Funeral Rain Press Corps

Genre: Industrial
Label: Alfa-Matrix

Sebastian Komor has been doing this shit for years, and the debut from his eponymous project proves it. This is some of the freshest industrial I’ve heard in awhile, and it’s perfect for either the club or the car.
It reminds me of Skinny Puppy, especially the fourth track “Atrapado”, while also bringing to mind iVardensphere (who are inspired by Komor’s other projects), The Prodigy, and the fathers of industrial rock KMFDM.
Oh wait, did you just say that Sascha from KMFDM is on this record? Well fuck. It goes to prove just how similar to black metal industrial really is: everyone is on everyone’s record and everyone is in everyone’s band.
At the end of the disc, with album closer “Blues ‘N’ Tubes” showcasing some really odd and fun shit, I find myself waiting for it to spin again. It’s definitely something that can be played twice or three times in a row without getting tiring.
If you’re a fan of industrial in general, or Komor’s other projects Icon of Coil, Zombiegirl, Moonitor, and others, you need to get this album when it drops in February 2011.
8.5 out of 10.

Komor Kommando on MySpace.

Genres: Hard Industrial, Noise
Label: Synthetic Sounds

Turning six tracks of iVardensphere’s Scatterface, into completely different songs, the first volume of remixes is great. It has barely left my CD player for three days.
It’s not just crappy remixes here either, but actual reworking of the songs to change their entire moods, taking them to darker or slower places.
My favourite is the Left Spine Down remix of “Calibrating the God Machine”, with the Memmaker remix of “Virus” right behind it.
Included as an almost bonus track is the iVardensphere remix of Katastroslavia’s “Completely Normal”, which kicks ass.
9 out of 10.

iVardensphere on MySpace.