Just wanted to give you guys a small update:

Two radio stations will be playing the new Virus Cycle single, "Bring You Down (Forever)", very soon!

Outside The Dial, an underground rock radio station (WVLP FM, 5pm on Saturday nights), will start playing the new single soon, so keep your ears open.

Also, The Scottish Metal Podcast will start playing the single starting next week.

You can find links to both radio stations under the "Links" tab.

Thank you all for your continued support!

Hope everyone is doing well. We have a lot of Virus Cycle news to tell you!

First, I want to alert everyone that Return to Zombieland will be officially released on December 20th. It will have 14 tracks on it, including two new Virus Cycle songs. Here is the track list:

1) Bring You Down (Forever)
2) City of the Dead
3) The Last Man On Earth - Blutenasche Mix [Germany]
4) Alice in Zombieland - 8 Digital Mix [Canada]
5) White Zombie - Dust To Dust Mix by Ghost In The Static [England]
6) Never Again - Fractured Machines Mix by Duffy Laudick [USA]
7) The Underworld - Lykquydyzer Mix [England]
8) Alice in Zombieland - Re-Interpretation by Devil-M [Germany]
9) White Zombie - Otto Kinzel Mix [USA]
10) Cemetery Hill - Paresis Mix [England]
11) Alice in Zombieland - Droid Sector Decay Mix [Greece]
12) White Zombie - Traumatize Mix [Poland]
13) Horror Hotel - Lykquydyzer DNB Mix [England]
14) Rest In Peace - Flesh Eating Foundation Mix [England]

It will be available for FREE download under the "Music" tab on the left.

Virus Cycle's first single "Bring You Down (Forever)" was released today with a video! Check out the "Videos" tab to watch.

Virus Cycle will be celebrating the release of Return to Zombieland on December 20th at their show at Church in Boston. Please check the "Calendar" tab for more info on the show.

We also have a new studio member who joined Virus Cycle. Otto Kinzel is our new studio producer, programmer, and bassist. Here is a small bio on Otto: "A veteran of the New England music scene for over a decade, Otto Kinzel has recorded and toured nonstop with several Industrial and Metal bands from the region. Not only is he an experienced guitar player, but also has worked as a front man and lead vocalist; a drum machine and sequencer programmer; a producer of several recordings; and the owner and operator of Bluntface Records, which serves as Otto's main forum for releasing his own music. He is a member of Chemical Distance, was in Lucretia’s Daggers, and in 2011 he released his debut solo album. We Are All Doomed: the Zodiac Killer is a conceptual piece inspired by the infamous Zodiac killings from the late 60's/early 70's in the Bay area, and also the subsequent letters that were sent to the San Francisco Chronicle."

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Otto. We believe he will be an essential piece to Virus Cycle and its future.

Happy Halloween to all!

Virus Cycle has the privilege to be featured on the second Industrial Wasteland compilation, which has been released today! The song "The Last Man on Earth (Blutenasche Mix)"has been featured on Industrial Wasteland: Volume 2, along with 30 other artists from around the world.

The official website is: industrialwasteland.webs.com

To download the compilation, visit the website and click on "Volume 2." You can download the compilations in a Zip file or each song individually.

If you haven't already, you can still download Industrial Wasteland: Volume 1 on the same website.

Please support underground music and download both compilations!

Virus Cycle has two new shows booked:

The first is opening up for The Ludovico Technique (Metropolis Records) at The Precinct Bar in Somerville, MA on Sunday 10/02/2011.

The second is performing at Church in Boston, MA on Tuesday 12/20/2011. More details on this show will be coming in the near future.

Please visit the "Calendar" link for up-to-date information on all of Virus Cycle's upcoming shows.

Also, Virus Cycle just put out a new t-shirt and hoodie. Visit the "Merchandise" link to view all Virus Cycle products!

Listen to www.outsidethedial.com at 7pm Central time on Wednesday 09/14/2011 for The Hard Rock Underground with Derek Block and Josh Vahl. They will be playing Virus Cycle! Thanks for the support.

Many thanks to Sadi Khan from The Jam Factory (Manchester, NH) for video-recording two songs from Virus Cycle's performance on 08/20/2011! Here are the links:

"The Underworld" Live at The Jam Factory 8/20/11

"Never Again" Live at The Jam Factory 8/20/11

Hope you guys enjoy!

Virus Cycle will officially be playing at QXT's in Newark, NJ on Friday October 7th! Lots of DJs will be spinning their favorite tracks, and Virus Cycle will be performing live with Man & Machines! See the Facebook event link below:

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212785372110334

I just wanted to update everyone on the upcoming remix album. It should be out between the end of September and the beginning of October.  The official title will be “Return to Zombieland.” The album will feature two new tracks from Virus Cycle.

