Australian industrial act SHIV-R return in 2017 with their 4th full-length album “Requiem for the Hyperreal”, serving as both a fascinated documentation of
the power of delusion and a desperate cry for something real. The album comes after extensive touring of over 20 countries in Europe and North & Central America since their last album, and heavy rotation on alternative dancefloors with their most recent release “On Blackened Wings” hitting #1 in the DAC (German Alternative Charts) in 2015.
At the core of SHIV-R are Pete Crane (vocals & music) and Ben Bulig (music), driven by the need for self-expression and pushing for musical evolution.
The music hits PRODIGY-style depth charges and EBM club elements on its way to IAMX-style expressiveness and vocal hooks that wouldn’t sound out
of place if sung by MARILYN MANSON. Presented with a provocatively dark, lace-filtered visual style, the group is altogether monstrously seductive.
The 12 songs on “Requiem for the Hyperreal” weave a dark, dynamic tapestry that varies from the industrial drive of “Malediction” to the musicbox
slither of “Milk and Honey”, with Pete Crane’s lyrics describing a personification of fear over swampy textures in the song “Here in the Dark” and carving out a manifesto for self-creation over the heavy, broken beats of “Something to Say”.

Tracklist:
01. Halo
02. Malediction
03. Cheshire Grin
04. Here in the Dark
05. Disconnect
06. Escape Velocity
07. Entropy
08. Something to Say
09. Panacea
10. The Moth Collector
11. Apples
12. Milk and Honey