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Any release that manages to top out all 3 scales is one truly deserving of special accolades.  So it is with much respect and pride that I am able to bestow this honor on a relatively small and unknown group of musicians, Ukraine's Balance Interruption.  The songs on this release are not only fast and mathmetically complex: the compositions manage to boil all of this chaos into something extremely listenable.  From the guitars and electronic beats to the wailing saxophone, the writing is on point and the performances are alive.  The fusions of electronic, avant-garde, and black metal are ones that defy logic at times, and truly do "upset the balance."  And returning to the idea of score overlap, few achieve such bizzareness while still maintaining tracks that are highly digestible even after a single sitting.

 

https://metaltrenches.com/reviews/2016-part-deux-innovation-31

 

 

Сумеречный и деструктивный 6-панельный диджипак от киевской группы — троице музыкантов, которые пригласили еще кой-каких волшебников (о них в середине изложения), для создания едкого метилового настроения и частичного выноса спинного мозга. Сабж реализован в этот мир суровым лейблом Satanath Records в сотрудничестве с бельгийской конторой Abstruse Eerie Radiance.

Этот диск —выставлен на всеобщее обозрение 1. как констатация параноидального расположения духа, второе - как немалая амбиция музыкальных практиков и, 3. возможно, социальный эксперимент. С социальным опытом все понятно, данный компакт будут покупать лица, заинтересованные в чернейшем творчестве, в том именно, где экспериментальных флаконов больше, чем стандартов из палаты мер и весов. А вот со вторым и первым - посложнее, но попробуем разобраться.

Balance Interruption кошмарят этот мир начиная с 2005 года, и мало препятствий стояло на их торжествующем пути, ибо на сей мОмент они выпустили, кроме сабжа, еще два полноформата. Представьте, уже две полных шкатулки с инфернальным, антигуманным муЗЛОм, уже заправлены и отправлены в хеллканцелярию. Кроме того, в пару всем полноформатам были созданы три эпишки. Вот так музыкально отчитались Balance Interruption перед слушателями и особенно - потребителями их продукта.

Альбом Door 218 в этом отношении развивался как хаотический апокалиптически настроенный комплексный блэк металл, изъязвленный драматическими вокальными партиями, и паче еще и (волшебными) звуками саксофона. Только не вздумайте, что я собственно этот инструмент называю магическим, с чего бы? Дело в том, что партии его прорывают музыкальный коллаж и бросают слушателя в другой мир, вот и все волшебство... То есть не менее волшебным является гитарное рубилово, которое возвращает металлиста в мир беспрецедентного террора и безумного прессинга, который вольготно расположился на диске.

При всем при том, что в основном в группе играет три человека, саунд команды солидно обеспечен струнными эксцессами, что обусловлено политикой их применения. При всей абстрактности схем звукопостроения в этом экспериментальном материале, гитарные инспирации являются основой, несущими конструкциями и главной строительной массой, и никакие саксофоны в этом не помогут. В таком разрезе заметим, что струнники тотально формируют массивный фундамент, весьма разнообразный по темпам и настроениям, далее - в несущих конструкциях очень много ДЖАЗА, импровизации, кажущейся или нет (все-таки это уже записанный диск), но в любом случае не стандартной, опрокидывающей обыкновенные подходы в сочинении музыки в жанре блак метал. Потому диск слушается с интересом, ибо слушатель не может предугадать следующее движение создателей этого небольшого филиала ада.

Тем не менее меломан всегда узнает, что это именно БМ, а не нечто невинное и бесхарактерное.

Много времени музыканты потратили на создание инфернальной атмосферы в альбоме, здесь и какие-то безумные саунд-треки, и индустриальные вкрапления, и многослойность итогового звука, и привлеченные инструменты сыграли свою немалую роль. Кстати, в трак 3 еще был приглашен дополнительный гитарист, только мне не совсем понятно, почему именно только в 3, ибо на всех остальных - АДА не менее. Если его работа в центре трака, то тогда это крышесносительный соляк, аккуратно препарирующий мозг профильных любителей музыки.

Знатно отрабатывает на диске вокалист, собирающий в свой голос и ненависть, и ярость, и многий негатив, обращенный внутрь, и впоследствии выброшенный наружу в миксированном формате, обналиченном в рев, скрим, аналогичные хоровые скрепы. Это все, вкупе с музыкальным абстракционизмом придает музыкальному полотну Balance Interruption черты театрализованного и задокументированного темного ритуала.

 

https://vk.com/wall216331265_2237

 

 

 

Out last September 28th 2016 was ‘Door 218‘ by Balance Interruption via Satanath Records and Abstruse Eerie Radiance.

