Title: Converting Infinity
Artist: Xentrifuge
Genre: Harsh Electro
Release Date: 25th September 2009
Label: NoiTekk
Album Review
The American project XENTRIFUGE was given birth to in 2005 and released the debut album entitled `Light Extinguished´ two years later. At that time, critics attested an extremely raw form of Industrial-influenced Electro culminating in so-called “Terror-EBM” or “Apocelectro”. By releasing `Converting Infinity´ - which is the second full-length release - mastermind Chris X put all his energy in the recording of 10 raging tracks following the tradition of the debut album and resulting in a threatening atmosphere that represents a cold world without hope and warmth. Sounds like a delicacy for dance-willing lovers of brute beats, doesn’t it? Therefore, the listeners of `Converting Infinity´ will have to wrap up warmly as the tracks aren’t for the faint-hearted and require a certain affinity to monotonous jackhammer-like pieces.
`Dormant´ opens up the apocalypse in a comparatively restrained manner, but soon turns into an evil track containing pulsating beats as well as extremely distorted vocals that don’t seem to come out of a human throat. Generally, the album continuously adherents to its principles which speaks for a confident style and originality but also displays a lack of alternation. Every now and then, there are some playful and rather melodic synth parts as heard on `Black Horizon´ and the title track `Converting Infinity´. The latter comes as a machine gun fire that is only interrupted by the aforementioned keyboard lines and is supposed to provide a sweaty dance inferno leaving everyone exhausted. Though the album isn’t the stuff I usually listen to at home, I have to admit that some of these brute bombshells could raise my interest. To arrive at the conclusion, `Converting Infinity´ is recommendable for those who enjoy all the other harsh Electro representatives.
Tracklist
01. Dormant
02. Into Descent
03. Pathogen
04. Strain
05. Black Horizon
06. Error seven
07. Watch you burn
08. Penance
09. Converting infinity
10. Immune
Line-up
Chris X - vocals, programming, concept
Additional work - Paradox, Ray H., Matt C.
Website
http://www.myspace.com/xentrifuge / http://www.xentrifuge.net/
Cover-Picture
Rating
Music: 6
Sound: 7
Extras: -
Total: 6.5 / 10
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