You should know who Full of Hell is. Their collaborator is more obscure. Andrew Nolan is from the industrial noise underground and was in a band called Column of Heaven. It takes a few listens for some of these songs to sink in. The first one makes sense then, it takes a more cautious ear to pick this chaos apart. It might also require headphones as the programmed drums are not loud enough but the vocals are in your face. "Burdened By the Solar Mass" is even more chaotic. It would be great to play while falling into hell. Justin Broadrick's appearance is obviously on "Sphere of Saturn" as it takes on his vocal drone, which is lopped through effects. My favorite moment so far.
"Hemlock Gnosis' is Dylan Walker screaming over ambiance. More sound than song, which is the direction this album was bound to lean in given the experimental nature of what is unfolding. At this point, I had to take a break and listen to the actual new one from Full of Hell to get some perspective. Now a few days later I am clicking on "Blessed Anathema" and its drone is more pleasing to my ears. However 'Facing the Divide' is more noisy than not. 'Approaching the Monolith" is basically a noise interlude that I am not counting for the purpose of this review. "Extinguished Glow" is much more of a song than that one though. However it is more ambient and has some cool sounds, but that puts us back at sound vs song.
"Common Miracles" finds his screaming work better over a more industrial pound. "Irradiated Sands" feels like it is an extension of the previous song. The last song "Paralytic Lineage' is a more deliberate churning pulse. The growling is lower giving it a more Godflesh feel. I will give this one an 8, since it is not always song focused and things get too noisy at times for my tastes, I prefer the direction Full Of Hell went on their most recent album to this, I like Godflesh, but I own their albums so I do not need bands that sound like them.
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