TerrorX – Bereit (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: German solo-project has been active since 2008 and has now released its first official album by Insane Records.
Content: The work is clearly driven by hard and merciless Dark-Electro assaults with (mainly) German spoken samplings and vocals on top. The songs are switching from hard-banging and fast-forward pieces to songs with a melodic touch on top. I also noticed a few cuts carried by EBM bass lines. Next to the 10 songs you’ll get 2 instrumental edits as a bonus.
+ + + : If you’re into Dark-Electro TerrorX will definitely be your cup of tea. This project doesn’t innovate, but follows familiar patterns. It’s a powerful piece of music featuring a few potential dancefloors killers.
– – – : The main strength of the project is the hard style so the very few ‘softer’ cuts aren’t worthy of examination. I’m missing a bit of originality in the global production process.
Conclusion: TerrorX brings Dark-Electro to the clubs.
Best songs: “Heilbare Wunden”, “My Last Round”, “Raise Your Hand”.
Rate: 7.
Label: www.insane-records.com / www.facebook.com/InsaneRecordsEU Read the news on ‘Bereit’.
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About TerrorX
TerrorX is a German dark electro solo project that started in 2008 and released its material independently for well over a decade. The vocals are largely in German and the project works with spoken samples alongside hard-edged electro rhythms.
“Bereit” was released on 28 May 2022 through the European label Insane Records and is the project’s first label-based release. The CD edition was limited to 100 copies, with a digital version on the usual platforms. The album holds ten tracks: “Er Ist Wieder Da”, “Dunkelheit”, “Maschinen Dieser Zeit”, “Raise Your Hand”, “Bereit”, “Randgruppe Deutsch”, “Habgierkralle”, “Wolfsliebe”, “Heilbare Wunden” and “My Last Round”, plus instrumental versions of “Raise Your Hand” and “Maschinen Dieser Zeit”.
Describing the record ahead of release, the project said the album offers ten experimental dark electro tracks “full of hate, injustice, darkness and longing”. A lyric video for “Randgruppe Deutsch” accompanied the announcement.
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