The indie film THREAT is notorious for its brutal methods of sending a positive message.
THREAT: MUSIC THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE
This is not the film soundtrack; this is a supplementary album full of further adventures in musical fusion. Breakcore mixmasters take hold of songs by the likes of Minor Threat, Terror, and Youth Of Today, and play Dr. Frankenstein to produce a monster of intense, unusual, and at times very impressive character. So there's no confusion over this breakcore style, this release is more a showcase for skilled DJs to dismember and reassemble an uncanny marriage of techno and metallic hardcore.
A beast that becomes a beauty, this musical creation carries substance, maintaining continuity with the film's concept of hope - to join diametrically opposed elements in harmony. Of the 15 mixes, some are truly wonders of electronic possibility. Enduser's retooling of Terror's "Overcome" retains genuine brutality, and Killswitch Engage's "World Ablaze" is put into surreal industrial disco beats by Edgey. In touch with THREAT's message, all tracks are listed in a confrontational manner (e.g. Agnostic Front vs. Alec Empire and Bleeding Through vs. Hecate). Considering that resolution often follows revolution, the antagonistic manner is appropriate.
THREAT: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Alec Empire of Atari Teenage Riot is at the helm of THREAT's soundtrack, the accompaniment to the movie about social unrest in New York's Lower East Side. Empire's omnipresent influence is felt on the majority of the 18 tracks that litter the album with hardcore techno and industrial anthems. Empire's "Night Of Violence" is one of the paramount tracks with its thick guitars and blurry vocals that sets the stage for the album's volatile atmosphere. Half of Atari Teenage Riot's noteworthy contributions stem from Delete Yourself, such as "Start The Riot" and "Into The Death." Midway, Bleeding Through cuts the fog of digital music to send the album into a hardcore tailspin with "Number Seven With A Bullet." Most Precious Blood and Eighteen Visions keep the industrial riot at bay with lashings of metalcore on "The Great Red Shift" and "One Hell Of A Prize Fighter." The closing half of the album falters with Queque's two offerings and Eyes Like Knives' "Drone" - four minutes of dead air that put the breaks on the album's intensity. "The Kids Are United" closes the disc on an upbeat and positive note. Empire has crafted a score that is overcast with Atari Teenage Riot work that incites the intense, riot inspiring environment that the movie demands.
