Disastrous Din – Hell On Earth (EP – Consequence Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Thomas Gäbhard who’s mainly known as the driving force behind Arcana Obscura -and running Consequence Records, started with the side-project Disastrous Din in 1995. Several full lengths were released but “Hell On Earth” is the first released studio work in more than ten years.
Content: The opening title track is a hard and dark piece of EBM-driven music with enraged vocals on top. Both cuts left are instrumentals carried by bombastic arrangements and some Industrial sound treatments.
+ + + : Disastrous Din strikes back with a heavy title song which will definitely appeal for lovers of dark EBM. I especially like the bombast of the production.
– – – : It would have been cool to get vocals on all the songs.
Conclusion: “Hell On Earth” is a cool title song while other songs sound like B-sides.
Best songs: “Hell On Earth”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063614230039
Label: www.consequence-records.com
About Disastrous Din
Disastrous Din is the side-project of German musician Thomas Gäbhard, started in 1995. Gäbhard is best known as the driving force behind Arcana Obscura, a project he founded in 1990 that began as purist electronic body music before evolving to blend dark wave and ambient elements with medieval and classical instrumentation. Gäbhard also runs Consequence Records. “Hell On Earth” is Disastrous Din’s first studio release in more than ten years.
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