Genghis Tron
Cloak of Love
Crucial Blast
Grade: A-/A
Before hearing one lick from this Poughkeepsie, NY based three-piece, it is impossibly not to love the fact that their name is Genghis Tron and that the CD has a crazy spectrum of colors that could combine to be Banana Republic’s new spring line. Their moniker is about as perfect as you could conjure up, as the boys merge both balls-out, obnoxious speed, power-chord metal with electronic pop – both together and apart – for an awe-inspiring product. The five-song EP starts on “Rock Candy” with space leading to insane A.C.-style metal which eventually leads to an electronic breakdown and a series of non-connected electronic and metal parts. One of the most brilliant parts of “Rock Candy” is a voice sample of some guy saying “wow, this music sounds really good” before heading back into brutality. “Arms” follows as the first track where Genghis Tron immediately mix together metal and electronics into a seamless package. “Ride the Steambolt” features a Theremin and metal solos plus Ministry-style industrial riffs. As probably the ‘danciest’ song “Laser Bitch” begins like a lost New Order song before GT decided to pummel your brain with mic-can’t-entirely-record heavy distorted machine gun guitars. “Sing Disorder” closes the record with a large reliance on industrial riffs and only minimal underlying electronics. Cloak of Love may very well be the best thing I hear for the rest of the year. All hail the onslaught of dance-metal!
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