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{{Short description|Estonian musical group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = No-Big-Silence
|Name = '''NO-BIG-SILENCE'''
| image =
|Background = group_or_band
| caption =
|Origin = [[Tallinn]] [[Estonia|EST]]
| background = group_or_band
|Genre = [[Industrial Metal]]
| origin = [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]
|Years_active = [[1989]]–present
| genre = [[Industrial metal]]<br>[[Industrial rock]]<br>[[Electro-Industrial]]<br>[[Death metal]] (early material)
|Label = [[NBS recordings]], [[Piraat Records]], [[Cyberware Productions]]
| years_active = 1989–present
|URL = [http://www.no-big-silence.com/ Official site]
| label = NBS recordings, Piraat Records, [[List of industrial music labels|Cyberware Productions]]
|Current_members = [[Cram]]<br />[[Willam]]<br />[[Kristo Kotkas]]<br />[[Kristo Rajasaare]]
| website = {{Official website|http://www.no-big-silence.com}}
|Past_members = [[Marko Asto]]
| current_members = Marek Piliste ("Cram")<br />Villem Tarvas ("Willem")<br />Kristo Kotkas ("Kristo K")<br />Rainer Mere
| past_members = Marko Atso<br />Kristo Rajasaare ("Kristo R")
}}
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'''No-Big-Silence''' (often abbreviated as "NBS"), originally known as '''Aggressor''', is an [[Industrial music|Industrial]] [[Industrial metal|metal]]/[[Industrial rock|rock]] band from [[Estonia]].


==Silence==
==History==
NBS were originaly a Death metal band called Aggressor, but in 1994 when Bass guitarst [[Cram]] sung a [[Corrosia Metalla]] cover called [[Russian Vodka]] from their [[Of Long Duration Anguish]] album in which resulted in the idea of changing their style.


===Early years as Aggressor (1989–1995)===
In [[1995]] they went into studio (still as Aggressor) where they were suggested a name-change. So in 1996 they wrote lyrics to a song titled "No-Big-Silence 99" (a street in the USA where a massmurder was committed). So the album was titled "99" and band was renamed "No Big Silence".
The beginnings of Aggressor date back to 1989 when Villem Tarvas, Marek Piliste, Kristo Kotkas and Marko Atso started playing together as an unnamed band. At the start of 1990 they released their first demo album named ''Indestructible'' – the music on this recording was influenced by German [[thrash metal]] band [[Kreator]]. Their first big performance was on 17 April 1990, and a year later they put together a 4 track demo which resulted in the recording of their first album, ''Procreate the Petrifactions'' at the end of 1992. Later on they played several shows in Moscow and in 1994 they released their second album ''[[Of Long Duration Anguish]]''. The band was first introduced to a wider audience in the summer of 1995 at the Rock Summer festival in Estonia, where Aggressor headlined the B-stage – the crowd gave them a warm welcome.


===Change of style and renaming to No-Big-Silence (1995–1996)===
==early Life==
In 1994 [[bass guitar]]ist Cram (Marek Piliste) sung a cover version of [[Corrosia Metalla]]'s "Russian Vodka" for the album ''[[Of Long Duration Anguish]]''. This later resulted in the idea of changing the band's name and style.
The band was first introduced to a wider audience in the summer of 1995 at the Rock Summer festival, Estonia, where they headlined the B-stage. The crowd gave the band a spectacular welcome and from then on NO-BIG-SILENCE has successfully performed at larger festivals and smaller clubs in Estonia, the Baltic States, Russia and Scandinavia. NO-BIG-SILENCE is valued as an live-act with an impressive show, esteemed by such worldclass rock bands as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, HIM, Motörhead, Waltari etc. NO-BIG-SILENCE was chosen to be their support act from a selection of bands.


