Intent:Outtake – Der Stille Tod (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM.
Format: Digital, 2CD.
Background/Info: This is the fifth full length album by Leipziger (Germany) formation Intent:Outtake. The work comes four years after the previous album and is their second opus released by Scanner.
Content: Intent:Outtake remains faithful to their powerful Electro sound which lays somewhere in between sophisticated EBM and intelligent Dark-Electro. The songs have been sung in German and English but whatever the language the sound remains dark and furious. This music is pure club-food and the previously released EP-title song “Tic Toc Tod” remains a true earworm.
The bonus disc features 3 extra songs plus 3 remixes by Centhron, The Saint Paul and Vdoc.
+ + + : Intent:Outtake don’t reinvent any Electro underground genre but are talented artists elevating familiar Dark-Electro and EBM standards to a higher level. The songs are well-crafted and achieved with cool, overwhelming, strings. The most noticeable cuts reach a climax by carrying choruses and easy, but cool, vocals like on the unavoidable “Tic Toc Tod” (probably the biggest hits of the band so far). But Intent:Outtake is much more than a powerful production as the work also reveals poppy elements. The bonus disc features cool extra songs as well. This band is once more reminding me of In Strict Confidence which I think is much more than simply a reference.
– – – : I don’t see real minus points although the remixes -which are okay, aren’t the best exponents from the album.
Conclusion: I’ve never been disappointed by Intent:Outtake and this new album only confirms the talent and strong potential of a band which, according to me, deserves much more recognition.
Best songs: “Toc Toc Tod – Album Edit”, “Panopticon”, “We are Stars”, “No regrets”, “Time Is Running Out” + “Gib Nicht Auf”, “Wttna”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/INTENTOUTTAKE
Label: www.darkdimensions.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Dimensions-Label-Group/486014725206
Andreas Engleitner and Bastian Polak discussed the making of “Der Stille Tod” in a Side-Line interview.
About Intent:Outtake
Intent:Outtake is a duo from Leipzig, Germany, set up in 2014 by Andreas Engleitner (vocals) and Bastian Polak (machines). The project mixes Dark-Electro and EBM, sung in German and English, with lyrics addressing social and political themes. “Der Stille Tod” is the band’s fifth full length album and their second released through Scanner / Dark Dimensions, following singles including “Tic Toc Tod”.
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