KRUPSKAYA - 'Clouds Over Pripyat' MCD (Ignore This Records / Circus Of The Macabre Records / Ripping Thrash / Sassbologna Records)
"A truly devastating collection of 18 songs in about as many minutes, Krupskaya's terrifying grind-metal mix overlaid with harsh noise, stuck pig vocals and creepy samples is totally apocalyptic; the aftermath echoed by the strangely beautiful scenes of nuclear wastelands that adorn the artwork" (Collective Zine). Noisy, heavy and chaotic, UK act Krupskaya paint a bleak picture of the world. Ltd x 1000.
Mathias Josefsons one-man-project Moljebka Pvlse from Stockholm, Sweden here stretches the boundaries of ambient drone-music, perhaps a surprising listen for those accustomed to his other recordings put out by Eibon and Cold Meat Industry to name a few. This work to a larger degree features a sound pallette unarguably harsher than his other recordings. Tons of frenzied, computerised, but crispy clear distortion flows out over you like an ice wall and leaves the listener in a nervous state, begging for a warming aftermath. Static walls of rampant treated guitars and billowing droney backgrounds screaming endlessly out over the cold plains of the earth. Ambient gourmets also get their piece, though somewhat in a more experimental way. The final track is the 16-minute long soundtrack to the movie "A Bird Is Not An Animal" by D & D Productions. Digipak.
