Elektrikill – Monsters

A few weeks ago, Elektrikill presented us with their debut album Monsters, a release published last April in which this American band presented themselves in society. It is to be welcomed that this kind of musical proposals, designed under a sonic criterion so far away from the mainstream, continue to proliferate nowadays.

Monsters deals with the dark side of the human condition. We’re all monsters, one way or another. The connections are all the ways someone can be hiding a monster. The album’s songs deal with life in the internet/social media age, culminating with the song “Your Browser Is” – a comment on targeted information.

Musically, Monsters has two distinct sections: the first six songs were given a club-vibe while the second eight songs were based on Steve Vil’s time as a soundtrack composer: “Requiem”, for example, began as an instrumental piece used in the climactic overdose death scene of a character in one of the films Vil scored. Furthermore, the aforementioned closing track, “Your Browser Is”, hints towards Elektrikill’s future sound: a heavy beat, spooky synths and huge bursts of industrial noise.

Vil’s musical influences range from early industrial innovators like Cabaret Voltaire, Gary Numan, Skinny Puppy & Ministry to the future industrial sound makers like KMFDM, Laibach & Rammstein.

Release date: April 1st, 2023.