Wet Nurse – Thanatosis (CD Album – Tumor)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, death-industrial, power-electronics, cinematographic.
Background/Info: Canadian artist Paul Kinasevych set up Wet Nurse in 2012. While both debut albums got released by his own label (cf. Male Activity) he joined Malignant Records/Tumor to release his next full lengths. “Thanatosis” is the fourth album by Wet Nurse.
Content: The early work of Wet Nurse was driven by power-electronics, but quite progressively the compositions became ‘softer’ and more cinematographic like. Nevertheless “Thanatosis” is not what I would call a pure cinematic production rather than a mix of heavy, blasting sounds, an impressive arsenal of noise manipulations, a few drones and shouting vocals. It creates an offspring between death-industrial, power-electronics and cinematographic music.
+ + + : This album resulted from the intelligence of a truly noise-architect. An impressive noise-canvas has been utilized to create this sonic mayhem. It all feels like controlled power! The dark atmospheric side of the album has a kind of disturbing effect and that’s precisely what I expect from cinematographic productions. “Stitched Nerve Drapery” is a great exposure from this dark side and has certain visual strength. I also want to mention “The End Of A Rope” for the terrific industrial sound treatments and multiple sound effects.
– – – : This is the kind of production, which is not that accessible for a wider audience. It’s an extreme record and you have to be familiar with the label roster to enjoy Wet Nurse.
Conclusion: “Thanatosis” sounds like an appropriate title for this sonic mayhem. It has something sick and perverted, which will totally satisfy the lovers of extreme sonic experiments.
Best songs: “Stitched Nerve Drapery”, “The End Of A Rope”, “Sexual Vertigo”.
Rate: (7).
Artist: www.facebook.com/wetnurseperiod
Label: www.malingnantrecords.com / www.facebook.com/malignantrecords
About Wet Nurse
Wet Nurse is a death-industrial project led by Canadian artist Paul Kinasevych. Discogs dates the project’s formation to 2010, two years before the 2012 start given in this review, with a recorded discography beginning in 2012. Early releases circulated as self-released cassettes and splits before the project signed to Malignant Records, issuing a split with Ten Thousand Miles Of Arteries in 2017 ahead of “Thanatosis” (2019). Kinasevych continued Wet Nurse into 2024 with the “Diagnosis / Prognosis” EP and the album “Medical Tyranny”, the project’s first release to credit a second member, John Westerhof, with Wet Nurse based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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