Biography
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Years Active
1986 – present (38 years)
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Founded In
München, Bayern, Germany
Traumatic Voyage is a Avant-garde / Progressive death metalband from Germany.
visit: www.traumatic-voyage.com to find out more
you can listen and buy all available albums at: www.traumatic-voyage.bandcamp.com
History:
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
UNADULTERATED TRAUMATIC SINCE 1986…
AND STILL THE VOYAGE CONTINUES…
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS NO USUAL BAND AT ALL. IT'S MORE SOMEKIND OF A DARK ART-PROJECT, THE INTENSE SELF-EXPRESSION OF A EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST: ASTORIAN!
AND SINCE 2001, WHEN HIS WIFE UNIKHANYA HAVE JOINED THE "BAND", TRAUMATIC VOYAGE HAS BECAME THE SPIRIDUAL COALESCENCE OF THOSE TWO UNCOMMON MINDS TO CREATE EVEN MORE INTENSE ART THAN EVER BEFORE
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE ARE ASTORIAN & UNIKHANYA TRAUMATURGOS! EVERY TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-OUTPUT IS A COMPLETE ART-CONCEPT. MUSICK, LYRICS, PHOTOS, PICTURES AND VIDEOCLIPS ARE CREATED BY ASTORIAN AND HIS WIFE UNIKHANYA ON THEIR OWN. SO THAT THEIR VISIONARY ART STAYS PURE AND ALL FIT TOGETHER AS ONE IMMENSE MASTERPIECE OF BLACK ART.
ASTORIAN & UNIKHANYA ARE LIVING THEIR TRAUMATIC VOYAGE AS A OWN UNUSUAL LIFE-STYLE AND SELF-THERAPY TO DECREASE THE PRESSURE OF DARK VISIONS AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS INSIDE OF THEM, WHICH THIS HUMAN HELL, WE'RE ALL LIVE IN, PRODUCES TOO MUCH.
AS THE NAME SAYS: TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS A MUSICKAL JOURNEY THAT REFLECTS EXISTENCE AS A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE ITSELF. THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER FAKE-IMAGE, IT'S THE FACE OF THE TRUTH THAT NOBODY WANTS TO SEE. THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS BASED ON ASTORIANS & UNIKHANYAS ENDLESS QUEST FOR THE FINAL, COSMIC TRUTH AND WHAT THEY DISCOVER DURING THEIR SEARCH. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS FAR BEYOND OF EVERYTHING YOU THINK TO KNOW. IN A WORLD OF FAKES AND LIES, TRUTH CAN ONLY BE FOUND ON A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE.
HOW SERIOUS DO YOU WANT IT?
THIS IS DEADLY SERIOUS!
CAN YOU TAKE IT?
STATIONS OF A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
OVERTURE:
1970: "THE PAIN OF BIRTH"
ASTORIAN ENTERS HUMAN HELL.
THROUGH FLESH AND BLOOD HE
APPEARS IN THIS RAPED AND
DYING WORLD.
1978-1982:
"A SOUL ARRIVES/FIRST POSSESSION"
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AWAKES,
ASTORIANS SPIRIT SPREADS HIS
WINGS AGAIN AND RISES FROM THE
ASHES TO CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY.
FIRST CONTACT WITH METAL-MUSIC
(BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN,
VENOM…) CAUSES A LIFELONG
POSSESSION OF ASTORIANS MIND
BY THE POWER OF METAL.
1983: "A WAY WAS CHOSEN"
ASTORIAN LEARNS HIS FIRST
INSTRUMENT (GUITAR) AND
STARTS HIS PERSONAL
ART-REBELLION AGAINST HIS
OWN RACE.
1984-1985:
"GIVING LIFE A MEANING"
THE FIRST WAVE OF BLACK METAL
(BATHORY, CELTIC FROST,
POSSESSED…) BREAKS OVER
ASTORIAN AND PUSHES HIM
INTO HIS FINAL, MUSICAL
MAIN-DIRECTION.
THE TRAUMATIC VOYAGE BEGINS:
1986: "INSPIRED BY INSANITY"
ASTORIAN CREATES THE
CONCEPT (BAND) TRAUMATIC
VOYAGE TO FOLLOW HIS OWN
UNCOMPARABLE VISION OF
EXTREME METAL AS AN ARTFORM
AND A WAY OF LIFE.
1987-1990:
"DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEA"
ASTORIAN WORKS ON HIS ART
TO FIND HIS OWN STYLE OF
MUSIC AND ART. SOME FIRST
EXPERIMENTAL DEMO-RECORDINGS
WERE DONE. ASTORIAN EXPLORES
ELECTRONIC AND DIGITAL
MUSIC-EQUIPMENT TO ALTER
THE POSSIBILITIES.
1991: "HERE IT COMES…"
THE FOURTH AND FINAL DEMO
"SHIZOPHRENIC MOMENTS IN
PARANOIA" WAS RELEASED IN
EXCLUSIVE CIRCLES
LIMITED TO 66 COPIES.
1992: "…TO WHERE IT GOES"
THE TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-SONG
"GODLESS" WAS EXCLUSIVE
RELEASED ON PEACEVILLE'S
FAMOUS "VOL. 4" COMPILATION.
