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Artist: BLOOD
Album: G.E.N.
Year: 2006
Blood from Spain came in the picture on this website
about a year ago, with a review of the “Psike” album
followed by an interview. Since then, the band did quite
a lot of gigs in Spain, worked on a collaboration with
our beloved friends from Industrial Mafia and... they
worked on new material. This EP, named “G.E.N.”, is the
first result out of it. It exists of three new songs,
five remixes and three instrumental versions of the new
songs.
‘Gotika’ is the first track of this EP. For the ones who
are familiar with Blood, I can say this is a typical
Blood track. For the ones who aren’t familiar with Blood,
lets put it this way: take the guitar sound of Rammstein,
electronic sampling and atmospheric keys and mix it with
Spanish lyrics. This results in a pretty danceable mix
with a big industrial attitude, and that’s the way I
like it for sure. ‘Egos’ is the next track. This song
can be related to some works done by Ministry, but
without the punky attitude. A heavy bassline is drilling
itself through this song, and the harsh EBM sampling
seems really wellfitting in it. Of course, this song
contains Spanish lyrics and some atmospheric keys too.
‘Nirvana’, the next song, is entirely in Spanish too (as
you probably expected). Musically it has the same
concept of the preverious songs, although it do has a
different sound. There are more electro based keys
hidden here and there, and the blastbeats in the end of
this track are contradictive with the quiet intermezzo.
A song filled with surprises, but don’t we all like them
if they are good? The remixes on this EP are totally
different than the three new songs. The Code Name remix
is very EBM based and guitarless (if that is even a word!),
while the ‘Mas Gas’ remix has quite a lot techno
influences. The remix of ‘Ansia’ sounds perfect for the
dancefloor in a gothic club, while the ‘Victimas’ remix
is very synth pop based. In the end, this EP features
instrumental versions of the three new songs, which are
a nice bonus but not something I would listen to every
day.
This EP turned out to be a nice teaser for the upcoming
work of Blood. Fans of bands like Golem 101, Next Waste
Dimension, Herrschaft and T3chn0ph0b1a should really
check out Blood... and vice versa!
Vote: 86 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Gotika
02. Egos
03. Nirvana
04. Ansia (Ansia
dancehall remix by DJ
Ryushako & DJ Energumeno)
05. Mas gas (Gas
explosion remix by Blood)
06. Sangre (Keimzeit
remix by Code Name)
07. Pena de vida (Ultra
demential hardcore remix
by CTRLer)
08. Victimas (Vzero
remix by David Llorente)
09. Gotica
(Instrumental)
10. Egos (Instrumental)
11. Nirvana
(Instrumental)
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