SUMO CYCO is Matt "MD13" Drake, Matt "Trozzi",  Oscar Anesetti & me, Skye "Sever" Sweetnam.

You may have seen us on tour with bands such as Jinjer, The Birthday Massacre, Nonpoint, The Butcher Babies, Fozzy, Alien Ant Farm, The 69 Eyes, Devilskin & more!

We have released "Lost in Cyco City" in 2014 and "Opus Mar" in 2017, NOW we are excited to announce "INITIATION" in 2021!

The album’s title, Initiation, stems from wanting to invite the audience to be “initiated” into our world. There are usually two congruent themes to each of our albums – one is real-world inspiration, and the other is “Cyco City”, a comic book-esque alternate universe where all our music videos take place. With Initiation, we introduce four gangs or clubs. Our music videos for Initiation all include a theme of these clubs – whether it’s gang vs. gang, a forbidden love between opposing sides, or the idea of having to choose where you belong.

 Outside of the story, the lyrics relate to the polarization of the world we live in now. We all have a longing to belong, but what makes one feel accepted or ostracized from a group? To be INITIATED, would you be willing to try to understand another point of view? I have always written lyrics about internal struggle, the war within oneself. Throughout the album, we bounce back and forth between struggle and overcoming. It reflects the times, and there are moments that seem a bit dark.”

SICK N' BEAUTIFUL is the ultimate rock n' roll sideshow from outer space! A unique concoction of hard rock and modern metal infused with industrial, punk, and electro-pop overtones, blending in varying parts the influences of Rob Zombie, Lady Gaga, Kiss, Rammstein, Katy Perry, Alice Cooper, No Doubt and Nine Inch Nails. Intrigued yet? 

In their own words: 

"We are intergalactic nomads, performing our numbers for the enjoyment of all species we meet in our travels. Rumor has it that sometimes we resort to "questionable" means to make ends meet: all we will say is that life in space is never easy... 

We fly the BFS9000, a ship that has seen better days. Even so, the recent massive engine failure came totally unexpected. With nowhere else left to go, we crash-landed on Earth, in the vicinities of Rome, Italy. Our ship is stuck here until we can get enough resources to fix it and resume our voyage." 

The band puts together a fission-bomb of a show out of their self-produced albums "Hell Over Hell"(2015) and "Element Of Sex"(2018). In just a few months, SICK N' BEAUTIFUL managed to rise from playing the tiniest bars in Rome, to the huge stages of Lucca Comics and Eutropia. But make it a small club or a gargantuan concert venue, the group is equally at home, and they will take no prisoners! 

Extreme visuals, make-up and costumes, along with sexy bombshell singer Herma keep the audience involved and nailed to the stage, for a performance that is truly one of a kind. 

The videos, the recordings, the outfits, the props and effects, the merchandise design... SICK N' BEAUTIFUL produce everything themselves in-house, and everything you see is "home-made" with dedication and painstaking attention to detail! 

Catchy tunes along with an incendiary stage presence have helped to generate a loyal, hard-core fan base which is absolutely enamored with the storyline and the characters of the band. Therefore, in occasion of their latest tour in the UK, SICK N' BEAUTIFUL issued a limited edition large-format comic book "for fans only", which reveals the events at the origin of SNB lore and explores the untold escapades of the colorful characters. 

"Even though your planet is not known for being kind to outsiders, we were fortunate enough to find the support of our trusted fans. We have found friendship in the Different, the Strange, The Outcast: in these years together, we have been building a secret network where the power of music is deployed as a weapon against the Oppressors of all things Alien. 

And though we came in peace, a hidden war is now underway. So the question for you is: on what side will you stand?"