STRUCK9 – Ritual Body Music
The sound formula of the Colombian power duo Struck9 is irresistibly effective, dynamic. The best latest electro/EBM strategies are concentrated in the track list of their new album Ritual Body Music, in which the first protagonist is an high technological musicality that will arouse in you a growing desire to dance. Twelve charismatic songs filled with innovative electronic methodologies combines oldschool and newschool EBM elements, basing their structures on squared midtempo / uptempo rhythms, linear sequencing scans, rational flows of synths, sampling and dragging vocals pronounced with sharp determination. The qualitative superiority of this full-length is immediately perceptible. It is the perfect answer to all the needs of energy, rhythm, danceability and incisiveness of listening, which constitute the essential elements of every electro fan. “Ritual Body Music” is a monumental release that definitively certifies the great technical competence and the incredible potentialities of Struck9, a project capable of generating wide range sounds, planned and played above all keeping unchanged the conservative action of the classic EBM modules, combined with a particular, catchy diversification of their melodic concepts. The title track also includes two extraordinary remixes by Autodafeh and Atropine, which add further preciousness to an album definable as a masterpiece to be owned without any compromise. The electro ritual continues, astonishes and triumphs!
Electro-dark and industrial rock at its best: here is the most suitable definition to describe the music of the Polish project Monstergod. Their ardently desired reappearance represents an unmissable opportunity to know how fervent is the creativity of this power-duo, through the twelve songs included in the new album Invictus. All track-list is a miracle of sonic technology, in a succession of extraordinary sensations and super electronic magnetism generated by attractive vocals and by a set of advanced instruments. Synthetic and predominantly midtempo drumming, sequenced segments, cold keyboards, hard, obscure vocals and, occasionally, distorted guitars, fill the sound of an immersive melodism that will amaze you. The style of Monstergod, full of authenticity and technical perfection, denotes the impressive creative verve that resides within the two protagonists, who are able to know how to systematically mesmerize the listener in each of their songs. “Invictus” is a great full-lenght, created with meticulousness and with the absolute certainty that it will reach its goal: enter your minds and stay in them for a very long time. This is music for authentic natural born electro fans!