Their new label in Asia put me onto this Polish pack of five. Again, as we’ve had them before on The Baboon. Storming out of Warsaw since 2002, Chain Reaction – a name which they share with a bunch of other bands – has slowly managed to make a name for itself. Though their 2006 release ‘id’ landed them a load of shows within Poland, the album’s less-than-half-an-hour duration proved an obstacle for getting a good record deal.

So, for 2007’s album, they just added about fifteen minutes of tunes and voilà, a deal was struck with Italian label Kolony Records, with which they later also aired their 2009 record.

When I looked at my list of bands that I still want to post, it occurred to me that several of them can be shoved under a common Industrial/Cyber Metal genre. We like common grounds as a good excuse to bundle stuff, so that called for an Industrial Metal post! And because there are so many of such bands, I’ve decided to divide them up into two posts.

So, when you, like me, are a great fan of Metal with big use of keyboards, synthesizers and other electro-gear – or when you want to become such a fan – you’ll hopefully strike a bonanza here. In the first part, we’ve got three bands from Eastern Europe, namely Illidiance and All for Fake from Russia and Cruentus from Poland.

Thursday, September 9th. But you knew that. For me it’s still Saturday morning and I’m quickly trying to get another post up for my time away. As said, I’m in Poland (coming back tonight, your tonight, not mine at this moment), in the town of Zakopane. So, I deem it quite fitting to throw out a load of Polish bands today.

We’ll kick off with thrash metal that’s gone industrial. The band to make it is called Saratan, which apparently is Cancer in Arabic. Sick! Next is Vader, a pioneering group in the death-thrash department. Finally: Made of Hate, melodic Death Metal from Warsaw.