ENTREAT.
began its existence sometime in the year 1997. It was created for
one reason only: to fulfill the people involved in it. They came
a long, turbulent way from those hazy times and the result is in
front of you, Deincubation, their second
album. Is it a step forward? Did they manage to catch a sparkle
of life's fire in their music? Yes, it sure looks like it.
ENTREAT. are from Slovenia. That
for itself doesn't say much, but if you are familiar with other
bands from that country you will agree that they all feature a certain
melancholic turbulence in their music. Clean tone guitars have mixed
up many music definitions and the way ENTREAT.
play their guitars labeled them emo-metal. However, their roots
lie somewhere else: in the North, deep in Swedish hardcore and metal.
Two people leaving the band and two new people
joining it brought some meaningful changes to ENTREAT.'s
musical orientation. After their 7" single and their debut
album Shaded, both released by Choose
Life Records, their music became harder, faster and more
aggressive, but did not lose that special ENTREAT.
touch. Although the band's music and its rhythm are close to breaking
the limits of hardcore, those roots can still be felt.
Matjaž, Miloš,
Patrik, Peter and Samo
cruised through Europe several times. They refer to those experiences
as their magical mystery tours. The last two years they spent in
their practice room and at the Alpha Omega studio
in Italy where they recorded Deincubation
with Alex Azzalli.
Now, finally out, from the infamous Alpha
Omega studio, released by Moonlee Records,
comes Deincubation, their second album,
named after the very process through which it came into existence.
ENTREAT. presents perceptions gathered in the past
and marks new directions. They point the way they are going, taking
their music with them. More space to move and more possibilities
also mean more difficulties. But as they say: "The art
of life is building yourself in a space without a single solid point."
"Ride through the desert of our
lives my dear desperado."
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