Sølve – Earth Inferno (Album – Re:Mission Entertainment)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Cinematic.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Brant Showers (∆Aimon) is back on track releasing the second album of Sølve. “Earth Inferno” comes six years after the promising debut album “The Negative” , released on the now defunct Audiotrauma.
Content: The main influences haven’t really changed. Sølve sounds pretty Industrial-like and has been accomplished with heavy, bombastic/epic arrangements. Instrumental parts of the album also reveal a Cinematic approach, which sounds however bombastic, but also evasive. The production of the vocals is once again reminding me of Depeche Mode.
+ + + : Sølve is much more than simply Industrial music. It’s a free-style production, which is hard to define, but accomplished with different Industrial-like related elements. It’s a powerful production, which you can notice in the mix of electronics and guitar playing, but still through the heavy, bombastic, arrangements. One of the best cuts (cf. “Nothing Pure”) is driven by a great chorus while this song makes me think of an imaginary offspring between :Wumpscut: and Depeche Mode.
– – – : This work isn’t the most accessible production so you need a bit time and several tracks before really getting in it.
Conclusion: Sølve confirms the great potential revealed at the debut album and is an elaborated and sophisticated production in a heavier Industrial-driven genre.
Best songs: “Nothing Pure”, “Never + Enough (Inferno)”, “Lost In The Dark”, “Black Silk Stone”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.patreon.com / www.facebook.com/solvevlos
Label: https://linktr.ee/remissionentertainment / www.facebook.com/remissionentertainment Read the news on ‘Earth Inferno’.
About Sølve
Sølve is the solo project of American artist Brant Showers, also known as a member of ∆Aimon. Showers set up Sølve to explore more personal and occult themes, releasing debut album “The Negative” in 2016 on Audiotrauma, a label that has since folded. Second album “Earth Inferno” followed in 2022 on Re:Mission Entertainment, mixing Industrial, Witch-House and Cinematic influences.
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