 

An experimental black metal act from Kiev, Ukraine, don’t be fooled by any doubts about this album as it is a gem to listen to.

 

A merger of experimental metal, trippy metal and black and death metal, be ready to be transported into musicality and aggressiveness. The samples of Slavic discussions (I have no idea what it is being said) along the sax tracks, the guttural vocals and blasting drums makes this album a pure enjoyment to listen as it is refreshing as fun to have in our playlists.

 

https://kultur666.com/2016/11/30/door-218-by-balance-interruption-a-comment/

 

 

Уже после беглого взгляда на обложку этого компакта становится очевидно, что перед нами не очередные плагиаторы и подражатели, а настоящие творцы от мира авангардного тяжмета. Арт и внутренности сопровождающих CD картонок дышат нездешней метафизикой и глубиной познаний о “тёмной стороне силы”, а музыка, едва стартовав, предлагает нам феерический блэк-метал, объединяющий воедино Morgul, Pan.Thy.Monium, Arcturus и The Butcher’s Ballroom.

 

Плотный, вполне прямолинейный, но не примитивный кач, эпизодическое использование саксофона (!), басовые соло с применением тэппинга, порывистый дьявольский скрим в духе того же Morgul времён “Sketch Of Supposed Murderer” и наброски, “скетчи” странных демонов, похожих на сумасшедших стариков, детей, у которых видны сухожилия, мышцы, а иногда даже и сам скелет, и прочие радости всех почитателей чёрной духовности – это Balance Interruption.

 

Кто-то может сказать, что после всё тех же Morgul, Pan.Thy.Monium, Arcturus и The Butcher’s Ballroom эксперименты и откровения этого потустороннего трио уже не могут похвастаться былой свежестью и звучать так же новаторски и одухотворённо. И будет не прав. Подобная музыка – музыка, имеющая в себе некую вертикаль, веяние духа – по определению не может потерять актуальность и притягательность, поскольку актуален её исток – источник, питающий её.

 

Послушайте потрясающую “D.U.S.T.” – за такие риффы и такое восхитительное изломанное великолепие попытался бы переписать свой контракт с князем мира сего даже сам Дэни Филт. Звон, гул и грохот стоит такой, как будто мы оказались в преисподней, а плачущий, словно доносящийся из соседнего, более зрелого и цивильного ада, саксофон напоминает, что не всё в этой жизни грубо делится на чёрное и белое. Есть ещё и полутона. И в них как раз и вся соль.

 

Безжалостное басовое соло окончательно провозглашает триумф хаоса и распада, что подтверждает своеобразный логотип команды, где буквы их названия затейливо оплетают перевёрнутую фигуру раскинувшего руки человека, некогда изображённого маэстро Да Винчи. Треки катятся по нарастающей, и уже в следующей за “D.U.S.T.” “suicidealer” мне почудился чуть ли не индастриал с его железным стенанием тысяч мануфактур и непременным саксофоном.

 

“Душе где проклятой, болезненной душе найти покой? Убежище где духу сокрушённому найти и сад в огне? Где успокоиться, уснуть и видеть сны душе болезненной, исчадью сатаны? ” – на этот вечно актуальный для каждого не ищущего лёгких путей в своём поиске Истины индивида вопрос отвечает трек с говорящим названием “morbid soul shelter”, продолжая начатые ещё в прошлом номере эксперименты с электроникой и жёстким ebm, дублирующим яростный блэковый шторм.

 

Четвёртый альбом этой киевской капеллы, ведущей свою историю ещё с 2005 года получился по-настоящему кровосмесительным, страшным и совершенно автономным. Это действительно именно такой редкий случай, когда, воспринимая материал, не думаешь о всякого рода сопутствующих деталях и прочей поверхностной земной шелухе. И я вновь тысячу раз согласен с теми, кто считает, что именно так и должно быть.

 

Поистине гениальную музыку на этом лонгплее дополняет шикарно выполненный диджибук, который в своём адском минимализме даже заставляет забыть об отсутствующем буклете с текстами. Бог с ними, с текстами. За эту музыку и за эту группу более чем красноречиво говорит их стафф. И роскошное издание, ставящее ещё одну галочку напротив сентенции о необходимости приобретения этого CD. Поверьте, сомнений тут быть не может. Это настоящий шедевр во плоти.

