Psyclon Nine – More To Hell (EP – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Metal, Cinematic.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Neo Bellum last year released the newest album of his main music project Psyclon Nine. This EP is featuring remixes from songs originally released at “Less To Heaven” plus a few new cuts.
Content: The new songs could have been originally released on the last album; a powerful, dark and tormented debut cut while both songs left are moving into the Cinematic side of “Less To Heaven”. Other tracks are remixes from “See You All In Hell”, “Money And Sex And Death” and “Catastrophic” all originally released on the album. Remixes have been accomplished by Suicide Commando, Skold, Jay E, Snakes Of Russia and Pitch Black.
+ + + : Among the new songs I especially recommend listening to the debut track “For The Night Is Dark And Full Of Terrors”; this is pure sound terror with a tormented sphere on top. This one sounds as Psyclon Nine at its best. Among the remixes I recommend both remixes of “Money And Sex And Death”; one by Jay E and the other by Suicide Commando.
– – – : From a very personal point of view the songs that were chosen to remix aren’t my favorite ones from the album.
Conclusion: This a nice bonus to the last album although not the best work I’ve heard from Psyclon Nine.
Best songs: “For The Night Is Dark And Full Of Terrors”, “Money And Sex And Death – Jay E Remix”, “Money And Sex And Death – Suicide Commando Remix”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/psyclonnineofficial
Label: www.metropolis-records.com / www.facebook.com/MetropolisRecords Read the news on ‘More To Hell’.
About Psyclon Nine
Psyclon Nine is an American band formed in 2000 in San Francisco, California, blending electronic and industrial metal. Their early work was defined by terror EBM with melancholic atmospheres and black metal-style vocals; over time the band evolved toward a more industrial metal sound incorporating black metal elements. The band’s primary creative force is lead vocalist, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Nero Bellum, its only original member.
The band’s studio album chronology runs from “Divine Infekt” (2003) and “INRI” (2005) through “Crwn Thy Frnicatr” (2006), “We the Fallen” (2009, the band’s only album to reach the Billboard charts), “Order of the Shadow: Act 1” (2013), “Icon of the Adversary” (2018) and “Less to Heaven” (2022, Metropolis Records). The “More To Hell” EP followed in 2023, collecting new tracks alongside remixes of “Less to Heaven” material by Suicide Commando, Skold, Jay E, Snakes Of Russia and Pitch Black.
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