"Evil Walks" is the most focused work yet from this utterly demented Texas outfit that started out in the mid 90s as a pure noise project but gradually evolved into this weird, lumbering black-dirge that we hear now. Thumping minimal drum-machine, droning dissonant riffs that veer from hypnotic noise to dismal quasi-black metal buzz, narcoleptic croaking and malevolent sneer bathed in reverb, the distant sad howling of wolves and ear-piercing screams drift across the background. A warped, blasted beauty shining through rotting shadows and rapidly declining emotional states. Digipak with booklet.
TO BLACKEN THE PAGES / KORPERSCHWACHE - 'A Way Dark' 2 x CD (Colony Records)
"A Way Dark" is a bold work from two of the most pioneering blackened noise guitar musicians working today: Texas-based Korperschwache and Dublin's To Blacken the Pages. From lighter, shoegaze inspired tracks, to harder, more abstract compositions, and of course exploring the juxtaposition of each artist's extreme guitar work. The album was a chance for both musicians to challenge other – each taking turns to suggest themes and ideas, for example each working with drum patterns and guitar structures, RKF (Korperschwache) often providing a sonic wall of drone while Paul McAree (To Blacken the Pages) would blaze guitar solos over the top. Irish import.
