Toxic Green

Band members

Michael Z.

production, programming, lyrics, vocals, live-keyboard

Rayk W.

programming, live-keyboard, booking

Biography

Toxic Green was founded and produced by Michael Z. in 2007. At the beginning there were no lyrics and little melody, the main thing was loud, the typical industrial style. The first EP was Total Toxisch in 2008, limited to 50 copies. For the first live performance as support for the EBM combo A.D.A.C. 8286, live keyboardist Rayk W. was brought onboard.

Afterwards the musical style changed and refined, melodies and lyrics were added. Now you noticed that some of the musical similarities and influences of the two were reflected in their own music, EBM shouts, hard electro beats, melodic strings or choral singing were incorporated. In the next while they worked on the second EP, slowly, very slowly.

In 2014, CODE RED, the second EP, was produced and released. The songs Silent Hill, EBM (Oldschool) and Geballte Wut were the favorites of the record. The physical copies were limited to 50 copies. It was later made available on bandcamp.com.

A few more concerts followed in 2016 and Toxic Green started working together on new songs again. For example, songs like Stahl-Maschinen-Overtüre, Seelentanz or EBM-Stechritt were created. until the COVID-wave broke out in 2020 and everything came to a standstill everywhere.

In 2023 the song Seelentanz was released for the Goths for Sanctuaries – The Album Compilation. This musical collection contains a whopping 185 songs from almost all styles of the gothic scene. This is a project for a good cause, Goths for Sanctuaries collect and are genuinely involved in the area of animal protection. Of course we are there because:

Animals are better people, they don’t lie to themselves and don’t kill for pleasure or greed!