(Melodic Industrial Metal) The Sin:Decay - 2 альбома - 2007, MP3 , VBR 192-320 kbps

Трэклист:
01. We Are All Slaves
02. Deathlike Addiction
03. Cold Dead Skin
04. Celestial Revulsion
05. Give it Away
06. C7618K76
It's not every day that you come across a truly remarkable band. The Sin: Decay is such a group. They make something I'd call "Easy-listening industrial metal". Why easy listening? Well considering that there's ex-And Oceans members contributing to this project you might expect something rather distant from mainstream heavy music. Okay, they've actually been on this road for some time now but this CD offers several radio hit quality tracks.
That's because songs on "Rehabilitation" sound familiar. And I don't mean plagiarism or such. It's just that when you hear a great song, your mind immediately embraces it and thus you feel like you've heard it before. On that note I'm actually going to try and throw in a couple of rather famous names that occurred to me when listening to The Sin: Decay. It's a tad like newer Paradise Lost, A teaspoonful of Rammstein from their tantz-metall period. Even a bit of Nine Inch Nails, not to mention Deathstars.
All the aforementioned names are well known to say the very least. Here's how The Sin: Decay attempts to break through. There are really catchy synth tunes mixed with simple three chord passages. Add those up and we get an eerily soothing melody. Simple, yet effective. And as that alone wasn't enough they threw in some neo-thrash riffs to shake you from your hypnosis, only to put you back in trance once again. Last but not least, the closing track offers strong contrast and a real treat for industrial fans - creeping horror in the body of a cybernetic organism, C7618k76 is one of the darkest and coolest songs I've heard in a while.
Perhaps the only things that might drive people away from "Rehabilitation" are it's certain repetitive elements. However in The Sin: Decay's defence I must say they never grow boring and the repeating elements have been utilized with good taste. The short duration of the album also contributes to that.
I actually find it very hard to bring up any more flaws here. If the Sin: Decay continue on this road then there's nowhere to go but up. Standing ovations.

Трэклист:
1. Hävok Ünit:
with discipline upon mankind
regime equinox (no Xivic rmx)
mvsn (ATYD rmx)
2. …andOceans:
yerushalayim Érez haQodes
tophet (Niko Skorpio rmx)
ha-Shoah (ATYD rmx)
3. The Sin:Decay:
we are all slaves
celestial revulsion
c76i8k76
This three-way split is a transitional release for andOceans, using this collaboration to bury their moniker and introduce themselves as the newly christened Havök Ünit. Also included are 3 tracks from The Sin:Decay, which is a side project of a member of the band.
The split begins with the first ever Havök Ünit song, entitled “With Discipline Upon Mankind” – a brief symphonic sample and grating white noise are suddenly crushed by a hyper-blast of brutal death metal. The guitars sag, grind, and shift - the notes seeming to vibrate through thick mud. The vocals actually remind me of a more maniacal David Yow, utilizing more of a howl than a scream or grunt. Effects, programmed electronics, and samples mix with the organic instruments throughout and assemble a truly interesting listen. The following two tracks are remixes of the same song, providing two very different perspectives on the music through a more industrial feel and then a drum and bass approach.
andOceans then drops their last song under the band’s name, “Yerushalayim Érez Haqodes.” For the most part, it’s a straightforward mid-tempo bomb of distortion with a blackened/punk overtone. There are industrial, atmospheric tinges that create great soundscapes behind the music and the vocals are like gruff battle commands (sans the Vocoder break towards the end). Again, the two tracks following are remixes of the song. The first of these remixes is an almost totally atmospheric version, embracing haunting and distant vocal sounds and droning low notes. The second remix is a minimalist, industrial overhaul of the original song with occasional breaks and driving beats.
The Sin:Decay ends this split with three tracks of melodic industrial metal with heavily distorted guitars, lots of synth textures, and elements that bring to mind Mortiis. It’s much more metal and interesting than the aforementioned artist, but definitely the low-point on this disc.
Overall, this split is a very interesting listen and is worth it alone for the Havök Ünit track and remixes, let alone the andOceans material. Good stuff!

Когда на одном из скачанных сборников я услышал композицию этой команды, еще не зная кто ее играет, мне показалось, что я что-то пропустил из своего любимого и имеющегося у меня полностью Deathstars. Но это оказался не Deathstars, а совершенно неизвестная и не слышанная никогда команда The Sin:Decay. Поиски в интернете привели на их страничку на MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/sindecay), где фигурировало всего два альбома, в которых они проявились – один Promo, второй Split с такими нехилыми командами, как andOceans и Hävok Ünit, и больше, к сожалению, ничего. Для ознакомления выкладываю оба альбома. Очень интересно будет узнать ваше мнение об этой команде. Может кому-нибудь что-то известно об их дальнейшей судьбе ?