Seraphim System – Mutant MTHRFKR V (EP – Seraphim System)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: John Stancil strikes back with the fifth installment of his “Mutant MTHRFKR”-series featuring five new cuts.
Content: This is a new hard-danceable production where Seraphim System brings Industrial sound treatments and Dark-Techno/Trance influences together. There’s fragmented, pitched vocals running through a few cuts but the essence of the work remains instrumental. The tracks are characterized by a constant danceable tempo and have been mixed into a long cut for the dancefloor.
+ + + : I don’t want to compare Seraphim System with any other band/artist but I’m sure this stuff will appeal to lovers of Noisuf-X and related projects. I like the hard and raw fusion between Electro/Industrial sounds and Techno/Trance music. Seraphim System has found the right formula to create an irresistible sonic elixir. My personal favorite cut is “The Chosen” although there’s something to say about all cuts.
– – – : The sound formula is somewhat repetitive but it’s not a point if you like this stuff. And I like it so I just regret the tracks aren’t a bit more extended.
Conclusion: Seraphim System moves on to compose music to conquer dancefloors.
Best songs: “The Chosen”, “Life Is Too Short”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/seraphimsystem
About Seraphim System
Seraphim System is the solo project John Stancil, who works under the alias BL4KJ4K, started in 2013 after playing in technical metal and punk bands. The productions move between dark-electro, aggrotech, industrial-metal, hip-hop and hard techno.
Digital World Audio released the four-track single “This Is Invasion” in 2015 with remixes by Noisuf-X and Iszoloscope, followed by the albums “Luciferium” in November 2016 and “Kelevra” in 2017. “Beast(s)” appeared in April 2017 and “Obsidian Frontline” in July 2019.
The self-released “Mutant MTHRFKR” series runs alongside the albums: the third part arrived in December 2019 and the fourth in October 2020, the year Digital World Audio also issued Phoenix, whose limited edition carried the first three “Mutant Mthrfkr” EPs as a bonus disc. “Cyberpunk & Chill Vol. 1” followed in January 2021, the fifth series instalment reviewed here in 2022, and Mutant Mthrfckr 6 later that same year.
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