I've listened to ATR since the 90s as well. I really like both "Is This Hyperreal?" and "Reset" albums. Quit complaining that they don't sound the same as they did in the 90s! Life goes on and people change. I'm more interested in their new stuff than listening to their old stuff and wishing they'd be stuck in the past forever. The mix of noise and political / current event lyrics is what I enjoy about them. They are still making very cool stuff and are very interesting. ATR = punk. They are more relevant now than ever.

When I first picked up this album, I had already knew that this was not going to be the same Atari Teenage Riot I knew back when I discover them back in 2005. I was actually a little worried if this album was going still be ATR-ish because of Carl's death and the abstinence of Hanin (to which, I hope Alec and Hanin settle their differences one day). But after listening to it a couple of times, I say it's still has that Atari Teenage Riot vibe. Songs like Activate!, Black Flags, and The Only Slight Glimmer Of Hope are pretty close to a classic Atari Teenage Riot songs. But in a typical ATR style, they try to enhance their sounds and experiment to be more modern, which I'm all up for! Songs like Shadow Identity, Blood In My Eyes and The Collapse of History are very welcoming new songs, and they're pretty good and fun songs! But, on the other hand, songs like Is This Hyperreal, Digital Decay and Codebreakers kind of feel bland to me.Production wise, it's not the old Digital Hardcore sound from the 90s. I mean, this is still Digital Hardcore, but I feel it's becoming more on the electronic side. Other than that, yes, this is still a Digital Hardcore record.I think the only real problem I have with this album is the lack of CX Kidtronik involvement on this album, he only did vocals for Three of the songs. I know he's not the next Carl Crack, but hell I would've love to hear more output from him in this album. But the point of the matter and the reason why I'm writing this review: Is this an actual Atari Teenage Riot album???The answer: To some, yes, to others no. It's an opinion based answer, and I could see why fans would either hate or love this album. Sure, it's an great album, not my favorite, but it's a fun album to listen to once in a while.

I discovered Atari Teenage Riot when I in 9th grade; around 2005 --- I think? Maybe '06. So I fell in love with their "original" sound --- "1995/Delete Yourself!", "The Future of War", and --- to a lesser extent --- "60 Second Wipe Out". When I got this album, I was a bit disappointed. I really like the message behind the lyrics, but Christopher_Jion is right: There is too much sloganeering going on. I don't want another "Delete Yourself!" because I get that bands need to evolve their sound, but this album really does seem to leave out a large part of the "Digital Hardcore" and "Atari Teenage Riot" aesthetic and ideal(s). There are a few songs that I like: "Activate" is probably the closest you'll get to the classic ATR sound, but even that is a far stretch. "The Collapse of History" is pretty cool, but not a classic ATR song. I think that if this released under a different name then there wouldn't be such a backlash.

I love ATR works but to me it seems that Mr. Alec Empire is not more like his early works , i mean like "Delete Yourself" and "Future of War" to me the deep abstract art of what ATR made in their early music was intense gave chills, gave trills, gave goosebumps etc... now i feel with their new releases it all kinda disapeared into a more 'commercial' sound like another style that is Drum & Bass , is sad in a way but still good. Now there's Nic Endo she's great but never forget ATR was Alec Empire,Hanin Elias and Carl Crack (R.I.P.) . I give this album a 3/5 .Recommended for all DHR,Alec Empire ,... fan

Music Is A Weapon... Arm Yourselves...So ATR is back, in full effect i might add, the no-nonsense lyrics delivered in the ever so angry manner, a little more focused, a little more mature, Alec is back with Nic Endo's sonic assaults and ruff to the smooth vocals.The breaks driven distorted mayhem however is gone... (except the slight return on the last track "Collapse of History" in the form of the mighty "AMEN BREAK").It's safe to say that they haven't lost their edge, which is very surprising. In the age of digital decay ATR is a fitting soundtrack. To all those that are wondering why ATR does not sound like "Delete Yourself" and "Future of War", ask yourselves this simple question: Is the way you communicate the same as 10-16 years ago?Recommended.

nah, dude, they've COMPLETELY lost their edge in every way imaginable. The new music is weak. I'm not saying it has to sound like 1995 or The Future Of War. But, totally objectively, this new album sucks.

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lol, what kind of shit is this supposed to be, that's even worse than ATR's Reset Album and can in no way compare to their older records.

This is a great album. I have been listening to ATR since 1997 when I was 13 years old, I'm 27 now, I've gone long periods of time without feeling like listening to ATR or any of the DHR stuff, but I always come back to it. So what if this newest album is more commercial? What do you want? It's a bit more mature than previous albums, then again Alec Empire is like 40 now, isn't he? Atari Teenage Riot and the whole DHR discography was to me always as much about the music as it was style and aesthetic anyhow. Every song on this album is anthemic and fun, if perhaps not lyrically cutting and sharp as previous albums. But just don't think too hard about it. Just enjoy it. Or don't. I'm sure Mr. Empire won't care either way but personally I'm glad, and literally, euphorically ecstatic to have a new ATR album in my hands. It sounds like current dance music smashed up with old 90's ATR, it's new and different enough to keep my interest but evokes a nostalgia for the good old days of DHR too. So what if they went more "commercial"? It's still a great album, with that same sneering, punky, snotty, fuck you attitude that made me fall in love with ATR in the first place. And still I've a crush on Alec Empire. And Nic Endo.