 

http://astartaview.ru/balance-interruption-door-218/

 

 

Украинская группа BALANCE INTERRUPTION, увы, сильно проигрывает в известности многим своим соотечественникам. Как ни крути, законодателем мод в Украине является харьковская сцена, выбирающая в своём творчестве совершенно иные тематики, нежели BALANCE INTERRUPTION. Киевляне в своё время пошли на решительный шаг, не поддержав набравшую ход праворадикально-языческую движуху, и пошли в ином творческом направлении, угорев (возможно, в прямом смысле) по тоже весьма близкой украинцам теме. Дебютник «Nuclear War for Rescue», вышедший у нас на Possession Productions, был посвящён ядерному апокалипсису. И получился более чем убедительным — если поставить этот диск и включить счётчик Гейгера, его треск может заглушать ваш проигрыватель! Кроме мрачнейшей атмосферы, альбом также демонстрировал неплохую технику и стиль игры, произрастающие явно не из бурзумовских тремоло. Второй альбом группы, «Era II: Deserts of Ashes», я как-то упустил, но уверен, что и там всё в порядке. А теперь пришло время третьей полноформатной работы, получившей имя «Door 218».

 

Судя по всему, тематика творчества BALANCE INTERRUPTION изменилась за прошедшие годы. Группа ударилась в психоделику с элементами социалки. Безумные аляповатые рисунки, использованные в оформлении, навевают жуть, напоминая мне о старой анимации от поехавших художников, проходившей по телевидению под грифом «мультфильмы для взрослых». Вслушиваясь в сэмплы, использованные на альбоме, могу предположить: BALANCE INTERRUPTION осознали, что апокалипсис не обязательно должен сопровождаться ядерным взрывом — он уже случился в людских душах. Все эти эпизоды из жизни алкашей, малолетних наркоманов и зэков убедительно это доказывают. И создают сильнейший контраст с музыкой.

 

Музыка на «Door 218» такая, что слышать подобные сэмплы в ней очень неожиданно. Возможно, я узковато мыслю, но я привык к пьяным воплям и прочим подобным прелестям в различного рода гринде. А здесь у нас музыка совершенно иного характера — породистый, техничный, сложный и комплексный метал с индустриальным привкусом. Можно проследить очевидное сходство с ABORYM, однако украинцы звучат значительно жёстче итальянцев. У них отсутствует избыток клавишных партий и спецэффектов, стиль игры более лаконичный, резкий. У всех композиций есть чётко выраженная основная мелодия и фрагменты, заседающие в памяти. Тем не менее, всяких интересных фишек на «Door 218» столько, что их перечисление может занять больше времени, чем прослушивание самого альбома. Здесь есть эксперименты с вокалом, грохочущие индастриал-фрагменты, пульсирующие техно-ритмы, шикарные басовые соло (бас вообще играет огромную роль), сложные гитарные узоры, создающие упорядоченный хаос по заветам DEATHSPELL OMEGA. Причём всё это не свалено в кучу — мол, посмотрите, как мы можем. В каждом элементе музыки чувствуется продуманность, всё находится на своих места. Даже представить не могу, сколько ещё любопытных решений было отброшено в ходе сочинения альбома. Особый шик — это партии саксофона, исполненные неким Dragon’ом. На весь альбом я насчитал 3 штуки, и этого чертовски мало. Они просто великолепны! Особенно в песне «Incubatum Conveyor», где саксофон сплетается в экстазе с мрачным басом. Фишка, в целом, не новая — даже если позабыть о прогрессив-металлических бандах и подразумевать экстремальный андеграунд, можно вспомнить подобное решение у беларуского PAGAN 9 лет назад. Но до сих пор умелое использование саксофона в метале способно вызывать неконтролируемое восхищение. Я решительно рекомендую BALANCE INTERRUPTION развивать эту идею в дальнейшем!

 

«Door 218» выпущен совместными усилиями российского Satanath Records и бельгийского «Abstruse Eerie Radiance» в 6-панельном дигипаке. Всецело правильное решение, так как подобные альбомы должны обращать на себя внимание внешним видом. Этот странный чёрт с обложки «Door 218» отлично запоминается! Как и сам альбом, оставляющий исключительно положительные впечатления. Серьёзная работа европейского уровня, способная составить конкуренцию всё тем же ABORYM, или даже ABIGOR. Слушайте, покупайте, советуйте знакомым, и всячески поддерживайте!

 

http://bagnik-zine.org/?p=331

 

 

Balance Interruption adalah sebuah band yang pada asasnya beraliran Black Metal namun punya pengaruh pelbagai yang agak menampakkan kelainan pada music mereka. Balance Interruption berasal dari Kyyiv, Ukrine. Ditubuhkan sekitar 2005. Menghasilkan beberapa EP dan 2 buah album penuh dan terkini di bawah label Satanath Records mereka tampil dengan album ketiga bertajuk Door 218 yang dikeluarkan pada 28 September 2016. Rilis ini turut disertai oleh sebuah lagi label iaitu Abstruse Eerie Radiance dari Belgium.

