2nd album from the US industrial/hard dance duo, featuring
collaborations with NITRO/NOISE and SLEETGROUT.
With the American government in a state of shutdown and the economies of
the developed world seemingly trapped in unending financial turmoil, in
terms of its eerily-appropriate title the timing could hardly be better
for the release of BLAKOPZ second album - “As Nations Decay”.
Over the past 12 months, BLAKOPZ have served as tour support for
AESTHETIC PERFECTION's "All.Cities.Destroyed" 26-date North American
tour over the summer of 2012, opened for SUICIDE COMMANDO, FGFC820 and
TACTICAL SEKT in the US, and made their first European live appearance
earlier this year at Resistanz Festival in the UK.
Their first album – released last summer - attracted immediate attention
for its seamless fusion of hard style dance grooves and old-fashioned
electro-industrial tropes.
Slick and powerful, the follow-up "As Nations Decay" takes the band's
already pristine production to a new level, while moving their music in
new and intriguing directions - such as on "#culturedelete" or the
almost ballad-like "Before The Rust" and title track.
Fans of the sound of "Blood Sweat And Fear" will hardly be disappointed
either, with the inclusion of classic BLAKOPZ cuts like "Behind The
Curtain" and “The Beginning”, the jackhammer instrumental "Turn Key
Tyranny" or jokingly titled "Business As Usual"...
Having collaborated on tracks previously with both FGFC820 and
C-LEKKTOR, "As Nations Decay" features 2 fresh collaborations – this
time co-written and performed with Russian dark electro outfit
SLEETGROUT and Montreal's NITRO/NOISE.
Mastered by Jan L of NOISUF-X/X-FUSION, and smoothly illustrated by
Nathan Winter of Industriarts Studio (FGFC820, SIN DNA), "As Nations
Decay" demonstrates a rapid development in songwriting skills and an
increased awareness of vocal delivery that make BLAKOPZ now even more of
the finished article than "Blood Sweat And Fear" first suggested – a
deeper and richer sound that will surely propel this duo harder and
faster towards the more widespread recognition their talents deserve.
Tracklist:
1. As Nations Decay (7:45)
2. The Beginning (5:28)
3. Long Live the New Flesh (8:52)
4. Business as Usual (5:00)
5. Behind the Curtain (10:23)
6. The Struggle (feat. Sleetgrout) (4:50)
7. #Culturedelete (4:37)
8. Before the Rust (3:52)
9. Thick as Thieves (4:10)
10. Debris Machine (feat. Nitro/Noise) (3:35)
11. Turn Key Tyranny (5:36)
12. Detonation (5:34)
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BlakOPz - Redefined (2015)
BlakOPz - Behind The Curtain (EP) (2015)
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