Freakangel – Control (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Meanwhile, it has already been nine years since Freakangel released their last album, but the Estonian music phenomenon has finally sprung back into action. Over the past few years, the band has released a couple of singles, now brought together on this new EP alongside an additional brand-new track.
“Control” is a somewhat surprising song if you are used to the brutal and ruthless intensity of this band. It leans more toward a dark and atmospheric approach: moody, layered, and driven by a compelling male-female vocal interplay, before culminating in a finale where everything completely explodes. “Death Bloom” then takes us straight back to the essence of what Freakangel stands for: a steel-hard sound with the perfect balance between electronics and guitars, topped off with a possessed vocal delivery. Fans of Combichrist will definitely appreciate this track. The final song delivers a powerful combination of sheer aggression and Cinematic atmosphere, closing the EP on an intense and memorable note.
Now all that remains is to look ahead and hopefully start counting down to a brand-new full-length album, because Freakangel has certainly been missed within the scene. (Rating:8).
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About Freakangel
Freakangel emerged in Tallinn around 2009-2010 under Dmitry Darling. The band debuted on Alfa Matrix with the album “The Faults Of Humanity”, followed by “Let It All End” and “The Ones To Fall”, alongside the EPs “Porcelain Doll”, “The Book Of Violence” and “Into The Fire”, plus the live releases “The Faults Of Humanity: Live” and “The Show Of Violence”.
Note that the 2017 album “How The Ghost Became” and the EP “In The Witch House” were released through DWA.
In 2021 Alfa Matrix released “The Faults Of Humanity (X Anniversary Edition)”, followed by the 2022 EP “The Last White Dance”, the 2023 single “Suicidal (Break The Cycle)” and its extended follow-up, then the 2024 single “Death Bloom”, the “Death Bloom (Extended Version)” EP, and the compilation “Serenity To The Stars, Beauty To The Broken”.
“Control” is the latest of the band’s releases.
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