Acylum – Sieg Oder Walhalla (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Five years have passed since the last Acylum album “Pest”. The German duo Pedro- and Nadine Engel are back with a new EP announcing the upcoming full length “Kampf Dem Verderb” announced for early 2021.
Content: The title song is a rough piece of (h)el(l)ectro music featuring Industrial sound treatments. Harsh vocals are resonating, like a prelude to terror. The title track has been remixed by Second Attack vs. Adeonesis, Stahlnebel & Black Selket, Sin D.N.A. and Wolfchild.
We also get the song “Fire”; a kind of tormented B-side song and a remix of the upcoming album title-song by Benjamin’s Plague.
+ + + : “Sieg Oder Walhalla” is not the best song I’ve heard from Acylum, but it’s definitely a title song for an EP. It’s filled with power, rage and rough sound treatments creating an obscure, terror-like atmosphere. And everything reflects this atmosphere in the work of Acylum, even the B-side song “Fire”, which accentuates this uncomfortable feeling when listening to Acylum. Who better than this band deserves the label (h)el(l)ectro-music? Among the remixes I especially recommend the remix by Stahlnebel & Black Selket, which boosted the danceable vibes of the original version. WolfChild’s remix is another attention grabber and I especially enjoyed the extra lead they added in the end of the song.
– – – : I expected a bit more from the remixes generally speaking.
Conclusion: Up to the new album of Acylum and I’m really wondering if it will have a similar impact as “Pest”.
Best songs: “Sieg Oder Walhalla”, “Sieg Oder Walhalla – Touched by Stahlnebel & Black Selket”, “Sieg Oder Walhalla – WolfChild Remix”.
Rate: (8).
Artist: www.facebook.com/Acylum.Music
Label: www.alfa-matrix.com / www.facebook.com/Alfa.Matrix Read the news on ‘Sieg Oder Walhalla’.
About Acylum
Acylum is a German dark electro duo of Pedro Engel and Nadine “Cooraz” Engel. “Sieg Oder Walhalla” arrived five years after the album “Pest” and was released on Alfa Matrix on 3 November 2020, announcing the full-length “Kampf Dem Verderb” that followed in early 2021.
The seven-track EP’s title song was remixed by Second Attack vs. Adeonesis, Stahlnebel & Black Selket, Sin D.N.A. and Wolfchild, alongside the additional track “Fire” and a remix of “Kampf Dem Verderb” by Project Erratic. Acylum continued releasing new material through the 2020s, including the 2024 double album “Zuchthaus” and the 2025 anniversary album “XX20XX”, marking 20 years of the project.
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