Even though their full-lenght debut "Slashing Victory" was quite uncomparable in quality to anything that have been released in Hungary in the '90s, the band was badly underrated, and they have split-up, so "Seperate Races" wasn't released until 2018. The album's main influences followed the changing tendencies of the middle '90s, when most metal bands tried various ways to renew their style. Industrial metal started to rise from the early '90s thanks to bands like Nine Inch Nails, Ministry or Fear Factory, and even some previusly way heavier bands like Sepultura drifted closer to these tendencies. For most old fans the mix of metal and industrial was kind of controversial, and similar style switches didn't seem to be the most fortunate steps. However, Atomic did something extraordinary again by this switch, since nothing similar could have been heard in the Hungarian scene even since now, and again the quality of their music matched to the standards of the international level. In it's local scene "Separate Races" was ahead of it's time again, maybe even more than the band's debut was. The themes are catchy and enjoyable even in their repetitive form, and to the heavy sound factory production noises are assisting, to increase the cold, unfiendly impression. All the key features of industrial metal were applied in the most advantageous way, and if it's about '90s industrial, "Seperate Races" could be compared only to the best albums that have been made in this style. In general the album is intense, and despite it's cold impression, it also shows some party compatibe aspect. Atomic's approach was quite genuine, and it's easy to distingush them from all other well known intustrial metal bands and projects.
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