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Reviews of "Dead Fiction" Listening to Dead Fiction, Nanochrist's newest release, was confusing at first. The three opening songs sounded familiar. If the same thing happens to you, though, it's only because you have the same limited release three-song EP I do. The title track, ADSR, and Suffersystem 666--return polished to open the album. Many efforts to make the purest metal sound can result in something that is all attack and quickly tiresome to the casual listener. Nobody in their right mind asks for Dust in the Wind when they pick up a metal album, of course, but there are means to heaviness across different tempos and instruments. Nanochrist has no such problem, playing with electronic rhythms and different tempos across this album. You will certainly get the same guy yelling a lot and all the aggression you can expect from metal, but the time the band's (unofficial?) hiatus was definitely not spent twiddling thumbs. The title track is an example of a fast-hard mix, while ADSR and its possible lyrical Hawkwind reference sits in the middle of the tempo range here. Even Purge starts rather slow and stays menacing, though it doesn't stay down there for long. By the time Racecar racecar rolls to its slow and ear grinding end, I can almost picture this album as one long cigarette that just burned out. None of the lyrics leave much to be desired. It's all poetry, it works for the medium and certainly seems accessible. You may have to check the booklet to see what it actually says half the time, but this is metal after all. - Dylan Madeley toronto-goth.com
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