Review: Rabia Sorda – 'Hotel Suicide'

RABIA SORDA
'Hotel Suicide' 

OUT OF LINE 

Hocico's Erk Aicrag returns with his side project Rabia Sorda's latest outing, 'Hotel Suicide'. Whereas Hocico has been focused on a strictly aggrotech agenda, Rabia Sorda has always been a little more fluid. Still angry and uncompromising, Rabia Sorda still manage to incorporate other elements into their sound, and 'Hotel Suicide' is no different.

Aicrag's electro formula is penetrated by hardcore and post-punk elements throughout, giving the hard beats and searing synths a more organic atmosphere. Tracks like 'Indestructible', 'Deaf', 'Somewhere Along The Road', 'Hotel Suicide' and 'Abuse Me' are anthemic manifestos that easily get bodies moving and fists in the air. While the likes of 'Abwesend', 'Eye M The Black Sheep', 'Marionette' and 'Novienbre Arde' are a lot more playful with their styles and give a bit more variety to the track list with the guitars higher in the mix, more frantic beats and even ballad elements evident.

The production is spot on, bringing the various elements to the front of the mix when they're needed and not burying them behind the electronic elements. The guitars in particular vary nicely in their use and are a nice counterpoint to the ever prevalent synths.

This is a strong release with plenty of the variety that often lacks from Aicrag's main project. The punky guitars together with the occasional experimental twists and different vocal deliveries hold the attention nicely. But most importantly Rabia Sorda still have that energetic dance quality that will appeal to Hocico fans as well.

Perhaps now the term “side project” is no longer really a fitting description as 'Hotel Suicide' shows how Rabia Sorda is developing into a formidable entity in its own right. More releases of this quality will certainly blur that distinction further.

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Rabia Sorda's 'Hotel Suicide' to be released 29th November

The latest outing of Hocico's Erik Aicrag under the Rabia Sorda moniker will be released via Out Of Line on 29th November 2013. The first pressing of the album will contain the exclusive bonus disc 'Room 13' featuring two unreleased songs, as well as remixes by OST+FRONT, Forgotten Sunrise and many more, plus six energetic live tracks, recorded in Leipzig.

Track List:

CD 1
1. Indestructible
2. Turbulence
3. Deaf
4. Abwesend
5. Hotel Suicide
6. Dibujando El Veneno
7. Eye M The Blacksheep
8. Somewhere Along The Road
9. Marionette
10. Abuse Me
11. Killing Words
12. Noviembre Arde

CD2
1. Morbid Circus
2. Two Bullets
3. Hotel Suicide (Aesthetic Perfection remix)
4. Indestructible (Ost+Front remix)
5. Somewhere Along The Road (Formalin remix)
6. Turbulence (Forgotten Sunrise remix)
7. Deaf (Terrolokaust remix)
Live in Leipzig:
8. Out Of Control
9. Radio Paranoia
10. Money Talks (and rots)
11. Save me from my Curse
12. Eye M The Blacksheep
13. Walking on Nails

The band will be on tour on the following dates:

02. November 2013 - Whitby Goth Weekend - Whitby, UK
30. November 2013 - Electrowerkz - London, UK
21. Dezember 2013 - Down Below X-mas Special - Vockerode, DE
23. Januar 2014 - Nachtleben - Frankfurt am Main, DE
24. Januar 2014 - Matrix - Bochum, DE
28.-30. März 2014 - 3. Out Of Line Weekender - Berlin, DE

To pre-order the album please visit the Out Of Line webshop. For more information on the band, please visit their official website.

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