Music Review By: Mr. Roboto Year: 2012 Artist: Mind Teardown Written by: Ivan Myh [Ukraine] & Domagoj Kršiæ [Croatia] Label: Crime:Scene Download from: MediaFire Track Listing: 1. Intro – 0:46

2. Death Increased – 4:16

3. Machine Messiah – 3:42

4. Wreckage – 3:28

5. Whisper – 3:31

6. Processing – 2:56

7. Anthrax Junkie – 4:04

8. Breakdown – 2:32

9. Outro – 0:40

Overview: Somewhere between going back to full time work, the original Half-Life, discovering a couple of games for possible review, and my own inherent laziness I’m surprised spammers haven’t totally taken over. At least I’ve been keeping an eye on things here… And have a chance to listen to some new tunes while working. Mind Teardown lead me to their debut and it’s been a pretty good listen. Nine tracks running in 25 minutes time, Dry Lung Overdrive will give your ears some sweet industrial/EBM sounds as the duo makes their musical statement for themselves, and their Euro-based Crime:Scene label (Might want to check out the label’s line up). You can also check out additional tracks they have on SoundCloud if this album is too short for your liking. In the mean time, let’s check the tracks:

Intro: Imagine waking up in the near future to the sounds of air-raid sirens as your radio proudly gives today’s weather as sunny with lots of radiation, highs expected to be near 110. As for the good news: THERE IS NO FUCKING GOOD NEWS!

Death Increased: A higher tempo track with distorted vocals. The chorus vocals really reverberate.

Machine Messiah: Some sharp guitar sounds punctuate this tune. Sort of like when Ministry went from synth to industrial.

Wreckage: Percussion begins with some nice hammer banging with this moderately paced guitar-driven work.

Whisper: A slower, somewhat softer tune. Makes for a nice change of pace.

Processing: This one sounds like some machinery doing… well, processing… stuff. Kind of funky actually.

Anthrax Junkie: Back to uptempo music. Fast beats abound with this instrumental.

Breakdown: Lots of percussion, like Ministry’s Twitch-era music, or a Stomp show.

Outro: More air-raid sirens while the announcement Everyone seen after eight will be shot. Sirens Corporation: Making Earth A Better Place closes out the album.

Conclusion: Mind Teardown has a debut that gives mid-80s industrial/EBM fans a good dose to keep them going with whatever cyberpunkish (or not) activity are engaged in. And this is just for starters…

While searching them on YouTube, I came across a link to an EP of theirs, Begin Self Destruction. I’m going the check it out, and keep listening the Dry Lung Overdrive while working, and at home. Good stuff.