D.R.E.P are a band from t he Netherlands that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays an industrial form of black metal and this is a review of their 2023 album "Drastically Reducing Earth's Population" which will be released in June by Nomad Snakepit Productions.
A very fast and r aw sound starts off the ep along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched yet angry sounding black metal screams while the music also adds in a great amount of industrial elements as well as all of the drum b eats also being programmed.
Melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing while clean playing is also added on a couple of tracks. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them.
The songs also add in a good mixture of both old school and modern influences and when guitar solos and leads are utilized briefly they are also done in a very dark yet melodic style, keyboards and spoken word parts can also be heard on the closing song. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Dutch and cover misanthropy and anti-human nihilism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from D.R.E.P and if you are a fan of industrial black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Wreledreinheid" and "Aardelating". 8 out of 10.
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