PLAN C - Rewind (Digital EP) (Self-Released) Plan C has its first EP out, titled Rewind. As an appetizer, we already got the single 'Tuesday Skeleton'. Gin Devo signed on to contribute to this industrial song. It is a solid, industrial metal song. And with that the tone is set. Because 'Fight Or Fly' is also a relentless cutting industrial metal song. Halfway through, Olivier's synths get a little space, but soon the guitars overwhelm things again. And on 'My Machine Gun', Plan C gets the vocal support of Hans Verbeke. Once the forntman of the WestFlemish hardcore band Liar, today, together with Oliver Moulin, frontman of The Mars Model. This song does stand out. At the start, a rather techno-like vibe runs rampant. Halfway through, the guitars tear up again and you can hear Hans sing out heavily. The synths contribute to a softer sound.Well: what you call soft... Nightlife' is the fourth and final song on this first EP. Jana Komaritsa lends her voice. The industrial vibe is a little less present. The electro gets more space. [JB]. ORANGE SECTOR - Feuer & Flamme (Digital) (Infacted Recordings) Orange Sector has been in business for 32 years.A journey that is far from over. Feuer & Flamme is the band's 13th album. Besides the musical allegiance to EBM, the lyrics are raw.About the pain of separation, equality, depression, disappointment. Some songs, dixit Martin, are about personal tragedies. For example, 'Nobody' is about a personal tragedy that affected the Bodewel family. “Making music offers me joy and it helps me process events.” That the fans are also extremely important in this regard is echoed in In 'Deiner Haut',which is about fans sending pictures of tattooed Orange Sector logos or musicians. And musically?Well: the album bangs as ever.With the ingredients that make EBM sound oldschool. Stomping beats, and on this album a very conscious choice to give a place to the old analog synthesizers. Not just with the bass. There was extensive tinkering with the drum sounds. At times they sound as if they were played live. 'Tanzfabrik' is such a song. Stomping feet with minimal orchestration. Heavenly.'Traumfrau' has a similar vibe. Another high-quality album for fans. [JB]. OTHER-ED - Until All Are Free (CD/Digital) (Scaresquare Recordings) With amore atmospheric approach to Industrial and Synthpop,Other-ed is the solo project of Laur,who you might know as the singer of Darkwave duo Vagua Scare and the FrenchAustralian project Golem Dance Cult. Other-ed came into being as a solo side-project in january 2020. Laur: “Since it all started with the animal liberation theme, I was looking for a name that could have a meaning relating to this too... The fact that animals are considered as "other beings" to justify the waywe treat them...“First release was the digital EP‘Disruptive Synthetic’, followed a little later by the (during Covid 19 pandemic) at home recorded debut album ‘Sentient’ (march 2021) and a handful of singles (2022/2023). Present time there is now the new album ‘Until All Are Free’. From the opening ’Abstract Heroes’‘till the finishing ‘Eat Yourself’,‘Until All Are Free’ is a dark bitterly-cold minimalistic album with a taste of 80s Synths and Punk conciseness. 10 songs of dystopian soundscapes with a strong message best to be absorbed far away from daylight. [HC] BLACK ANGEL - Elektra (CD/Digital) (Self-Released) Matt: “I’m a little bit of a workaholic. If I’m not working on movies or TV shows my dayjob is writing music for Black Angel. I’m an 80’s kid, for me records are a journey: put on side A, listen through, flip it over, put on side B. Read the lyrics on the gatefold, artwork of the album. You know, that kind of thing, making my albums a journey.”‘Elektra’ goes back to the more Gothic roots.The sound is deeper.A big influence is The Mission’s 1986‘Gods Own Medicine’.And same howBlackAngel’s previous albums came to existence,the process was once again starting with about 30 songs,lessen themdown to about 20 before sending to Corey (BlackAngel’s enigmatic vocalist) to do his magic.Record a few, cut a few,ending up with 10 staple tracks.Tracks that all bathe in mythical ancient eastern influences. 80’s era captioned Goth Rock, taking you over all sorts of wasteland, guiding your darkest dreams.This Black Angel you do not only need at your side, but in your collection too! [HC] www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 12 - Read full reviews on http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/
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