Linx from Montreal Canada are regarded in Canada’s rock scene as an up and coming sensation.The band is a female fronted Industrial Rock duo who were formed by Zenab Jaber (Zee) a versatile singer,guitarist,bass & keyboardist,who is joined by Frederic Gauthier (Fred) a drummer,keyboardist & programmer.Their music is described best as groovy,heavy,moody,poetic and electric with a blend of originality,influenced by metal. Prog,industrial ,cultural and soundtracks. Linx already building a devoted fan base due to their raw charisma,hypnotic stage presence with their music described as expansiveness and electrifying with smart lyrics and at times pure poetry.

“The Prey” an electronica  instrumental piece which also has wailing passages builds momentum leading into “The Hunter” which is very industrial/electronic sounding with distorted guitar riffs and banshee style vocals with some moments of aggressive distorted vocals.”Crystal Jellyfish” continues with that industrial vibe,laden with synths which contribute to giving the track a modern rock sound with a very trancy hypnotic melody. Next up the more upbeat “Lost In Between” which has a very clubby start before the aggressive vocals return with heavy melody's mixed with dance music style background tones,with the chorus more melodic and tamer,a very interesting composition musically,after the brief “Li3” musical interlude “Periodic Dance” which has great programmed drum/dub beats which lead into a vocally & musically heavy chorus which is definitely intuitive and catchy one of this debut albums highlights. Next track follows entitled “Fox N’ Crow” with its catchy beat & synth work with some more of those industrial guitar riff undertones,two of the singles released “Them” and  “Dead” with the latter both have lots of energy with the latter track a great catchy modern alternative number with heavy riffs mixed with some punk elements.”One Step” has a very 80’s new wave and new romantic feel to it especially the vocal tones from Zee and Fred's synth & programming work, a real catchy number.”Love Virus” is a combination of industrial aggressive metal with electronica undertones which blended together works pretty well,while the penultimate track “Them” has catchy a catchy dub beats melody with both English and what I think is French lyrics with again Fred's Programming skills put to good use which then leads to an an aggressive ending. The albums ends with “11” which is a very weird & eerie at time frightful musical composition you would hear on a horror film musical score.

“Annihilation”  is definitely a different musical style and very different with some weird and wonderful musical compositions & vocal contributions courtesy of Linz.,I can definitely see the appeal and the hype surrounding this release and it was a very different listening experience for myself .A very modern and fresh album which will you will either love or hate,In my opinion it was OK a pretty good debut release from great musicians,but  it won’t be on heavy rotation for me but a couple of tracks will stay in my playlist for now.