In 1995 the band went to studio (still as Aggressor) and were suggested a name-change. In 1995 they wrote lyrics to a song titled "No-Big-Silence 99" (a street in the USA where a mass murder was committed) – so the album was titled ''[[99 (No-Big-Silence album)|99]]'' and band renamed to "No-Big-Silence".
==Style==
The music of NO-BIG-SILENCE is loaded with positive energy that has an ironical side to it. "NO- BIG-SILENCE, unlike most of the hard rock bands that get their inspiration from mysticism, concentrates on expressing the twists and turns of human psychology in the language of popmusic. It is a great achievement in itself - to sound tough and delicate at the same time," rates Marko Mägi from Eesti Express weekly.


===Success (1996–present)===
Influences:
After the 1995 Rock Summer festival, No-Big-Silence has successfully performed at larger festivals as well as at smaller clubs in Estonia, the [[Baltic States]], Russia and [[Scandinavia]]. No-Big-Silence is valued as a live-act with an impressive show, esteemed by world class bands such as [[Metallica]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Rammstein]], [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]], [[Motörhead]], [[Waltari]], etc., who have chosen NBS to be their supporting act.
[[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Marilyn Manson]], [[KoRn]], [[Rammstein]], [[Rob Zombie]] , [[Filter]], [[Depeche Mode]]


The chairman of the concert agency Baltic Development Group, Peeter Rebane, the local promoter for [[Metallica]], [[Iron Maiden]] and [[Rammstein]], comments: "In our opinion, No-Big-Silence is the most professional industrial band in the Baltics. Besides, they are a great live-act."


Their second release ''[[Successful, Bitch & Beautiful]]'' was already the album of current hit-songs such as "On the Hunt" and "Vamp-o-Drama". In 2001 the album was sold in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and other European countries through the Finnish label [[List of industrial music labels|Cyberware Productions]]. The homepage of Cyberware states that this album of No-Big-Silence is a magnificent masterpiece and regards it as one of the label's strongest releases today. According to Cyberware, the bonus video "Star DeLuxe" on the western version of the album gives a good overview of the band's glamorous live-show and enthusiastic fanbase. The Scandinavian music magazine ''Prospective Magazine'' thinks that ''[[Successful, Bitch & Beautiful]]'' is a "must listen to"-album. The review in the same magazines gives No-Big-Silence 8 out of 10 points. Johan Carlsson, a reviewer for the Swedish ''Release Magazine'' distinguishes the even and uniform quality of the album. "Metal riffs melded with electronic sounds on top of rock song structures make an interesting mixture, and the vocals fit perfectly." He continues: "It is nice to see an Estonian band, but don't buy it because of that. Buy it because it is good."
==Members==


==Aggressor line up==
==Musical style==
The music of NBS has been variously described as sounding very much like [[Marilyn Manson]] and at times even [[Rammstein]] or [[Nine Inch Nails]].


The band's style saw small changes throughout their albums apart from their first two, ''Procreate the Petrifactions'' and ''[[Of Long Duration Anguish]]'', which are death metal. "99", recorded in 1995, featured a more thrash metal sound, but at the time of the album's release the band had taken on an industrial sound which was reflected in the supposed following album "new race" which was never released until 2003 under the compilation title ''Unreleased''.
Villem Tarvas - Vocal, Guitar


''[[Successful, Bitch & Beautiful]]'' can be considered{{By whom|date=August 2010}} their softest album as it contains a mix of metal, rock and electronic. ''[[Unreleased (No-Big-Silence album)|Unreleased]]'' is their heaviest and most electronic album and ''[[War in Wonderland]]'' is one of the darker and most "metal" of the band's albums.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
Marek Piliste(Cram)-Bass
''[[Starstealer]]'', released in 2009, shows the band turning darker and heavier. The artwork of the album shows a darker side of the band and the music bears much darker sound and a small hint of [[thrash metal]] from the old days. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}


<blockquote>
Kristo Kotkas - Guitar
"No-Big-Silence, unlike most of the hard rock bands, that get their inspiration from mysticism, concentrates on expressing the twists and turns of human psychology in the language of pop music. It is a great achievement in itself – to sound tough and delicate at the same time."
</blockquote>
:– Marko Mägi from ''Eesti Ekspress'' weekly


