Menschdefekt “The Human Parasite” (CD Infacted)

Review:

		9/10
		Artist: Menschdefekt Title: The Human Parasite Format: CD Label: Infacted Recordings Genre: Dark Electro Release date: April 16, 2010

Menschdefekt is the creation of Nik R. in 2004 and based in Germany. Later in 2009 swedish singer Fredrik Croona joined the band as the vocalist and lyricist. Later the same year, in August, the band got signed to Infacted Recordings and the first official album “The Human Parasite” was announced to be released on April 16th, 2010. To note is also that the album has been mastered by Jan L. of X-Fusion.

The album goes off with “Plague [The Human Parasite]” and the song starts with a movie quote from Matrix before the heavy electronics are introduced. The main theme of the lyrics is about todays society to criticize things like war, murder, consumption or even nationalism and fascism. Every song is very club-orientated with dark and aggressive vocals from Fredrik and even though its harsh and heavily distorted it’s easy to understand the lyrics. The music is aggressive, dark and very brutal with heavy beats destined for the dancefloors, but yet very melodic with catchy refrains and soundscapes. The variation is wide with a mixture of different styles like Dark Electro, Futurepop or even Trance influences and the good thing is that it’s never gets bored. It’s not new-creating but it’s fresh, modern and offers great production.

Expect amazing tracks like the melodic “Psycho Bitch” – also included on the latest installment of the Alfa Matrix compilation “Endzeit Bunkertracks” – together with “Schizophrenia”, “Dekadenz” and “Black Harvest” to name a few. The later includes one of my favorite movie quotes which is from the first Saw movie.

Tracklist:

01. Plague [The Human Parasite]
02. Dedicating Hate
03. Psycho Bitch
04. Instincts Of Corruption
05. Schizophrenia
06. Fragile Existence
07. Dekadenz
08. The Way
09. Mind Control
10. Piggy
11. Black Harvest
12. Trigger
13. Flaws [Bang Bang!]
14. Dark Side