Level 2.0 “Armageddon” (CD Nilaihah)
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Artist: Level 2.0 Title: Armageddon Format: Album Label: Nilaihah Records Genre: Dark Electronic, EBM Release date: December 21, 2009 |
Level 2.0 is an EBM/Industrial band formed in 2005 and based in Long Island, New York, by the two members Mike Hoffman (singer/lyrics) and Matt Clennan (synth/programming). “Armageddon” is their first album since signed to Nilaihah Records. The album holds 13 tracks and covers over 75 minutes.
The first track “Rising”, starts with a very bright synthesizer before it lets the bass and beat structure in on the song, which has a very catchy and great melody. Followed is another futurepop song full of the modern electronic sounds mixed together with harmonic background landscapes of synths. The track “Vexxy” show off a different sound structure with a darker touch but the modern EBM-feeling is still there and is for sure a track that fits for the dancefloor. The darker tone continues with “Stolen Kiss”, but on this the tempo is drastically dropped and what you get is a slow and beautiful song that offers a really cool melody and the voice from Mike makes the song even more emotional.
The title track “Armageddon” brings you back to the more up-tempo beats and is the start of a hand full of danceable tracks and once again a very catchy melody with great lyrics. “Rivet”, “False Promise” and “Surreal” is all very great tracks.
More or less every track on “Armageddon” is great and it offers future pop at its best with alot of catchy refrains and melodies together with danceable beats and hooklines impossible not to catch up on and sing along. As mentioned earlier, you get over 75 minutes of great music. I don’t have the exact number of times I’ve listened through this album but it is by far more then I’ve listened to any other album before writing a review. I really love this album.
Tracklist:
01. Rising
02. Invincible
03. Vexxy
04. Stolen Kiss
05. Armageddon
06. Silence
07. Rivet
08. False Promise
09. Surreal
10. Closer
11. Not Forgotten
12. Darkness
13. Denial
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9/10 |