Six tracks broken down into two "phases" all but one of which is over the eleven minute mark. MELEK-THA's was long known as a purveyor of sinister Black Ambient soundscapes, but the last couple releases have been a bit noisier and more animated. Such is true of Perfect World Eradication, the copious samples are still present, but a dirtier sound has replaced the barren ambience. Rhythmic pulses and beats and grainy distortions have been added to the reverberant tones, and I think gives the material a bit more teeth and character. This has always been a project focused on inspiring the blackest of visions and while the new material isn't as utterly bleak it continues with this charge. His name is Lord Evil after all, I don't think he has a choice. The title track however is a bit of a puzzler, there is a real song(s) amid the stormy atmosphere... drums, clean vocals, guitars. It sounds like a rather upbeat, but introspective kind of indy rock thing. I have to believe these elements are samples, but much of the insert is in French and so who knows. I don't see what the hope was for this, the song(s) are not processed or anything, simply submerged in the MELEK-THA murk. If this is some kind of statement relating to the title, it is really jarring and takes away from what had been established. The album picks up where it left off before that track. "Terminal Suffering" is a fairly unchanging mix of ambience, statics and a rhythmic loop that is longer than it needs to be given its lack of development. "Doctrines Of The New Society" returns to the quality of the first two tracks however with it's swirling atmosphere and injection of rhythm. "You Are The Slaves, We Are The Masters" closes the disc with the noisiest track and at the same time most rhythmic track yet. A buzzing mid range drone is at the core and it's then augmented with a ritualistic beat and suppressed waves of ambience, that shifts into a heavy mechanized beat among cavernous echoes. On the whole I like this, with 4 out of the 6 tracks being quite strong, and the others not quite to the same quality.

Scott