Band:	The Project Hate MCMXCIX
Album:	Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis)
Style:	Industrial death metal
Release date:	February 14, 2011
A review by:	KwonVerge

01. Iesus Nazarenus, Servus Mei
02. They Shall All Be Witnesses
03. A Revelation Of Desecrated Heavens
04. Summoning Majestic War
05. The Serpent Crowning Ritual
06. Bring Forth Purgatory

The Project Hate MCMXCIX is a band whose existence I was aware of, yet I never had the chance to listen to, but with their brand new 2011 release I managed to get a glimpse of what they are about, in the present of course. Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis) is its title and the cover artwork serves its purpose well concerning the first impression it wants to give; a mystical, mechanized, apocalyptic scenery with eulogies from the future.

The album consists of 6 lengthy compositions and spreads its legs like an octopus upon the metal map, ranging from At The Gates references to groovier death metal moments, from industrial passages to more atmospheric soundscapes etc, marching into darkness to slowly emerge and devour. Of course you will find pleasing or lunatic keyboards, intriguing electronics and maneuvering FX making their appearance quite enough times, playing their very important part on the atmosphere-evoking factor. The main core of ambiance though relies on Jörgen Sandström's tremendous, boiling grunts and Ruby Roque's surrounding, floating, intense interpretation alongside the guitars that forge an ever-exploding core of blooming riffology upon the to the point rhythm section.

The production is simply spot on, complimenting every single instrument, FX and vocal part, keeping the balance and never failing to bring forth or keep in the background anything required, to emphasize or make you listen more carefully to discover something "hidden" for a reason respectively. Of course there are some sound references, but in the end, the overall outcome is being filtered through tough sound lens and personality is what remains.

If you'd like to refer to this album in genre terms it would go likes this: avant-garde flirting industrial/atmospheric death metal with distinctive sound and mature ideas. No, Bleeding The New Apocalypse is not fragile, it's a beast of power that's not afraid to dive into more atmospheric waters whenever needed, something like "A Revelation Of Desecrated Heavens", who could have said it better if not the band itself?

65 minutes of atmospheric violence that will keep your interest at high levels await you if you get to listen to The Project Hate MCMXCIX's latest birth, personally I can't stop listening to it.