Distortion Six – Skade (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Power-Noise, Industrial-Techno.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Norwegian Power-Noise terrorist Nichlas Schermann strikes back with a new album of his sonic brainchild Distortion Six.
Content: The album moves on from where previous production left off; a new sonic assault, mixing blasting Industrial sound treatments together with merciless and aggressive Power-Noise rhythms. A few tracks at the last part of the work are moving into Techno influences. The production however remains brain-damaging and is accomplished with murderous assaults. One track is a remix Schermann made for the Danish Folk formation Heilung.
+ + + : If you like the good-old Power-Noise format, Distortion Six will definitely give you full satisfaction. This is an extremely powerful sound bomb, a kind of mix between vintage Power-Noise and some extra elements like techno. The remix of Heilung’s “In Maidjan” is definitely one of the most noticeable tracks, but I also have to mention the overwhelming “Red Hand” and the techno-driven “Gausche (Gaahl)”. “Merge” is another cool piece of music, which sounds a bit more elaborated through the injection of some extra sounds.
– – – : If you’re not familiar with this kind of music, you for sure are going to be shocked. Distortion Six is not the most accessible project from the Ant-Zen roster.
Conclusion: Distortion Six shows you how music can become pure terrorism!
Best songs: “Heilung: In Maidjan – Remix by Distortion Six”, “Red Hand”, “Gausche (Gaahl)”, “Merge”, “Control”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/Distortionsixofficial
Label: www.ant-zen.com / www.facebook.com/antzen.official
About Distortion Six
Distortion Six is the solo power-noise project of Norwegian musician Nichlas Schermann. The project mixes rhythmic noise and industrial sound design, and has more recently added techno structures.
Schermann self-released the first album “Keep Fucking The Slag” in 2012 and “Act Of Retribution” in 2015. He played the Oslo festival ElektroStat in November 2015, as reported in Oslo’s ElektroStat ends in beauty with this year’s final festival on November 6 & 7. The German label Ant-Zen then issued “Fierce” on CD in 2017, “Ferocious” on CD in 2018, the EP “Sacrifice” in 2018 and “Norze” in 2019.
The EP “Enforcers” appeared in 2021, the same year as “Skade”, the album reviewed here. Schermann went on to release “Torquetur” on CD through the American label Phage Tapes in 2022, “Rive” in 2022 and “Malleus Maleficarum” in 2023.
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