Genre/Influences: Industrial, Techno.

Format: Digital.

Background/Info: I’ll always link K-Nitrate with their hard and merciless early years when their sound was simply called ‘crossover’. The British formation has already been active since 1993 and moves on terrorizing the scene with their hard Industrial style. “Kiloton Endgame” brings eight new songs, the band has introduced as ‘we wanted it to sound like us without repeating what we’ve done in the past.’

Content: I can’t say that the album is totally different from what they’ve done before, but one thing is for sure, you can’t compare this new work to their debut album “Xenophobia”. The global production became more techno-driven creating a furious Industrial-Techno mishmash. The sequences are hard and repetitive and yet sometimes ending in chaos. 

+ + + : K-Nitrate have a very own sound and approach. This work brings their interpretation of Industrial-Techno music; furious repetitive loops driven by solid, bouncing beats. The band has clearly moved towards modernism while it remains a Crossover format.

– – – : The songs are still instrumental, which is not a problem, except the loops are ultra-repetitive. This way the songs become predictable after a while.

Conclusion: I still like K-Nitrate’s approach, but I’m missing a bit more diversity with this work.

Best songs: “Captivity”, “Flatline”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.k-nitrate.com / www.facebook.com/K-Nitrate-112074565473197

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Genre/Influences: EBM, Cinematographic.

Format: Digital.

Background/Info: Invisible Network is a new project and side-project of the UK formation K-Nitrate. This is the band’s debut EP featuring three songs, which seem to be inspired by astral themes.

Content: The songs are instrumental edits, revealing a mix between EBM elements and cinematographic music. The rhythmic sounds linear, but dense. The more elaborated “Alpha Magnetic” reminds me a bit of soundtrack music composed by Frontline Assembly.

+ + + : “Overview Effect” is not exactly what I would call a project that will catch many fans by its debut. It will for sure appeal for EBM lovers, but it’s not the kind of music DJ’s are going to play to set dancefloors on fire. But I like the elaborated writing and the mix of EBM and soundtrack music is pretty original. “Alpha Magnetic” and “Deflecting Disaster” both are cool songs.

– – – : The sound formula is rather similar for the three songs, but let’s waits for more stuff to get an idea about the potential of this new formation.

Conclusion: Invisible Network has accomplished an interesting EBM-soundtrack inspired work.

Best songs: “Alpha Magnetic”, “Deflecting Disaster”

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.facebook.com/K-Nitrate-112074565473197

Label: www.facebook.com/DigitalDependencyRecords

Inferno Sound Diaries

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Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave.

Background/Info: Digital Dependency Records is a British label set up and driven byGraham Rayner (ex-Cubanate) and Christian Weber (K-Nitrate). “Behind The Wire” is the tenth release from the label. Both protagonists joined hands together to set up Wire 13!

Content: “Behind The Wire” clearly brings different influences together. It’s a minimal-electro creation featuring spoken samplings or a few passages with voices overloaded with effects. There’s an electro-wave element emerging at the surface, which sometimes reminds me of early Revolting Cocks. But the sound also has something more contemporary moving towards techno fields without becoming totally techno-like.

+ + + : The mix of influences for sure makes the originality of the work. It’s not easy to describe the music, but the structures reveal great, deep-sounding bass lines, cool and aggressive sequences and a sexy 80s touch. Some songs are well worked-out and I especially recommend listening to “The Preacher”. Another attention grabber is “Lie To Us”, which has this little wink with early Revolting Cocks.  

– – – : The single element I’m missing is the presence of vocals –at least on a few cuts. I don’t have anything against instrumental versions and/or mixed with sampled vocals, but I think it here could be a bonus.

Conclusion: Wire 13 is not exactly setting the world alight, but this album reveals potential so I hope the best is yet to come!

Best songs: “The Preacher”, “The Tower”, “Lie To Us”, “States Of Hate”.

Rate: (7½).

Artist: www.facebook.com/wirethirteen

Label: www.facebook.com/DigitalDependencyRecords

Inferno Sound Diaries

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