Description
Digipak edition including bonus cd ep featuring Steve Sylvester from Death SS
Expect eclectic, accessible post-black-metal with electronic elements galore on this bizarre Italian group’s second album. Moments of weirdness abound — overwrought clean vocals intertwine with shrieking, whining, borderline-irritating black metal yowls. Piano, flute, and programmed dance beats mix with more tradition metal sections. D-Generation is a good microcosm of the many elements Ensoph is stuffing into one song — if it makes your head hurt or leaves you reaching for your Unleashed album to cleanse your palate, avoid the rest of the album at all costs, ’cause it’s just gonna piss you off. If, however, you loved it when Covenant became The Kovenant and got all electro, or if you follow bands like Vnv Nation and Wumpscut, or spend as much time perusing the label site for Metropolis as you do Moonfog, Ensoph will be the band you’ve been waiting for. The ratio of electronica to metal varies by song, but both elements are always prominent, and neither seems forced or tacked-on for the sake of being different. Some of the longer songs tend to meander, but the disparate elements are brought together in an ear-pleasing way — most of the time. Project X-Katon is quite an interesting, enjoyable trip, albeit definitely not for everyone. Ensoph are a band destined and determined to provoke fierce reactions, one way or the other, but their creativity and boldness alone should win them scads of respect. And for those willing to embrace the band’s unique vision, it’ll be absolute godhead.
Track list:
1. In The Name Of Freedom
2. Condemned (In The Penal Colony)
3. Kirillow’s Bullet (Aleksjej Nilyc: A Russian Trilogy Pt. 1)
4. D-Generation
5. Icons In The Dust
6. Un Petalo Di Pieta
7. Getsemani
8. The Source Becomes Desert
9. Holy Bleeds (Rodion Romanyc: A Russian Trilogy Pt. 2)
10. Pain, Pride And Regret
11. Leaving No Trace Behind (Ivan Karamazov: A Russian Trilogy Pt. 3)
12. In The Name Of Freedom (Reprise)
13. Condemned-radio edit
14. Icons In The Dust-radio edit
15. Leaving No Trace Behind-radio edit
Disc 2: Steve Sylvester and Ensoph -The Seductive Dwarf E.P.
1. Sex Dwarf
2. Sun Of The Liar-2005 version
3. Sex Dwarf -Orthopædical Fetishism remix