The most frustrating part of this record is that you can tell Black Sun Empire really tried with the production on this one. Everything is wonderfully dark and crushing throughout, and, aesthetically, this album nails what it's going for. The problem comes in with the rather spotty performances from Virus Syndicate, who often fail to deliver properly engaging verses, or have questionable bars that pull away from the otherwise great production behind them. A lack of strong hooks also brings ... read more
Really good collab from Neurofunk legends Black Sun Empire and UK Grime and Trap legends Virus Syndicate with great sound, fun ideas, but a bit of repetitive flow, flat mix or even cheap sounds at times, which could be a stylistic choice, but at the same time feels strange from the guys who are usually very good at their selection.
Either way, I only felt "Hmm, that was a strange choice" a few times and "Damn, that goes hard" at most times. So pretty good release from ... read more