Prickrott / Von Mollestein – A Journey Into The Depths Of Nihilism (Album – Narcoleptica Productions)
Genre/Influences: Black-Metal, Grindcore, Industrial.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: This album is a split release featuring two formations from The Netherlands. Von Mollestein is a rather new formation while Prickrott has already released a few works.
Content: Each band is featured with 4 tracks. Prickrott opens the hostilities revealing a merciless Grindcore sound, which is driven by furious rhythms, overloaded guitar riffs and growls instead of vocals.
Von Mollestein moves in a similar way as their debut album “Fistful Of Mental”. This is the perfect mixture between Metal- and Industrial music. The songs are furious and achieved with some Electro treatments.
+ + + : If you like brutal power and unpolished songs, this album is definitely something for you. Prickrott is a band I would never review as their sound is too far away from the music I’m used to listening and reviewing. Von Mollestein is more Industrial and interesting for the way they’re merging heavy, aggressive guitar assaults together with Electronic arrangements –like the bass line driven through “The Ballad Of The Lost”. This band has an image and a merciless sound.
– – – : I don’t have anything against Prickrott, but this is not my cup of tea while Von Mollestein is a band you better can keep an eye on. I would have preferred to hear a new full length by Von Mollestein.
Conclusion: Rage and sonic terror are the keywords to this split-album made in The Netherlands.
Best songs: “Wandering Alone Through The Old Forest”, “The Ballad Of The Lost”.
Rate: 7.
Artists: www.facebook.com/Prickrott / www.facebook.com/VonMollestein
Label: https://vk.com/narcoleptica / www.facebook.com/narcolepticaprod
About Prickrott and Von Mollestein
Prickrott and Von Mollestein are two Dutch acts working on the border between grindcore, black metal and industrial. Prickrott is the older of the two. The band self-released the mini-album “Fuck Your God” on CDr in 2007 and the EP “Hate United” on CDr in 2008, then moved to the Dutch cassette label Zwaertgevegt for “Total Fucking Meltdown” in 2012 and “Cyberworm” in 2014. “Dust Of Obscure Devastation” followed in 2018.
Von Mollestein started later, self-releasing the debut CD “Fistful Of Mental” in 2020. The band mixes guitar-driven metal with electronic arrangements rather than working in a single genre.
The two bands met on “A Journey Into The Depths Of Nihilism”, the split reviewed here, issued on limited CD by Narcoleptica Productions in 2021 and on limited cassette by Zwaertgevegt as “Journey Into The Depths Of Nihilism”. Von Mollestein went on to release “The Order Of The Fist” on CDr in 2023 and “Vuistenregen” in 2025.
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