Funker Vogt – Death Seed (EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: German sonic ogre Funker Vogt is back. The new EP features new singer Bastian Polak (Intent:Outtake) while Gerrit Thomas and René Dornbusch took care of the composition. “Death Seed” is an appetizer to the announced new full length album.
Content: This EP sounds like the familiar, hard-hitting Electro stuff from Funker Vogt. We get 2 edits of the title song plus 2 edits of “Questions Their Answers” and the extra, hard, track “A Hundred Ways To Die”.
+ + + : I must say Bastian Polak sounds like the right casting to become the new singer of the band. His powerful and charismatic timbre of voice comes closer to the original singer Jens Kästel than to Chris L (the second singer). The title song is a powerful and melodic piece but the real ‘hit’ to me is the enraged “A Hundred Ways To Die”. I prefer both alternative mixes to the original edits of “Death Seed” and “Question Their Answers”.
– – – : Maybe these new songs will not become the biggest hits of this band but they’re still kicking stuff.
Conclusion: This new EP sounds already for a new chapter in the band’s history but also a cool teaser to the upcoming full length.
Best songs: “A Hundred Ways To Die”, “Death seed – Ackermix”, “Questions Their Answers – Answer Their Questions Mix”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.funkervogt.de / www.facebook.com/officialfunkervogt
Label: www.reporecords.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Repo-Records/119590774857404 Read the news on ‘Death Seed’.
About Funker Vogt
Funker Vogt is a German electro-industrial project formed in Hameln in 1995 by vocalist Jens Kästel and programmer Gerrit Thomas. The name derives from the surname of a friend who served as a military radio operator, a reference reflected in the band’s war-themed lyrics and military imagery. The group’s debut album, self-titled “Funker Vogt”, appeared the same year, followed by “Thanks for Nothing” (1996) and “We Came to Kill” (1997) after signing to Metropolis Records.
Further albums followed through the 2000s and 2010s, including “Execution Tracks” (1998), “Maschine Zeit” (2000), “Survivor” (2002), “Navigator” (2005), “Aviator” (2007), “Blutzoll” (2010) and “Companion in Crime” (2013). Kästel left the band after a final show in Berlin in November 2013. Funker Vogt reformed in 2017 with new singer Chris L, releasing “Code of Conduct” (2017), “Wastelands” (2018) and “Element 115” (2021) before pausing again in 2021.
Funker Vogt announced its return on 1 January 2023, and on 5 December 2023 confirmed Bastian Polak as the new lead vocalist alongside longtime members Gerrit Thomas and René Dornbusch. The current lineup went on to release the album “Final Construct” in 2024, with “Death Seed” serving as the EP that introduced Polak on vocals.
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