 

Door 218 mendapat review yang agak positif sebagai antara produk terbaek untuk 2016 dari pelbagai webzine serata dunia. Ini membuatkan gua rasa cuba explore apa yang menarik berkenaan album ini. Dan gua mengambil masa kira2 dua minggu untuk menghadam apa yang terkandung didalam album ini.

 

Setelah mendalami Door 218, gua dapat simpulkan ini merupakan sebuah album yang masih termaktub di bawah kategori Black Metal namun idea penulisan dan elemen2 didalam music mereka menampakkan kelainan. Istilah original tidak berani plak untuk gua sebut (mungkin ada band yang terdahulu menghasilkan music sebegini yang gua terlepas pandang) tetapi teras Black Metal menjadi tunjang music disamping bunyian electronica dan pengaruh jazz noir yang diterapkan dalam Door 218 ternyata membuatkan ianya kedengaran lari dari terma tipikal yang selalu kita dengar dari music Black Metal. Adakala album ini kedengaran seperti berada dalam kategori EBM tetapi tidak keterlaluan sehingga menjadi konsep keseluruhan album. Ia mungkin sesuai di sebut Black Metal yang berada dalam alaf baru dan tidak salah jika gua katakan ini adalah Modern Black Metal yang kontranya akan dibenci oleh pendokong Black Metal orthodox! Untuk telinga gua yang memahami erti "music" dan evolusi, gua berpendapat idea Balance Interruption untuk Door 218 adalah satu percubaan gila dan berani mati.

 

Bayangkan Black Metal ala Emperor + Electronic ala Rob Zombie dan Pain ciptaan Peter Tagtren + Jazz lucah + Technical playing (tidak keterlaluan) + sedikit odd signature di blend bersama menjadi satu ramuan. Itulah Door 218 ciptaan Balance Interruption. Satu resepi berani mati dan anda boleh preview melalui link yang kami sertakan dibawah ini.

 

Hubungi dan kenali Balance Interruption melalui link yang kami sediakan dibawah. Dan sila rembat CD Door 218 juga melalui link yang turut kami sediakan. Akhir kata, kepada pendengar Black Metal yang cuba lari dari apa yang selalu anda dengar, boleh kiranya mendapatkan album ini secara fizikal atau digital.

 

http://dissectingtheeuphony.blogspot.ru/2016/12/balance-interruption-door-218-2016.html

 

 

This is the third album from Ukrainian experimental black metal band Balance Interruption.

 

All I knew about this band before I listened to them was that they were a black metal band of some description. As such, I was not prepared at all for what I found inside Door 218.

 

Here we have an album that might not sound as you expect it to upon hearing the black metal tag. Yes, a lot of the familiar elements are present and correct, but there’s a lot of unusual aspects to the music too.

 

Door 218 features 39 minutes of largely ferocious, dissonant black metal that’s ultra aggressive and very unforgiving to its enemies. However, there’s a lot more than just that to the songs on this release.

 

Atypical riffs, industrial influences, a touch of the old blackjazz, and top-quality use of the saxophone mean that these tracks have got a lot more interest and ideas in them than a lot of ostensibly similar bands. The saxophone solos in particular are very well played and fit in so well with the music that it makes you wonder why more extreme metal bands don’t make use of this wonderful instrument.

 

I also like that you can hear the bass and the contribution it makes to the music; it’s used as an autonomous instrument in its own right a lot of the time, which is a joy to hear. This, added to the pitch-black riffs, impressive drums and extra sound effects, results in songs that are extremely satisfying examples of experimental black metal done very, very right.

 

As you might expect from such diverse and divergent music, the vocals are equally well-performed and relatively varied; screams, growls, shouts and all manner of other vocalisations are used across the album.

 

Imagine a combination of Mayhem, Dødheimsgard, Red Harvest and Shining (NOR). Yes, Door 218 is as good as that implies.

 

Very highly recommended.

 

https://wonderboxmetal.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/balance-interruption-door-218-review/

 

 

Experimentar es un lujo que no todos pueden darse, experimentar a veces no es tener una idea clara, a veces es espontánea y no siempre se esperan resultados concisos de la experimentación musical, no hay solo dos caminos, el espectador puede tener una mezcla de sentimientos al escuchar la experimentación musical, no se limita a “bueno” y “malo” puede asquear y ser fascinante, puede perturbar y enamorar a la vez, puede ser algo sublime pero grotesco por igual. La “mezcla” de sentimientos en la música es algo que no muchas bandas nos pueden proporcionar, no muchas bandas nos pueden otorgar todos los sabores de los sentimientos en una sola cucharada, pero hay bandas las que si bien no abarcan toda la gama de sentimientos, pueden darte una cucharada grande y experimental de demasiados sentimientos.

