989 par Nicolas Dick (chant, guitare, lapsteel) et Marylin Tognolli (basse), rapidement rejoints par Thierry Ringelstein (guitare), KILL THE THRILL s’inscrit dès ses débuts dans la vague noisy française du début des années 90. Le groupe développe une musique sombre, abrasive et hypnotique, mêlant rock industriel, post-punk, noise et métal expérimental.
Forgeant des atmosphères à la fois oniriques et chaotiques, KILL THE THRILL tisse un son dense et riche, nourri de nappes ambient, de textures hostiles et d’arrangements complexes. Loin des clivages de genres, le groupe construit une œuvre singulière et profondément personnelle, à la fois radicale et sensible.
Un premier album, DIG, paraît en 1993, suivi du maxi PIT. Devenu trio avec l’arrivée du guitariste Patrick Allard, le groupe explore déjà le travail des masses sonores et l’utilisation de samples.
En 1996, mué en duo, KILL THE THRILL publie LOW, enregistré et produit par Nicolas Dick, enrichi de nappes sonores par l’artiste Erikm. L’album est salué par la presse pour son équilibre entre mélodie et saturation.
En 2001, après l’arrivée de Frédéric De Benedetti à la guitare, le trio signe 203 BARRIERS chez Season Of Mist, enregistré et produit au Puits Sonore, le studio du groupe. Ce disque marque une évolution vers une musique plus audacieuse et extrême, et ouvre au groupe une visibilité et une diffusion internationales.
KILL THE THRILL partage alors la scène avec des artistes majeurs tels que Killing Joke, Zeni Geva, Isis, Young Gods, Treponem Pal, Godflesh, Einstürzende Neubauten, La Muerte, Neurosis, Jesu, Jim Rose Circus, Grötus, Dillinger Escape Plan et Dälek.
L’album TELLURIQUE (2005), toujours chez Season Of Mist, poursuit cette mutation. Plus mélancolique, il mêle une froideur indus/métal à une sensibilité new wave où l’on retrouve les brumes distordues des shoegazers. Il est décrit par la presse comme “un voyage organique dans lequel il faut s’immerger pour en ressentir l’âpreté et la beauté.”
Après une période de silence consacrée à des projets personnels, les premières démos du groupe sont rééditées en 2015 sous le titre 1989. KILL THE THRILL revient en 2024 avec AUTOPHAGIE, produit par Nicolas Dick et soutenu par Season Of Mist. Entièrement composé à partir de chutes de lapsteel et chanté pour la première fois en français, l’album saisit le public par son originalité et sa profondeur.
Sur scène, Nicolas Dick est aujourd’hui accompagné de Julien Robaut (guitare) et Stéphane Guillouzouic (basse). Après plus de 35 ans de carrière, KILL THE THRILL demeure un groupe à part, discret qui poursuit une quête sonore hors normes, entre tension et contemplation.
“ Une longue coulée de lave orgasmique, une nappe d’une multitude de bruits qui charrie tout sur son passage. On s’immerge tout entier dans des ambiances envoûtantes. On part pour une longue descente sur un tapis de guitares.
Leur richesse est à l’intérieur, sous cet amas de notes et de bruits, sous cette masse noire et dérangeante. À vous de comprendre ce que vous pouvez lors d’un voyage qui tient du sublime“.
Tuer le frisson rejoint l’indicible.
