@Instesolence considers this their Aoty and now I feel like my friend is overhyping edm albums just like how the scene overhyped Nitepunk's debut earlier this year, and even Nitepunk was better than this

What I really wanted from this was like more umph from this but I think he just strayed too far into that experimentation and thus just added filler for me. It had solid atmosphere, pretty alright sound design but these ideas and flows don't really hit outside the dnb tracks. And no not saying ... read more

Hexo The Slow Reviewer

INHUMAN, deathstep pioneer by way of Code:Pandorum, brings us his first LP under the new post-industrial moniker since making the switch back in 2021. I have been on the fence about how I feel about much of INHUMAN's releases up until this point, while they are indeed very aggressive and feel like a more matured and atmospheric approach to the sound that Code had been shifting towards at the end of the 2010s, they could often feel somewhat underwhelming to their competition; seldom banging ... read more

OhiMork

A really solid and impactful debut from Germany's own inhuman. When Sven Selka switched his brand/alias to INHUMAN (formally CODE: PANDORUM) in late 2021 after his immensely successful "Art of the Devil" LP, it was a gamble to start anew and focus on a new world and sound after nearly a decade of building rapport in the dubstep scene and pioneering the "DEATHSTEP' genre. I would say that the gamble paid off. Not only did we get a taste of this new sound through various singles ... read more

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