By Ela Salome: "New Camp Z album was worth waiting for, indeed. The entire universe of dark sounds is offered to us. The stuff is hard enough because of dense, deep and volume sound rich in noises and experiments in electronics, instruments and vocals.
Album starts with charming and monotone “Intro/Section” followed by “No Reality” with extremely strong rhythm section (though that’s a feature of the whole album) and interesting structure
where speed changes relieve the tension of hard atmosphere. The song “Schizophrenie” will seem known to those who listened to the previous single of Camp Z. Its anxious and fatal tune is like a melodic backbone of the album which gives the sense of conception to it (we can understand the concept of this personal drama better if we look at the cover art and read the name of the album). This song rhymes melodically with the next coming “W.Hell.Come” II which is also known to the project fans.
Forestalled with such imposing tracks, it gets a new monumental, almost epic sound. “Unsound Voices” supports the chosen direction with drawl and weird noises which create some primordial spirit. Then logically comes “U-Bortched”, and this one seems a beginning of an apotheosis and semantic centre of the album because of its hard tension, beating and casting-a-spell voices at the end. Then comes “Retroscopic”, where we can breathe freely surprised with almost punkish rhythm and drive that’s though hard enough. Next coming “Obsolete Resistance” is more electronic. It’s not so catchy being a bridge to the genuine hit – “Further Schizo”, where we come back to “Schizophrenie” tune. The tune gets a real power here – dramatic, both oppressive and inspiring, punishing and calling high, frightening and giving hope, that’s like a scream of dying gods or soundtrack to fantastic anti-utopia. Emphasized with different noise effects, wonderful rhythm section and distorted vocal, the song touches and really inspires. “Beyond the Fences of Reality” goes next with weird start and distinctive rocking drive. As catchy as previous one, it finishes perfectly the whole musical picture. And finally the circuit is closed with “Conclusion”, which returns us to the start of all thanks to its ritual monotony.
So, this music has an aggressive force, oppressive psychologism, painting a line from a threat to a catastrophe came true. Despite of the album’s middle rate, it’s dynamic enough and is listened to with bated breath. This release is a great result of all the previous searches of Manu/Zorch and creates an impression of some industrial symphony because of its epic and tragic mood, depth and integrity. This name also seems to be correct for the complicated composition which bases on the harmony of different stylistic and sound devices. Storm of applause."
Rate: 9/10
Ela Salome
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