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Using the Waldorf PPG Waveterm-A sound systems that made <a href="spotify:artist:1BGN1IdyiSR0ZYrkoKNchl">Tangerine Dream</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0dmPX6ovclgOy8WWJaFEUU">Kraftwerk</a> most famous, the darkwave outfit Xorcist joined the reign of fellow industrialists like <a href="spotify:artist:5Mu0EMEsUIVE132pNMywns">Skinny Puppy</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5QYAExYvxixCVwX70SRf7F">Frontline Assembly</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7EnAgffrVyerTWH628TJ6f">Nitzer Ebb</a> with its inception in 1985. Composed of Bat (born Peter Stone), Xorcist became a forerunner in the electro-goth circuit throughout the '80s and '90s, releasing six albums and a handful of singles between 1991 and 1999. What made Xorcist so popular was the incredible mixing of various industrial and goth rock threads; the music couldn't be wholly defined. Bat also delved into a side project called <a href="spotify:artist:3sLgpf55UC8FwRGaXwys3C">Xenon</a> and went on to have some of his material sampled in several films and multimedia productions, most notably working production on MTV's Aeon Flux and the CD-ROM games The Iron Helix, Space Bunnies Must Die, and Bad Mojo. Xorcist, who was signed to Metropolis as of early 2000, released Insects & Angels Difference & Indifference later that fall. Xorcist's album roster also includes Phantoms (1995), Soul Refelection (1997), and Nomad (1999). ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi