Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-rave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After self-released productions, American artist ‘Mordacious Mortem’ released…
Genre/Influences:
Dark-electro,
industrial-rave.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info:
After self-released
productions, American artist ‘Mordacious Mortem’ released his work on Hypervoxx
Recordings/Telegrammetry Recordings and Infacted Recordings. The previous
album (cf. “Bloodletting”) was again a self-released work mastered by Jan Loamfield (Noisuf-X, X-Fusion,
Stoppenberg). “It’s not Over” got released at the end of 2019 and has been
mastered again by Jan Loamfield.
Content:
I’ve never been a
huge fan of Mordacious, but “It’s Not Over” is something totally different. The
artist reinvented the sound of his sonic brainchild transforming the
dark-electronic basis driven by repetitive melody lines into an industrial-rave
style. I don’t want to compare it with Noisuf-X, but the German project can be
for sure a source of inspiration.
This album even
sounds like it was composed by another artist or a side-project of Mordacious.
The tracks are danceable while the hypnotic breaks are only empowering the
trance sensation. There are vocals in a true dark-electro vein, but the vocals
don’t sound like it was the main focus from the global production work.
+ + + :
“It’s Not Over”
stands for a total ‘sonic make over’! Mordacious is clearly experimenting with
new ideas. I must say the songs have something ‘sexy’; this is cool
dark-industrial rave music. It has something trendy, but the songs are
accomplished. I noticed several great songs such as “Vampyre”, “Bleed”, “It’s
Not Over”, “Beg And Plead” and “Nothing”. Respect to this artist who finally
dared to walk on ‘new’ sonic paths and the result is worthy of
examination.
– – – :
I can imagine some
fans of the ‘classical’ Mordacious sound and releases will maybe be shocked
discovering this album. This is just another band… but who cares? I don’t!
Conclusion:
I realize I’ve been
often pretty hard on previous Mordacious reviews, but what I’ve heard now is
something different and from a higher level!
Best songs:
“Vampyre”, “Bleed”,
“It’s Not Over”, “Beg And Plead”, “Nothing”.
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