 

La banda Ucraniana Balance Interruption es una que se ha mantenido en el género Black Metal solido desde que comenzaron, cuando salió el disco titulado “Door 218” los pocos que conocen a la banda se pudieron haber esperado lo mismo de siempre, Black manchando las paredes de sus odios, oscuridad y demonios musicales, pero afortunadamente o desafortunadamente la banda no solo nos regala un Black Metal que suena bastante puro y perfectamente bien ejecutado, la banda experimento con algo de Technical-Math Metal y tendencias vanguardistas las cuales nos traen una atmosfera placentera con sonidos del más puro Jazz.

La banda te da varios escenarios en los cuales te puedes parar tan solo con cerrar tus ojos y escuchar, a veces el Black es tan sombrío, malvado y puro que se te puede olvidar pensar que esta banda experimenta y te sientes en el clásico bosque negro lleno de niebla, pero a veces la atmosfera del Jazz te hará sentir en las calles neoyorquinas en la época de los gangsters por la fuerza que estas secciones llegan a tomar, y al fusionar ambos géneros tan solo tu imaginación es el “límite”, pues estos ucranianos te cubren en sombras danzantes o en sonidos suaves con ligeras rupturas sentimentales.

 

El disco entero no te proporciona descanso, en el sentido de que te mantendrá ansioso por saber que puede venir después, cada tema es excelente en sus pocos minutos de ejecución, tal vez para aquellos que no gusten del Black Metal y no digieren bien el género lo sentirán algo repetitivo, pero quienes conocen y saborean el género pueden notar la experimentación macabra en sus melodías no solo en la atmosfera jazzista si no más detalladamente en los rifs de guitarra que en muchas ocasiones tendrán sonidos Mathcore o Technical Death Metal. Temas como “Incubatum Conveyor” te dará una probada de un Jazz a la velocidad Black Metal y Black Metal a la velocidad y progresión musical del Jazz. Temas más tempranos como “Door 218” te harán olvidar esporádicamente que estas escuchando a una banda de Black Metal pues el Jazz invade completamente el escenario y te pondrá a bailar.

 

El disco no se siente corto pero de alguna forma se puede decir que esperábamos un poco más de él, el último tema nos deja un extraño sabor de boca pues no es un broche de oro, no mezcla los géneros que escuchamos antes en el disco o experimenta mucho en sonidos y tendencias, tal vez podríamos decir que la banda quiso esto para mantener su esencia, si bien la mayor parte del disco es Black puro uno puede esperar de el un tema final más variado.

 

“Door 218” es un disco que no solo capta la atención por su brutalidad musical en el género Black, sus tendencias vanguardistas experimentales son más que cautivadoras, por una parte el Jazz puede ser demasiado relajante y a veces al mezclarse con el Black Metal pueden crear maravillas para los oídos, debo recalcar que al pasar esto el Black tiende a cambiar de velocidad y ritmo lo que hace que suene muy Progresivo en muchas ocasiones. Pero hay veces en donde el Jazz parece ser el que fue inyectado con el gen del Black y se debraya en su musicalización y suena demasiado obscuro. Un disco digno para todos los amantes del género Black, un disco que no solo los atrevidos y los curiosos deben escuchar pues puede cautivar en su atmósfera a cualquier espectador.

 

https://reviewstomyblood.blogspot.ru/2016/11/resena-balance-interruption-door-218.html

 

Balance  Interruption  are  a  band  from  Ukraine  that  plays  a  very  experimental  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Door  218"  which  was  released  as  a  joint  effort  between  Satanath  Records  and  Abstruse  Eerie  Radiance.

 

  Drum  beats  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  avant  garde  yet  heavy  riffing  a  few  seconds  later  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  can  be  heard  which  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  raw  feeling  and  the  vocals  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  black  metal  screams  and  death  metal  growls.

 

  When  solos  and  leads  are  done  they  bring  in  a  very  melodic  style  and  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody  and  saxophones  can  also  be  heard  at  times  and  the  songs  also  bring  in a   great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  elements  of  industrial  can  also  be  heard  in  some  parts  off  the  songs.

