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Artist: T3CHN0PH0B1A
Album: Grave New World
Year: 2009
The die-hard followers of this webzine can't impossibly have missed this band until now, and probably the same message goes to the followers of the industrial metal genre who didn't find out about this webzine. Since the release of their 'Albedo Level: 0%' I kept a closer eye on these friendly aliens - under the condition that I wouldn't be abducted to their home planet Sidera. Their 2006 EP 'The Dancefl-Horror: N.A.S.A. vs. I.N.R.I.' EP showed us many improvements, as well a kickass production and artwork, and was announced as a teaser for the debut album 'Grave New World'. Line up changes and other delays were the cause of the fact that 2009 finally turned out to be the year of this release.
After the haunting intro called 'The Landing', the release continues with 'Abduction Starfleet'. Beeing preveriously released as a websingle, as well beeing preveriously featured on F**k Em All Volume 1 - this song has less secrets for me. The album version is slightly different - still it didn't affect the original electro metal attitude. It's a pretty catchy track, with influences from wave and future pop. 'Nekromatik' combines excellent electronic works and a dictatorial bassline with heavy riffing and powerful drumming. The vocal lines are recogniseable, giving it a certain accessibility. 'Gene.sys' is more atmospheric, with cold keylines and diverse vocal lines accompanied with recogniseable drumming and welladded riffing. It's one of the more accessable tracks on the release. 'The Sidera Lasergun Massacre' (what a title!) follows. It's a nice midtempo track, with atmospheric keylines, welladded sampling, wellfitting wicked drumming and a nearly sing-a-long chorus. The slightly added riffing gives the track an extra power boost. 'Jaws, Claws & Exo-skulls' - another lovely title - is blessed with a cold atmosphere and a midtempo attitude. It's a decent electro metal track, with innovative sampling and strong drumming - just a thing is that the chorus shows some noticeable similarities with the chorus of 'Wrapped In Eternit' from the first demo... a pity really. 'Space Is Their Grave' continues walking on the midtempo path. It's build on wicked drumloops and repetitive keylines and samples, blended together with powerful riffing and diverse vocal lines. It shows even slightly influences from out of the black metal corner. 'Close Encounters of a Deadly Kind' consists of a strong and decent spine of repetative cold electronic keylines and synchronized vocal lines. The riffing is powerful and blends excellently with the drumming. 'VideoDrone' has a slow kickoff with a heavy bassline and clean guitars, and turns into a steady and heavy standing track after. It comes with recogniseable riffing and vocal lines, wrapped in a midtempo attitude. 'Warp Speed 777' consists of wicked drumming and riffing, recogniseable keylines and accessable vocal lines. 'Requiem For A Dying Planet' is a synth pop influenced song, build on diverse keylines and welladded riffing and vocal lines. The release ends with a U2 cover - 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me'. They turned into quite a cool track, raping many stuff from the original but leaving the essentials in tact.
Overall - I can't say that, although this album is a real killer one, it fulfilled my expectations completely. Although all the tracks are more than decently built, and there's no bad track available on this release for sure - the fact that some of the songs are constructed with the same song structure is a thorn in the eye. Maybe if the aliens manage to get a little bit more experimental and variative, they can set their final course to world domination. Aliens heading for world domination - who would have thought?
Vote: 96 / 100
Review by: Gerardo
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1. The Landing
2. Abduction Starfleet
3. Nekromatik
4. Gene.sys
5. The Sidera Lasergun Massacre
6. Jaws, Claws & Exo-skulls
7. Space Is Their Grave
8. Close Encounters of a Deadly Kind
9. VideoDrone
10. Warp Speed 777
11. Requiem For A Dying Planet
12. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (U2 Cover)
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