Blind Delon – L’Homme feat. Maenad Veyl [Veyl]

Blind Delon is one of those bands that you think have been active all their lives, only to be surprised when you realise that they were founded only a few years ago, in 2016. Surely this mirage is due to the hyperactivity of its founder Mathis Kolkoz, who, in addition to commanding this band, also works in parallel on numerous musical projects, both solo and as part of a number of groups, each with their own style. We must also add his work as an engineer at the head of the mixing and mastering studio Kolhoz Mastering.

Blind Delon, currently formed by Mathis Kolkoz, Coco Thiburs and Thom Mayor, has managed to establish itself as one of the bands that currently best represents the dark sound of EBM and post-punk, and demonstrates it with versatility and ingenuity, as we can see with La Métamorphose, the new album by this French group signed to the Italian label Veyl. La Métamorphose also features collaborations with Fivequestionmarks, Curses, Maenad Veyl, The KVB and Poison Point.

Fueled by cold bass lines and synthesizers of yesteryear, French post-punk and black romanticism, Blind Delon shatters genres and styles to create an evolved strain of synthpunk that wears its influences proudly while mutating into something totally new. La Métamorphose represents a fresh direction – a heavy, post-metal sound that’s full of emotion and raw intensity. ‘Le Crépuscule’ opens the album with a hard hitting piece that commences the experience perfectly. Next up, the group kicks things into high gear with the speedy, heavy-synth play of ‘La Violence’ featuring vocals by Fivequestionmarks, followed by ‘La Mort’, a blackened post-punk cut featuring the one and only Curses.

Label head Maenad Veyl makes a guest appearance on the fourth track, ‘L’Homme’, which drifts into deep experimental melancholy with a cinematic feel. Keeping with this mood is the powerful ‘L’Affront’ featuring The KVB, which descends further into darkness before resurrecting with the immense feelings of ‘Le Sarcasme’. Track seven, ‘La Noyade’, drills into the skull with growling vocals and menacing synths which bleed nicely into ‘La Foule’, slowing things back down with a subtle yet lingering sense of dread. French project Poison Point arrive on ‘L’Envie’ which moves guitars back to the forefront for a raucous ballad that sets up the final piece and title track, ‘La Métamorphose’, the glorious grand finale of an album teeming with emotion and begging to be played again and again.

Release date: May 5th, 2023.