While George Klontzas will probably remain best known for his work with Pre.Emptive Strike 0.1, he has meanwhile firmly established himself with his solo project, Teknovore. Released earlier this year, “Hamartia” is a five-track EP featuring guest vocal performances by Mathieu Caudron (Moaan Exis) and Marie Lando (Grabyourface), each appearing on one track.

Teknovore continues to refine a sound rooted in uncompromising Hard-Techno. The music hits with tremendous force, propelled by massive, earth-shattering kick drums and enveloped in an unrelentingly dark atmosphere. EBM influences have largely receded into the background; the project’s current direction leaves little room for unnecessary embellishments or gimmicks. Instead, every track drives relentlessly forward with raw intensity and precision. Powerful lead synths cut through the pounding rhythms, adding another layer of energy, while the guest vocals provide welcome variation and extra depth.

“Hamartia” is a ruthless, uncompromising release that perfectly captures the sheer power of Teknovore: hard, intense, and impossible to ignore. (Rating:7½).

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About Teknovore

Teknovore is the solo project of Greek musician George Klontzas, previously known for his work in Pre.Emptive Strike 0.1, and also involved with Croona and Cynical Existence. He set up Teknovore after the final Pre.Emptive Strike 0.1 album, “Progeny Of The Technovore” (Infacted Recordings), a title from which the new project takes its name. Teknovore mixes EBM, EBSM, psytrance and industrial techno, built around science-fiction themes, cosmic horror, and the metaphysics of identity.

The project’s debut album, “The Theseus Paradox”, was self-released on Bandcamp on 1 July 2022 and featured guest vocals from Jay Taylor of J:Dead, Jay Ruin of RNZR/Ruinizer, and Fredrik Croona. It was followed by the album “Caerdroia” on 5 July 2024, “Liminal Space” on 13 June 2025, and the collaborative track “Aphorism” with Draven on 29 August 2025. Tracks are mixed and mastered by Dimitris Douvras at Lunatech Sounds, with cover art by Nikos Stavridakis at VisionBlack. The five-track EP “Hamartia”, released via Infacted Recordings on 13 March 2026, is Teknovore’s first release for the German label.

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Genre/Influences: Future-Pop, Dark-Electro, EBM.

Format: Digital, CD.

Background/Info: German-Swedish trio Menschdefekt released their fourth full length album by the end of 2022. “Recombination” features twelve songs and four remixes.

Content: Menschdefekt has always mixed different genres together creating a heavy, danceable, melting-pot. It’s not that different on “Recombination” where every single piece appears to be a true discovery. The work features the familiar EP-title song “Secular Days” featuring Jay Tazylor (J:Dead). Remixes were made by Teknovore, MissSuicide, Mechanical Moth and TBA.

+ + + : I like the mix between all these different -although related music genres. It sometimes creates a cool contrast which you’ll also find back in the vocals -switching from rough- to sweet parts. A few songs also feature guitar which only accentuates the diversity. The last song “Giana Sisters” is my favorite one for its ultra-diversity which however sounds balanced.

– – – : I wasn’t totally convinced by this new album which is mainly missing a true substance; I like the diversity but songs are missing an exploding effect leading to climax. The remixes can’t convince me either.

Conclusion: Menschdefekt stands for the meeting between Dark-Electro and Electro-Pop but their new work is not as good as I would like.

Best songs: “Giana Sisters, “The Calling”, “Secular Days Feat. Jay Taylor”.

Rate: 6.

Artist: www.menschdefekt.com / www.facebook.com/official.menschdefekt

Label: www.infacted-recordings.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Infacted-Recordings/124099254321690

About Menschdefekt

Menschdefekt is a German-Swedish trio working across Future-Pop, Dark-Electro and EBM, signed to Infacted Recordings. “Recombination”, released at the end of 2022, is the project’s fourth full-length album, featuring twelve original songs plus four remixes and a collaboration with Jay Tazylor of J:Dead on “Secular Days”.

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George Klontzas got recognition being involved in the EBM/Dark-Electro project PreEmptive Strike 0.1. He got also involved with Croona and Cynical Existence. After the last PreEmptive Strike 0.1 album “Progeny Of The Technovore” (Infacted Recordings) he set up Teknovore. The sound reveals a hard mix of EBM, Trance and Industrial with guest singers. This is a modern piece of Electronic music with solid- and fully accomplished songs. I talked about this astonishing debut with George Klontzas.

