Spur On To XS – Sacrifice As The Cornerstone To Society (Digital/CD Album – Dunkelheit Produktionen)
This is the second album from this Dutch project, released last year.
The work comprises eight tracks that immerse the listener in an intense, almost archaic sonic experience. Noise, Industrial, and Dark-Ambient are fused into a powerful production that radiates terror. The heavily manipulated sounds and screaming vocals evoke the early magic of 1980s experimentation. While it could easily be categorized today as Power-Electronics or Death-Industrial, this is first and foremost an extreme record of lacerating sounds that will slice through your ears at high volume.
This is not a record for the faint-hearted, but rather a sonic feast for connoisseurs of extreme musical experiences. (Rating:7).
Listen to “No Good, No Evil”:
About Spur On To XS
Spur On To XS is a solo Noise and Power Electronics project based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Dunkelheit Produktionen released the project’s debut full-length, “Indulge In Primal Ecstasy”, on 22 September 2024 (catalog DP171CD). The label followed it with “Sacrifice As The Cornerstone Of Society” on 7 June 2025, issued as a handnumbered CD edition of 200 copies with a 4-page booklet alongside a digital edition; all eight tracks were written and recorded by Spur On To XS, with production credited to Dunkelheit Produktionen. The project also self-released the cassette “Adoration & Scorn” in 2025, and the cassette “Amphetamine Kommando” followed on Lust Tapes on 1 September 2026.
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