Frontal Boundary – Failure (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Things are moving fast for Krz Souls, Brendin Ross, and Jaysen Craves. The American trio, who collaborate as Frontal Boundary, made a strong debut in 2024 with the album “Shutting Down”. They subsequently partnered with Alfa Matrix, releasing a single and an EP as a precursor to “Failure”.
Those already familiar with the band’s sound will not be surprised to hear that they have further expanded their raw, melodic, aggressive, and dancefloor-oriented Dark-Electro. Pumping rhythms and characteristic, driving leads are paired with hard, possessed vocals. When their friend Erica Dunham of Unter Null joins them on a track, all hell truly breaks loose. Notably, there is also a striking collaboration with Protokoll 19.
The accompanying remix CD features an impressive range of contributors, including Unter Null, Viscera Drip, Miseria Ultima, Pygmy Children ao but also the more surprising BlakLight.
Frontal Boundary may not reinvent the genre, and their sound is firmly rooted in familiar dark electro territory, but the quality of their songwriting clearly places them a step above many of their peers. (Rating:8).
Listen to “Hollow feat. Unter Null”:
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About Frontal Boundary
Frontal Boundary is an American dark electro trio made up of Krz Souls, Brendin Ross and Jaysen Craves. The group mixes raw, melodic and dancefloor-oriented dark electro.
The trio debuted in 2024 with “Shutting Down”, then signed to Alfa Matrix and released the “Hate” EP in July 2025 and the “Faith” EP in September 2025. “Failure” followed on December 12, 2025 as a two-CD set whose second disc collects remixes.
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