Genre/Influences: Dark EBM, dark-electro.

Background/Info: Set up in the 90s by Brazilian artist Giba Reys, Homicidal Feelings stopped all activities during a rather long lapse of time until the project got reactivated a few years ago. The album “Virtue To Vice” got released by Advoxya in 2014 while “Cognitive Disorders” saw the light of day at the end of 2016. The album is more a kind of EP featuring numerous remixes and only a few new cuts.

Content: Homicidal Feelings deals with a dark EBM format mixed with some classical dark-electronic elements. The sound is harsh and features various industrial sounds. The vocals are harsh as well. Next to the danceable aspect of the work there also is an obscure and sometimes disturbing atmosphere supporting the songs. The sampling ‘Allahu Akbar’ only accentuates the mystery and torment running through the songs.

Next to 4 new cuts there also is a song featuring Deadjump and a kind of cover/tribute of the :Wumpscut: song “Slave To Evil”.

The main part of the work features remixes by Cardinal Noire, Larva, Serpents, Cold Therapy, Subliminal Code, Brain Over Dust, Deadjump, Amorphous, Human Vault and Atropine.

+ + + : I really like the original edits by Homicidal Feelings. The dark and tormented EBM style was remarkably accomplished while the dense and heavy sound atmospheres inject this kind of angst feeling. This band deals with the coldest format of electronics and has composed a few brilliant cuts, “Sectarian Strife” being my personal favorite one.

Among the remixes I would especially mention the work of Larva and Subliminal Code plus the more minimal-like sounding remix of Atropine.

– – – : I would have preferred to hear an entire album instead of this remix orgy. The :Wumpscut:-tribute is for sure an original idea, but not exactly the best track from the list. I expected a bit more out of the remixes, the original versions being definitely better!

Conclusion: Homicidal Feelings in an interesting Brazilian formation if you’re in search of tormented EBM. The new songs are danceable and supported with frightening dark atmospheres.

Best songs: “Sectarian Strife”, “The Final Consummation”, “One Existence In Pain”, “One Existence In Pain – Myasis Mix by Larva”, “Cognitive Disorders – Atropine”, “Cognitive disorders – Subliminal Code”.

Rate: (7½).

Band: www.facebook.com/homicidalfeelings

Label: www.advoxya–records.com / www.facebook.com/pages/Advoxya–Records/265765706059

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Track 17 on our free download compilation “Face The Beat: Session 3” is by the Brazilian act DeadJump. “Pulse (Radio Edit)” offers very melodic dark electro with it roots vastly in the electro wave scene of the early 90s.

You can listen to the track below:

DeadJump arose from the 90’s dark electro band Brutal Divergenz. Alex Rms, the brain behind DeadJump, began with his work in 1996 releasing the first demo “Holy Mind”. The 9-track demo mixed influences from various dark Electro bands. After the acquisition of new equipment, DeadJump rebuilt the concepts, tried new sounds, and finally composed “Virtual Masturbation of a Bastard Leader” in 1997 on 4D Records.

In 2000 the “Post Mortem” album was released after which the project was put on hold until 2006 when the project released the album “Immortal”. The band signed with Advoxya Records and released various albums: “Scare-mix” (2007), “Post Immoral” (2009) and “Animus Necandi” (2010).

A new album is in the making for 2016 and will again be released via Advoxya Records. You can find the band back on SoundCloud and Facebook.

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