After the 7" "ReuTRauM III", it's under the form of a 10" that Reutoff pursue their collaboration with the label Hau Ruck! This production will not surprise the auditors already familiar with this music from the suburbs of Moscow, as the alchemy between ritual, industrial and ambient sonorities is once again a success.
The record opens with 'Oranus', a long sonic passage where prevails a ritual atmosphere enriched by Russian language samples distilled wittingly and parsimoniously... before leaving place to track with a more sustained rhythm 'Urahn', where the electronic sonorities are more present without occulting the ritual aspect through a chorus of male voices present in the background during the whole the track. The cinematographic sound excerpts that prevail at the end of the track turn out to be in perfect harmony with the ritual atmosphere that emanates from the first act of this 10"...
The first seconds of the second side are declined on a rhythm that is always ritual but more ambient. It is customary for Reutoff's to never lead their listeners where they expect and 'Strafe' does not depart from their way of doing... The rhythm accelerates progressively, backed by heavy percussions and a more industrial sound, more epic and hypnotic at certain moments to gain in intensity and literally transport the listener...
This production admirably closes on a last track 'Epitaph' that seems to be darker... perhaps closer to the atmospheres of "Das Absterben", which personally does not displease me...

A record that is of course indispensable for those who have already invested the Reutoff universe... For the "non-initiated", an occasion that should not be missed to discover a Russian industrial formation of great talent... But in all cases, you should not delay as it is a limited edition of 500 copies (200 brown and 300 black) that will soon be difficult to find...