 

  Spoken  word  samples  can  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  music  gets  more  experimental  as  the  album  progresses  while  the  riffing  also  starts  getting  very  technical and  the  music  also  brings  in  a  more  modern  style  of  black  metal  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  clean  guitars  and  there  are  also  elements  of  drum'n'bass  on  some  of  the  tracks.

 

  Balance  Interruption  plays  a  style  of  black  metal  that  is  very  technical  and  they  also  mix  in  elements  of  avant  garde,  experimental  and  electronic  music  to  create  something  very  original,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover Apocalypse  and  Anti  Religion  themes.

 

  In  my  opinion  Balance  Interruption  are  a  very  great  sounding  experimental  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE "Last  Sunset  Without  Sun"  "D.U.S.T"  and  "Hypnotik  Eye  Kvlt". 

 

http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.ru/2016/11/balance-interruptiondoor-218satanath.html

 

Let me just say out front that I don’t think many people, myself included, would pin me as the person here most likely to write up a recommendation post about a black metal group. It’s not that I don’t enjoy some black metal or blackened music, but it is definitely not within my musical wheelhouse and area of expertise. And yet, here I am, about to recommend an obscure experimental black metal band to all of you! The reason I am doing so is because this band, Balance Interruption, prominently features an instrument I do know an awful lot about and have written about here at great length: the saxophone. It is the inclusion of this instrument that not only makes this band an interesting novelty within experimental black, but turns it into one of the best examples of how intelligently including a non-traditional instrument and influence can completely lift a band’s music from pretty good to really damn great.

Taking their most recent album, Door 218, from the beginning, you’re pummeled with an effective, if not entirely unheard of, assault of black metal blastbeats, discordance, and vocal theatrics calling to mind the likes of Dødheimsgard. There’s also an element of industrial noise thrown in there occasionally for good measure. Starting around the 2-minute mark on “Last Sunset Without Sun” though, the song opens up to reveal a wholly unexpected, and glorious soprano sax solo. Similar to the model that Wrvth took with their most recent album (or, for that matter, what Kayo Dot has done many a time), Balance Interruption seem to recognize that the shift from darkened modality into lighter atmospherics that much black metal hinges on to create contrast provides a perfect opportunity for some beautiful jazz-style playing.

The descending chord structure of this bridge section works perfectly with jazz playing, allowing the sax to play well within its conventional and comfortable style without sounding at all out of place, even as the rest of the band ratchet up the intensity to transition back into the heavier mode of the song. It’s not ground-breaking, but it’s hugely effective and surprising upon first listen, not least of which due to the decision to use the high-pitched and smoother tones of soprano sax over the lower registers of baritone, tenor, or even alto. I can’t think of another metal band that has incorporated soprano in such a way, which does create a novelty factor of sorts, but because it’s used so effectively it really serves to lift everything else around it.

Balance Interruption repeat this winning structural formula for most of the album, and though it works well each time on its own, it is a little disappointing to hear them make use of the instrument in only this one way as a solo break/contrast instrument rather than find ways to incorporate it into other parts of the music occasionally. It also tends to make the tracks that don’t make use of it feel flatter and more average by comparison. Make no mistake, Door 218 is a very solid album of experimental black metal through and through, and fans of the genre will find a lot to enjoy here sax or no. But it’s that one element that is able to elevate the music to something greater with more far-reaching potential. It’s a shame that they don’t use that potential to its fullest, but the fact that it exists at all makes Door 218 and Balance Interruption a band absolutely worth checking out and giving a few spins to.

 

http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2016/11/07/hey-listen-to-balance-interruption/

 

If I gave album of the year to every record that made me say "damn, this is awesome," I would have a lot of them.  It is with this idea in mind that I developed my 3 score system.  Throwing musicianship and innovation into the mix helps keep me a bit more objective, and it really has helped seperate what is fun from what is truly taking steps above and beyond the pack.   Any release that manages to top out all 3 scales is one truly deserving of special accolades.  So it is with much respect and pride that I am able to bestow this honor on a relatively small and unknown group of musicians, Ukraine's Balance Interruption.

 

What makes this honor even more special in my eyes is that this experimental black metal group from Satanath Records pulled a complete upset.  I had already filled out my top 10's for all 3 categories before Door 218 dropped on my doorstep and threw a wrench into something I had been working on all year.  But hell, they deserve it.  Anyone who follows our facebood page may have caught the first time I listened to the album, during which I called the band "my new spirit animal."  So in terms of Enjoyability, they nailed it immediately  A 10 for this scale means that I would put nearly every song on the album into a must-listen playlist.  Check.

