Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro.

Background/Info: Two years after the “Humanterror.Com”-album Polish duo Anti-Terror strikes back with an EP (kind of mini-album) featuring 6 new songs.

Content: The sound remains driven by typical EBM-elements and dark-electronics. Deep, resonating sound and solid bass lines have been mixed with cold synths. The ghost-like vocals are matching with the music.

+ + + : Anti-Terror clearly confirms to be a band with an interesting potential. Their music doesn’t bring anything new, but the tracks are well-crafted and efficient. I like their icy sound treatments and the permanent mix between EBM and dark-electro. This band clearly belongs to this DIY generation and clearly don’t spare any effort to release a professional-like production like the artistic digipak format.

– – – : The spooky vocals are cool for a while, but I sometimes miss a little bit more passion and rage in it.

Conclusion: Anti-Terror is a band without real surprises, but composing cool EBM-like songs.

Best songs: “Rat Race”, “Sick Soul”, “Next Generation”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.facebook.com/theantiterror

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Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro.

Background/Info: Anti-Terror is a Polish duo dealing with a dark-electro & EBM format, which was previously active as Compulsive Shopping Disorder. The most significant work from Compulsive Shopping Disorder was the album “In The Cube” released in their homeland (2008) on Rage In Eden.

Content: The very first sequences and passages from “Humanterror.com” bring us directly to the dark and powerful sound universe of EBM. The dark side of the work has been accentuated by spooky-like vocals featuring female backings. Anti-Terror composes a sonic bridge between EBM and dark-electronics while there also is a mix between vintage electronics and more contemporary influences.

There’s a dark ambiance hanging over the work, which only reinforces the spooky side this band is dealing with.

+ + + : This is a noticeable debut, which I’m sure will please old-school EBM fans and more contemporary music lovers as well. I like the vintage flavor supporting this album with astral sounds and numerous sweeps. There also is an intriguing, ghost-like atmosphere, which is perfectly matching with the way of singing. There are several noticeable songs on this work.

– – – : Globally speaking “Humanterror.com” is a promising work featuring many attention grabbers, but unfortunately not a real potential hit. That’s what this album is missing to bring the band really into the spotlights.

Conclusion: Anti-Terror is an interesting new-coming band, which has accomplished a rather successful debut album. No doubt about it, this work will appeal EBM lovers and it’s a band to keep an eye on.

Best songs: “White Lies”, “Bliss”, “Ice”.

Rate: (7½).

Band: www.facebook.com/theantiterror

Inferno Sound Diaries

I have been working for over 30 years with Side-line as the main reviewer. My taste is eclectic, uncoventional and I prefer to look for the pearls, even if the bands are completely unknown, thus staying loyal to the Side-Line philosophy of nurturing new talents.

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