Though this isn’t an easy listen, Body Void’s newest journey into the abyss yields a shrieking, industrial mutation of doom-metal that couldn’t fit into the blackness around them more perfectly. In the following week, they had to postpone their UK/France Tour as well as cancelling their participation on the US Level-Up tour with Attack Attack! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It’s got a bit of everything from EDM world (minus dubstep) and at times came across as a bit much to digest in one helping. It illustrates how thin the line is between an album like Tekkno working, and barely being able to hold itself together.

The last section of the track is full to the brim with blast beats and rapid double kicks, as well as growls, screeches, and even a pig squeal thrown in for good measure. In my opinion, this would have been a welcome change, seeing as new and upcoming rock and metal bands such as Italy’s Måneskin and Finland’s Blind Channel performed at the 2021 contest to critical acclaim. According to Hysteria Mag, "Fckboi" leans into a pop punk sound, while utilizing alternative rock and trap elements. If you want to know what kind of humor defines the band, I suggest you watch the latest “Hurrikan” music video linked below.

At the end of the day, they’re most defined as a loud, bawdy, horny crew, and lean into all of that accordingly. Right now, I can imagine them flipping me off with a tiny hand on each finger (linked below, so you will know what the hell I am talking about), and I am so glad they didn’t take my advice. This is obviously half the point, and the band are clearly enjoying themselves (and, indeed, trolling those who don't dig it). It’s great to know that the group’s comedic edge hasn’t been lost on this record either (one quick look at the single cover art for ‘We Got The Moves’ or the music video for ‘Pump It’ should give you a rough idea at what their humour is like) and it pairs well with the rave influence of their sound – because, let’s be real here, what use is it to listen to dance music and not have fun while you do so?

Mindreader‘ is our first taste of unreleased material and it opens with a huge atmospheric trance/synth intro that guides us up to a heavy scream section and we’re underway. In this track, the amalgamation of genres supports one another without one dominating the other or making the track feel overwhelmingly messy.Upon translating the lyrics into English, however, ‘romantic’ is definitely not the right word (“When I see all the pictures, then I only think of you/How you sat on me, my god, that was disgusting”. The jumble of ideas evidently yields lesser ones, and when they do show up, it’s not an insignificant gulf. Rounding out TEKKNOis closing track ‘ Neon‘ – a power ballad full of soaring anthemic vocals that’ll no doubt induce sing-a-longs once you learn the words.

It’s very difficult to decipher if this is another intentional choice to mock the state of the alternative scene thanks to the likes of MGK or they really sat down and unanimously agreed this was worth adding to the tracklist. Once again combining everything this band do so well, we’ve got an anthemic chorus of simplistic lyrics that go “I wanna share my love / with everyone around / I wanna spread some love / I’m feeling the beat”; there’s more of a focus on the techno aspects, alongside 80’s inspired synthesisers and catchy screams AND a keytar solo that leads into a juicy breakdown. Neon”, like “Arrow Of Love”, surrenders to a nineties disco vibe that turns the track into a synth ballad and reveals a peaceful momentum of the album. The band changed the word 'Eskimo' to 'Electric' because it can be seen as a derogatory name for Inuit and Yupik people of the Arctic.You don’t get lines like “Shaky, shaky, sweaty, sweaty / You make my spaghetti ready” from Tekkno Train by any band under the illusion of playing it straight. None of these elements are easy to conduct well and the standard is certainly much higher when new listeners only know you for screaming over what could be a Scooter track. I noticed also this is the first album with new singer Nico Sallach after the departure of Sebastian Biesler. However, it might not be what fans of their earlier sound – or even just ‘Hypa Hypa’ – are expecting. Instead, it’ll open up a new world of possibilities within this EDM meets Metal phase we are currently seeing a rise of throughout the scene, and I wouldn’t be half surprised if more bands/producers head down this path with future releases, especially if they want to try and bring across fans from both respected genre-fields.

We Are the Mess, Crystals, The Scene, Rehab and departure of Biesler (2013–2020) [ edit ] Original vocalist Sebastian "Sushi" Biesler performing with the band in 2018. None of this should work, but it just does, I have not been excited about an album for a long time as this one. Metalcore (or metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk.To give them their dues, they did a series of you tube videos explaining what they were doing and why with the name change. And it says it all when Wikipedia don't even mention where they charted for any of their albums in UK and US.