 

In terms of Musicianship, once again, out of this world.  The songs on this release are not only fast and mathmetically complex: the compositions manage to boil all of this chaos into something extremely listenable.  From the guitars and electronic beats to the wailing saxophone, the writing is on point and the performances are alive.  The guitar riffs range from Absu-esque madness to your more traditional dissonant black metal chords; and the chunky basswork (especially on "Incubatum Conveyer") is unmatched this year.  There have been plenty of technically proficient albums to cross my path, but few managed to achieve such heights while still keeping me 100% engaged. This brings me to my final point, which in many ways I consider to be of the utmost necessity when it comes to an AOTY.

 

Innovation is a must.  We don't give out Nobel Prizes for things that have been done over and over again already.  Such consideration is reserved for something that breaks new ground.  Again, there have been plenty of albums in 2016 that have done this.  For a long time I was considering Schammasch's Triangle for the award, but for all of that album's impressiveness, Door 218 simply does more.  With the sheer volume of music I listen to on a daily basis these days, I would be hard pressed to say that anything I hear is 100% original, but Balance Interruption reaches about as far as one can hope into this wild territory.  The fusions of electronic, avant-garde, and black metal are ones that defy logic at times, and truly do "upset the balance."  And returning to the idea of score overlap, few achieve such bizzareness while still maintaining tracks that are highly digestible even after a single sitting.

 

In sum, Door 218 is an album that you simply must not ignore.  It should appeal to headbangers, musician nerds, and the genre-breakers alike.  Every single song will snap your brainstem while also inducing the most pleasant of metal euphorias imagineable.  This by no means should leave you ignoring the other albums I will be highlighting come December, but if for some reason you can only listen to one album this year, it should be this one.  Please support this excellent band and encourage them to continue making music.  My hats off to them, and also to Satanath for taking a chance on something they knew to be special.  Stream it in full today.

 

http://metaltrenches.com/reviews/album-of-the-year-2016-637

 

You don’t get your hands often onto Black Metal from Kiev, Ukraine, and the combination of both made me curious, as images of men with sable caps and bear fur coats spraying chicken blood while dancing the kasachok appeared in my mind, and eagerly I sink the needle into the vinyl.

 

Door 218 is the third longplayer of the three-piece band and in the past there have been also 3 Eps. The current album was released in September by Satanath Records, a Russian label that turned to the gloomy side, with Black, Death  Metal and the like.

 

The record starts with the “Last sunset without sun” and there’s everything you need: drummer Dmitry Kim beats the devil out of his kit, singer NK47 growls through the fast double bass parts and Lucifer on the bass supplies the rest with neat low tones from purgatory.

 

The band is not wrong with their experimental claim. Industrial elements alternate with quiet or melodic parts, and there is a saxophone solo .!? on the first song, which is by the way one of my recommendations.

 

Black Metal and Saxophone? Sounds like a pickle cucumber with Nutella, but is not as bad as you should think, the key word is “experimental”.

Moreover, the solo is cool, in the way a saxophonist would interpret Ennio Morricon’s music at the showdown of a Western. Unusual, amazing.

 

Especially the intros cannot deny their industrial heritage, the songs are bursting with varied pieces, there is brutality, there is sufficient speed and experimental parts, but always from one cast without breaking the compositions.

 

A successful album, which will probably not climb up high in the mainstream charts, but at least a serious insider tip.

 

My recommandations are the opener “Last sunset without sun”, the title track “door 218” (with Bassolo) and the disturbing “Suicidealer”.

 

Regarding the sound of Balance Interruption, the bitchiest maiden would voluntarily lie onto the sacrificial altar, and baby blood is quite tasty without additives and preservatives.

 

http://stalker-magazine.rocks/language/en/2016/11/12/balance-interruption-door-218-2/

 

This is Experimental Black Metal from Ukraine and I think the emphasis is on the mental part of experimental for this, the bands 3rd album. Industrial style pounding, mixes with disharmonic riffs, tribal drums, even some soothing Jazz… yep, this is barking fucking mad.

 

But it’s very precisely executed and you can hear every instrument clearly. And as is usually the case, I can appreciate the more vitriolic sounds, but I don’t really get the weird shit. But if that’s your thing, then you’ll love this as there’s always so much going on at once.

 

https://beneaththesurfacemagazine.com/2016/11/23/metal-marmite-episode-1/

 

Τόπος: Γκουρμεδοπωλείο "Ανύπαρκτες Μερίδες"

 

Ημερομηνία: 27 Νοεμβρίου 2016

 

Ώρα: 23.00

 

-Ωραίο εστιατόριο εδώ μωρό μου , ε;

 

-Ναι, καλό είναι...

