Sona Eact® : Engine Works Inc. [2000]

>>DOWNLOAD : Engine Works Inc.

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Sona Eact® : Hard Industrial Loop Check [1998]

01. Rotarakt
02. Hydro Crash
03. Rhythms Witch
04. Sona Eact
05. Powerrush
06. Pure Crash
07. Fourhundred RPM
08. Transmission Insert
09. More & Faster
10. H.I.L.C.
11. Mono-Fidelity
12. Pure Loser

>>DOWNLOAD : Check

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yelworC : Trinity [2004]

01 Blaze Of Downfall (3:59)
02 Doom Of Choronzon (5:12)
03 Triune Junction (5:46)
04 Prodigies Of Black (3:39)
05 Vexilla Regis Inferni (4:13)
Vocals by Dennis Ostermann
06 Trinity (5:26)
07 After Laughter (6:06)
08 Bloodwhited (5:54)
09 Caina's Curse (4:49)
10 Revelation (5:16)
11 D-Mask (1:31)
12 Beast Tamer (6:09)
13 Almighty Din (4:48)
14 Thru Me (6:23)
15 Pan*Demonium (5:31)
16 Hellfaction (2:02

"Sometimes songs bend over to the EBM side but more often melodies and rhythms form a dark fantasy world. Sometimes heroic, sometimes fairy-like, but more often rotten and sick. Listening to this cd is like a dark trip through hell." >gothronic.com

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In Slaughter Natives : Resurrection [2004] | Repost

01         Behind My Walls (3:39)
02         You Are The Dead (5:42)
03         Ashes Of Angels (4:41)
04         Tearing My Life Away (5:12)
05         As My Shield (6:05)
06         Your Breed (7:11)
07         The Vulture (4:58)
08         Anger Are You With Me, Follow My Steps (5:25)
09         Blood Testural (6:20)
10         And You Still Are The Dead (4:06)

"In Slaughter Natives is the piooner band in the symphonic industrial field. Their music is a mix of heavy electronics, martial percussions, religious chants, orchestral samples and gruesome demonic vocals."          >discogs.com

"One of the first artists at the now distinguished Cold Meat Industry label was In Slaughter Natives. In the late ‘80s this artist released his first records through Staalplaat and Cold Meat Industry. Years later In Slaughter Natives still belongs to the absolute top of the neo-classical industrial music. The compositions he threw into the world can’t be compared to anything else. After a ominous intro track ‘Behind My Walls’ the first majestic composition starts: ‘You Are the Dead’. This is a solemn, neo-classical composition with industrial sounds, percussion and violin, in the best In Slaughter Natives tradition."     >gothtronic.com

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

>>DOWNLOAD : Resurrection

Leæther Strip : Solitary Confinement [1992]

01    
    Mortal Thoughts (5:21)
02    
    Strap Me Down (5:35)
03    
    I Am Your Conscience (4:42)
04    
    Nothing Seen - Nothing Done (4:51)
05    
    The Dance Of Deception (3:28)
06    
    Evil Speaks (3:50)
07    
    Adrenalin Rush (5:04)
08    
    Crash Flight 232/92 (4:54)
09    
    Croatia (6:20)
10    
    Red Meat Attraction (6:00)
11    
    Jantes Revenge (4:09)
12    
    Antius (Psycho Strip Edit) (6:24)

Don't underestimate this album because of its release year 'cos this is one of Claus Larsen's (and Electro-Industrial's) influential masterpieces. Complex, intense, and innovative when it was released. Even today, very few albums in the scene that can match its characteristics: disturbing, dark, throbbing EBM basslines (not even Front 242 can match) plus brutal, complex snare and bass drums (Ministry-esque) plus background, almost-melancholic synth melodies (copied by many bands afterwards) plus symbolic lyrics (which rhyme well).

This is the kind of legends are made of. This is history...

[sk@ds]

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

>>DOWNLOAD : Solitary Confinement

Credit goes to biocondemned.blogspot.com. 

Ice Ages : This Killing Emptiness [2000]

01. A Far Gone Light
02. Lifeless Sentiments
03. The Fiend
04. I Come For You
05. Heartbeat
06. This Killing Emptiness
07. The Last Time
08. Shades Of Former Light
09. The Denial
10. Lost In Daze

"In contrast to other releases in the electro scene, the rhythmical structure of ICE AGES is more complicated and the tunes more polyphonic, making the band frontrunners and innovators of the genre. Richard does not follow trends or the vogue of the moment, but creates his unique and one-of-a-kind blend of dark and sluggish melodies... Threatening mechanical and electronic sounds form the foundation of the disparate tracks in which Richard performs his distorted and otherworldly vocals. The end result of this obscure mix is unique MELODIC INDUSTRIAL DARKWAVE that, with its clean production, allows each detail to ring out and invites the listener to follow ICE AGES into a dark and ominous sonic universe."                     >gothtronic.com

One of the reasons why many Industrial fans turn to the music's more esoteric/experimental subgenres like Power Noise or Martial Industrial is because today's so-called Hellectro/Harsh EBM/Dark Electro-Industrial scene is lacking innovation and many don't even sound like Industrial. In fact, many of them sound more like Trance than Electro-Industrial and the only Industrial element is the distorted vocal.  The EBM basslines, Teutonic beats, harsh mechanical/metallic samples and noises are often non existent in the music. The scene's music is so generic that once you hear one band's album, you almost practically hear the entire Hellectro scene. The same boring 4/4 danceable beats, Trance-like synths, uninspiring basslines, ridiculous dialogue samples, and bad lyrics dominate the scene. It is a shame because Industrial music still has many unchartered sonic territories to be explored. 

However, once in a while a minority of Electro-Industrial artists still make music that anyone who is not familiar with the scene go "Wow! That's cool!". Austria's Ice Ages is one example of such artists. Creative distorted beats, well-placed metallic/mechanical samples, foreboding Darkwave-like multi-layered synths, thought-provoking lyrics are the order of the day. Comparison is difficult 'cos no other artist sounds like Ice Ages. Some people call it Melodic Industrial Darkwave. There is some truth in it though, because Ice Ages sounds like early Leaether Strip meets Diary of Dreams. One of the songs is actually reminiscent of a song from Claus Larsen's Solitary Confinement album. This is what cutting-edge Electro-Industrial is supposed to sound like.  All songs are full of layers and layers of sounds. Its complexity and intensity is complimented by Darkwave-like vocals. If the vocals were not distorted (and the pounding metallic/mechanical sounds were stripped), this album could be easily classified as Darkwave. Whatever it is called, this is a masterpiece..  [sk@ds]

EXTREMELY RECOMMENDED!

>>DOWNLOAD : This Killing Emptiness

Imminent Starvation : Nord [1999]

01. Nor (5:09)
02. Tentack One (8:07)
03. Lost Highway (Exit) (4:44)
04. Oise (4:40)
05. Of (4:59)
06. Ren (4:39)
07. VNI (6:19)
08. Arles (7:45)
09. Ire (10:36)
10. Parle (7:09)
11. Please (2:46)

A must-have album for any Industrialist/Power Noiser....  

This is the artist that introduced me to the innovative world of Power/Rhythmic Noise. ;-)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

>>DOWNLOAD : N o r d