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░ ██ ██ Artist: CSSABA ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Toxic CSSABA █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2009 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2009-12-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Putrid Prophet / Fog of the Apocalypse ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ So few industrial black metal bands (or industrial █
█ metal bands in general) succeed because they █
█ rarely possess the ability to go at these styles █
█ 50/50. It's always black metal with a touch of █
█ industrial, or vice versa. Poland's CSSABA is one █
█ of the few entities I've heard which can truly █
█ balance the two. The solo project of Massemord's █
█ guitar/keyboard maven Nihil, this may just be the █
█ best industrial black metal record I've heard █
█ outside of Red Harvest. █
█ The album is a delight whether it's kicking your █
█ ass with an onslaught of grimgasmic riffing or █
█ fucking around in your head a little. The █
█ electronic influence is myriad, from hypnotic █
█ pulsing trance beats below the guitars, or old █
█ school factory style industrial machinery. It's █
█ both happy and evil at the same time, without █
█ sounding tongue in cheek or ironic, ever. Each of █
█ these six pieces is a unique episode that will █
█ immerse you, from the space noise and shuffling █
█ carnage of "A (A Date with Trees)", to the █
█ frenzied insanity of "S (Fuck Me Tender)", and the █
█ haunting, layered "S (Stitch, Stitch)". Despite █
█ the varied components, Nihil has a love for █
█ electronic music here that seamlessly matches them █
█ with the venomous black metal of his main band. █
█ Even the lyrics are good. █
█ 'Toxic CSSABA' is a real rarity, and it has the █
█ sounds to match. The guitars have a nice crunchy █
█ middle tone while the electronic elements all █
█ reverberate wonderfully. The drums hustle and █
█ crash, the synths are always catchy and ring █
█ across the industrial cornucopia. The album is █
█ consistently inventive and interesting, you won't █
█ hear much else like it and it destroys about 99% █
█ of the previous attempts to bridge these musical █
█ genres. You would be a fool to miss out on this. █
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░ 1. C (16 Million Colours, Part I and Part 7:14 ░
░ II) ░
░ 2. S (Fuck Me Tender) 6:21 ░
░ 3. S (Stitch, Stitch) 5:32 ░
░ 4. A (Date With Trees) 6:19 ░
░ 5. B (Every Breath-In and Breath-Out) 6:09 ░
░ 6. A (In the Kingdom of Friday on Tuesday) 5:27 ░
░ 37:02 ░
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