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Q: I can’t start this interview without asking you about a short look back to your involvement with PreEmptive Strike 0.1? What do you keep in mind and what has been the main goal when setting up Teknovore?

George: First of all, I’d like to thank you for reviewing my album and for this interview of course. Taking a look back, PES0.1 was a project that was born in a simpler time in my life. It was just a couple of friends having fun together, making the music we liked. Regrettably, along the way and over the years that slowly changed. I spent 16 years with PES0.1 and it gave me many wonderful experiences and the opportunity to meet so many amazing people. Leaving was definitely not a decision I made lightly, but simply put, it was time to step away and that chapter of my life is now closed and no longer has any bearing on me personally or musically with Teknovore.

As for the second part of your question, Teknovore as a wholly ‘me‘ project has given me the opportunities to make more of the music I want to make for myself, and the option to collaborate with a lot more artists for different types of vocal styles which has really let me be more creative in the sounds I make. Music is something I’ve always done for myself first and foremost because I enjoy the process so there was never any doubt that I would continue to make music. Primarily, it was just about making music as its own reward. For a while, I even toyed with the idea of releasing whatever music I made for free, but in the end I decided to put a label behind it just to give it the best possible chance of cutting through the noise and being heard.

Q: The name of your project is clearly connected with the last album of PreEmptive Strike 0.1 but what does it stand for? Tell us a bit more about the sound you’ve in mind for Teknovore and in which way is it a continuation of previous productions you composed?

George: Between 2016 and 2020 I really got back into Goa-Trance. There were some amazing new-school Goa albums that came out at that time which inspired me to start experimenting with that sound. I just love the pumping, spiraling energy and melodic peaks that Goa-Trance can achieve. At first, I thought I would start a Goa side-project with a dark or Industrial edge and that’s how “Progeny Of The Technovore” was born. Basically, the last PES0.1 album was initially supposed to be the first Technovore album. However, I generally dislike the idea of spreading my focus over different projects and abandoned that idea in favor of bringing those tracks into PES0.1.

Hence the name of the album, “Progeny Of The Technovore” -to signify that those tracks are literally ‘begotten of’ Technovore.  I switched the ‘ch’ to a ‘k’ for aesthetic reasons later on. There’s no deeper meaning to the name itself. Its definition would be ‘one who eats or is sustained by technology’ but I honestly just chose it because I thought it would be eye-catching and easy to remember.

There are clearly elements of what I did with PES0.1 in Teknovore, but I’m not trying to emulate what I have already done before. It’s a new project so, despite any expectations there might have been because of my past work, it was a chance to try new things, experiment with different genres. There are many other Electronic genres that I enjoy, Techno, Psy-Trance, mid-tempo Cyber-Punk-inspired stuff, so tried to bring all those influences into the Teknovore fold into one cohesive whole.

Q: How does the debut opus “The Theseus Paradox” saw the daylight and what did you want to reflect by the album title?

George: “The Theseus Paradox” is a reference to a well-known thought experiment known as “The Ship Of Theseus” which poses the question of whether an object that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object or not. If the ship of Theseus were kept in a harbor and every part on the ship were replaced one at a time, would it then be a new ship? Cognitive science would view the Ship not as a thing, or even a collection of parts, but rather as an organizational structure that has perceptual continuity. What mainly interested me is how all this pertains to the Self. What is it that makes us the same person through time? Are we even the same person or are we continuously dying and being reborn through the process of cellular regeneration?

I saw this concept reflected not only in my own life, but also in how I approached making this album. I didn’t want it to be simply a collection of tracks. It had to be a singular, complete entity where each track worked as part of a greater whole in creating that continuity.

Q: You worked with guest singers so did you handle specific criteria to ask the artists you worked with? How did this collaboration happened and what has been the true input of each singer?

George: There are three guest vocalists on “The Theseus Paradox”: Jay Taylor of J:Dead, Jay Ruin of RNZR/Ruinizer and of course Fredrik Croona. I’ve worked with Fredrik on various projects over the last 10 years and we have a great friendship and understanding, so he was a natural choice.

Jay Taylor, in fact, I met in the process of making the last Croona album “Ascend”. We worked on a track for Croona that would however eventually evolve to become the J:Dead vs Teknovore-single “Tearing Me Apart” and I also contributed a remix for his single ‘I’ll Wait’. We really enjoyed working with each other and he is such an amazing vocalist I just had to ask him to take part on the album and thankfully he agreed to record two tracks. I’m sure we’ll work together again in the not too distant future.

