Full of dystopian atmosphere that oozes MAD MAX sentiment. You would not be foolish in thinking that the influences of RAMMSTEIN and MARYLIN MANSON were rife here. However, these influences are distorted by feelings that "CMBCRST" would not go amiss in a nightclub. Indoor pyrotechnics, smoke-filled rooms and shady characters lurking in dark corners come to mind when listening to “Only Death is Immortal” pushing the listener further forward into a dangerous, yet unforgettable experience. The production value is very high on this album without having the peaks and troughs that other highly produced styles of music may have (think Djent or Drum and Bass). The E-guitars on here serve to create an aggressive, velvet type covering on every track and you can clearly hear this in “Compliance”, a very well written, slow burner of a song that carries on this sense of hellish excitement and danger. However, you have a slight let off when “Northern Path” follows. It’s a beautiful song that showcases the diversity in the songwriting skills of COMBICHRIST.

First starting with a melancholy, acoustic style, progressing finely through the track into a very heavy and unexpected ending that abruptly stops, leaving the listener feeling more alone than before they started listening. This track serves as the calm before the storm in the album, offering a pallet cleanser before the familiar industrial scene returns with a huge bang. “Through the Ravens Eyes” is the bearer of the burden here and you get the first taste of raw guitars that have a much more prominent role within the mix compared to previous tracks. This song pushes the boundaries of the aggrotech genre and fuses it with pure heavy metal. But, if you think that the band stops there with the heaviness, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that “Wolves Eating Wolves” has something to say about that. The main riff certainly blasts from the speakers and really throws forward a prompt to headbang. Merging progressive metal and Nu-metal, this song really threatens to take the album in an entirely new direction. There is also an ongoing sense of hypnotism, regardless of the style of song, you can close your eyes, imagine strobe lights and thousands of bodies moving in conjunction with one another.

This is perfectly manifested in the track “Modern Demon”. The album moves onto “Planet Doom” a song in which its introduction may have the listener thinking they are listening to the opening scene of an episode of “Stranger Things” and this is no bad thing. Tension builds up from the very beginning, setting the stage for the awesome main riff to start thumping and progresses into Metallica-esque style riffs and guitar harmonies. Overall, CMBCRST is an album full of an atmosphere that is unmatched. It pulls listeners into a disquiet and the anxiety caused by this is what makes the album so intriguing. The theme is consistent throughout, but each song has its own unique individuality. A very good collection of music.