tortuga recordings. tr-015 / 5 tracks / 2001

(CD) neurot recordings. / 5 tracks / 2001

Two pressings. #1 - 100 on clear, 240 on grey splatter, 1100 on purple splatter. #2 - 125 on black, 125 on orange, 125 on white.

This record (an LP by length, but more of an EP by concept) moves the band even further from traditional rock paradigms. Two of the tracks are in the vein of the previous records, ultra heavy, intense, slow, massive hardcore/post-metal; two tracks are more in an industrial noise vein, and the last one is a remix of the LP track by Justin Broadrick of Godflesh, some guitars of the original plus and some keyboards added - I've heard much worse remixes, but I like their original material better. A good record, but not as consistently great as their other ones. [8]

Noch weiter vom traditionellen Hardcore/Rocksound entfernt als ihre vorherigen Platten. Immerhin sind noch zwei Songs im ultraschweren, schleppenden, intensiven Isis-Sound, dazu gibt es zwei Industrial/Geräusch-Tracks und einen Remix von Justin Broadrick (Godflesh); hier bleiben die Rhythmusgitarren erhalten, und es kommt ein Keyboard dazu - klingt nicht schlecht, aber ihre eigenen Songs gefallen mir besser. Insgesamt wieder eine gute Platte, allerdings nicht ganz so toll wie ihre anderen.

Tracks: sgnl>05 (final transmission) / divine mother (the tower crumbles) / beneath below // constructing towers / celestial (signal fills the void) (remix by justin k. broadrick)