Active from the late 1980s through to the present day Contrastate have released several critically acclaimed albums. Their early experiments in music were heavily influenced by the industrial and experimental music and art scene of the 70's and 80's. Contrastate's idiosyncratic take on challenging, industrial tinged music has certainly changed and evolved through the years. Their current sound insinuates itself inside the dark ritual ambience of the electronic avant-garde shot through with a vein of experimental noise and stentorian vocals that are strewn amongst touches of industrial surrealism and sonic soundtracks. "Contrastate achieve an amazing equilibrium between organic sound and brooding electronics." - Heathen Harvest "Contrastate covers a bit of everything in their sound, and that black humor component_makes for a project that I can never predict what they will sound like next, but I know it will be fascinating no matter what" - Brainwashed.com