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CONTROLLED COLLAPSE. Injection This Polish act's debut album has only been out a little while & there's probably a good chance CC mainman KR-LIK is already fed up of being compared to Wumpscut. If that's the case then, in all honesty, he's only got himself to blame as even a cursory listen of the album gives away the fact that Rudy R's influence on the CC sound can hardly be overstated. This is especially obvious on such tracks as 'Insane Asylum' (with its Tarzan sample, nice touch, that!), the slower 'Dreams', where the effected voice acts more as an extra musical layer or 'Inject' where even the vocals sound like a direct homage to the master. Not that this is in any way a bad thing, of course, especially given that the music sounds as fresh, absorbing & infectious as it does here with a whole host of top-class tracks to get your teeth into, among them such superb offerings as 'Selfless', whose placing on the latest Septic sampler was well deserved & the excellent 'Choice', where even so simple a thing as a voice counting up to five gives the piece extra empetus (yes, it can be done-listen & believe!). Both further benefit from some superb melodic work that is the hallmark of a talented artist, as does the surging & relentless 'Trust (Takes Time)' while 'Where Were You' & the closing 'Memory Of The Past' both take the CC sound to new heights of intense, pounding brutality combined with more urgent, dramatic melodics. Interestingly, it's the two tracks that feature guest vocalists that do more to expand the musical range with Flesh Field's Wendy Yanko's assertive voice fitting the slightly slicker style of 'Solitude' like a glove while Darrin Huss' harder-than-usual performance does the same job on 'Fulfillment', (which also has an interesting Animal Liberation sample at the beginning). The exotic edge that graces this piece is emphasised still further by the particularly enjoyable & more up-tempo second half, which sees KR-LIK really stretching himself in terms of creativity. It's these tracks in particular that indicate KR-LIK has the talent to forge a more distinctive musical identity (which I'm sure must be what he's aiming for) so if he can develop his talents in this field still further then maybe the best is yet to come but even so, this is a fine album that's a positive treat for EBM lovers. |
