Menschdefekt – Cursed (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Six years have passed since the last Menschdefekt-album “Touch Of Madness”. “Cursed” might be seen as the comeback for this German-Swedish formation featuring Fredrik Croona as singer. This album comes as an appetizer to the new opus “Empty World”.
Content: “Cursed” takes off with the title song as “Single Version”, which is a kind of dark-electro song accomplished with a catchy, poppy chorus. The vocals are harsh, but the melodic lead has something elevating. This is a song to all together sing and dance to.
We next get 8 remixes by Ruined Conflict, Frame Of Mind, Reichsfeind, X-Horize, BloodConnek7ion, DV8R, Nine Seconds and Mechanical Moth.
+ + + : There’s no better way announcing a new album by such a sonic bomb! “Cursed” is a song you’ll rapidly keep in mind and before you realize it, you’ll be contaminated. You’ll spontaneously start to sing the chorus again and again to finally repeat the song again. I also heard several cool remixes like the more poppy- and minimal like one by Ruined Conflict. I also like the job done by Frame Of Mind, DV8R and Mechanical Moth.
– – – : It’s just a pity this EP only features one song and an endless list of remixes; good for the DJ’s, but I’m expecting a bit more so let’s wait for the album.
Conclusion: Menschdefekt strikes back with a dancefloor killer!
Best songs: “Cursed – Single Version”, “Cursed – Ruined conflict Remix”, “Cursed – Frame Of Mind Remix”, “Cursed – DV8r Remix”, “Cursed – Mechanical Moth Remix”.
Rate: (8).
Artist: www.menschdefekt.com / www.facebook.com/official.menschdefekt
Label: www.infacted-recordings.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Infacted-Recordings/124099254321690
About Menschdefekt
Menschdefekt started in Aschaffenburg, Germany in 2004 as the solo project of Dominik R. In February 2009 Swedish vocalist Fredrik Croona, also active in Cynical Existence, Croona and Project Rotten, joined as permanent singer and lyricist. Signed to Infacted Recordings, the project issued the digital single “Cursed” reviewed here on 8 May 2020, followed by the album “Empty World” on 19 June 2020, which held nine new songs plus seven remixes and a track featuring German forensic biologist Dr. Mark Benecke. Menschdefekt went on to release the EP “Secular Days” in 2022 and the fourth studio album “Recombination” the same year, before Croona announced his departure in October 2022 after fifteen years with the band.
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