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Blending elements that are more generally associated with techno and club music with metal sensibilities is a concept that’s been most generally associated with Mortiis as of late. Here, on “Canta’tronic,” Snakeskin combines the aura with that artist’s amazing record “The Stargate” with the more up-tempo groves found on “The Grudge.”
In doing so, Snakeskin doesn’t come off as total imitators, as the sounds of each of the aforementioned records are very dissimilar. With the inclusion of operatic female vocals on vamped out tracks such as “Bite Me”, you end up with a creepy vibe that’s like a worldlier Sturmgeist or a Hanzel Und Gretyl that’s been stripped of guitars.
Is this type of darkwave entirely satisfactory?
That depends solely upon your own particular point of view. But if you’re the type of listener that was waiting for a full-on rave to crop up during the middle of the theatrical version of “Interview With A Vampire,” file down those fangs, grab your pacifier and get your bloody little boogie on to “Canta’tronic.”