REVIEW: MOZEK MOTORS - TWIN TOWER TORTURE SESSIONS

MOZEK MOTORS - TWIN TOWER TORTURE SESSIONS (Independent, 2002)

Produced By: Mozek Motors

Tracks: 1- Luzifers Elektrik, 2- Slaughterhouse Fuck, 3- Twin Tower Torture, 4- Rising Hell, 5- Dealing Pain

Cover Art by Mozek Motors

The first track here starts with silence and then an electronic drumbeat. Then, all of a sudden you get into "Slaughterhouse Fuck" which is a full speed grind track with extremely distorted bass and deathly vocals. The next track is even faster, with processed vocals in the background that are different from the ones in the previous track. One thing that is really particular here are the electronic drums doing blast beats and hyperfast rhythms: there are ultra fast double bass patterns and a lot of hihat smashing parts. The riffs are well constructed and my absolute ones favourites are the ones in "Rising Hell (kind of heavier and more rhythmic) and I think this is the way Mozek motors should go in the future. Grind freaks rejoice with Mozek Motors but be open minded because here you have other elements that are not common in the style.

Contact: brookrec@gmx.de

REVIEW: MOURNING BELOVETH - DUST

MOURNING BELOVETH - DUST (Sentinel Records, 2002)

Produced By: Mags

Tracks: 1- The Mountins are Mine, 2- In Mourning My Days, 3- Dust, 4- Autumnal Fires, 5- All Hope is Pleading, 6- It Almost Looked Human, 7- Sinistra, 8- Forever Lost Emeralds

Recorded at Academy Studios

We reviewed the original version of this release in the beginning of 2001. Now, Sentinel Records have rereleased this album and added some extra tracks that nmake this release even more interesting. Here we have the doom metal that have made Mourning Beloveth a respected band in the underground. Here we have the excellent production by Mack that extract all the sounds that the band does and puts them as the musicians have imagined to achieve the better possible result. Here we have the climatic parts with some Trouble influences and that seventies like guitar sound that is a trademark along the vocals of the Mourning Beloveth´s sound. One of the extra tracks here is taken from the band´s 1998 demo ("Forever Lost Emeralds") and the other one is from the band´s upcoming album ("It Almost..."). If you like music that shows feelings of depression and despair along with a lot of heaviness in the music then Mourning Beloveth is a good choice for you.

Favorite tracks: "The mountains are Mine", "Dust" and "Sinistra"

Contact: www.sentinel.com

REVIEW: MORTE INTERNA - SIT UP ON THE BORDER

 

MORTE INTERNA - SIT UP ON THE BORDER (Independent, 2002)

Produced By: Morte Interna

Tracks: 1- Borned to Be Damned, 2- The Strange Winged Creature, 3- Sit Up on the Border, 4- A Fire Candles Litting, 5- Draging Along My Life

Cover Art by Morte Interna

Here we have five more tracks from this extremely noisy and experimental band from Italy. The songs here are better developed and they have better drumming sound, plus the deathly/distorted vocals are better mixed and can be listened in all their magnitude. The guitar continues to be extremely distorted but this time can be more appreciated. The great thing about Morte Interna´s music is the many changes that are on each one of the songs. There are breaks, distorted solos, rhythm changes, keyboards parts (check the end of "The Strange Winged Creature"). This time there are also some clean guitar parts that are followed immediately by the distorted one (as in the track "Sit Up on the Border"). This is madness guaranteed and total brutal experimetnation.

Favorite tracks: "The Strange Winged..." and "A Fire Candles Litting"

Contact: corallorouge@libero.it

REVIEW: MORTE INTERNA - WORLDS TOO CAN BE TRANSPLANTED

 

MORTE INTERNA - WORLDS TOO CAN BE TRANSPLANTED (Independent, 2002)

Produced By: Morte Interna

Tracks: 1- Everything is Dead, 2- Survivor Heart, 3- To You My Deaf lover, 4- Worlds Too Can Be Transplanted, 5- The Stairs of The Fear, 6- On the last Hour, 7- A God Borned From a Poisonous Flower, 8- The Dance of the Devil´s Dolls

