01. Pump It
02. We Got The Moves
03. Fuckboi [feat. Conquer Divide]
04. Spaceman [feat. FiNCH]
05. Mindreader
06. Arrow Of Love
07. Parasite
08. Tekkno Train
09. Hurrikan
10. Neon
11. Pump It [Live version][Tour Edition bonus]
12. Hate/Love [Live version][Tour Edition bonus]
13. Spaceman [Live version][Tour Edition bonus]
14. We Got The Moves [Live version][Tour Edition bonus]
15. Hypa Hypa [Live version][Tour Edition bonus]
A great example of the diversity of metal: Tekkno is not finessed, is not a great musical masterpiece, but it is the result of what could have happened if Beethoven lived in our time and had been given several shots of Tequila, as well as being placed in a studio with other drunk Germans.
Indeed, it’s an album whose sole purpose is to party. It’s already been called “technocore”, which is a pretty good way to describe it. It’s a perfect introduction for someone who doesn’t like the genre. From the outset, the album begins with a very original and surprising song, “Pump It”, which manages to contrast metalcore and almost pop rock sounds. This track is a good first taste and perfect example of what the album has to offer.
Each song follows this pattern in a more or less similar way, and yet in an ever more original way. We follow this same humorous theme throughout the album (apart from some more serious tracks, like “Mindreader”), which often borders on cringe, but a good cringe, desired and well delivered. Each song has the role of making us happy when listening at home and completely crazy in a live performance (believe me, I’ve experienced it).
Some tracks are very surprising and take us by surprise, like “Hurrikan”, and some are over-the-top, like the delirious “Tekkno Train” and the more serious “Mindreader”. Besides, what’s not bad is that the album oscillates between delirious, surprising and sometimes a little more serious. It is the main quality of the album to maintain a certain coherence between the songs (within the limit of possibility) while demonstrating a lot of versatility.
There are still some flaws, notably the fact that the suddenness of the change between the techno parts and the metal parts can sometimes be a little too surprising. For the song “Hurrikan”, I was pleasantly surprised, but once the surprise wore off, the music no longer has any interest in me apart from perhaps the performance of vocalist Kevin Ratajczak. Tekkno stands out in a positive way from Electric Callboy‘s first records which, to be frank, feature unoriginal and very uninteresting metalcore, with only hints of the beginnings of what would lead to this latest record. It’s the realization of what the band wanted to achieve when they changed direction in their musical style.
The album is for party-loving metalheads and curious jack-of-all-trades. It’s even for electro fans. Electric Callboy succeeded in reaching a large audience and for good reason. Don’t look for anything serious while listening to it, because going from black metal to this is a very strange experience. Finally, this album is unlike anything in metal or even in any other genre; you have to listen to it in its entirety to appreciate how it touches the world of metal and the world of electro. Electric Callboy don’t take themselves seriously, and it’s nice to have a change from the much more gloomy black metal or the more classic thrash metal.
A refreshing and original listen to unplug your brain, to replace anti-depressants.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 8 |
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This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.