The problem with this CD is that it literally oozes blood, not human blood, machine blood, industrial blood (so grab a towel).
Is this a CD made by four humans? It wouldn't seem so.
Behind the microphone, we find Attila Csihar, the Hungarian-origin singer otherwise known for having "emitted beastly screams" on the most famous and cult CD in the entire history of black metal: De Misteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem. If his delirium due to stomachache or other reasons was definitely out of place and, put simply, unlistenable, here his screaming reaches truly elevated heights (he must have discovered the benefits of digestives...), giving the album of these Italians a truly "industrial" touch.
It starts at a very high speed with the title track featuring sharp guitar riffs, and the drum machine, programmed by bassist Malfeitor Fabban, the real industrial mind of the group, blazing away in pure black metal style. A small note on the samples, also by Fabban, industrially suggestive and uniquely dark.
The tracks flow quickly, alternating moments of intense industrial black metal with purely instrumental tracks like Faustian Spirit of the Earth, arriving at the two best tracks on the album. The seventh, Digital Coat Masque, with its harpsichord interlude (the contrast between the sweetness of the instrument and the industrial samples in the background is stunning) and the eighth, The Triumph, perhaps the most "commercial" (the central break with the solo is spine-chilling).
A CD that mixes 80s thrash/black metal with a good dose of melody or symphony (see Black Hole Spell, almost reminiscent of Dimmu Borgir), moments of hypnotic trance, and the darkest industrial sound.
Worth noting is the presence of Nattefrost from Carpathian Forest as a guest singer. Worth a try.
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