Here is the list of the artists that I currently have remixes from. If you are not on this list and have a remix to submit, please contact me at viruscycle@gmail.com. Thank you.

Devil-M (Germany)
8-Digital (Canada)
Ghost in the Static (UK)
Otto Kinzel (USA)
Lykquydyzer (UK)
Paresis (UK)
Droid Sector Decay (Greece)
Duffy Laudick (USA)
Blutenasche (Germany)
Traumatize (Poland)

It is with deep regret to inform you all that our show in Newark, New Jersey at the Arena Lounge on Saturday, August 27th has been cancelled. We apologize to any of our fans who were looking forward to it.

Please check the Calendar or Facebook for our other upcoming shows.

Virus Cycle has added two new shows! See below for an updated list on all upcoming shows featuring Virus Cycle (please come back every now and again for updated details):

~Thursday, August 11, 2011
Remi's, 201 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903

"Thee Electric Affair" with DJ Tony Jones spinning the best Goth, Punk & Psychobilly, featuring a live performance from Virus Cycle.

NO COVER - 9:00pm - 18+ (21+ to drink)

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=228904203808659



~Saturday, August 20, 2011
The Jam Factory, 1511 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101

Electronica Concert

21+, 8:00pm, $5 suggested donation

Featuring Virus Cycle, Audio.Slab, Global Crash and Ordnance, with DJ Pet spinning in between sets.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128073360619179



~Saturday, August 27, 2011
Arena Lounge, 218 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07105

"Suzy Von Q Presents Goth-A-Go-Go Night"

Featuring Virus Cycle, Primary Sector & DJ Zombie Kitty

8:00pm, $5 cover

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123774371040073



~Friday, October 28, 2011
Patriots Bar & Grille, 15 North Main Street, Bellingham, MA 02019

Halloween Costume Party

8:00pm, 21+, $8 advance tickets, $12 at door

Featuring Virus Cycle and The Dead and The Damned

Prizes for best costume!

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=252016588159619

Virus Cycle is now preparing to play live shows! As of August 8th, Virus Cycle will start taking and booking shows. If interested, please contact Johnny Virum via Facebook or send him an email at viruscycle@gmail.com.

Speaking of shows, Virus Cycle already has two lined up in August (please note that the NJ show details are still in the works, we will update as soon as possible!)

UPDATE 7/31/11: The venue for the New Jersey show has been picked! We are still looking for a few bands to be added to the set list, so if you're interested, please contact Johnny Virum via Facebook or email.

~Thursday, August 11, 2011
Remi's, 201 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903

"Thee Electric Affair" with DJ Tony Jones spinning the best Goth, Punk & Psychobilly, featuring a live performance from Virus Cycle.

NO COVER - 9:00pm - 18+ (21+ to drink)

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=228904203808659



~Saturday, August 27, 2011
Arena Lounge, 218 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07105

"Suzy Von Q Presents Goth-A-Go-Go Night"

Featuring Virus Cycle and Primary Sector, other acts TBD

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123774371040073

Check out the new Devil-M re-interpretation of Virus Cycle's Alice in Zombieland being played on Incoming Fire Episode 10!

Thanks to Devil-M and Incoming Fire!

http://thegrave.podomatic.com/entry/2011-06-26T04_19_30-07_00

Virus Cycle's "Alice in Zombieland" has been played in New Mexico on Cyberage Radio KUNM-FM 89.9! Thanks to the station and Tommy T. Rapisardi for putting Virus Cycle in their rotation!

To visit the radio station, go here: http://www.cyberage.cx/

Virus Cycle has been featured in Carpe Nocturne Magazine! It is the Volume 6 - No. 2 Summer 2011 edition. Click here to view the magazine. You can see the feature on Virus Cycle in the "In Their Own Words" section on pages 38-39.

Please check out the rest of the magazine and read about some other great acts that were also featured as well!

I want to thank Carpe Nocturne Magazine and their editors for adding my contribution in this issue, and for their support of Virus Cycle and of independent music in general. You guys rock!

I wanted to publicly announce that I am now working on a Virus Cycle remix CD.  It will be out sometime in July or August and will feature remixes as well as two new tracks from Virus Cycle! I am looking for help with the remixes. If any artist would like to remix a Virus Cycle song, please contact me at viruscycle@gmail.com or leave me a message on Facebook (www.facebook.com/viruscycle). Remix packages will be available in about a week or two. I would really appreciate the help!

Thanks to everyone in advance!

