Edge of Decay – Vein of Metal – Aussaat- Aussaat 22 –
2022 – CD.
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1.
Rising of Contingency.
2.
Sterile Stimulation.
3.
Love Violence.
4.
Cult of Iscariot.
5.
Teenage Dreams.
6.
Vein of Metal.
7.
Anemia Seducer.
8.
Infertile.
I haven’t reviewed a lot this year, life gets busy and a family
member died. Being a lone project makes for a longer, steeper road in which to
engage in and discuss modern day Power Electronics and all related genres. I
have written for a few zines of late, I don’t know if that will continue. That
has been an epic achievement writing for someone else, but the intense focus
needed to do that well takes up a lot of time. I feel the need sometimes to do
something alone, could a book on acts of now be the answer? This blog is my
engagement within the scene. Back to the now -
Finland artists Edge of Decay have gradually produced
a solid body of work since they first appeared in 2012. Having released on labels
like Aussaat, Antipatik Records, Freak Animal Records, Obsessive Fundamental
Realism and Phage Tapes, as well as playing the final United Forces of
Industrial Festival in London, their CV is impressive. The new album Veil of
Metal comes in a nicely presented panelled digipack with black artwork on red
card.
Vein of Metal drags into action with its’ intro track
Rising of Contingency. A sense of urgency is radiated on Sterile
Stimulation, as helicopter noise cuts away to anxious synthesisers. Samples
of someone discussing violence serve as an intro to Love Violence at
this point the electronics become violent as if the album has warmed up and
ready to accelerate the sound. This couples wall distortion and screeching
shards of crunching distortion that increase to become more explosive as the
track develops.
Cult of Iscariot models cold Power Electronics, this
leans into Tesco Industrial nastiness, it’s not nice to listen to and that is
effective work. The electronics become increasingly frenzied across the track,
the rhythm is broken up and moved into a different pattern. Infected hiss and
rhythmic distortion shift the sound whilst echoing the previous track’s methods
on Teenage Dreams. The vocal is undecipherable across the pulsating
rhythm of the track, I find myself wanting more from the vocal, I want it to be
clearer. The way the rhythm of the noise keeps faltering is effective, it keeps
you locked in.
The title track, Vein of Metal, continues the
infected electronics of the previous track, it is an ambient landscape that gives
off bleakness. However, it is an impressive display of electronics that displays
impressive subtle shifts of noise. Anemia
Seducer feels as if it is dragging across a floor, struggling to survive.
The album has gone from infected to dying in two tracks. As the aggression builds,
Anemia Seducer becomes a pained, screamer of a track. Infertile demonstrates
an impressive die off, it follows off from Anemia Seducer brilliantly
providing a dramatic end to the album.
Since its’ first release in 2016 Aussaat has really established
itself as a strong, consistent label with Edge of Decay being a highlight
amongst the label’s releases with the two albums that they have delivered on
Aussaat. This is a good album, well executed and delivered.
Coventry Soul 2022.
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