==Band members==
Marko Atso - Drums


===As Aggressor===
==[[No-Big-Silence]] line up==
*Villem Tarvas – vocals, guitar (1989–1995)
*Marek Piliste – bass (1989–1995)
*Kristo Kotkas – guitar (1989–1995)
*Marko Atso – drums (1989–1995)


===As No-Big-Silence===
Cram - Vocals
*Marek Piliste (a.k.a. Cram) – lead vocals (1995–present)
*Villem Tarvas (a.k.a. Willem) – bass, guitar, backing vocals (1995–present)
*Kristo Kotkas (a.k.a. Kristo K) – guitar, keyboards and programming (1995–present)
*Rainer Mere – drums (2008–present)


====Former members====
Willem - Bass, backing vocals , Guitar
*Marko Atso – drums (1995–2000)
*Kristo Rajasaare (a.k.a. Kristo R) – drums (2000–2008)
*Raimo Jussila – bass (1994–1996)


==Discography==
Kristo K - Guitar, keyboards and programming , Bass


===As Aggressor===
Kristo R - Drums
*1990: ''Indestructible'' (demo)
*1993: ''Procreate the Petrifactions''
==Previous members==
*1994: ''[[Of Long Duration Anguish]]''
*2004: ''Procreate the Petrifactions 2004'' (re-release with 4 bonus tracks)


===Singles===
Marko Atso - Drums (1995-2000)
*1994: Path of the lost god


===As No-Big-Silence===
==Success==
*produced 1995 but released as late as 1997: ''[[99 (No-Big-Silence album)|99]]''
*2000: ''[[Successful, Bitch & Beautiful]]''
*2003: ''[[Unreleased (No-Big-Silence album)|Unreleased]]'' (late internet-only release of tracks recorded between 1996–1999)
*2004: ''[[Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus]]'' (with [[Kosmikud]])
*2006: ''[[War in Wonderland]]''
*2007: ''[[Suurte Masinate Muusika]]'' (with Tiit Kikas) (live DVD of their concert at Leigo Järvemuusika in 2005)
*2009: ''[[Starstealer]]''


===Singles===
The chariman of the concert agency BDG Peeter Rebane, the local promoter for
*1996: Come
[[metallica]],
*1997: New Race
[[Iron Maiden]]
*1999: Vamp-O-Drama
and
*2000: On The Hunt
[[Rammstein]]
*2001: Star Deluxe
comments: "In our opinion [[No-Big-Silence]]
*2001: The Fail
is the most professional industrial band in the Baltics. Besides, they are a great live-act.
*2006: Robot Super Lover Boy

*2009: Chain Me
Their 2nd release [[Successful,Bitch and Beautifull]] was
*2011: Это не любовь (This Is Not Love) ([[Kino (band)|Kino]] cover)
already the album of current hitsongs such as "On The Hunt" and "Vamp-O-Rama". In 2001 the album was
*2011: üks imelik masin (A strange machine) ([[Gunnar Graps]] cover)
sold in Scandinavia,Germany, Italy and other European countries through the Finnish label Cyberware Production. The homepage of Cyberware states that the album of NO-BIG-SILENCE is a magnificent masterpiece and regards it as one of the label's strongest releases today. According to Cyberware the bonusvideo "Star DeLuxe" on the western version of the album gives a good overview of the band's glamorous live-show and enthusiastic fanbase. The Scandinavian music magazine Prospective Magazine thinks that "Successful, Bitch and Beautiful" is a must to listen to. The review in the same magazines gives NO-BIG-SILENCE 8 out of 10 points. Johan Carlsson, a reviewer for the Swedish Release Magazine distinguishes the even and uniform quality of the album. "Metal riffs melded with electronic sounds on top of rock song structures make an interesting mixture, and the vocals fit perfectly." Positively surprised, he continues:"It is nice to see an Estonian band, but don't buy it because of that. Buy it because it is good."
*2013: The Falling

*2013: Kõnetraat (Speaker cable) ([[Ummamuudu]] cover)

*2014: Supersonic Night
==Aggressor Albums==
*2016: A Question of Time ([[Depeche Mode]] cover)

[[Procreate the Petrifactions]] [[1993]]

[[Of Long Duration Anguish]] [[1994]]

==[[No-Big-Silence]] Albums==

[[99 (Album)]] [[1997]]

[[Successful, Bitch & Beautiful]] [[2000]]

[[Unreleased (Album)]] [[2003]]

[[Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus]] [[2004]]

[[War In Wonderland]] [[2006]]

......


