Blut Reaktor – Post Mortem (EP – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Earlier this year the American solo-project Blut Reaktor signed to Insane Records. The project driven by ‘John Noir’ has already self-released a few productions while other ones were released by Underground Industrial Records. “Post Mortem” features six new cuts.
Content: “Post Mortem” takes off with a true fusion between EBM- and Dark-Electro influences with some whispering vocals in the background. The work evolves with a groovy EBM style and other catchy, Dark-Pop influences. The EBM basis remains present but is definitely mixed with other influences. There’s also a more Electro-Wave driven cut while the last track reminds me of the early years of Blut Reaktor for its instrumental edit.
+ + + : Blut Reaktor can’t be compared to any other formation and that’s a positive aspect, which I particularly like. The sound is covering different- although related genres so in the end this EP (or mini-album) tends to reveal this is a project with its own sound. I like the melodic touch of the work. Both debut tracks are noticeable pieces although I’ve a preference for the second one entitled “Scars”, which is darker and harder.
– – – : “Post Mortem” is an easy listening piece of music, but I can’t say I’ve heard potential hits.
Conclusion: Blut Reaktor confirms its potential, but I’m sure the best is yet to come.
Best songs: “Scars”, “Suffer”, “Solitude”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/blutreaktor
Label: www.insane-records.com / www.facebook.com/InsaneRecordsEU Read the news on ‘Post Mortem’.
About Blut Reaktor
Blut Reaktor is a one-man dark electro project from New York, United States, formed in 2008 and driven by John Noir. The first three releases, issued between 2008 and 2010, were instrumental.
In 2013 the “Blut Reaktor” EP appeared, the first release on which Noir contributed vocals. Later that year he issued a revamped version of the first release, “In Limbo”. In 2014, with Monique Decay joining, the project released a compilation with reworked versions of “Limbo” and “Glitch”. The album “In Vain” followed in 2015 as the label debut on Underground Industrial Records, and the single “Cathartic Angel Complex” arrived in 2016. In 2020 the project released the EP “Tales From The Flesh” together with the albums “Imperfecta” and “In Vain Redux”.
The move to Insane Records was announced in May 2021, as reported in Blut Reaktor joins Insane Records and releases EP ‘Post Mortem’. The six-track EP “Post Mortem” was released on 25 May 2021 and holds “Suffer”, “Scars”, “Fallen Angels”, “Solitude”, “Broken Saint” and “Frightners”.
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