Artist: Control Human Delete
Country: The Netherlands
Label: Self-Released
Formats: CD EP
Year: 2003
While listening this first demo CD by Dutch Control Human Delete, I don’t know where to start with writing. Should I start with saying I’m so goddamn proud of being Dutch, for this product is Dutch too, and that this is one of the better Dutch releases ever to be put out? Or should I better start with saying that this is demo showed me again why I liked untraditional blackmetal? Since this is one of the most open-minded releases I came across the past months. Or should I just say this is the best demo of 2003 up till now? Anyway, I said it all, and I didn’t exaggerate one single word…
It is already quite clear that this is an amazing piece of music. It totally blew me away. Talking about professionalism, my god! Most of the signed bands don’t look that professional as the guys from Control Human Delete. The cover and the overall artwork is really fabulous. The recording quality is really amazing, and this demo CD even includes a multimedia part, with a video clip of the “Control Human Delete” song. I actually never saw such a great demo! It all looks really futuristic and refers to a cyber-existence. And this is how the music sounds like. Quite original, but influences from bands like Thorns, … And Oceans, Satyricon and the later works of Mayhem (“The Grand Declaration Of War”). From the first track we already hear Mayhem-ish riffs, and this is actually the whole demo that way, the vocals remind me of those of Satyricon’s Satyr (except for the (frequently) spoken words, which are in the typical Maniac (Mayhem) way). This mixture of blackmetal and futuristic sounds together with the amazing production makes it just a brilliant demo. It never ever bores me, pieces of spoken words, slow riffs, techno beats, ambiental parts and moments of pure fast and raging blackmetal are alternated very easily.
Just a very interesting demo, a true masterpiece of cyber blackmetal. One of the best demos’s I heard, and I think I can call this the most promising demo I ever heard. I’m so goddamn sure this band is going to make it in the metalscene. It’s just a matter of time till this band will be signed to a big label, and people, support this band! Buy the demo, you won’t be disappointed. Support this!!
