Rex Mundi X-ile [Extra tracks]

Ensoph | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 5, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Cruz Del Sur
• ASIN: B001PA7OM6
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #798,101 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Evil Has Found a Servant

2. Dance High & Shine, Shiva!

3. Shame on You!

4. Splendour & Majesty

5. In Cinere et Cilicio

6. The Whore & The Ashetist

7. Thir(s)ty Pieces of Silver

8. ...and I Hear a Voice

9. 9xs

10. Disciplina Arcani [un Canto Per l'Esilio]

11. Come in Uno Specchio

12. Would? [*]

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Too much, April 9, 2010

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This review is from: Rex Mundi X-ile (Audio CD)

Rex Mundi X-Ile is album number five from Italian noise merchants Ensoph. The masked, alias-using metallers are back with their own unique and disturbing brand of techno-industrial gothic kind of, sort of black metal.

I have to give Ensoph credit for being adventurous and experimenting with different sounds. Unfortunately, the impression left by Rex Mundi X-Ile is that the band is trying a little too hard to incorporate too many different sounds, and the result is simply too cacophonous to enjoy on any meaningful level. The blast beats and sinister vocals recall Dimmu Borgir and the techno beats and melodic keyboards bring to mind Samael, but instead of striking a balance between the various elements, Ensoph slathers the whole mixture in high speed, high frequency industrial noise. It's a shame too, because under the surface I bet there's a lot here to like.

Unless you're a major fan of electronic and industrial music, Rex Mundi X-Ile may prove to be a bit too much to handle for even the most open-minded metal fan. If you get the chance though, by all means check out the band's cover of the Alice in Chains classic "Would?". It's not as faithful to the original as Opeth's recent version, but it's definitely more creative and slightly less noise-laden than the rest of Rex Mundi X-Ile.