Bio
Since their debut album in 2010, Australian electro-industrial act SHIV-R has made a meaningful impact on the international dark alternative music scene and set themselves apart with a uniquely hard-hitting yet elegant sonic aesthetic. The group has toured extensively throughout over 20 countries including festivals in Europe and North America and received heavy rotation on industrial dancefloors worldwide with their releases hitting number 1 on the DAC (German Alternative Charts) and top 10 in the GEWC (German Electronic Web Charts).
SHIV-R's 5th full-length album "Kill God Ascend" was released in 2021, leading Hysteria Mag to say "SHIV-R’s approach to electro-industrial music is as exhilarating as it is dark and profound". In 2024 SHIV-R released their latest double-single "Arise New Flesh/Flesh And Steel", reinforcing their cyber-industrial sound.
Having also done official remixes for artists including Chris Vrenna (NIN), Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Suicide Commando, Grendel and SITD, collaborations including Moris Blak and Reaper, production for Amelia Arsenic and videogame soundtracks in addition to their own releases, SHIV-R (in the words of Regen Mag) "has always maintained a buzz within the industrial music lexicon".
SHIV-R's members Pete Crane (vocals & music) and Ben Bulig (music) continue to push for musical evolution and self-expression, presenting their project with a provocatively dark, lace-filtered visual style, to create a result that is altogether monstrously seductive.
