Reviewed by: Darklight

Reviewed by: Darklight

When I put this CD into my stereo I had to take it back out and look at it to make sure that it was indeed Informatik. Basically, this doesn’t sound anything like Informatik from the past. Informatik use to be a dark angry and aggressive electro-industrial/EBM project with extremely distorted male vocals. Well, that was then and this is now. Enter a whole new sound for Informatik. The band now creates more of a modern club floor EBM sound similar to that of Assemblage 23 and VNV Nation. But I couldn’t be happier as they do this sound extremely well. It’s quite impressive how much the band has matured and improved over the years.

The music offered here is top notch with extremely layered electronic programming, driving bass beats and dramatic synth melodies. The vocals of Da5id Din are the biggest surprise here. He has a great deep voice and can sing exceptionally well. He showed some of his vocal talents on his most recent Din_Fiv recording ‘Escape To Reality’, but still opted for the usual distortion effects for most of the CD. His voice and singing style on this ‘Nymphomatik’ recording is very similar to that of Tom Shear from Assemblage 23. He delivers the lyrics with a deep tone and right on target with the music. Speaking of the music, it’s definitely designed for the dance floor. Each and every song here is extremely energetic and driving with excellent rhythms and beats. You can’t help but want to move the instant that you hear them.

Another surprising element of this CD are the lyrics for the songs. Da5id usually writes some rather deep and meaningful texts for his songs. But that is not the case here. This could almost be considered a concept album. The concept? Mainly fetish sex with some songs about broken relationships as well. Basically, this overall album deals with sex and relationships. So don’t go into this CD expecting Da5id’s usual lyrical style. But Da5id is a good lyric writer and manages to make these songs sound a lot more interesting than most bands that write about similar subject matter.

The bottom line is that this CD is a must for fans of energetic club EBM.

Reviewed by: Darklight

I find this CD to be a disappointment. I really enjoyed Informatik's previous release, but this follow up just isn't as good in my opinion. The band does nothing new on this CD. It's just more of the same. The first song "Things To Come" is a great opening track with energetic electronic rhythms and beats that pull you in. However, the album falls short after this. It just becomes your standard run-of-the-mill electro industrial music. It's your basic repetitive electronic programming, sampling and synths with boring distorted male vocals. I have heard this style of music too much already, and I am starting to tire of it. There are some slight techno elements in the mix now, but they're not enough to make anything here sound fresh. This is cookie cutter dark electro industrial music and nothing else. There is one other song presented here that I feel stands out, and it's the Decoded Feedback remix of "Peril Eyes". The original version of the song is on Informatik's previous CD, and does show how much better the material on that CD is compared to what this CD has to offer. I really hope that Informatik try something new and different on their next release, because the dark electro sound with heavily distorted vocals they deliver here is getting old.

Reviewed by: Darklight

Right when the first song "Human Nature" begins you know that this is a dark electro industrial band that knows what they are doing. The music is very full with dark, moody, and catchy electronic rhythms and beats with excellent haunting synths. The vocals are distorted and growl with anger. The band sounds a lot like early Evils Toy. This is another American electro industrial band that has the German sound down. They don't really do anything new, but what they do is done extremely well. My main complaint with this album is that most of the songs do sound the same. The music always seems to play at the same pace while the singer just shouts out distorted anger. A little more variety would have helped. The two instrumentals found here are excellent. They do help to break up the overall sound of the album a bit. Also, there is one song here where the band takes a slightly more melodic approach with more synth driven music and non-distorted harmonic singing that is great. So there is some variety here, but just not enough. But the bottom line is that this is a solid effort that will please fans of European style dark electro industrial music.