Maschinenzimmer 412 – Malfeitor (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: “Malfeitor” brings us back to 1989 when MZ.412 was still active as Maschinenzimmer 412. The Swedish masters of ‘Black Industrial’ released this album by Cold Meat Industry as vinyl format and later on in 2001 as CD. It also was the last album released as Maschinenzimmer 412.
Content: The work brings us back to early Industrial works. The composition is carried by non-stop dark percussion parts. It sounds like heavy loops now and then mixed with spoken samplings and half-spoken, tenebrous, vocals.
+ + + : You clearly can feel the Industrial 80s spirit which I’ve always liked for its creative and authentic spirit. It’s magic to realize how this album from forgotten times still has this original power and impact.
– – – : The sound formula becomes a bit repetitive and predictable after a while.
Conclusion: Back to the 80s which was a golden era for Industrial music.
Best songs: “Malfeitor”, “Virus”, “The Death Of Lasarus”, “Ecaf Dloc II”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.nordvargr.com/mz-412 / www.facebook.com/MZ412official
Label: www.coldspring.co.uk / www.facebook.com/coldspringhq
About Maschinenzimmer 412
Maschinenzimmer 412 was formed in Sweden in 1987 by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, Jouni Ulvtharm Ollila, and Leif Holm, alongside their other project Pouppée Fabrikk. The band’s debut release, “Macht Durch Stimme”, came out in 1988 on the tape label Mechanik Cassettes in an edition of just 50 copies; it was later reissued by Cold Spring with a previously unreleased bonus track. Jonas Drakhon Aneheim joined in 1995, replacing Holm, and the band was renamed MZ. 412. “Malfeitor” was the final album released under the Maschinenzimmer 412 name before that change.
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