Jay Ruin is someone whose work I’ve followed for many years and have wanted to work with for a long time. I was convinced he was a good choice because he often bends genres in his own music much in the same way I do. He also recorded some additional synths for our collaboration track. I think we were very successful in creating a track that is both instantly recognizable as being rooted in Harsh EBM but also sounds fresh. He is currently recording vocals for another track for me.

Finally, I mustn’t forget to mention Z from Siva Six who contributed vocals for a cover of Dark Soho’s “Save Me God”. It ended up being on the “Anachronist”-single, which preceded the album, but he did an awesome job too. I knew he loved Dark Soho as much as I do so there was no other option other than him.

Q: It’s quite fascinating to see the multiple influences running through your work while the songs are carried by impressive, hard kicks. It for sure says something about the music styles you already mentioned, but do you handle specific criteria and/or references when it comes to the production process?

George: Ha ha, yes, the kicks! They were a bit of a talking point in your review. So about those actually, one of the genres I enjoy listening to is Tech-Trance. I especially like the production, a defining characteristic of which is that the tracks are usually driven by a loud kick drum, while the synths and basslines are side-chained to emphasize the kicks even more. This is actually one of the first things I knew I wanted to be a part of the Teknovore sound.

I don’t have specific criteria about what my sources of inspiration will be. I listen to a lot of music for inspiration so if I hear something I like, I’ll experiment with it and see how it works and if I can consolidate it within the context of Teknovore.

Q: I noticed you already made a few noticeable remixes for other artists. How do you proceed when working on it? And what are the further plans about remixes, new Teknovore stuff, concerts ao?   

George: I was a bit surprised by the number of remixes I was asked to do especially when I hadn’t even released anything yet. Last year, I put a couple of tracks up on YouTube just to test the waters and see how they would be received –and almost immediately I got a couple of remix requests. It was quite flattering honestly and it solidified my conviction and belief in what I was doing with Teknovore. Since the release of “The Theseus Paradox” the remix requests haven’t stopped coming. In the past two months I’ve already delivered five remixes and committed to doing another three. Of course I’m also working on new tracks of my own at the same time. The tentative plan is to release another single and an EP by the end of the year hopefully, so, overall, there is a lot more Teknovore coming in the near future.

Finally, I’ll be making my live debut with Teknovore at a very special event later in the year. The announcement should come any day now, maybe even by the time this interview goes live.

Thank you again for this interview.

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Two weeks ago we announced that the Finnish dark electro duo had signed a record deal with the Belgian label Alfa Matrix. Out now is the band’s label debut, namely the 10-track EP “Witch Heart Apparition”. The EP is a teaser for the release of their forthcoming 3rd studio album “In Colors of Void”.

On the new EP Aleksi Martikainen (vocals) and Kimmo Huhtala (synths) offer 2 brand new songs presenting their trademark sound merging cold melancholic atmospheres and poignant sorrowful melodies with harsh aggressive distorted vocals and powerful dark elektro assaults. In addition to the release of a video clip of the title song, which you can view below, their track “Caressing The Pale” was reworked by 8 diverse electro/industrial bands each offering a totally different reinterpretation of the song. In the rework seats we find Acylum, Siva Six, Ad:Key, Neikka RPM, Venal Flesh, Avarice In Audio, Ocean Black and Teknovore.

Here is the full EP available for download on Bandcamp with other platforms to follow soon. We have been following this band for quite some time, good to see they are back with a very strong EP!

Here is the official video for the title track “Witch Heart Apparition”.

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Genre/Influences: EBM, Techno-Body, Industrial-Trance.

Format: Digital.

Background/Info:  George Klontzas -known from his involvement with PreEmptive Strike 0.1 but also with Croona and Cynical Existence, has now unleashed his first solo-work following the “Anachronist”-single. Neon Decay, RNZR and J:Dead (2 songs) contributed as guest singers.

Content: George Klontzas was the main sound architect of PreEmptive Strike 0.1 and you’ll rapidly recognize his sound DNA at “The Theseus Paradox”. The work is driven by ultra-violent boosting beats while different influences like EBM, Industrial, Techno/Trance are constantly joining in. Most of the songs are instrumental edits with spoken samplings but you’ll also discover 4 songs with guest singers.

