Army of the Universe – Mother Ignorance

Releasedate: 17-06-2011; Label: Metropolis Records / Alive
By: Nina Mende

Sometime around the winter of 2008, on a dark stormy night in the gray city of Milan, Army of the Universe was born. From the mind and synthesizers of Techno/Trance producer Albert Vorne (aka Trebla) and from the powerful voice of Lord K (Lead singer of Kult of the Skull God). The band today finalized by the distorted, weeping and power-driven guitars of Davil and Fiji takes inspiration from the experiments of the 80`s electro-rock, fuelled with the futuristic re-interpratations of rocking 6 strings on top of twisted electronic landscapes.
The sound lays upon analog synths ain a fusion with blade-like guitars, speeding around echoes of 80`s metal, flirting with backgrounds of British school electronica. Elements of System 7 and Billy Idol share strobe lights with sounds of Depeche Mode clashing with Danzig and Kane. There is no example or labels that can categorize the sound of AOU. Cutting edge music born for the dance floor melts with epic power rock and blinks an eye to the warm feeling of live interpretations and finally explodes with beats and energy through Lord`s voice. Mind Blowing.

That is what they say. And here is what I say after getting distraced by the retro video game on their homepage:
The new Army of the Universe album called “Mother Ignorance” comes with fourteen tracks and is electro than rock. Every once in awhile you can find rock elements in their simple electro music. Just like the retro video game – like space invaders – the music of Army of the Universe is very simple and retro. Quite monotone tracks reminding of old Atari games or old PC games. Some songs remind of Depeche Mode or The Cure with the vocals and arrangements. All in all it is a very interesting album and refreshing to have such a simple music in between all this high tech stuff. A break from modernization is what “Mother Ignorance” is: The cover with the old TV screen captures the style pretty well. Even though it might sound boring at first, it is a great relieve and well needed break for all of us. So go get Army of the Universe’s new album “Mother Ignorance” now.

Tracklist: 01. Mother Ignorance 02. Lovedead 03. Goodnite 04. Resin 05. Army Of Me 06. Cold In Heaven 07. Hollywood Drama 08. 8 Plowers 09. Quantisize 10. Dust In The Universe 11. Broken Porcelain 12. Table In Hell 13. Retarded 14. Slower

Links:
Army of the Universe MySpace
Army of the Universe Official