Maurizio Bianchi hardly needs an introduction I should think. The old master of industrial music is back after a hiatus - although recently I heard rumors of him going back in hibernation - but 'Apokalypsis XXIII' seems to be a new work. Four quotes from the book of Apocalypse is all the cover reveals for this. Bianchi is apparently still a devoted man, but this time the apocalypse doesn't get a loud soundtrack, like it would have sounded thirty years ago, but a rather gentle work. Four long parts - a trademark for Bianchi is that he doesn't always knows when to stop a piece of music, which might be his true power, but sometimes also his weakest side - of noncommittal synthesizer playing. Using loops of synthesizers, along with real-time playing, the apocalypse is depicted here as a chaotic but mild place, although I doubt its a pleasant place to stay around. The music is however quite nice, even for firm non-believers as I like to think of myself. A powerful work by Bianchi, even when the power is the actual mildness of the music, although not as new agey as his earlier works