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Artist: PRICKROTT
Album: Total Fucking Meltdown
Year: 2009
Prickrott is a Dutch industrial metal duo that first came to my attention with the release of their EP 'Hate United' that came out last year. The fact that this band didn't waste any time creating new tracks is underlined by a full-lenght release only a year after the release of the EP. 'Total Fucking Meltdown' includes one intro, six Prickrott tracks and one Asmodeus cover - ready to be discovered and reviewed.
After the instrumental intro, which brings us a mix of old school and industrial black metal, the EP follows with 'Mindfolter'. It opens with a slightly punky attitude, to be followed by a diverse industrial black metal track mixing atmospheric touches with old school passages and an experimental attitude. 'The Destruction of Ephemeral Faith' has an old school attitude, featuring strong riffing and vocal lines and welladded powerful programming. The vocal lines are even somewhat recogniseable here and there. Next up comes the title track - 'Total Fucking Meltdown'. It consists of an ambient influenced intro, to be followed by an experimental industrial black metal track with wicked powerful drumming, diverse vocal lines and excellent pure black metal riffing. In my opinion this is the best track of the release. 'Angel Dissection' is again more midtempo and atmospheric based. It mixes harsh vocal lines with old school riffing and diverse programming works. The next song is blessed with the lovely name 'The Reign of the Technodemon'. It's not only the longest, as well the most experimental track of the release. It switches from a melancholic intro to brutal black metal, to move to old school passages and industrial/ambient intermezzo's. The way this song is built reminds me to bands such as DHG and Control Human Delete, just more raw and less chaotic. 'Fenrir’s Revenge' has a key based opening, to be followed by a bashing industrial black metal track featuring recogniseable riffing, essential vocal lines and powerful, mostly bashing programming loops. The release ends with a cover of Asmodeus' 'Summon the Horde'. Not knowing the original track, it's impossible to compare, but it's fair to state the fact that it's a mostly old school driven black metal track, including atmospheric riffing and vocal lines and wicked drumming.
Although this release is a little less industrialized than Prickrott's preverious EP, it shows clear improvements when it comes to programming and diversity. This release will be welcomed with open arms by any fan of the black metal scene in the time a dusty production was considered "kvlt" - as well for the newer generation of industrial metal.
Vote: 85 / 100
Review by: Gerardo
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1. Intro
2. Mindfolter
3. The Destruction of Ephemeral Faith
4. Total Fucking Meltdown
5. Angel Dissection
6. The Reign of the Technodemon
7. Fenrir’s Revenge
8. Summon the Horde (Asmodeus Cover)
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