ALIEN FAKTOR - Arterial Spray...and Cattle Mutilations
Songs: 12  Time: 47:34
With each new album the sound of Alien Faktor changes.  With the release of their (his) 5th full length, Arterial Spray...and Cattle Mutilations, Alien Faktor take their tracks further away from their experimental noise structure and more towards mainstream coldwave.  Now, when I saw ‘mainstream’ I don’t mean MTV and Top 40, but more along the lines of bands like 16 Volt and Hate Dept., more accessible.  The tracks on Arterial spray are more cohesive and much more aggressive than previous pieces have been. Songs like Ants, Sheep, Drugs, and Whores riddle the album with angst and aggression.  Liber Hate contains raunchy guitars, accelerated sequences, and guest vocalist Chris Randall (of Sister Machine Gun.)  The Divine Molestation is one of the few pieces that is not driven by anger.  With it’s melodious sequences and sparse beats, this instrumental is as close as you’ll get to the older Alien Faktor sound.  Picking up where Liber Hate left off, Afterbirth includes more throttling guitars, deep/half shouted vocals, and some accelerated programming.  Zombie March falls into the angst category with biting vocals, crunchy guitars and a slamming beat.  A much less abrasive track, Attrition forgoes the heavy guitars and opts for a mellower approach via wet synth work and a cymbal driven beat.  Demonic voclas bellow out over top of distant guitar work and a pounding beat on Unhealthy Associations.  As far as sound goes, Arterial Spray… is (for the most part) a departure for Alien Faktor, but at the same time it’s their most mature release to date and will most likely be their most popular.
 
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Alien Faktor is:
Tom Muschitz / Mike Hunsberger w/ Scott Sturgis (Pain Station) / Chris Randall (SMG) / Brian Sarche (SMG)