Metal Disco – Acid Lord (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark Dance-Pop, Trance.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Toxic Razor (Paradox Obscur, Beatbox Machinery, Hardware Pulse, Werkstatt Recordings owner) is back on track unleashing a new EP featuring five songs. Right before this release we got the single “A Constellation Of Synthesizers And Its Wondrous Waves” which was meant to be a teaser to the EP.
Content: Every single Metal Disco work sounds different or at least revealing another focus. I got the impression the Greek artist is now exploring Dance-Pop fields mixed with darker spheres and tones while accomplished with a raw sound production. The main part of the EP remains instrumental although the title song features vocals. There are other passages with robotic vocals and fragmented, sampled pieces.
+ + + : I deeply respect this artist who’s non-stop writing and releasing new stuff. And each new work always features cool surprises. The title song is a cool piece of raw, underground, Dance stuff. “Rave Kick” is another noticeable cut for its great Dance lead while “Transespacio Analogico” contains great analogue-like sound effects.
– – – : I’m still a bit wondered about the “A Constellation Of Synthesizers And Its Wondrous Waves”-song which compared to other cuts of the EP is a poorly inspired cut that has been released as single.
Conclusion: Metal Disco remains driven by a ‘no compromises’-approach which is refreshing and efficient.
Best songs: “Acid Lord”, “Rave Kick”, “Transespacio Analogico”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/metaldiscomusic
Label: www.facebook.com/werkstattrecordings
About Metal Disco
Metal Disco is the hardware-only solo project of Greek musician Kostas Stavropoulos, who releases under the name Toxic Razor. He owns Werkstatt Recordings and also works in Paradox Obscur, Beatbox Machinery, Hardware Pulse and Resistance Of Independent Music.
The first Metal Disco album, “Unearthly Vices”, came out on Werkstatt Recordings in 2015. “Vade Mecum” followed on Detonic Recordings in 2018, and “Sex, Drugs & Hardware” on Werkstatt Recordings in 2020, with Irini of Incirrina on vocals. In 2021 the project issued a compilation and three EPs, including “Καμία Εξουσία”, its first release with Greek lyrics, and “Misbehave”. The EP “In Motion”, again with Incirrina, arrived in 2022, and the album “Hellion Reaper” in 2024.
Stavropoulos discussed his working method at length in the ‘Click Interview’ with Metal Disco, where he stated: “Inspiration comes mostly after jamming in the studio”. “Acid Lord” follows that approach across its five tracks.
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