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[Derelict]

1. Tymon & Ophidian - The One 05:23
2. Tapage & Ophidian - The Room 05:51
3. Petrochemical & Ophidian - Inanimate 05:26
4. Deceiver & Ophidian - Book of the Dead 04:53

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Not feeling 1. Sounds like a mash up of Tymon and Ophidian of course, but there are a lot of reused sounds in this track. Most of the rhythms sound like Dissonant Poetry at a slower BPM.
I'm liking 2. I think I may have heard it in a mix in the past. It's pretty heavy and has some cool experimental sounds.
Petrochemical are back! 3. is a nice hard industrial track, enjoying it a lot. Good combination of the two styles.
I was expecting a faster track for 4. but instead its a nice slow atmospheric number. Very good

Enjoying this release bar 1. That track feels cheap. Expected more from them.

[VooZ2]

From review by HardtraX:

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Ophidian and Deceiver do not deceive me at all with this EP’s last track entitled “Book Of The Dead”. This one has got the word darkness written all over it, as the calm yet creepy-sounding intro already shows. The kickdrum in here surprises me, because it is apparently missing some low-end frequencies and might have needed a bit more bottom-punch. On the other hand, we can call it artistic freedom since this mid-frequency-focussed bassdrum might also have been crafted this way by intention, in order to mark a difference compared to the previous tracks. Apart from that I see little need for change. “Book Of The Dead” is atmospheric and obscure (underlined by the whistling sounds and some gated synth-pads that kick in later on) with varied snare- and kick-patterns, plus a couple of sweet effects and almost inaudible backing-vocals. Again one may only guess what the lyrics say, with “Book Of The Dead” being the only thing one can actually understand. All these voices add to the atmosphere in a very positive way and the way the track is constructed pleases from the beginning to the end. Deceiver and Ophidian did very well with this fine tune.

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