Stromstad "New Devoted Human"

Band: Stromstad
Title: New Devoted Human
Label: Malignant Records
Date: December 8, 2017
Country: Norway / Finland

Well well well... First of all, very good looking the Digipack that I have in my hands.
I received this release a little late, (thank you very much to the customs) directly from the label and what I have to say about the same? Totally unknown. I had never heard of such a band. So I did some homework. "New Devoted Human" is the band's first release. That band, which is the union of three musicians. Jasse Tuukki and Toni Myöhänen from the band STROM.ec and Kristoffer Oustad which was created in 2015. But what do we have here? These three musicians from Norway and Finland make a mixture of sound that brushes the Dark Ambient style, very obscure and the musical style, Industrial. They are well-elaborated compositions, a little aggressive at times and that very sincerely, I think the ears of many will feel difficult to listen to the songs here present. The songs have a rhythmic cadence present that made me shake my head and made my feet set the rhythm/beat of the songs. Sung or spoken phrases that sometimes appear in songs can "fill up" and your message of destruction is very real. There are some "loops" throughout the album that are nicely matched with the rest of the "sounds", rhythm, beat behind the song. I can also add that on this album I found different sounds and/or beats than I am used to listening to in this musical genre. There is something here that touches the "Electronic" but in a harder and bolder way, more obscure and heavy. It was a very good discovery for me. I really liked what I heard. If by chance someone is willing to listen to something new, different and obscure I strongly advise this band. 8/10 By Me, Myself & I


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Analfabetism "Skammen"

Band: Analfabetism

Album: Skammen

Format: Digipack

Label: Malignant Records

Release date: September 8, 2017

Country: Sweden

Analfabetism ... Well ... Maybe I even "suffer" it ... At the musical level ... Very sincerely there is so much that appears in these days and in absurd amounts that it will be extremely difficult to follow, even if it is dedicated to a unique musical style. Even worse for me, I like a lot of musical styles. So yes, I will be a true illiterate in the music ... But ... Does the name of the band mean this or one of the other aspects of Analfabetism? The one in which you can not understand things as simple as they are? Hmmmm ... Let's talk about music ... I was completely unaware of this band, or rather this project, because it is composed of one person, Fredrik Djurfeldt. Many thanks Malignant Records. Dark ambient is what is heard in this work. Very good by the way. But listening to this work noticed that there was something different, something that was not so abrasive, something that could create a dense atmosphere, some loops that passed and create an environment, I will say a little obscure and with the feeling that humanity is over and you are to live the remnants of the end of existence. As I am a little bit lazy in this musical style (I'm not ashamed to say it: P and because I've only listened to this genre more assiduously +/- since 2015) but I found something different and went to search. I discovered that the sounds, the atmosphere, the lack of certain sounds, was a musical subgenre. Death Industrial (go and search). So after many, many times, I have listened to this release, rediscover new sounds, loops, sound effects, sounds that sometimes resembled an explosion mixed with the sounds of machines that react to nuclear radiation, mechanical beats, etc. I can say that this project is a very good job of Dark Ambient influenced by Death Industrial. If there is anything better than Analfabetism? Tchhhh ... I do not know. But I liked this album. "Skammen" will be something I will listen to more often. 8/10 By Me, Myself & I

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United Front "By All Means II (The Fall of Church and State)"

Band: United Front
Title: By All Means II (The Fall of Church and State)

Label: Malignant Records
Release date: September. 2017
Country: Spain

United Front ... Well ... Formerly called U-731 and composed only Gordon Lazarus. But they are currently a duo and the info I found in this cyber world was a little contradictory. On a site I even found that they played Death Metal. Ahahahahahah. Well, from Death Metal they do not have anything very honestly, at least here. So what does this duo play or what musical style are they related to? I think that the main strand is the Dark Ambient. However, and from what I am aware of this musical genre (which unfortunately only in these last two years I have heard more regularly) have much more things around here. I noticed a criticism of American society, the way it moves around corruption, war and conflict. I came to this point, or I deduce this, because of the samples taken from a movie or a TV series (I do not remember here, but I know I've heard and seen the phrases used somewhere, I hate it when this happens and I do not remember) used. There is also a critique or finger pointing here to religion and how it manipulates society. The music made by this duo for about 34 minutes +/- has quite good moments, I liked the mix of sounds, from the distorted voices, to the atmosphere created by the samples, mixed sounds that come and go in a chaotic way but the in an order organized and that make sense in this sequence of entry and exit. I noticed a little influence in some industrial sound and its cadence, or at least the sounds distilled in the column of my stereo so reminded me and managed to take me along that path. The sound obtained throughout this work is all very obscure, even at the beginning of the song "Church and State" where a female voice is heard in a genre of Gregorian chant (If I am not mistaken this little song is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, I do not know if I'll be right). Sometimes the sound of this duo sounds a bit "antagonistic" but it can make sense, at least to me it did. It is not easy to describe what I felt and how I felt when I listened this work, unless I loved to meet this duo and their music, and that I want to listen more of the things that they have done. Do I recommend this release? Yes. To all the listeners, now let's be if they have the ability to listen and try to understand what is done here??? Go and listen. 8/10 By Me, Myself & I.

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