Genre: Industrial Metal

01 Weakness
02 To an End
03 Time Out of Mind
04 Mistakes

This EP is SICK! It's a sharp reminder that the young ones still appreciate industrial metal and it helps bring hope for my personal industrial band, Thorn Garden, as we play a similar style. The closest band that I can think of to this style that is well known in the mainstream is New York's very own Bile. With more keyboard melodies, they even have a possibility to sound like the mighty Psyclon Nine on Metropolis Records. Also, you may be surprised to know that two very well-known people in the industrial scene have produced and mixed this album: Jeremy Inkel and Chris Peterson, both of which are members of the scene powerhouse Front Line Assembly.

The entire EP is very tightly written. The programming is hands down hitting every beat where it needs to (obviously, its a fucking machine. If there are any problems, its human-error.) FMTA seemingly picks up where the industrial scene left off. It was a sad time when labels like Wax Trax! and Nothing Records closed their doors forever. Really, the only two big-time labels in the industrial scene that I see still going are Cleopatra and Metropolis. While Cleopatra still seems to be recovering from their fall from grace, Metropolis is just as strong as ever with acts like Mindless Self-indulgence, In Strict Confidence, and Combichrist. Anyway, FMTA is a breath of fresh air to fans of the genre, and to me, they help to bring hope to the seemingly sudden re-acknowledgement of the industrial scene. Here in Cincinnati, at least, it seems industrial is making another huge comeback, with bands like Riothead, Realicide, Thorn Garden, HeritecH, and Dichotomy all showing industrial strength in this city alone.

So perhaps FMTA can be the young ones to help lead the way in once again. Now the industrial music has established itself as a powerhouse in the scheme of things, perhaps it is time for it to make its comeback. I know Ministry and Hanzel Und Gretyl still have largely successful tours, and I believe Pig's recent North American tour would have been more successful as well had they been able to finish their dates. I feel that all we really need is for someone to step up and take the banner, and charge in. Make companies listen to the music. Make MTV and other bullshit media sources recognize the scene once again. It's only a matter of time. With music as brutal and beautiful as FMTA's, they are bound to leave an impact somewhere. Whether its on the face of some unfortunate emo kid, or a crater the size of Texas, it doesn't really matter. Their mark will be left. This one is definitely worth your money.