Against I – O.M.G. (EP – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Fredrik Croona (Cynical Existence, Croona) is focusing on a new project. After the “Scum”-single he released this debut-EP featuring four songs plus two remixes.
Content: Fredrik Croona moves back to the harsher work he already explored at Cynical Existence. “O.M.G. stands for a true fusion between Dark-Electro influences mainly emerging at the melody lines and Industrial guitar playing. The vocals are harsh and enraged. Next to the “Scum”-song -plus two remixes featuring one by Tekknovore, you’ll also discover 3 other songs.
+ + + : Fredrik Croona never stops exploring new paths by setting up new projects. Against I doesn’t bring innovative elements but will please Cynical fans. There’s a similar power and rage emerging at the surface, but which has been masterly created by a harmonious twist between guitar and electronics. The title song and “Disgust” both are cool songs but the best cut is for sure the merciless and dancefloor driven Dark-Electro remix of “Scum” by Teknovore.
– – – : I got the feeling Against I has the potential to do better. And that’s a good thing as new releases are in the pipeline.
Conclusion: Fredrik Croona remains a prolific artist feeling comfortable with different music styles. He shows a darker and more aggressive side with Against I.
Best songs: “Scum – Teknovore Remix”, “O.M.G.”, “Disgust”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/againstIband
Label: www.insane-records.com / www.facebook.com/InsaneRecordsEU
“O.M.G.” was released on 11 March 2022 through Insane Records as a digital EP. The title stands for Obscene Morbid Gore. It holds six tracks: “O.M.G”, “The Other Half”, “Disgust”, “Scum”, “Scum (Teknovore Remix)” and “Scum (Death Verified Remix)”. Side-Line reported on the release in Swedish industrial act Against I releases new EP: ‘O.M.G.’, which described the four original tracks as conceptually bringing together death, murder, greed and hate.
The EP built on the debut single ‘Scum’, issued in February 2022. The single ‘You And I’ followed in May 2022.
Listen to “O.M.G.”:
About Against I
Against I is a Swedish project fronted by Fredrik Croona. He is also behind Cynical Existence, the solo project Croona and Menschdefekt, and works across dark electro, industrial and futurepop.
Side-Line has followed his output since “We Are The Violence” in 2015. Cynical Existence signed to Advoxya Records in 2016 and released “Dying Light” in 2017 and “Rebirth” in 2020. Under his own name he issued “This Is Goodbye” in 2018, and as Croona “Memento Mori” in 2018 and “Ascend” in 2021, both on Infacted Recordings. He set out his approach to switching projects in the ‘Click Interview’ with Fredrik Croona in 2016.
Against I started in early 2022 with “Scum” and “O.M.G.” on Insane Records. The remixer Teknovore, who appears on this EP, released his own album “The Theseus Paradox” a month later.
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