62 minutes, 14 seconds

PreEmptive Strike 0.1
Lethal Defence Systems

Industrial music made by cretins! Uh, make that Cretans. You know, Greeks who live on the island of Crete. There's actually a growing cadre of electro bands from Greece (Iambia, Siva Six, and a few others--who knew?) who make competent, if not exactly innovative, EBM. PreEmptive Strike 0.1 (what's with the intra-cap "E"?) are in the paint-by-numbers Agonoize category of ultra-distorted vocals, melodic synths, and movie samples. And that's about all I need to say about them.

A word about the Raison d'Être CD below: The title is actually--and it pains me to even type this--Enthraled by the Wind of Lonelienes. The editor in me simply couldn't let that stand, so I not-so-silently corrected it for the purposes of this blog. I understand that Peter Andersson is Swedish, and hence English is not his native language. So, on the one hand, perhaps I ought to be forgiving. On the other hand, if English isn't his native language, why didn't he title the album in his native Swedish instead? Or, here's a thought: Ask a native English speaker how to spell the words you want to use. Harumph.

Also today:

62:13 Raison d'Être, Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness
62:12 The Glimmer Room, Tomorrow's Tuesday
62:12 O Quam Tristis, Méditations Ultimes
62:11 Beefcake, Coincidentia Oppositorum
62:11 Para, Zentese
62:10 Tumor, Welcome Back, Asshole!
62:08 Helga Pogatschar, Mars: Requiem
62:08 Die Sektor, To Be Fed Upon
62:07 Run Level Zero, Symbol of Submission
62:03 Data-Bank-A, The Deconstruction
62:02 In the Nursery, Duality