?Sonic Suicide? is the latest CD from Poland?s ethnic drone trippers, The Magic Carpathians. I?ve never been disappointed by what Anna Nacher and Marek Styczynski do. Each of their albums, dating back to when they went by the name Atman in the mid 90s up till now, has been marked by some kind of unique identifying mark or theme. ?Sonic Suicide? is imbued with the spiritual world angst of the last two years. The industrial sound-scape of ?The Prison of Your Mind,? a propulsive loop of mechanized rhythms and angular guitars, is a scorching electro/ krautrock evocation. ?2003? has somber guitar cycling beneath Anna?s irate, unorthodox vocal, bringing to mind Renate Knaup and Diamanda Galas. ?Carpathian Herbs? and the title track explore more extended trance space that falls somewhere between early Amon D??l II and Hell on earth. And closer ?Om Ah Sarasvati Namaha (Cosmic Version)? combines ethnic instrumentation, hypnotic chants and Hendrexian guitar sonics into a transcendent meltdown. That seems to sum up this record; it?s another chance to rise above the muck through lysergic sound tunnels rendered in headphones-ready stereo splendor. 8/10 -- Lee Jackson (29 June, 2006)