Brandkommando - Time of Violence
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Harsh Noise? Well, I don't know. I've always thought harsh is fast, rhythmical flood of noise, but what Brandkommando offer at their newest album is more towards anti music. The anti music was also up to dodecaphonists, but they in turn moved more into a direction of abstract only after they had reached the mastery in so called „ordinary” music.
The album looks well at the first sight. Everything is nicely packed in brown paper and wrapped with red streamer. The photos have military atmosphere suggesting ubiquitous violence and assault on the innocent. As far as the cover is concerned the gents did really fine.
The titles are rather encouraging, however as far as the music is concerned they do not reach anything original or new. For instance „O Pokój i Socjalizm”, „Kill”, „Pain”, „Death” and the like.
I'd expected a brutal diary of merciless times, those closest to us I think. And what I was given was grotesque dirty powers that remind me of People's Republic of Poland broadcasts. The general connotation is with dullness, bitterness and the tension connected with those times. However, such a deep combination of the artwork and the inspiration didn't give me satisfaction. The album keeps rising tension, but it doesn't bring any release. You constantly feel a kind of neurosis which cumulates but causes no reaction, no catharsis and no solution. ‘’Triumph’’ with Death Culture sounds interesting, though not innovative: it starts with a bit distorted classic Carmina Burana and passes to apathetic hum that resembles deep breaths. It's a piece for uncritical fans of noise ( with a great deal of dark ambient).
Tracklist
CD1:
1. O Pokoj I Socjalizm
2. Ns Idiots
3. Poznan 1956
4. Camp Dextermination (Treblinka II)
5. Soviet Antics
6. Fundamentalism
7. Storm in Europe
8. Radio World
9. Freedom
10. Pain
11. Death
12. Kill
CD2:
01. After Life
02. Bio Murder
03. Doom Day
04. Love and Death
05. Sinister
06. The End
07. Dr Eberl
08. Triumph
09. Revolution
Other articles:
The album looks well at the first sight. Everything is nicely packed in brown paper and wrapped with red streamer. The photos have military atmosphere suggesting ubiquitous violence and assault on the innocent. As far as the cover is concerned the gents did really fine.
The titles are rather encouraging, however as far as the music is concerned they do not reach anything original or new. For instance „O Pokój i Socjalizm”, „Kill”, „Pain”, „Death” and the like.
I'd expected a brutal diary of merciless times, those closest to us I think. And what I was given was grotesque dirty powers that remind me of People's Republic of Poland broadcasts. The general connotation is with dullness, bitterness and the tension connected with those times. However, such a deep combination of the artwork and the inspiration didn't give me satisfaction. The album keeps rising tension, but it doesn't bring any release. You constantly feel a kind of neurosis which cumulates but causes no reaction, no catharsis and no solution. ‘’Triumph’’ with Death Culture sounds interesting, though not innovative: it starts with a bit distorted classic Carmina Burana and passes to apathetic hum that resembles deep breaths. It's a piece for uncritical fans of noise ( with a great deal of dark ambient).
Tracklist
CD1:
1. O Pokoj I Socjalizm
2. Ns Idiots
3. Poznan 1956
4. Camp Dextermination (Treblinka II)
5. Soviet Antics
6. Fundamentalism
7. Storm in Europe
8. Radio World
9. Freedom
10. Pain
11. Death
12. Kill
CD2:
01. After Life
02. Bio Murder
03. Doom Day
04. Love and Death
05. Sinister
06. The End
07. Dr Eberl
08. Triumph
09. Revolution
Other articles:
- Brandkommando - Nasz Ukochany Kraj - 2007-01-01 (Music reviews)
- Brandkommando - Achtung, Achtung der Kommunismus Kommt - 2005-11-21 (Music reviews)
