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Grade: 8/10
A concept album devoted to Nikola Tesla, the inventor of for instance alternating current electric power and the big adversary of his former employer Edison. This is what the progressive black metal band Herrschaft from France introduce with their debut album. A concept which is packaged into a highly explosive mixture of black metal, industrial and dark electro. In 2005 this outfit already treated us on an EP named Architects of Humanicide but with this first full-length studio recording Herrschaft makes a lasting impression. One could even state that it is an album with highlights only. The album is divided into two parts, with a first half leaning towards blackmetal, thrashmetal and industrial and the second part containing more electro and EBM focused tunes. The recording contains a nice balance between aggressive sounding yet accessible riffs, electro beats and synthesizer atmospheres. Extreme but danceable at the same time. The vocals are screamed, grunted and processed by vocoders. Some songs are real club hammers in the vein of the best tunes from The Kovenant or Samael. Examples of these are ‘The Defenders’, ‘Nemesis’ and ‘Chaostructure’, of which the last song almost goes towards VNV Nation with regards to the heavy electro sequences and beats. Nothing is at it seems though, since the black- and thrash metal influences pound merciless, which makes the references move on towards Psyclon Nine. This is quite a varied and good industrial black metal release. Impressive as well since this is only the official debut album of this band. As surprise the album has an extra hidden track. Recommended!
Band: Herrschaft(int)
Label: Code666
Genre: crossover (industrial crossover / J-rock / prog / rock / metal / punk)
Type: cd
Review by: TekNoir
Website:
http://www.h-noise.com