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Artist: REPLICA
Album: Languages of Decay
Year: 2007
Is it finally happening?! Is there, next to Vigilante,
finally another cool industrial metal from Chile out
there?!Oh yes! Replica exists out of five people (including
two ex-Vigilante members... d’oh!) and says to be
influenced by bands like Apoptygma Berzerk, Nine Inch
Nails, Skinny Puppy and Depeche Mode. ‘Languages of
Decay’ is their long-awaited debut album, released by
Twilight Records. It consists out of 11 track plus one
bonus track.
After the instrumental intro ‘The Fear of Blood’, the
album kicks off with ‘Between The Scorn’. It’s build on
a spine of industrial programming while added some
sensitive piano works, dark sampling and vocal lines who
are a combination of both. The chorus is accompanied by
electric guitars, while the outro is a bit ambient
influenced. ‘Architecture of the Rain’ comes up next.
It’s a more electro-based song, with danceable sampling
and programming works. The guitars are more present all
over the song, without turning the atmosphere in a metal
one. The chorus is kinda catchy, while the cold synth
lines at the end of the track are very well-placed.
‘Liberate the Cancer’ continues to walk that path, with
EBM likely musical works, guitar-accompanied chorusses
and catchy vocal lines. Next up comes ‘Scorpion’. With
it’s five minute and seven seconds, it’s the longest
track of the release. It’s less uptempo than the
preverious tracks, and for the first time we hear some
sampled vocal lines. The chorus is accompanied by gentle
guitarwork and cold keylines, which is a great mix with
the sensitive and dark vocals. ‘My Angels Raping God’
contains of an electro metal intro, dark electro
couplets and electro metal chorusses. A decent mix of
electro and metal indeed – maybe one of the more metal
tracks of the album since we can find some industrial
metal guitarwork hidden in the couplets now and then
too. Pay also special attention to the cold
intermezzo... impressive! ‘The Deviant Factor’ is a
track that could be used for commercial things quite
well. It’s pretty easy listening, the chorus is quite
sticky and there aren’t many people out there who
consider this song too underground or whatsoever. It’s
one of my personal less favourite tracks on the album,
but it’s decently constructed. ‘Image of Pain’ comes up
next. It’s one of the more sensitive tracks, with very
present synthlines and atmospheric vocal lines. The
pause within the song is surprising, but fits the song
quite well. ‘The Angelicker’ opens with some female
vocals on the intro, followed by wicked electronic
parts. The uptempo programming mixed with the amount of
guitars in this track turn this song not only in my
personal favourite one of this record, but also in a
strong potential club-hit. ‘Soulteck’ is a modern track,
with crazy programming and hardcore-likely (sometimes
nearly rap-ish) vocal works. It shows a more
experimental side of the band, which is definitely
different, but not bad at all. ‘Tends to Create Fear for
the Flesh’ is the outro of the album, followed by an
orchestral version of ‘My Angels Raping God’. It’s quite
surprising and unexpecting, but in fact I prefer this
version above the ‘original’ one!
‘Languages of Decay’ turns out to be an album with many
different faces. It contains more sensitive tracks, more
uptempo electro tracks and more atmospheric tracks, all
blessed with a metal touch. Fans of electro rock and
electro metal, as well fans of the gothic genre in
general should really pay attention to this release.
Replica delivers pure quality with ‘Languages of Decay’,
and to keep in mind that this is just the debut album of
this band, they might even improve more in the future.
Vote: 97 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. The Fear of Blood
02. Between the Scorn
03. Architecture of the
Rain
04. Liberate the Cancer
05. Scorpion
06. My Angels Raping God
7. The Deviant Factor
08. Image of Pain
09. The Angelicker
10. Soulteck
11. Tends to Create Fear
for the Flesh
12. My Angels Raping God
(Silent Version) |
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