RELEASE OF THE FIRST, OFFICIAL
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-CD
"TRAUMATIC…" BY WVRECORDS.
1993: "ABYSS OR PEAK?"
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE HAS BEEN
RIPPED OFF BY WEST VIRGINIA
RECORDS. THE DEAL WAS BLOWN!
ANYWAY, ASTORIAN RECORDS THE
2. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE ALBUM
"TRAUMATIZED…" AND LEARNS
TO PLAY THE BASS. FIRST WORK
ON A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-VIDEO.
1994-1995:
"ENCHANTED BY MOONLIGHT"
AT NIGHT, DEEP IN THE WOODS,
YOU LOOSE YOURSELF AND
FORGET THE DAYLIGHT-WORLD…
1996: "A NEW CHANCE"
ASTORIAN RECORDS HIS 3. CD
"TRAUMA…". MINDART
PRODUCTIONS RELEASES
"TRAUMATIZED…" AND "TRAUMA…",
BOTH LIMITED ON 1000 COPIES.
1997: "CHARGING THE BATTERY"
ASTORIAN STARTS TO PLAY
DRUMS TO REACH MORE
FREEDOM FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL
ART.
1998: "BACK DOWN, BUT STILL HIGH…"
THE 4. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-ALBUM
"COGITO ERGO SUM" WAS RECORDED
BY ASTORIAN. MINDART PRODUCTIONS
WAS SHUT DOWN, 'CAUSE THE
MINDART-CHIEF WAS IMPRISONED BY
THIS SLAVESTATE-SOCIETY. SO,
"COGITO ERGO SUM" STAYS
OFFICIALLY UNRELEASED FOR A WHILE.
1999-2000: "TRYING TO SURVIVE"
LIFE IS WAR… AND ASTORIAN
FIGHTS HIS WAY TOWARDS DEATH.
2001:
"ANOTHER PERSONAL CLIMAX"
ASTORIAN RECORDS HIS 5. CD
"ÜBERLEBENSKUNST", WHICH
IS STILL UNRELEASED AT THE MOMENT.
2002-2003:
"VISUALIZE THE VOYAGE"
THE WORK ON THE FIRST
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE VIDEOS
IS COMPLETED.
UNIKHANYA (ASTORIANS WIFE)
JOINS THE TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
AS THE ONLY MEMBER FOR THE
FUTURE.
2004: "BLACKER THAN LIFE"
ASTORIAN CREATES HIS 6.
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE MASTERPIECE
"KHIAOSCURO".
2005: "NO OTHER WAY"
UNSTOPPABLE THOUGHTS, INSANITY
TURNS TO WISDOM, WHAT ONCE WAS
JUST AN IDEA IS NOW A SPIRITUAL
REALITY.
2006:
"ESTABLISHING THE FUTURE"
ASTORIAN SIGNS A DEAL
WITH MERCILESS RECORDS
TO RELEASE ALL THE
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-STUFF
IN THE FUTURE.
2007-2009:
"A MERCILESS TRAVEL-COMPANION"
"KHIAOSCURO" &
"COGITO ERGO SUM" WERE
RELEASED BY MERCILESS RECORDS.
2010-2011: "ONE STEP CLOSER…"
AFTER 5 YEARS OF HARD WORK
THE 7. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
DOUBLE-ALBUM "TRAUMATURGIE"
WAS FINISHED AND RELEASED BY
MERCILESS RECORDS. NO SYNTHS
OR SEQUENCERS WERE HARMED
DURING THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM.
UNIKHANYA STARTS TO OVERTAKE
THE TRAUMATIC BASSAGE.
2012-2014: "…TO ANOTHER LEVEL…"
AND AGAIN THE CREATIVE DUO TRAVELS
FAR BEYOND ALL STARS IN THEIR OWN
TRAUMATIC UNIVERSE TO DISCOVER
UNKNOWN SECRETS AND RETURN
WITH THEIR NEW VOYAGE-JOURNAL
"GEDANKENGLUT".
2015-2016 "…AND NEW QUALITY…"
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE RECORDS THE
8. ALBUM "GEDANKENGLUT".
USING AGAIN ONLY GUITARS (8STRING),
BASS (BY UNIKHANYA), DRUMS AND
VOCALS (NO FX, EXCEPT HALL AND DELAY)
TO CREATE ANOTHER MIND-CRUSHING
SPIRITUAL MUSICK-JOURNEY.
2017-2018: "…OF TRAUMATIC INTENSITY!"
ASTORIAN AND UNIKHANYA ARE WORKING
ON A RELEASE OF THE NEW ALBUM
"GEDANKENGLUT".
SO MUCH BLOOD; SWEAT AND TEARS,
JUST TO THROW ANOTHER UNIQUE PEARL
BEFORE THE SWINES…
2018… "THE VOYAGE CONTINUES"
ASTORIAN & UNIKHANYA TRAUMATURGOS
WILL CONTINUE THEIR TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
TOWARDS THE END OF EVERYTHING.
AND NOW IT'S GETTING UGLY…
BETTER BE AWARE!
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