Over the past twelve months, BLAKOPZ have served as tour support for AESTHETIC PERFECTION's "All.Cities.Destroyed" 26-date North American tour over the summer of 2012, opened for SUICIDE COMMANDO, FGFC820 and TACTICAL SEKT in the US, and made their first European live appearance earlier this year at Resistanz Festival in the UK.
Slick and powerful, the follow-up "As Nations Decay" takes the band's already pristine production to a new level, while moving their music in new and intriguing directions with songs such as on "#culturedelete" or the almost ballad-like "Before the Rust". Fans of the sound of "Blood, Sweat and Fear" will hardly be disappointed either, with the inclusion of classic BLAKOPZ cuts like "Behind the Curtain" and “The Beginning”, the jackhammer instrumental "Turn Key Tyranny" and the jokingly titled "Business as Usual". The album also features two fresh collaborations – this time co-written and performed with Russian dark electro outfit SLEETGROUT and Montreal's NITRO/NOISE. The CD version is rounded out by three bonus tracks - remixes from the maverick ALTER DER RUINE, CRYOGENIC ECHELON and 2012 touring partners AESTHETIC PERFECTION.
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