Mz.412 – Macht Durch Stimme (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Black-Industrial, Death-Industrial.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Originally released in 1988 by Mechanik Cassettes, “Macht Durch Stimme” was the debut work of Swedish Maschinenzimmer 412. Driven by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, Juni Ulvtharm Ollila and Leif Holm this trio got international fame by their hard EBM project Pouppée Fabrikk. Mz.412 became a true reference in a different scene and brings their early work back alive while a bonus cut has been added.
Content: This work brings us back to a very own interpretation of Industrial and Dark-Ambient. The tormented atmospheres have been accentuated by Industrial noises while now driven by slow rhythms, and then by a Martial-like rhythmic. You’ll also notice hard screams, saturated noise waves and field recordings mixed together in repetitive loops.
+ + + : This work hasn’t lost its initial magic and remains a true reference in a style Mz.412 has invented. I enjoyed the tormented sonic voyage, which also sounds sophisticated. I still find back the true, Industrial, spirit form the early years which has been masterly adapted into something new. This was the debut of a successful career.
– – – : The bonus track which is an alternative ‘tape’ edit to the “Rood”-track is a cool extra for the fans but nothing more.
Conclusion: “Macht Durch Stimme” sounds as a true sonic Poltergeist and will occur you a cold sweet sensation.
Best songs: “Aptionstheorie”, “Sequela”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/MZ412official
Label: www.coldspring.co.uk / www.facebook.com/coldspringhq
About Mz.412
Mz.412 was formed in Sweden in 1988 as Maschinenzimmer 412 by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, Jouni “Ulvtharm” Ollila and Leif Holm, and is credited as an originator of “black industrial,” combining industrial noise, ritual ambient and black-metal atmospheres. Jonas “Drakhon” Aneheim joined in 1995, replacing Holm, around the time the name was shortened to MZ.412. Björkk, also active as Nordvargr, has additionally recorded in Deutsch Nepal, In Slaughter Natives and Sällskapet, alongside Thomas Ekelund, and has collaborated live with Trepaneringsritualen. “Macht Durch Stimme” was the band’s 1988 debut on Mechanik Cassettes, reissued here by Cold Spring with a bonus track.
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