Yesterday, Virus Cycle's "Cemetery Hill" was played on Dark Essence Radio in Brisbane, Australia! Check out the Week 233 playlist. It features such acts as KMFDM, Combichrist, Gothminister, ohGr, Dope Stars Inc.and Skold. Dark Essence Radio is on every Monday night from 10pm - 2am and can be found at 102.1 FM or streaming at http://stream.4zzzfm.org.au/

Virus Cycle has been put into rotation on the Oregon-based Station9452. I would like to thank J. Alexander for his help and support. Check out Station9452 at: http://www.station9452.com/

Virus Cycle has been featured on a compilation called Industrial Wasteland: Volume 1 with the song "Alice in Zombieland." This compilation includes 31 songs from artists all over the world in the Goth, Industrial, EBM, and Alternative genres, featuring Sonik Foundry, Carfax Abbey, Diverje, and more.

The official website is Industrial Wasteland: Volume 1

To download the compilation, visit the website and click on the link provided. You can download the compilation in a Zip file or each song individually.

Hope you guys enjoy!

A very cool industrial band, Mortiis, has recently opened up their song list to any band out there who wanted to show off their mixing skills and remix one of their songs. Virus Cycle had the opportunity and pleasure of remixing one of Mortiis' songs called "Sensation of Guilt." You can check it out here:
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/8513660

To check out any of the other awesome remixes, you can go here:
http://remix.mortiis.com/

And, finally, to check out Mortiis themselves, you can go here:
http://www.mortiis.com/

Listen to Episode 59 of The Invasion. DJ Chuck_G will be spinning Virus Cycle as well as many other cool bands and artists such as Zombie Girl, In Strict Confidence, Sonik Foundry, Skold (of KMFDM fame) Die Sektor and many more!

http://www.ebm-radio.com/viewpage.php?page_id=1

http://podcast.ebm-radio.com/

Check out April's addition of The Noise (it a great magazine). I wrote one of the responses in the "Our Eyes On You" section!

http://www.thenoise-boston.com/content/blogcategory/2/79/

Download the album "Alice in Zombieland" from Grave Concerns E-Zine! Thanks to Julie Johnson for her help!

http://graveconcernsezine.com/music-news-cd-news-etc/161-free-downloads/2976-virus-cycle-alice-in-zombieland.html

The Scottish Metal Podcast #39 is now available. Thanks to Paul Elliott for the support! http://scottishmetal.com/Home.html

Virus Cycle can also be heard on the UK station Nightbreed Radio.
http://www.nightbreedradio.com/index.html

The song "White Zombie" is featured on the latest episode of Incoming Fire, a Grave Concerns podcast!

http://thegrave.podomatic.com/entry/2011-03-10T15_50_36-08_00

Virus Cycle can now be heard on Cyber-FM from New York! Click on “Dark” or “Xtreme Free4All” under Channel Lists to listen:

Cyber-FM - http://beta.mftu.net/

Virus Cycle is also featured in the following blogs by Klang-Konsortium (Deep Dark 9 Records located in Germany):

Die Darkmusic-Blogger -
http://klangkonsortium.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/new-album-virus-cycle-alice-in-zombieland/

Dark Deep 9 Records -
http://darkdeep9.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/virus-cycle-%E2%80%93-alice-in-zombieland/

Klang-Konsortium MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/scheibendreher/blog/542342616

Press Release

For Immediate Release:

First, I want to thank everyone who have supported Virus Cycle and have listened to and/or downloaded "Alice in Zombieland" over the past two weeks. People all over the world have downloaded the new album and visited Virus Cycle’s website since the release on February 23, 2011, which is making it an international success. If you don’t have your copy yet, go to the “Music” page at http://www.viruscycle.info/ for very easy directions. This past weekend, I have been in touch with different radio stations all over the world and have received confirmation that tracks from "Alice in Zombieland" will be or are currently added to their playlists and mixes. There will be more news to come, as well as other surprises, in the following weeks, and Virus
Cycle will make sure to inform his listeners as soon as possible.

EBM Radio (Russia): http://www.ebmrussia.ru/

Monsoon Radio (Arizona): http://www.monsoonradio.com/

New England Garage Band Radio (New England): http://www.newenglandgaragebands.com/

The Scottish Metal Podcast (Scotland): http://scottishmetal.com/Home.html

Elektro Storm-DJ Hypnos (Romania): http://djhypnos.darknation.eu/homepage.htm

I have been asked about if and when I will start booking/performing live shows. I will not be taking or booking shows til Summer 2011. There is still much to be done in the promotional aspects of this
project. With that said, I am currently looking for a DJ or a person with a reliable laptop to run drum tracks and other samples during the live show. I am also considering looking for a guitarist who is a quick learner, can practice most of the time to pre-programmed drums on their own, and also practice together once a week. If you think you would be a good fit and would like to get involved, please email Johnny Virum at viruscycle@gmail.com

Thanks again to the DJ’s, radio stations, and all the other listeners for your support.