Somatic Responses was categorized as an IDM act and they didn’t like that. So they decided to make a record that would change the public’s opinion on them about this. Pounded Mass is that album.
To me this is still IDM. The music on Pounded Mass is intelligent electronic music with roots in elektro and industrial. While listening to this record you will be served a diverse dish. The rhythm and the structures get more wild and weird with each track. This results in a varied electronic music album with some heavy, but intelligent, industrial influences.
Maybe this is not a standard IDM release, but it still is an IDM record.