“If sex is a sin, I want to get dirty”sings Hélène Ruzic (one half of electro-industrial duo –ii- (two-eyes) alongside multi-instrumentalist/producer Benjamin Racine) on “No Angels Allowed,” setting the tone for the duo’s latest mini-album Ars Erotica: Volume I (Self-Released).
Youth Code reclaims its crown for being the torch carrier of the industrial revival with its new EP Yours, With Malice(Sumerian Records). The lead single “No Consequence” sets things off, with the duo sounding more refined and with a serrated edge to the vengeful hooks of Sara Taylor’s chanted declaration of “never pretending/ to be something she’s not,”. A powerful sentiment in today’s world, where artists are often as fabricated as the online personas people adopt. The challenge the band presents for themselves, by setting the bar so high from the get-go go is will they will be able to measure up? That is what the rest of the review will determine. Continue reading →
Lacolpa’s new album, In Absentia Lucis(Brucia Records) finds the Italian band diving deeper into darkness. Their brand of darkness this time is more experimental than most heard this year. While they still self-identify as a Sludge band there is more common ground with Current 93 than with Neurosis.
