PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – Redeclaration Of War / 2006-2015 (EP – Fasma Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM.
Format: Digital, Cassette.
Background/Info: PreEmptive Strike 0.1 saw the daylight in 2002. Nearly twenty years later the Crete formation can look back at a successful discography. The last year released EP “The Dread Files” revealed a new line-up; still driven by the band’s frontman Jim The Blaster and completed by Yiannis Chatzakis (Degenerated Sequences) –who was the only live member in the past. This EP features one new song plus reworked tracks –originally released in between 2006 and 2015.
Content: The opening song, which also is the new cut, reveals a dark, atmospheric sound featuring robotic vocals. This is the perfect intro to the harder and danceable reworked songs. All the songs have been reworked, but you still recognize the original power and mix of EBM and Dark-Electro. The carrying choruses have been always one of the band’s trademarks, which mixed with the danceable cadence stand for the success of this formation. On top of the songs you’ll hear the heavy, dark and distorted vocals of Jim The Blaster.
+ + + : The opening song “The base Was Overrun” is a somewhat surprising song for this formation, but it’s a pretty cool cut revealing a poignant atmospheric side. This is not just an intro, but a great song! Among the other songs, which have been reworked, I especially recommend the fully accomplished “Robotic Disintegrator” –originally released in 2010 at “The Kosmokrator”. This song perfectly symbolizes the power, energy and melodic side of PreEmptive Strike 0.1. Other noticeable cuts are the hard sounding “Lethal Defence Systems” –which was the title song of their debut album (2006) and the song “PreEmptive Strike”.
– – – : This release is something for the fans –and they for sure are going to like it! But I’m especially waiting for new stuff.
Conclusion: PreEmptive Strike 0.1 is revisiting some songs of the past and they masterly accomplished the challenge.
Best songs: “Robotic Disintegration – 2021 Version”, “The Base Was Overrun”, “Lethal Defence Systems – 2002 Version”, “Preemptive Strike – 2021 Version”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/Pre-Emptive-Strike-01-100462328053194 / www.facebook.com/Pre-Emptive-Strike-01-100462328053194
Label: www.facebook.com/FASMA.PRODUCTIONS
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About PreEmptive Strike 0.1
PreEmptive Strike 0.1 was founded on the Greek island of Crete in 2002 with the stated purpose of making EBM. Discogs lists D. Argyrakis, George Klontzas and Yiannis Chatzakis among the people involved over the years, with frontman Jim The Blaster as the constant. The project opened with the “Enzymes” demo in 2003 and “The 0.1 Demo” in 2005.
The album chronology runs from “Lethal Defence Systems” in 2006 through “Extinction Reprogrammed” in 2008, “The Kosmokrator” in 2010, “T.A.L.O.S.” in 2012, “Pierce Their Husk” in 2014 and “Epos V” in 2015, much of it released through Infacted Recordings. Later titles include PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – Progeny Of The Technovore (Album – Digital World Audio) in 2019 and PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – The Dread Files (EP – Digital World Audio) in 2020, the EP that introduced the current line-up.
“Redeclaration Of War / 2006-2015” was released by Fasma Productions in 2021 as a cassette limited to 50 hand-numbered copies, the first 25 of which carried a Talos sticker, alongside the digital edition. Jim The Blaster recorded new vocals, while Yiannis Chatzakis added synths and reproduced all tracks. The unreleased opener “The Base Was Overrun” was recorded in 2014 and had been left off “Epos V”. The band later returned with PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – Defence Readiness: Condition 1 (Album – Infacted Recordings) in 2023, and had earlier discussed its two-sided approach in the 2017 ‘Click Interview’ with Preemptive Strike 0.1: ‘Preemptive Strike 0.1 Is A Band With A Split Personality’.
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