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From the much talked about dark ambient noise specialist, Baal comes with five tracks of a very distinct power electronics. Enclosed in a simple piece of white paper with subtle graphics, Baal also introduces us to another artist known as Luftkanone, who more closely follows Whitehouse.

Immediately Baal pummels you with a mind-violating track entitled "sie haben es heraufeschworen." Here your skull is engraved with scourges of lo-fi static barriers that flange slowly to a hypnotic stasis and assault you with an occasional bombastic attack. This twelve-minute track alone defines the style of this artist.

The second track, "Tag der Abrechnung" gradually moves about with combustible textures that contain subliminal undertones. Transparent transmissions and charged waves alongside hidden words assault you on "selbstmord begehen." Track four throws down bio-sythetic rhythms that are engaged with strange distant voices. Track five, "keine macht der welt" presents a powerful dark ambient feel with paced static waves that are assisted by shadowy string textures and a beautiful foreboding melody that makes this the most introspective piece on this release.

As for the other half of this cd-r, I have to admit that it is not as appealing to me. Luftkanone presents four erosive tracks that utilize a small variety of modulated frequencies, vocals that seems to be quite annoying. Maybe this is the goal; if so he had accomplished it. All in all, if you have not heard Baal, you should probably look into this.