So, let's start by saying that the concept of this album is actually a stroke (no pun intended) of genius: violating one of the most untouchable genres out there: black metal.
Drew Daniel of Matmos decomposes black metal songs and recompose them under the filter of electronica. The result is surely to be applauded for the courage alone: transforming black metal into some kind of gay electronica is weird but I'd say true to the transgressive essence of the genre.
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The objective of the artist to fuse left-field techno house with black metal is one that should have remained within the confines of the imagination of Drew Daniel.
A putrid and nasty collection of black-metal songs rearranged to pop and electronic versions. In fact an interesting idea, had it not ended up sounding as amateurish and unfocused. Either way, The Soft Pink Truth stands out for the relentless courage and will. In the end, some of the versions still remain pretty fun and uncompromising.
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