Wow, how did this one slip under my radio? Here is the kind of industrial album I was waiting for. It is both pissed and heavy as hell with a fair dose of chaos in its veins. There is a great balance of instrumentation and programming/ electronic elements. It is not industrial music to dance to it is industrial music that is going to kick your face. Not unlike Ministry's "Filth Pig" album in that regard though this is heavier. It blasts at you like a jackhammer, as it sonically fucks your brains out right from the first song. Even then they can create what might be the heaviest industrial album I have ever heard without having to sacrifice songwriting.
"Good By Wilhelm' is more of an atmospheric electronic-based instrumental. Samples form the main narrative to make it feel more like a song. It shifts through bleak beats. If AI were to revolt and take over the battle hymn would be "I Hate People". It is the kind of misanthropic energy we need from industrial this year. 'Dentist" does not find anything changing into a ray of sunshine. It is gritty even amid the electronic pattering of drum programming. A fair amount of noise is injected to keep an abrasive ambiance to things.
"The Witch" features the rasped cackle and croak of female vocals. Not the album's catchiest song, but it grinds its way into a satisfying shadow. ''SNAKES" has a more militant step in its robotic stomp. The vocals are a low mutter that is not unlike something Corey Taylor might do in one of his more brooding moments. The project has self-identified as being influenced by nu-metal and this is the only song I really hear that in play. "Nobody Survives" is more black metal in its attack which works well. "Retro = Shit" might be the most nuanced song, with weird breaks into booty bass beats. The last track is pretty much just an outro of noise. I will round this up to a 10 even with the noise moments as it is an easy album to just leave on and let play.
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