Satori – Pillars Of Salt (Digital/CD Album – Cold Spring)
Satori’s origins trace back more than 40 years, when the project was originally known as Psychopath. Over the decades, the lineup has changed numerous times, but the project has always resurfaced, driven in recent years by core member Dave Kirby.
This latest work leaves no doubt: this is pure sonic aggression! Kirby crafts a cross-pollination between Death-Industrial and Noise, managing to create an atmosphere that is even darker and more oppressive. He is joined by guest vocalist Lorenzo Abattoir, whose deep growls add an extra layer of obscurity to the work.
The result is a brutal and unpolished production that sounds exactly as one would expect.
Can this genre of music ever sound subtle? It’s a question worth pondering — but above all, this impressive production is designed to overwhelm, dragging the listener into a maelstrom of loud chaos.
This record is not for the uninitiated, but will strongly appeal to fans of Noise and Death-Industrial. (Rating:8).
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About Satori
Satori is an experimental project from Margate, Kent, England, formed in 1984 by Dave Kirby and Robert Maycock under the name Psychopath. The band changed its name to Satori in 1987. After Maycock’s departure in 1993, Justin Mitchell joined in 1994, and the project disbanded in 1996.
Justin Mitchell revived Satori in 2006 with Neil Chaney, and the band toured Japan with Sutcliffe Jugend in 2007. “Kanashibari” appeared on Cold Spring in 2008, the same year the band toured the UK with Nadja and Atavist and released the split CD “Infernal Procession… And Then Everything Dies”. The album “Contemptus Mundi” involved a collaboration with Magus Peter H. Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan.
Founding member Dave Kirby returned in 2014, continuing Satori as a solo project with the 3″ CD “The sudden realisation that all is lost” on Reverse Records. “Pillars Of Salt” is released on Cold Spring and features guest vocals from Lorenzo Abattoir.
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