Would you look at that! Obscure Russian industrial electro named after fictional extraterrestial fascist vermin, how quaint. At least it's different from the stuff I usually listen to when I'm staring at my computer screen with a cup of coffee and an egg salad sandwich as sustenance. Granted, the band's monicker isn't that excellent from a marketing point of view, but it seems like NBFA didn't regard that to be a relevant concern. The six tracks on this EP, released by Zhelezobeton in a limited edition of only 250 copies, were recorded in the period 1997-1999, so they've been gathering dust for quite a while before they were burned on digital discs in 2007. The unidentified individuals behind this project not only have a queer sense of humour, but apparently they also don't feel the urge to manifest themselves excessively.

The whirling ballet of mechanical rhythmic industrial and old school dark electro contains something tangible, let's call it atmosphere. It's not like the foundations of the whole industrial electro movement are shattered and redefined here, but nicely composed tracks such as these certainly manage to keep my interest. This is also because of the samples used (a certain Führer screaming rhetorics and the quasi-enlightenments of the self-appointed occult grandmaster Aleister Crowley, among others), which spice the whole up a bit more, but the influences from Front Line Assembly, Velvet Acid Christ and Front 242 help as well. Even though "Invasion" certainly isn't suffering from pretentiousness, this black cd with its gradual tension arches indisputably has its moments. Titles such as "Swastika Man" and "Nazi UFO Attacks Paris Nightclub" indicate that we shouldn't take this too seriously. Nonetheless, this old-fashionedly produced disc is rather enjoyable... with or without the accompaniment of a bottle of vodka.