Extreme Unspoken Tension (Deluxe Edition), by ELM

Extreme Unspoken Tension (Deluxe Edition)

by ELM

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1.	Redemption 03:16	buy track
2.	Apocalypse 20160703 04:02	buy track
3.	Death Of The North 03:58	buy track
4.	Cut You Down 02:58	buy track
5.	Deathbed Love 03:13	buy track
6.	Mindgame 03:10	buy track
7.	Altitude 100 03:17	buy track
8.	Distracted 03:02	buy track
9.	Thoughtcrime 03:44	buy track
10.	Switching Addictions 04:27	buy track
11.	War Machine 03:42	buy track
12.	Violent Heart 02:53	buy track
13.	Smother Box 03:16	buy track
14.	Redemption (akropolis version) 03:23	buy track
15.	Apocalypse (intimate electro-mix) 04:00	buy track
16.	Death of the North (7 Inch-edit) 03:47	buy track
17.	Cut You Down (extended) 03:55	buy track
18.	Deathbed Love (death beat-mix) 03:04	buy track
19.	Mindgame (tx-mix) 03:21	buy track
20.	Altitude 100 (minimal) 03:26	buy track
21.	Zerfahren (feat. Rummelsnuff) 02:48	buy track
22.	Thoughtcrime (mean mugger-mix) 03:57	buy track
23.	Switching Addictions (xxx club-mix) 04:05	buy track
24.	War Machine (pussy generation) 03:22	buy track
25.	Violent Heart (disco-mix) 02:41	buy track
26.	Smother Box (mother of aggression-mix) 03:17	buy track

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With his new 13-track “Extreme Unspoken Tension” album, Swedish veteran and one-man assault squad Peter Elm sets the bar of top notch old-school EBM with attitude one level higher and signs here a true classic Electronic Body Music album to be classified just between NITZER EBB’s “That Total Age” and DAF’s “Alles Ist Gut”!

3… 2… 1… GO! The new ELM is here! Go grab it before it grabs you!

The opening “Redemption” directly sets the mood and plunges you in a tense, weird and menacing atmosphere à la “Clockwork Orange” lead by LAIBACH-ish martial beats and narrative vocals. Paranoia then sets in a bit deeper in your flashing mind with “Apocalypse 20160703”, an even slower and almost decadent trip hop electro cut, that sucks you up like a hidden merciless dark worm. And that’s exactly at that very uncomfortable moment of doubt that ELM grabs you by the throat and shakes your ass with the stomping straightforward EBM hit “Death Of The North”!

Our favourite unstoppable EBM-hit machine is back: harder, darker and stronger! And the fireworks simply continue with the powerful “Cut You Down”, the very NITZER EBB-ish “Deathbed Love” and its heavy baseline or yet the relentless explosion of rage of the turbo cut “Mindgame”.

And it’s when you are reaching that poignant breathtaking climax that leaves us wondering what could still come next, that this roller coaster album throws you, half-suffocating, in an unexpected vertiginous fall from “Altitude 100”, an intimate and viciously addictive melodic synth pop song. But the dancefloor assaults rapidly take over with the raw “Distracted”, the hypnotic aggressive new club hit “Thoughtcrime” or the amazing “Switching Addictions” that is bound to become a true classic electro tune with its refreshing GESAFFESLSTEIN meets SCHWEFELGELB meets early FRONT 242 tone.

“Extreme Unspoken Tension” then makes another unpredictable u-turn and trashes you the straight and unpolished old-school EBM “War Machine” scud in the face, followed by the extremely powerful “Violent Heart” and the closing uncompromising anthemic “Smother Box” that eventually punches you knockout once for all.

And once you regained consciousness from that sonic blackout, your brain obsessively orders you: Repeat – Repeat - Repeat… And you just play it again… and again… and the roller coaster brings you up and down on that ever-looping ultimate journey into Electronic Body Music realms.

Consume without moderation and at maximum volume. Brace for impact!

Faithful to the Alfa Matrix tradition, this album also comes as a limited double-CD edition holding a mirror 13-track bonus disc featuring exclusive alternative remixes and versions all made by Peter Elm himself and it includes a surprising feature with mister RUMMELSNUFF reinterpreting “Distracted” into “Zerfahren”. A must-have version for all die-hard EBM collectors.

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released November 1, 2019

Music & Lyrics by Peter Elm

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Since 2001, Belgium-based label Alfa Matrix has become a trademark for underground electronic music. We are open to various styles including power EBM, dark elektro, industrial, synth pop, electronica, trip hop, drum’n bass, goth rock, wave, etc. Home of bands like FRONT 242, AYRIA, ALIEN VAMPIRES, HELALYN FLOWERS, METROLAND, BRUDERSCHAFT, ACYLUM, MONDTRÄUME, PNE, STAR INDUSTRY, UNTER NULL, etc. ... more

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