| Artist |
| Essence Of Mind |
| Title |
| Insurrection |
| Format/Cat |
| CD |
| Label |
| Alfa Matrix |
| Style |
| EBM |
| Date of review |
| 6th November 2008 |
| Reviewer |
| Carl Jenkinson |
| Rating |
| 7/10 |
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It used to be that you had to be considered a real legend (perhaps with a dead member or two) before any band would take one of your songtitles as their name but this band must be must be Solitary Experiments' biggest fans (mind you, it is one of their best songs so...). Anyway, what we have here is a collection of solid, pretty straightforward, no-frills EBM courtesy of Erlend & Kyrre & while there's nothing startlingly new or radical here it does provide an undemanding yet energetic & enjoyable listen. One factor in its favour is that Erlend's vocals compliment the music very well, sounding a little like a combination of APB's Stefan Groth & IOC-era Andy LaPlegua & adding a good deal of character throughout, right from the opening 'Here To Play' through the assertive 'Piss Artist' & the slightly darker 'Fake', there's plenty of lively music to enjoy. By the time the closing 'Push It Back' swings around the EOM style has well & truly asserted itself, mainly due to their reluctance to stray very far from it (even on the slower tracks like 'Wasted') &, for this reason, variety is not this album's strongpoint but if you don't mind that too much & approach this in the right frame of mind it does provide a decent level of enjoyment.
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