What their label says...
Around 30 minutes a piece from this pairing of like-minded post-industrial pessimists from Chicago and Bathgate respectively. Mike Kraus AKA Death Factory gives us four tracks of very varied noise/ambient. There are a lot of different styles going on here, from straight-up harsh-head attack to weird flanger effects, more often than not all amalgamating into a sorta "noise orchestra" crescendo. A lot's went into this and repeated listens really yield something new every time. Supoib! Messiah Complex's side is a little more typical of their sound than than ominous dark ambience of their previous At War release, "Meniscus". This untitled track builds up from a crackling oscillation to full on blazing static fire and a wailing feedback chorus. It waxes and wanes through solid rumbling noise wall and loud as fuck, in-yer-skull post power electronic battery! These guys are quietly plying their trade and putting out some great releases on many respectable noise labels. Keep an eye out!
Some of my favourite At War packaging yet! All cassettes come in static shielding bags with double-sided insert/black stickered cassetes, all sealed with a wee sticker. All these tapes were pro-duplicated. You think I've got time to sit every night dubbing an endless pile of fucking tapes? Nae chance pal!! 100 copies.