+ + + : The last album of PreEmptive Strike 0.1 entitled “Progeny Of The Technovore” also was the last album by the Greek formation George Klontzas contributed to. So this project name is not a coincidence while the sound is also driven by this furious fusion between EBM and Techno-Trance. It’s an extremely violent piece of music however refined by melodic, elevating leads. The spoken samplings are cool but the tracks with real vocals are adding a bonus. But my favorite pieces “Olethros” and “Split The Sky” are without vocals and feature sampled chants creating an elevating sensation. Both cuts are pure dancefloor killers!

– – – : The kicks are extremely hard and violent which is a cool for a while but Klontzas is maybe a little bit abusing of it.

Conclusion: The debut album by Teknovore is an impressive and overwhelming piece of modern Electro underground music composed by experienced and talented artists from this scene.

Best songs: “Olethros”, “Split The Sky”, “Relinquish Your Flesh feat. Neon Decay”, “Every Beaten Bone feat. J;Dead”, “Apotheosis”.

Rate: 8½.

Artist: www.facebook.com/TeknoVoreMusic

Label: www.infacted-recordings.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Infacted-Recordings/124099254321690

About Teknovore

Teknovore is the solo project of Greek producer George Klontzas, previously active in PreEmptive Strike 0.1, Croona and Cynical Existence. The project name refers back to Progeny Of The Technovore, the 2020 PreEmptive Strike 0.1 album that closed his run with that band.

The project opened with the single “Anachronist” in 2022, released through Infacted Recordings, which also issued the debut album “The Theseus Paradox” on 18 March 2022. The title refers to the Ship of Theseus thought experiment. The eleven-track album carries guest vocals from Jay Taylor of j:dead on “Take Me Away” and “Every Beaten Bone”, Fredrik Croona as Neon Decay on “Relinquish Your Flesh”, and Jay Ruin of RNZR on “Anachronist”. Dimitris Douvras mixed and mastered the record at Lunatech Sounds Studio, with cover artwork by Nikos Stavridakis at VisionBlack.

Klontzas discussed the project and its name in a ‘Click Interview’ with Teknovore published on Side-Line in July 2022, two months after this album review.

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Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro-Pop, Industrial-Pop.

Format: Digital, CD.

Background/Info: Jay Taylor -known as the live drummer for  Tactical Sekt, Tyske Ludder and Harmjoy, strikes back with a new production of his own J:Dead project. “Vision Of Time” features six songs while the CD format includes seven more songs (remixes).

Content: J:Dead remains an artist with his own approach in sound. Some might call it Electro-Pop but the harder and harsher approach rather sounds like a Dark- and/or Industrial Pop format. The vocals are switching from clear, powerful passages to harsh parts. The choruses are melodic.

Remixes have been provided by Teknovore, Lights Of Euphoria, Nature Of Wires, Rotersand, The Saint Paul, Station Echo and Life Cried.

+ + + : I especially like the atypical ‘Pop’ format of this artist. Dark, Industrial and even a bit Punkish mixing enraged sound- and vocal parts together with melodic, carrying, choruses. My favorite cuts are “A Little Time” and “Afraid” both driven by an angry production. Among the remixes I especially want to mention the extra boosting remix of “I’ll wait” by Teknovore.

– – – : I expected a bit more out of the remixes.

Conclusion: J:Dead seems to be one of last months ‘hot’ artists from Infacted Recordings and this rough approach of Electro-Pop shows you why it is.

Best songs: “A Little Time”, “Afraid”, “I’ll Wait – Teknovore Remix”, “Afraid – Nature Of Wires Remix”.

Rate: 7½.

Artist: www.facebook.com/jdeadband

Label: www.infacted-recordings.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Infacted-Recordings/124099254321690 Read the news on ‘Vision Of Time’.

About j:dead

j:dead is an industrial-electronic solo project from Bicester, England, founded by vocalist and songwriter Jay Taylor in late 2019. Before launching j:dead, Taylor worked extensively as a live drummer with scene acts including Tactical Sekt, Tyske Ludder and Harmjoy.

The project first appeared with the digital single “Haunt” in December 2019, which introduced Taylor’s mix of synthpop-leaning melodies and darker electronic textures. In December 2020 he followed with “Feeding on Me”, released via Infacted Recordings with remix contributions from Grendel, Tactical Sekt, ES23 and Auger.

