VMO is an extreme art-music project from the fictional planet HELVETECH, year 2099, combining techno, black metal, industrial, noise, gabber, blinding strobes, and heavy smoke. Often described as black metal meets Kraftwerk — Aphex Twin in corpse paint, the group is known for overwhelming AV performances and extraordinary power consumption, reaching up to 5000W live.
Formed by members adopting names of black metal bands and visual director KEZZARDRIX, VMO later expanded with vocalist Zastar. Their debut album Catastrophic Anonymous featured Chip King of The Body, SUNN O))), and Attila Csihar of Mayhem, followed by the 2024 album DEATH RAVE, with contributions from Attila Csihar, Kælan Mikla, Dylan Walker of Full of Hell, and Ican Harem of Gabber Modus Operandi.
VMO has performed internationally at Roadburn, Bang Face, Brutal Assault, Le Guess Who?, CTM/Berghain, DARK MOFO, SOFT CENTRE, Sónar, Roskilde, NEX_FEST, MUTEK Tokyo, and Boiler Room. Their work has also appeared in contexts of contemporary art and media performance, including collaborations connected to Tianzhuo Chen, Chim↑Pom, and VR project DIGITAL AFTERLIFE AGENCY.
Their current project, RAINBOW FROM ANGEL CORPSE, continues the evolution of DEATH RAVE into an immersive, multidisciplinary performance where body, brain, hallucination, black metal, rave culture, and apocalyptic light merge into what the group frames as a new substitute for religion.
