After releasing a mulititude of CD-r and tapes, the german label Fich-art (managed by Asche) released its first pressed CD with the first release  of our compatriot  Paul Lavigne a.k.a Eva|3 who spent 4 years producing it. This slow maturation shows in the listenning of "The Great Divide" escaping the categorisation to one of the industrial sub genres. Eva|3 can play with monotonous repetition (crawling), abuse a serial-like piano part with abrasive spitting sounds (The excellent "Low Secret Dreams" is an ideal opening to the album), as well as pushing everything in the red with dry rhythmss and metal in fusion (Rejected by Both) to fight on the same ground as S.I.N.A with the help of the Venom Seeds punk singer Riotmiloo  (Sweet Abuse) whose voice gives the sonic texture of the chilling "The Black Lodge" or to embrace the most abrasive noise ("Little Inside So Addicted"). Add to the equation some inspired and deserved participation of Asche, Lith and Philipp Münch (Synapscape/The Rorsarsch Garden) and you obtain one of the most recommendable industrial album of these last few months.

by Jean Francois Micard