APOPTYGMA BERZERK – In This Together

The albums of the Norwegians APOPTYGMA BERZERK around mastermind Stephan Groth belong since the early 90ties to the standard equipment of every DJ case who has any contact to dark electronic dancing music. With the new single In This Together as a harbinger of the next album You And Me Against The World there is a new sign of life of one part of the former futurepop triumvirate beside VNV Nation and Covenant. One thing should be said: This single will definitely provide a lot of space for discussion among the fans of APOPTYGMA BERZERK and electro fans in common.
Finally coming to the music: the increased use of guitars and drums during live-gigs of the Norwegians is having an influence on this album and confirms the statements of the lead singer, that he is tired of pure music for clubs! In This Together has nothing in common with the smash hits like Eclipse or Starsign, but is unmistakable APOPTYGMA BERZERK. A solid guitar grounding in combination with nearly hymn-like synthie structures, an absolutely sticking-in-mind-refrain just like Until The End Of The World and the typical singing of Groth move APOPTYGMA BERZERK over in the direction of Placebo. APOPTYGMA BERZERK will surely get new fans with In This Together, which was played at several live-gigs already, and the new video is on heavy rotation on the music channels, but the Norwegians always had an affinity to pop.
With view to change of style, increased catchiness and simplification of the song structures, an analogy to the latest release of :Wumpscut: is obtruded, which has caused a lot of dispute among the fans, but the big difference is, that this song is a really good one and older fans will be satisfied with the Flipside Club Mix, which could already have been on the last album.