Insound Staff Pick - 2008! The enigmatic trio known as Genghis Tron weave an ocean-sized orchestra from just a few instruments and machines. On GT's vivid palette of sound and texture, giant riffs and frenetic beats make perfect sense next to haunting vocal melodies and moments of subtle beauty. In their hands, machines pulse and polar opposites fit together seamlessly. The band's long-awaited Relapse debut Board Up The House is really the sound of the future colliding with the present with en   [ read more ]

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The anticipated full-length from avant-metal slayers Genghis Tron. Moving beyond the rapid-fire electro/grind genre-splicing of their debut EP, the band forms a more fluid and cohesive sound that mixes digital dreams with brutal heaviness and futuristic metal riffage. For fans of Melt-Banana, An Albatross, and Daughters.

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Blazing out of Poughkeepsie, New York comes the mecho-grind trio Genghis Tron, perfectly named for their schizophrenic attitude towards metal: one-half devastating world dictators, the other half Disney-esque computer-pop nerds. Their five-song debut EP, Cloak Of Love, finds the band waging war with conflicting influences that, in the end, commingle comfortably. Opener "Rock Candy" churns together bits of prog, hip-hop, techno, dance, and abrasive machine thrash ? clumsily at first, but then the tune   [ read more ]

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