Statiqbloom – Threat (Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Fade Kainer moved from Brooklyn, NY (USA) to Berlin (Germany). His newest opus was released by Sonic Groove where Sonic Groove owner Adam Mitchell is based as well.
Content: Statiqbloom is clearly taking distance with previous productions (thinking to the previous albums released by Metropolis) leaving the Dark-Electro and EBM influences to join a Dark-Techno approach. The common elements remain the Industrial input which remains present. So in the end we get a hard Industrial-Techno fusion carried by solid bass lines, a few EBM reminiscences and isolated harsh vocals.
+ + + : Fade Kainer is an artist who avoids repeating himself and that’s definitely a very positive aspect. But this album also confirms the talent of the man who accomplished a great and alluring Industrial-Techno format. The work sounds like a violent offspring between different influences. The vocal parts running through “The Unwinding” are pretty cool although I prefer the instrumental format revealed in masterpieces “Devout Error” and “Capacity Of Brutality”. The bass line of the last-mentioned song sounds phenomenal. “Razor Rubble” is another merciless piece worthy of examination.
– – – : The opening song sounds more like an intro or teaser to the upcoming violence of this work. It also is one of the only cuts which can’t totally convince me..
Conclusion: Statiqbloom has evolved in its influences but remains a terrific project. “Threat” sounds like dark- and violent Industrial-Techno.
Best songs: “Devout Error”, “Capacity Of Brutality”, “Razor Rubble”, “Flesh Sacrifice”, “The Unwinding”.
Rate: 9.
Artist: www.facebook.com/statiqbloom
Label: www.sonicgroove.com / www.facebook.com/Sonicgrooverecords
About Statiqbloom
Statiqbloom is the post-industrial and industrial techno project of Fade Kainer. Kainer set up the project in 2013 after Batillus ended, ran it as a duo with Denman C. Anderson from 2016 to 2020, and now works alone from Berlin.
The project debuted with the self-released “Mask Visions Poison” in 2013, followed by “Blue Moon Blood” on 28 April 2017 and the EP “Infinite Spectre” on 27 July 2018. Statiqbloom then signed with Metropolis for “Asphyxia”, released on 7 June 2019, and “Beneath The Whelm” on 10 July 2020. Kainer discussed the project with Side-Line in ‘Click Interview’ with Statiqbloom: ‘My Intention Is The Evolution Gets More Focused And More Provoking’.
“Threat”, the album reviewed here, was released by Sonic Groove on 26 March 2022 and holds ten tracks running about 60 minutes. Fade Kainer wrote and produced the record, Jon Turi designed the sleeve and Daniele Antezza handled mastering. It entered the Side-Line Top 25 albums of the year 2022. Kainer followed it with “Kain” on Sonic Groove on 8 March 2024, the Hands EP “Folding In” with Blush Response on 25 April 2025, and “The Casket Nest” on 6 March 2026.
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