==see also==


<!-- ==See also== -->


==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.no-big-silence.com}}
*[http://www.estonianmetal.com/bands/nbs No-Big-Silence at Estonian Metal]
*[http://www.estonianmetal.com/bands/aggressor Aggressor at Estonian Metal]
*[http://www.myspace.com/nobigsilence Official MySpace]
*{{MusicBrainz artist|id=77930111-d045-42b8-8fe1-c0d3b699f5e2|name=No-Big-Silence}}
*[http://www.no-big-silence.com/silencers Silencers – official fanclub] {{in lang|et}}
*[http://silencersblog.wordpress.com Silencers blog] {{in lang|et}}


{{Authority control}}
*[http://www.no-big-silence.com
*[http://www.http://www.estonianmetal.com/bands/nbs
*[http://www.estonianmetal.com/bands/aggressor
*[http://www.myspace.com/nobigsilence

==others==


[[Category:Rock music groups]]
[[Category:Estonian industrial music groups]]
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[[Category:Techno music groups]]
[[Category:Techno music groups]]
[[Category:Alternative musical groups]]
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[[Category:2000s music groups]]

Latest revision as of 20:04, 18 October 2023

No-Big-Silence
OriginTallinn, Estonia
GenresIndustrial metal
Industrial rock
Electro-Industrial
Death metal (early material)
Years active1989–present
LabelsNBS recordings, Piraat Records, Cyberware Productions
MembersMarek Piliste ("Cram")
Villem Tarvas ("Willem")
Kristo Kotkas ("Kristo K")
Rainer Mere
Past membersMarko Atso
Kristo Rajasaare ("Kristo R")
WebsiteOfficial website

No-Big-Silence (often abbreviated as "NBS"), originally known as Aggressor, is an Industrial metal/rock band from Estonia.

History

[edit]

Early years as Aggressor (1989–1995)

[edit]

The beginnings of Aggressor date back to 1989 when Villem Tarvas, Marek Piliste, Kristo Kotkas and Marko Atso started playing together as an unnamed band. At the start of 1990 they released their first demo album named Indestructible – the music on this recording was influenced by German thrash metal band Kreator. Their first big performance was on 17 April 1990, and a year later they put together a 4 track demo which resulted in the recording of their first album, Procreate the Petrifactions at the end of 1992. Later on they played several shows in Moscow and in 1994 they released their second album Of Long Duration Anguish. The band was first introduced to a wider audience in the summer of 1995 at the Rock Summer festival in Estonia, where Aggressor headlined the B-stage – the crowd gave them a warm welcome.

Change of style and renaming to No-Big-Silence (1995–1996)

[edit]

In 1994 bass guitarist Cram (Marek Piliste) sung a cover version of Corrosia Metalla's "Russian Vodka" for the album Of Long Duration Anguish. This later resulted in the idea of changing the band's name and style.

In 1995 the band went to studio (still as Aggressor) and were suggested a name-change. In 1995 they wrote lyrics to a song titled "No-Big-Silence 99" (a street in the USA where a mass murder was committed) – so the album was titled 99 and band renamed to "No-Big-Silence".

Success (1996–present)

[edit]

After the 1995 Rock Summer festival, No-Big-Silence has successfully performed at larger festivals as well as at smaller clubs in Estonia, the Baltic States, Russia and Scandinavia. No-Big-Silence is valued as a live-act with an impressive show, esteemed by world class bands such as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, HIM, Motörhead, Waltari, etc., who have chosen NBS to be their supporting act.

The chairman of the concert agency Baltic Development Group, Peeter Rebane, the local promoter for Metallica, Iron Maiden and Rammstein, comments: "In our opinion, No-Big-Silence is the most professional industrial band in the Baltics. Besides, they are a great live-act."