Cover Art by Morte Interna

This is really experimental!! We can define the music that Morte Interna does on this recording as metal because of the use of extremely distorted guitars (the guitar sound here is extremely raw, like he is using a distortion pedal with a full distorted amp). But the music here has a different feeling than all of the styles that you know. There are multiple rhythm changes and breaks that give a chaotic feeling to each of the songs here. There is the use of programmed drums that add an industrial feeling too and then there are the vocals which are sometimes deathly and sometimes screaming and sometimes distorted. There are guitar phrases that start fast and become faster, like scales or arpeggios and all of a sudden the song end (check "To You My Deaf Lover"). This is a CD that is not designed to be liked in the first listening, you have to listen to it carefully to understand completely what Morte Interna´s music is about. Really experimental.

Favorite tracks: "Survivor Heart", "On the Last Hour" and "The Stairs of the Fear"

Contact: corallorouge@libero.it

REVIEW: MOONLIGHT CORPORATION V 1.0

 

MOONLIGHT CORPORATION V 1.0 (Sector 19 Recs., 2002)

Compiled by Cynthia Paris at Sector 19

Tracks: 1- Delirium Tremens (Jailbird), 2- Militia Love (S.M.P.), 3- Dagon (Progeria), 4- Twilight World (Aiboforcen), 5- Name of God (Six Past Seven), 6- Tense and Taut (Mouth of Indifference), 7- Jesus Christ V 2.0 (Chaos Engine), 8- Mysterious (System 81), 9- Crucifixion (Arkam Asylum), 10 Human Fragments (Mnemonic), 11- AnimalFarm (Tin.RP), 12- Soul and Substance (Mind Flux Funeral), 13- She Said (St. John´s Eve), 14- Kein Traum (Monoid), 15- Dock to Dock 2001 (Autocad), 16- Fullbandwidth (Silencer), 17- Last Pray (Jailbird)

Mastering by Marisa Dery at The Tape Complex

Here we have this compilation that features sixteen bands from different sides of the electronic specter: from the industrial side represented by bands like Jailbird, to the almost dance in bands like Aïboforcen or Mnemonic or to the almost ambient machine sound of Progeria. Every band here features a lot of electronic sounds and passages and I think is great that we have such different personalities on one CD. There are results which I liked most like the ones of Jailbird, Aïboforcen or Arkam Asylum because they show a lot of the different moods that this bands can achieve while experimenting with their sound and they develop many good ideas on their tracks. This compilation is great for those who like electronic music or for the people who have not listened to it before and want to have a good idea of the different styles that they can find.

Favorite tracks: " Last Pray", "Twilight World" and "Crucifixion"

Contact: www.sector19.com

REVIEW: MIKE ADCOCK & CLIVE BELL - SLEEP IT OFF

 

MIKE ADCOCK & CLIVE BELL - SLEEP IT OFF (Emanem Disc, 2002)

Produced By: Martin Davidson

Tracks: 1- We Open Early, 2- Infanta, 3- Marooned in Red, 4- Near the Airport, 5- Real Lakes, 6- Shuffle and Deal, 7- Rural Roulette, 8- Sketches for a Frenzied Whirling, 9- Holy Appetite, 10- Azure for Beginners, 11- Lullaby for Young Owls, 12- No more Cancan

Cover Art by Mike Adcock

When I thought I have listened all, here come Adcock and Bell to prove me wrong. On this recording they show us extreme experimentation with sounds and phrases using instruments like piano, accordion, harmonica and also shakuhachi, khene, pi saw and other strange ones. Here we have the ultimate experimentation going from melodies to the most atmospheric passages where Bell plays the khenes with a softer touch. The use of multiple instrumentation add a lot of colours to the listener´s mind that is constantly defiedwith new phrases and sounds. The improvisations here are well constructed and they don´t seem chaotic at all as sometimes happens. Most of the tarcks have an eerie atmosphere that I think is due to the use of this winds instruments. For lovers of new sounds!

