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  • N.M.E.

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    Artist: Menticide

    Label: SubSpace Communications

    The recording of the debut album N.M.E. (read: Enemy) has been a year long process, starting from scratch after abandoned pursuits with their previous moniker, Volt. The pent up frustration of unfinished projects has been put to effective use to grind shape to the traditional body music form and refine it to a new harsher theme.

    N.M.E. offers a dozen tracks, including Wrong, Painkiller, Rise, and Komm zu mir – all of which have been received especially well at shows in Sweden and Germany. The unrefined energy and direct vocal approach of the short aggressive tracks are guaranteed to get attention both on and off the live stage. But there is also a darker side to the music; songs like the title track, Enemy, Interim and Getting Away bringing to mind an internal destructive force at the threshold of release.

    For mixing duties, Stefan Thor a.k.a. Folie (of Morticians fame) came on board. And for the mastering session, the band hired engineer-in-demand, Andreas Tilliander (Spetsnaz, Strip Music, Tough Alliance) to beat out the final impurities and lend a certain rough sophistication to the harsh electronics.

    The result is a mould-breaking industrial body album which will redefine the...

  • Menticide

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    Artist: Menticide

    Label: SubSpace Communications

    Menticide - the latest signing to SubSpace Communications - made their first public appearance at the Tinitus Pre-Party 2006, where they presented a set of brutal yet melodic industrial body music. This self-titled single is the first official release by the duo of Christiaan Riemslag (noise) and Johan van Damm (voice), after numerous demos and live shows under their previous moniker Volt. The main track "Wrong" is an aggressive uptempo song with haunting vocals, whereas "Getting Away" is a more laidback and much darker journey. For this release, "Wrong" has also been remixed exclusively by the up'n'coming artist/producer Biomekkanik.