Fake Idyll – Genome of Terror
After a very long time of waiting, thanks to the Post, I finally put my hands on this release. I was really looking forward to listening to “Genome of Terror”, because it was described as “perfect music for all grieving fans of the dissolved Japanische Kampfhörspiele”, a band that I’ve always been a fan. Well, since then, Japanische Kampfhörspiele has been put back together, fortunately. At the same time, I was a bit skeptical, because although I do like instrumental music, until now, there hadn’t existed one entire instrumental metal album that I truly enjoyed. Of course I liked many, but nothing really that I’d consider outstanding.
And now, freaking bloody hell, this is an amazing album. It’s creative, interesting and even fun at times. There are so many adjectives to describe this album that I don’t think it would fit a concise and straightforward review, as I prefer, but, in my humble opinion, this is intelligent music. It’s hard to describe what this means, you have to listen it yourself to come up with a conclusion. “Genome of Terror” is deep, solid and harmonic, the music, again at times, sound weird, crazy, but, in a way, it all makes sense. The whole album is like a huge piece of music genres collage that could, if not done correctly, result into a huge mess, but no, “Genome of Terror” sounds so fine!
The songs are really captivating, the instrumental work of Neumann, Kather and Nowak, with the Orchestra tunes addition by Benninghoff are all sublime. As I’ve mentioned before, this is a huge stew of metal genres, actually, many musical genres, not only limiting to metal. We have grindcore, death metal, industrial, experimental, jazz, rock, progressive, groove, you name it. And they’ve cooked this stew to perfection.
The album’s production is crystal clear, I believe even the audiophiles won’t complain about it. This is a release that deserves to be heard by more and more people and to be praised by its bold creativity, tremendous innovation and extraordinary musicianship. As I always beg you all, please, support Fake Idyll the way you are able to, if you can purchase the album, great, if not, spread the word about the band and their other projects. All help is needed and welcomed!
Take care.
Grade: 10/10
Band: Fake Idyll
Album: Genome of Terror (2014)
Label: Unundeux
Tracklist:
1. Dragged into Work
2. Crowd Sourcing
3. Genome of Terror
4. Fleshmob
5. How to Deal with Revenge Porn
6. Prozac Country Blues
7. Drone Sweep
8. Biting Bits and Bytes
9. Losing Weight
10. Carbonado Afficionado
11. The Unbearable Lightness of Being Connected
12. Text Message Break-Up
13. Petridished
14. Conductor of Accidents
15. Bile Build-Up
16. Coffin Break
17. Tribal Tribulation
18. Tweaking Tweets
19. Phalanx of Work-Death-Balance
20. Diy Ai (Bonustrack)
Fake Idyll is:
Chris Neumann – Bass
Christof Kather – Drums
Robert Nowak – Guitars
Carsten Benninghoff – Orchestra Tunes
Official Website: http://www.fakeidyll.de/
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September 15, 2014Comments
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I absolutely love it myself! I was a big fan of “therapist” and was a bit surprised to find theres no vocals at all on the new release, but man, it doesn’t really matter. Its just awesome! Its a shame so few have heard about the band…
I completely agree with you, Björn, it is a very interesting and well-composed album. Indeed more people should know about the band. Thank you very much for the comment.