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Artist: DEKADENZ
Album: Elektronoid
Year: 2005
Simple, catchy guitar riffs, German lyrics, bashing
drums... a Rammstein rip-off? No, not at all. What I am
talking about here is a new band from Germany called
DekadenZ. They say to be making dark cyber metal, but I
would describe it as industrial black. Elektronoid is
their debut album, which has been released in 2005.
If I should describe this record within one word, I’d
pick ‘experimental’. 'Why?', I hear you ask? Well, this
isn’t just an album which represents one style. DekadenZ
manages to make a record with melodic black metal songs,
industrial black metal songs and even some potential
dancefloor hits. After the atmospheric ‘Bootsektor’
intro, the album kicks off with ‘Des Menschheitsgrab’, a
melodic black metal song in vein of Martyrium and old
C(K)ovenant. The song stands decent, and some gothic
metal influences are clearly hearable. ‘Träumer’, the
next track, is different: industrial/cyber sampling and
mostly low grunts make this a more brutal song than the
preverious. It is an easy listening song, and one of my
favourites of the album. ‘Mechatronik’ has a futuristic
intro, but what follows is a nice piece of industrial
death (think of Malmonde and Thee Maldoror Kollektive).
It is a bit chaotic here and there, but in the end it
turned out that this is a good and decent song. ‘Amok
2.5’ is a very atmospheric song, where black metal is
mixed with cyber. EBM influences make this song into a
potential dancefloor killer. With six and a half minutes
also the longest track of the record. The next track,
‘vom Untergang’, brings you back to the concept used in
‘Träumer’; a catchy chorus and easy listening
industrial/cyber music. This song can be described in
one word as well: robotic. My favourite track of the
record, for sure! Unvergessen brings you a brutal mix of
EBM and metal, the way Vigilante is specialized in.
Maybe another song for the dancefloor? Salz is a song
more black metal again. It reminds me of bands like …And
Oceans and T3chnophob1a, and I must say that this is
really done well. Hörst Du Die Engel Singen is the final
track of the album, another melodic black one. This one
is maybe the most atmospheric one of this record, and it
is a nice ending of a surprisingly good debut. Oh yes,
for fans of Von Sirius, The Kovenant, Vigilante and
Malmonde a very good alternative!
Vote: 90 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Bootsektor
02. Des Menschheitsgrab
03. Träumer
04. Mechatronik
05. Amok 2.5
06. Vom Untergang
07. Unvergessen
08. Salz
09. Hörst Du Die Engel
Singen
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