The debut full-length “A Complicated Genocide” arrived on Infacted in January 2021 in both digital and expanded CD editions. Subsequent releases included the singles “Tearing Me Apart” with Teknovore, whose debut album The Theseus Paradox Side-Line reviewed in May 2022, “I’ll Wait” and the “Vision Of Time” EP covered here, followed by the “Hold Tight” digital single and several collaboration and remix projects.

In 2023, j:dead issued the EP “Roots” on Infacted Recordings, combining new material with remixes by Mesh, Aesthetic Perfection and others. Later that year and into 2024 he released the singles “Surrendering”, “Harbour” and “What We’ll Be”, and from December 2025 he ran a twelve-month single campaign starting with “Pressure”.

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Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial.

Format: Digital.

Background/Info: Fredrik Croona (Cynical Existence, Croona) is focusing on a new project. After the “Scum”-single he released this debut-EP featuring four songs plus two remixes.

Content: Fredrik Croona moves back to the harsher work he already explored at Cynical Existence. “O.M.G. stands for a true fusion between Dark-Electro influences mainly emerging at the melody lines and Industrial guitar playing. The vocals are harsh and enraged. Next to the “Scum”-song -plus two remixes featuring one by Tekknovore, you’ll also discover 3 other songs. 

+ + + : Fredrik Croona never stops exploring new paths by setting up new projects. Against I doesn’t bring innovative elements but will please Cynical fans. There’s a similar power and rage emerging at the surface, but which has been masterly created by a harmonious twist between guitar and electronics. The title song and “Disgust” both are cool songs but the best cut is for sure the merciless and dancefloor driven Dark-Electro remix of “Scum” by Teknovore.

– – – : I got the feeling Against I has the potential to do better. And that’s a good thing as new releases are in the pipeline.

Conclusion: Fredrik Croona remains a prolific artist feeling comfortable with different music styles. He shows a darker and more aggressive side with Against I.

Best songs: “Scum – Teknovore Remix”, “O.M.G.”, “Disgust”.

Rate: 7½.

Artist: www.facebook.com/againstIband

Label: www.insane-records.com /  www.facebook.com/InsaneRecordsEU

“O.M.G.” was released on 11 March 2022 through Insane Records as a digital EP. The title stands for Obscene Morbid Gore. It holds six tracks: “O.M.G”, “The Other Half”, “Disgust”, “Scum”, “Scum (Teknovore Remix)” and “Scum (Death Verified Remix)”. Side-Line reported on the release in Swedish industrial act Against I releases new EP: ‘O.M.G.’, which described the four original tracks as conceptually bringing together death, murder, greed and hate.

The EP built on the debut single ‘Scum’, issued in February 2022. The single ‘You And I’ followed in May 2022.

Listen to “O.M.G.”:

About Against I

Against I is a Swedish project fronted by Fredrik Croona. He is also behind Cynical Existence, the solo project Croona and Menschdefekt, and works across dark electro, industrial and futurepop.

Side-Line has followed his output since “We Are The Violence” in 2015. Cynical Existence signed to Advoxya Records in 2016 and released “Dying Light” in 2017 and “Rebirth” in 2020. Under his own name he issued “This Is Goodbye” in 2018, and as Croona “Memento Mori” in 2018 and “Ascend” in 2021, both on Infacted Recordings. He set out his approach to switching projects in the ‘Click Interview’ with Fredrik Croona in 2016.

Against I started in early 2022 with “Scum” and “O.M.G.” on Insane Records. The remixer Teknovore, who appears on this EP, released his own album “The Theseus Paradox” a month later.

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Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno.

Format: Digital.

Background/Info: British producer/singer/DJ Simon Carter -who released multiple collaborative releases together with Studio-X and German singer Fabsi last year released the EP “Beautiful Destruction”. Here’s now the album featuring eleven songs plus seven remixes.

Content: This production is clearly driven by solid Techno music which has been empowered by Industrial components. It creates a hard-banging production featuring Fabsi’s sensual vocals on top. The production of the vocals is mainly half spoken while the lyrics are in German.

Remixes have been accomplished by a diversified list of artists featuring Teknovore, Moaan Exis, Matt Hart, Ruinizer, SD-KRTR, Humans Can’t Reboot and Narconic. Notice the last 3 projects are still projects Simon Carter is involved with.

