Murderous Vision-Life´s Blood Death´s Embrace
I got introduced to this classic U.S death/ambient-industrial act when the Times Without Gods was released back in 2002. Actually, I won it in a competition on Murderous Vision´s Myspace page. It became a classic in my growing collection of modern dark-ambient releases. And now in 2017, I wanted to have more, so I picked up a random one on Discogs and it became this. Great title for an album!
So for those who don´t know Murderous Vision, let me give you a quick introduction.
The Murderous Vision saga began back in 1997, with its first album called Loathe on his own label Live Bait Recordings. Since then and to this day, Murderous Vision (Stephen Petrus) has kept up releasing new material within the spectrum of atmospheric death-industrial, dark-ambient and neo-classic/Martial. About 13 albums, 7 splits, 1 compilation and several mini-albums (more or less). Over time Murderous Vision has proven to be among the classic industrial acts from the United States, that is when we are talking about acts (from the U.S) having inspiration from the classic Cold Meat Industry sound. And most of his material is available on his Bandcamp. Fans of U.S Subklinik, open your ears.
This release was made back in 2006 on Live Bait Recordings, 60 minutes+ horror-soundtrack journey into pure apocalyptic death-industrial. Very varied in sound-landscapes this one is. From a haunted asylum, abandoned hospitals, ruin-like factories to darkened esoteric rituals, visions of hell and surreal lucid dreams. All fitted nicely into one album. And the album is perfectly balanced between lo-fi and hi-fi as well. I cannot find any specific theme in the album, it almost works like a compilation of sorts. Various horrific soundtrack moods, giving you that extra ear curiosity for exploration. The tracks are good, and the sound is good as well ... Would love to invest in more releases with this classic act. For fans of classic CMI-acts like Megaptera, Archon Satani and Raison D´être.
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