Exfeind – Zweipunktnull (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal, electronics.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: German solo-project Exfeind strikes back with a second opus. The debut album “Exfeind Nummer Eins” (2018) was a promising debut work mixing elements of industrial-, metal- and electronic music. The new opus reveals ten new tracks.
Content: Exfeind holds on the influences from the debut album. It remains a true sonic fusion between industrial-, metal- and electronic music. I experienced the songs as a bit more electro-driven, but globally speaking this work appears as the logical next step in this band’s evolution. The work again takes off with a blasting cut featuring German vocals. Nearly all songs are sung in the artist’s Mother tongue, but you’ll notice some English passages as well. I also noticed one song with a rather rap style of singing (cf. “Viel Zu Spät”) although the sound remains hard-industrial driven.
+ + + : This new album doesn’t sound that different from the debut work, but the main evolution can be heard in some production details. There’s a real great and efficient balance between electronic parts and guitar riffs. It creates a powerful sound, which comes to emersion at the opening song “Wie Ein Boss”. But I also have to mention “Keyboardkrieger” and the English sung “Unleash Me”. The production of the vocals is also an essential aspect of the production; rough and charismatic!
– – – : “Zweipunktnull” is maybe just missing some little details to make this album totally accomplished. There are a few songs, which are more hesitant, but globally speaking this band confirms its potential.
Conclusion: I still believe Exfeind is a band with a huge potential and this new work confirms the project’s progression.
Best songs: “Wie Ein Boss”, “Keyboardkrieger”, “Unleash Me”, “Exzess”.
Rate: (7½).
Artist: www.exfeind.com / www.facebook.com/Exfeind
Label: www.trisol.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Trisol-Music-Group/104166526285471
About Exfeind
Exfeind is the solo-project of German musician Lian Exfeind, signed to Trisol for its 2018 debut album “Nummer Eins”, which entered the Deutsche Alternative Charts and drew comparisons to Oomph!, Rammstein and Eisbrecher. “Zweipunktnull” followed in 2020, holding on to the same industrial-metal-electronic fusion. Exfeind later contributed a remix to This Eternal Decay’s 2023 single “The Heart of a Lover”.
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