Their second release Successful, Bitch & Beautiful was already the album of current hit-songs such as "On the Hunt" and "Vamp-o-Drama". In 2001 the album was sold in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and other European countries through the Finnish label Cyberware Productions. The homepage of Cyberware states that this album of No-Big-Silence is a magnificent masterpiece and regards it as one of the label's strongest releases today. According to Cyberware, the bonus video "Star DeLuxe" on the western version of the album gives a good overview of the band's glamorous live-show and enthusiastic fanbase. The Scandinavian music magazine Prospective Magazine thinks that Successful, Bitch & Beautiful is a "must listen to"-album. The review in the same magazines gives No-Big-Silence 8 out of 10 points. Johan Carlsson, a reviewer for the Swedish Release Magazine distinguishes the even and uniform quality of the album. "Metal riffs melded with electronic sounds on top of rock song structures make an interesting mixture, and the vocals fit perfectly." He continues: "It is nice to see an Estonian band, but don't buy it because of that. Buy it because it is good."

Musical style

[edit]

The music of NBS has been variously described as sounding very much like Marilyn Manson and at times even Rammstein or Nine Inch Nails.

The band's style saw small changes throughout their albums apart from their first two, Procreate the Petrifactions and Of Long Duration Anguish, which are death metal. "99", recorded in 1995, featured a more thrash metal sound, but at the time of the album's release the band had taken on an industrial sound which was reflected in the supposed following album "new race" which was never released until 2003 under the compilation title Unreleased.

Successful, Bitch & Beautiful can be considered[by whom?] their softest album as it contains a mix of metal, rock and electronic. Unreleased is their heaviest and most electronic album and War in Wonderland is one of the darker and most "metal" of the band's albums.[citation needed] Starstealer, released in 2009, shows the band turning darker and heavier. The artwork of the album shows a darker side of the band and the music bears much darker sound and a small hint of thrash metal from the old days. [citation needed]

"No-Big-Silence, unlike most of the hard rock bands, that get their inspiration from mysticism, concentrates on expressing the twists and turns of human psychology in the language of pop music. It is a great achievement in itself – to sound tough and delicate at the same time."

– Marko Mägi from Eesti Ekspress weekly

Band members

[edit]

As Aggressor

[edit]
  • Villem Tarvas – vocals, guitar (1989–1995)
  • Marek Piliste – bass (1989–1995)
  • Kristo Kotkas – guitar (1989–1995)
  • Marko Atso – drums (1989–1995)

As No-Big-Silence

[edit]
  • Marek Piliste (a.k.a. Cram) – lead vocals (1995–present)
  • Villem Tarvas (a.k.a. Willem) – bass, guitar, backing vocals (1995–present)
  • Kristo Kotkas (a.k.a. Kristo K) – guitar, keyboards and programming (1995–present)
  • Rainer Mere – drums (2008–present)

Former members

[edit]
  • Marko Atso – drums (1995–2000)
  • Kristo Rajasaare (a.k.a. Kristo R) – drums (2000–2008)
  • Raimo Jussila – bass (1994–1996)

Discography

[edit]

As Aggressor

[edit]
  • 1990: Indestructible (demo)
  • 1993: Procreate the Petrifactions
  • 1994: Of Long Duration Anguish
  • 2004: Procreate the Petrifactions 2004 (re-release with 4 bonus tracks)

Singles

[edit]
  • 1994: Path of the lost god

As No-Big-Silence

[edit]

Singles

[edit]
  • 1996: Come
  • 1997: New Race
  • 1999: Vamp-O-Drama
  • 2000: On The Hunt
  • 2001: Star Deluxe
  • 2001: The Fail
  • 2006: Robot Super Lover Boy
  • 2009: Chain Me
  • 2011: Это не любовь (This Is Not Love) (Kino cover)
  • 2011: üks imelik masin (A strange machine) (Gunnar Graps cover)
  • 2013: The Falling
  • 2013: Kõnetraat (Speaker cable) (Ummamuudu cover)
  • 2014: Supersonic Night
  • 2016: A Question of Time (Depeche Mode cover)


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