+ + + : I’m used to hearing Simon Carter together with Studio-X composing hard-danceable Technoid stuff, but this work moves far beyond all expectations. This project sounds harder and tougher. There’s a strong Industrial input getting this Techno sound evil and dirty. The cold sound treatments -especially right at the beginning of the album, are irresistible. I also noticed mind-blowing sound blasts. Together with the hot vocal parts this work stands for pure dance-sensation. I also have to say a word about great remix contributions from Teknovore injecting EBM vibes into “Hex Hex” and Moaan Exis getting “The Witching Hour” pretty raw.

– – – : Simon Carter took me by surprise except by the remixes from his other side-projects which don’t really add a bonus compared to the original versions. I regret that this album hasn’t been released like most of his other works by Alfa Matrix. This album deserves to be released as a physical format!

Conclusion: Industrial-Dance terror made by Simon Carter and sexy vocals by Fabsi. This work is an absolute must have.

Best songs: “Hex Hex – Wir Sind Die Hexen”, “Beautiful Destruction – Album Version”, “The Witching Hour”, “Nanobots – Are You My Mummy?”, “Manifestation
Spell”, “Hex Hew – Wir Sind Die Hexen – Teknovore Remix”, “The Witching Hour – Moaan Exis Remix”.

Rate: 8½.

Artist: www.facebook.com/HumansCantReboot

Simon Carter released “The Bitches Potion” himself on 20 March 2022, in digital format only. The eleven album tracks are “The Witching Hour”, “Hex Hex (Wir Sind Die Hexen)”, “Beautiful Destruction (Album Version)”, “Pink Queen”, “We Are The Witches”, “Manifestation Spell”, “Musik Makers”, “The Wiccan Dance”, “Nanobots (Are You My Mummy?)”, “This Is Only A Test” and “Get Out Of Here”.

The seven remixes come from Teknovore, Moaan Exis, Matt Hart, Ruinizer, SD-KRTR, Humans Can’t Reboot and Narconic.

Listen to “The Bitches Potion”:

About Simon Carter and Fabsi

Simon Carter is a British producer, singer and DJ who also records as Humans Can’t Reboot and Narconic. Much of his earlier catalogue appeared through Alfa Matrix, including collaborations with the Australian techno-industrial project Studio-X such as the “Our Promise” EP in June 2020. Fabsi is a German singer who performs in German.

The pair first released the single “Beautiful Destruction” in 2021. “The Bitches Potion” followed in March 2022 as their first full album, and was released without label backing. They continued with the EP “Witch But Not Famous” later in 2022 and the album “Hex, Herbs ‘N’ Techno” in 2023.

Carter discussed his return to writing in the Click Interview with Simon Carter published in June 2022.

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The Swedish industrial act Against I has just released a new EP, “O.M.G.” via Insane Records. “O.M.G.” stands for Obscene Morbid Gore. The four tracks on the EP conceptually bring together the darker parts of humans; death, murder, greed and hate. The red line that goes through all tracks are these things.

Musically the songs continue what the “Scum” single built up, but with some more refinement. The EP also contains remixes by Teknovore and DeathVerified. O.M.G. is available NOW in digital format on all streaming platforms including Bandcamp!

Against I is fronted by Fredrik Croona (Cynical Existence / Menschdefekt).

Here’s the project’s previous single, “Scum”.

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Out today is the all new EP, “Vision of time”, by the electro act j:dead aka Jay Taylor. “Vision of time” comes after the release of the album “A Complicated Genocide” in early 2021. The EP holds 6 tracks and includes the single “I’ll wait” plus remixes by Lights of Euphoria and TeknoVore.

“Vision of time” will be released both digitally and physically with the physical edition featuring an additional 7 remixes from acts such as Rotersand, The Saint Paul, Nature of wires, Life Cried and Station Echo.

j:dead explains the concept around the EP: “It covers a range of situations and perspectives on time being the only thing we cannot change. Time itself can change things for the better, worse or for change’s sake.”

As “Vision of time” is released j:dead will already be in the final production stages of their 3rd release, expected to hit the streets in late 2022.

Jay Taylor created j:dead in 2019. After the first release of their song “Haunt” the project got signed to Infacted Recordings and released 2 further singles (“Feeding on me” and “A complicated genocide”) as well as a full length feature album (“A complicated genocide”).

You can check the release below.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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