Demolition Daniel - Decay
Released back in 2025 on Marbre Negre. Decay by Demolition Dabiel is this solo-project´s fourth cassette album, and it´s kind of a side-project to the veteran noise/industrial German act called Flutwacht. Limited cassette release out on Spanish Marbre Negre. The album contains 3 long tracks and a total length of 35 minutes.
Love the kind of action-themed artwork that comes with the cassette, maybe it´s just the letters? Nonetheless, it has that grinding black/white post-industrial factory-feel/look to it. The cassette is a simple transparent tape, and the cassette booklet only lists the three tracks: Decay I, II, and III. So let us just start with number I shall we?
A slowly building, distorted, heavy, dark-ambient mood is rising. Additional drone layers of smothering atmospheric noise are added. Sounds brutal, but it´s actually kind of beautiful, dreamy, and melancholic. Very ritualistic and very hypnotising. Harsh distorted vocals get into the grinder later on. The track evolves into a kind of surreal ambient and harsh-noise thing. I like this a lot! Good thing that it is a very long track, 17 minutes and 54 seconds long! The first track takes the entire A-side. Same kind of quality stamp that goes for every Flutwacht release.
We flip the tape and continue with the second Decay track. Starts with a very pointy dentist drill, drilling while water is being added. The echoed, reverbed sound of empty factory halls churns in the background. Sound of a diving aero-plane in there, while the dentist drills and tunes in. Less moody, and more noisewall-of-sound approach.
The last track on the B-side is Decay III. Sound of buzzsaw, or is it one of those called leaf-blowers? A thumping and vibrating piece of machinery is in there. And a screaming, metallic, dynamic, reverbed tone is there to keep you awake! At this point, there is no point of return. You are there, sucked into a void of sound. Brilliant!
Decay is a simple masterpiece, thoroughly focused the whole way through. Feels like a focused live-recording/live-session. The guy behind this project knows what he is doing; it can be felt and heard at all times. Brilliant mixture of drone, harsh noise, and industrial ambient. This cassette is an absolute must!