Favorite tracks: "Infanta", "Rural Roulette" and "Holy Appetite"

Contact: www.emanemdisc.com

REVIEW: MARTYRUM - CONQUERING THE LAND OF SIN

 

MARTYRUM - CONQUERING THE LAND OF SIN (Independent, 2002)

Produced By: Martyrum

Tracks: 1- Conquering the Land of Sin, 2- Nordic Domain, 3- Creature of the Light, 4- Burning Blood, 5- Motorbreath

Cover Art by Martyrum

Pure brutal black metal is what we have here with some death metal sounds that give interesting contrasts to the music of this band. Here we have the ultrafast riffs with the tortured vocals that are essential to the blackness of Martyrum´s music. We have some melodies done with this riffs that make one note progressions. And we have here a killer drummer who is a double bass machine and that is fundamental to the essence of Martyrum´s music. All the recording is done at full speed, even the Metallica cover, the glorious "Motorbreath". The sound is good and the guitar sound more brutal with this production where they have been mixed loud enough as the drums to achieve the brutality that this release must have.

Favorite tracks: "Nordic Domain", "Creature of the Light" and "Burning Blood"

Contact: http://martyrum.cjb.net

REVIEW: MAPLE CROSS - PROMO 1/02

 

MAPLE CROSS - PROMO 1/02 (Independent, 2002 )

Produced By: Mapple Cross

Tracks: 1- Invincibles, 2- Simply Simplicity, 3- Au Revoir

Cover Art by Mapple Cross

Recorded at Boogie Cellar 

This band is really amazing!! They are heavy as hell, but they have some rocking riffs. And also they have guitar melodies. And they have a combination of screaming vocals with extremely epic and powerful choruses (check the first track called "Invincibles"). There are extremely brutal parts but there are also melodies and arrangements through all the recording. But all the melodies here add power to the songs and don´t make them lighter (they are arrangements designed to hit the listener harder. The sound of this recording is extremely raw and I think that with a little more time in the studio this guys can make this better (or maybe they wanted this direct sound so the musci crushes you like a kick in your face). The three tracks on this Promo CD leaves you wanting more from this bestial band from Finland!!

Favorite tracks: The three

Contact: maplecross@surfeu.fi

REVIEW: LUNAR REIGN - LUNAR REIGN

 

LUNAR REIGN - LUNAR REIGN (Independent, 2002)

Produced By: Lunar Reign

Tracks: 1- Dark Horde, 2- Black Pullet, 3- Laws of Pluto, 4- Heart as Demon, 5- Solomons Key, 6- Ill Will of the Woods, 7- Shattering of the Crystal, 8- Dream of the Necromancer

Cover Art by Lunar Reign

Recorded by Elixium 

Lunar Reign´s music is extremely raw, bestial, yet climatic black metal. Why I am saying this? Because besides the faster and wilder parts that belong to the style, this recording has a lot of atmospheres created by the keyboards and synths that give a lot of dark feeling to each of the tracks. There are also some melodic guitar lines that also help to give this sort of desolation feeling to the tracks (check for example the guitar in "Laws of Pluto"). For lovers of bestial black metal here you have fast riffs with hyper speed drumming (I would like the band to mix a little bit louder the guitars and the drums, I think that can give more power to the songs and mix better with the keys). The vocals are screaming ones as they must be in black metal and there are also some chanting vocals, like in "Black Pullet" that give an eerie feeling to the songs.

Favorite tracks: "Dark Horde", Heart As Demon" and "Shattering of the Crystal"

Contact: http://lunarreign.demonichorde.com

REVIEW: LUDMILA - LUDMILA

 

LUDMILA - LUDMILA (Independent, 2000)

Produced By: Ludmila

Tracks: 1- Orma gravida, 2- Falena, 3- Iova, 4- Dochodjaga, 5- Nuda Quiete

Cover Art by Ludmila

Here we have this amazing project whose two members are Paola Bianchi (voices) and Luca Valisi (bass and drum machine). The main thing on this recording are the atmospheres that are created through the interesting sound that Luca extracts from his bass and from the angelical voices and harmonies that Paola delivers through the five tracks on this MCD. The drum machine gives a mechanical / industrial feeling to some of the tracks that contrasts a lot with the calid voice of the great Paola, this gives an interesting feeling of tension and release to each of the tracks here. There is some clean guitar in many parts of the songs, and this guitars play interesting arpeggios or open chords in order to add a darker feeling to the songs. This is really a project to don´t miss a step!!

Favorite tracks: The five

Contact: http://stage.vitaminic.it/ludmila2/