Electro - workaholic Andy LaPlegua has not been idle towards the end of the year and is now able to unleash his next musical massacre in the form of the eagerly anticipated new Combichrist album, "Everybody Hates You". Not content with delivering his incendiary musical outpourings on one single disc, this trip into the nether regions of dark electro spills over onto a BONUS 9 track second disc - diving headfirst into the depths of the dark side of human nature. On CD1 we find a musical martyrdom of thudding beats, head-splitting sequences and distorted, aggressive vocals delivered in the best EBM tradition. Complete with provocative and stirring samples this is an album that is not for the faint of heart or easily disturbed : featuring dark excursions into the human psyche from the computerised drone of "I Am A Whore" with another track delivering the names of prominent serial killers to the background of an industrial machine-gun-beat staccato. Musically, combines the hard-dance side of techno with the sweaty aggression of EBM and the twisted aural torture of industrial to his very own Combichrist-style. While the first part of this musical opus seems destined for the dance floor, as the thunderstorm of rhythm, sweat und mechanical inferno does not break for the entire duration of CD 1, on CD2, "Everybody Hates You" shows a seemingly different face. Decidedly ambient, Combichrist lure the listener into the false belief that they are now in for a chill out after being through hell and high water. The more one tends to follow this lead, the more one gradually notices that this is also just another facet of the same face. By then it's already too late - as you are indoctrinated into the subversive electronic darkness of CombiChrist. Like needle atonalities and elements of sonic torture assimilating the brain, the electro-horror of "Everybody Hates You" concentrates the musical madness into an all encompassing and murderous sound-wall that cannot be escaped...Truly Hardcore.