Modern influences in the metal area can be very enriching, but just as well a band can quickly span the bow and mislead the taste buds. In the case of ATROX, the pendulum clearly suggests "interesting integration of industrial sounds".
The band offers a lot of clear vocals with a deliberately insane note, slightly over-twists, mixed with dance-able beats and catchy hooks. Then the musicians turn up a musical-like attitude, and a latent, irrational mood comes to bear in the somewhat confused piece of Vacuum, as if a grim reaper could be behind the next music stand. A few keyboard tones intensify the horror atmosphere, which makes me somewhat disoriented and looking for the red thread.
A bit more straightforward, but also more industrial-affine, you start the next acoustic adventure called Heat, but here, too, you will not miss out on elements like spherical singing or interesting drumming. Afterwards, ATROX symbolically stretch out the hand and the piece Finger invites to an epic, lamentably dragging, gloomy roller coaster ride, which is only very discreetly pervaded by modern sounds. Suicide Days seems quite cheerful and catchy, but the futuristic spills are too much for my taste, but luckily only for a short time. A freaky and extravagant voice, which is not dissimilar to Faith No More’s Mike Patton, embosses the composition For We Are Many. An extended, calmly floating part with vocal similarities to David Bowie finds place in the song frame, before the tempo is augmented and the band counter steps to a rapid final. Easy-going and at the same time a little bit crazy we enjoy the stay at the Movie, whereby the futuristic middle part steps on my nerves marginally. This deficit is balanced by the light-foot dance-floor-rhythms. The last song Target hits the bull's-eye with its tougher presentation and thus sets a striking ending point.
In general, the compositions seem to be frayed and torn, with a certain tendency to a slightly aslope performance. The good thing is, however, that you as a listener never know exactly what will happen in the next second - and this courage to risky arrangements speaks for ATROX. As a result, I can not deny Monocle a certain attraction, although I am not into modernized Metal normally.