After their recently released new EP “Witch Heart Apparition”, the Finnish dark elektro duo Miseria Ultima (Aleksi Martikainen on vocals and Kimmo Huhtala on synths) now strikes back with their 3rd studio album on their new label Alfa Matrix.

The band’s trademark sound is clearly present again, so you can expect cold melancholic atmospheres and strong melodies with harsh aggressive vocals and dark elektro assaults. “In Colors of Void” will feature 11 songs dealing with mortality and tragic death and how we are facing grief and such sudden loss.

“It is all about chaos theory, choices, and causality – and also about psychic vampirism…”, says Aleksi Martikainen. “In songs like ‘Shutter’ and ‘Devoid Of Coloration’, I write about the sudden decay of mind after manipulation and also about the total death of self-consciousness…”

You can check the full album below. The release is also out on CD, next to the download version on Bandcamp.

Also check out the below videos including the official video clip for “Witch Heart Apparition” and one for “Caressing The Pale” in a Siva Six remix. Read the review of ‘In Colors Of Void’.

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Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, industrial-ambient.

Background/Info: Hailing from Chicago, Death Of Self has already released a few productions. This new opus comes seven years after the previous album “Embracing The Things We Hate About Ourselves”, which was also released by Bugs Crawling Out Of People.

Content: This is a rather versatile work, which is driven by industrial sound elements. Some songs are pretty minimal-like and supported by dark, atmospheric layers. Other cuts are much more raw and carried by industrial noises. The second half of the work is more into atmospheric passages while driven by slow rhythms. The vocals are sometimes inhibited and sometimes into the whispering mode while I also noticed spoken samplings.

+ + + : I especially like the minimal approach of industrial music featured at this work, but the more atmospheric side is worthy of examination as well. The diversity of the songs makes the work captivating.

– – – : The work is maybe missing a real highlight.

Conclusion: Death Of Self deals with a very own vision of industrial music, which makes this album’s originality.

Best songs: “Shattered”, “Alone”, “Dead Letter”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.facebook.com/deathofselfchicago

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