Sami Mark Yahya, professionally known by his stage name Faderhead or also under the pseudonym Sam Nordmann,[1] is a German electronic music producer and vocalist from Hamburg, Germany.

This decision led to serious speculation[7] regarding the future of Faderhead by press and fans, but the free song/video release of the piano ballad "Exit Ghost" revealed that the project would continue.

Faderhead headlined a 14-show US tour and played all over Europe including a set at the M'era Luna Festival hangar stage.

7 spot of MusicNonStop's best-selling releases of 2012 in the UK,[17] tying And One and coming in ahead of legacy-acts like Fields Of The Nephilim, De/Vision, Suicide Commando and Hocico.

2013 saw Faderhead releasing the "FH4" album, which spawned the single and video to "Dancers", a collaboration with Techno MC Shawn Mierez ("I Like It Loud") and Shaolyn ("Face Down").

Faderhead went on a 4-week European co-headlining tour with Aesthetic Perfection and music videos to “Stand Up” and “When The Freaks Come Out” were released.

Then Faderhead supported Covenant on a 10-show-tour in Germany which sold-out venues in Hamburg, Hannover, Erfurt, Stuttgart, Krefeld and Frankfurt.

[20] The ninth studio album "Night Physics" (including the single "Know Your Darkness") was releases in late 2017 and reached number 1 in the German Alternative Charts (DAC),[20] followed by a 10-show-tour of Germany and a concert at the sold out Agra-Halle at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2018.

Faderhead released the single "I Did Not Know"[26] with guest vocalist Sven Friedrich of Solar Fake and the Halloween-single "Halloween Spooky Queens".

2022 at saw Faderhead return to the live stage at solo gigs and festivals like Unter Schwarzer Flagge 2022,[37] M'era Luna 2022,[38] E-Tropolis 2022[39] and Dark Storm 2022.

[43] Faderhead's live shows are currently supported by either Danny "The Delta Mode" Bernath or Yannick Waldner and Raphael Fischer (Dancefloor Gladiatorz) or Elliott Berlin (Combichrist, Nidbild).

In 2014 an arcade beat 'em up based on the "Fistful of Fuck You" music video[44] was released[45] by Trev Nethers of industrial electronic group Social Autopsy.

[46] Built on OpenBOR, an open-source variant of the Beats of Rage game engine, it includes official pixel-art sprites used in the video.

Added playable characters include members of industrial bands such as Andy LaPlegua of Combichrist, Steve Naghavi of And One, Chris Pohl of Blutengel, Daniel Graves of Aesthetic Perfection and Brian Graupner of The Gothsicles.