Dead Fiction

Review from ssmt-reviews.com

     

Nanochrist used to remind a bit of the bleakest and most technologically chilled aspects of bands such as Voivod mixed with the precision of Fear Factory. Maybe as the band members got older or their cyborg bodies were upgraded to newer, cuddly prototypes, they decided to inject more warmth into their music. Nowadays, Nanochrist is as fuzzy as bands like KMDFM or the long lost Skrew, playing a similar sort of hippie cybermetal music. Okay, so I'm fudging a little on the hippie part. But rest assured that Dead Fiction does not come across like a computer programmed to "Metal Up Your Nether Regions". The band is still ultra precise in their riffs but this collection of songs definitely finds the members loosening their belts and letting their diodes hang out a bit. It fortunately lacks the Drum Trigger Clinic aspect of any Fear Factory album after Demanufacture and features some good songwriting. The band sneaks in plenty of electronics as subtle texture and effects, but big fat chunks of guitar still dominate the proceedings. Those who hanker for industrial tinged metal will find much to enjoy here.