SWORD HEAVEN - GONE (LOAD 129)

THE MIDWESTERN INDUSTRIAL DUO ARE BACK AND THEY'VE NOT CHILLED OUT A JOT. IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR A RECORD THAT IS COMPLETELY HELLISH THEN FIND "GONE" BY SWORD HEAVEN AT YOUR LOCAL DEALER OF ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL RECORDS.

THIS IS LIKE THE DEMENTED GURGLINGS AND HOWLINGS OF A GULAG OR SLAVESHIP COMMITTED TO TAPE. DEEP THUNDEROUS PERCUSSION RUMBLINGS WITH GRIM TEXTURES AND ANTI-MELODIES FROM THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND. IT'S LIKE AN ALEXEI GERMAN FILM COME TO LIFE. JUST PURE HORROR. IT'S LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL MUSIC THAT WAS INVENTED IN A SOVIET PRISON OF THE 1920S.

IT'S JUST THREE TRACKS AT JUST OVER 30 MINUTES BUT IT LANDS A LOT OF PUNCHES IN THAT TIME. ON THE WHOLE I PREFER ENTRANCE A BIT MORE. THIS SHEDS SOME OF THE CREEPY SEX ASPECT OF THAT RECORD BUT I DON'T THINK WHAT IS LEFT IS SOMETHING I WANT TO CONFRONT TOO OFTEN. NO IDEA HOW YOU COULD RETURN TO THESE IDEAS TIME AND AGAIN AS A 'TOURING ROCK BAND'. CHRIST.