 

-Δεν μου είπες, πως σου φάνηκε η Jazz συναυλία που πήγαμε, ωραία δεν ήταν;

 

-Νταξ' μωρέ, καλά ήταν. Λίγο ήρεμα για τα γούστα μου, αλλά οκ.

 

-Ήρεμα; Ε όχι και ήρεμα. Δεν θυμάσαι κάτι πειραματισμούς και κάτι αυτοσχεδιασμούς και κάτι γρήγορα σόλο που έπαιζαν; Πώς ήταν αυτό ήρεμο;

 

-Καλά τώρα, αυτά μπροστά στο Black Metal είναι μπαλάντες.

 

-Τι Metal;

 

-Black.

 

-Τι σχέση έχει αυτό που λες εσύ με τη Jazz; Εδώ μιλάμε για ποιοτική μουσική. Όχι αυτά τα κλαπατσίμπαλα που ακούς εσύ.

 

-Σε πληροφορώ, αγάπη μου, ότι υπάρχουν Black Metal συγκροτήματα που πειραματίζονται αρκετά με τη μουσική τους, ενσωματώνοντας , αν θες να μάθεις, και Jazz στοιχεία. Να, προχθές άκουγα τον τρίτο δίσκο των Ουκρανών Balance Interruption, το “Door 218”. Φοβερός δίσκος και φοβερές μελωδίες. Μιλάμε για καταιγιστικούς Black Metal ρυθμούς που συνδυάζονται πολύ όμορφα με πιο Jazz, αλλά και πιο ηλεκτρονικές στιγμές.

 

-Καλά, έλα τώρα να παραγγείλουμε και άστα τώρα αυτά.

 

-Όχι, εδώ θα ακούσεις. Δεν θα τα λες κλαπατσίμπαλα και μετά θα κάνεις τον κινέζο. Στα 8 τραγούδια, λοιπόν, που απαρτίζουν το δίσκο, οι Ουκρανοί χρησιμοποιούν κατά κύριο λόγο γρήγορες ταχύτητες , οι οποίες συνοδεύονται από ένα χαοτικό παίξιμο. Φαντάσου τώρα καταιγιστικά drums, φυσικά με άφθονα blast beat, τραχιά προς high-pitched φωνητικά, σκοτεινή ατμόσφαιρα, μεγάλη ένταση στον ήχο και γρήγορες κιθάρες, που με τον τρόπο που παίζονται, δημιουργείται ένα πολύ ωραίο, ζοφερό χάος, που από την μία παγιδεύει τον ακροατή στις μελωδίες του και από την άλλη τον αναγκάζει να επιδίδεται σε ένα δυνατό headbanging. Μιλάμε για φοβερές καταστάσεις που γουστάρεις στο έπακρο.

 

-Μίλα ποιο σιγά, μας βλέπουνε. Ρεζίλι έχουμε γίνει! (Συγγνώμη, μη του δίνετε σημασία, έχει πιει λίγο παραπάνω).

 

-Χέστηκα. Να κοιτάνε τη δουλειά τους. Να κοιτάτε τη δουλειά σας! Που είχα μείνει; Α, ναι. Κι εκεί που οι ταχύτητες είναι γρήγορες και γίνεται χαμός, ξαφνικά οι Balance Interruption ρίχνουν συχνά τους ρυθμούς απότομα και μπαίνουν σε πιο ατμοσφαιρικές και ambient καταστάσεις. Κι εκεί είναι που ακούγονται πολύ ωραία solo από σαξόφωνο, ήρεμα και μελωδικά. Βέβαια δεν είναι μόνο το σαξόφωνο που φέρνει σε Jazz, αλλά και τα τύμπανα και το μπάσο, όπως παίζονται σε ορισμένα σημεία, φέρνουν στο μυαλό τη Jazz μουσική, ενώ στο μπάσο χρησιμοποιείται πολλές φορές η slapping τεχνική. Από εκεί και πέρα, όπως σου ανέφερα και πριν, θα ακούσουμε σε πολλά μέρη και ηλεκτρονικά στοιχεία, που ειδικά στις πιο χαοτικές στιγμές ταιριάζουν υπέροχα, και καμιά φορά έχουμε και κάποια πιο μικρά noise περάσματα. Που πας;

 

-Φεύγω. Ρεζίλι με έκανες με τις βλακείες σου. Δεν θα ξαναπατήσω εδώ…

 

-Αφού δεν μπορείς να εκτιμήσεις την καλή μουσική, να φύγεις! Άκου ‘κει… Τι κοιτάς εσύ ρε γέρο; Θες κάτι; Να πας να ακούσεις Balance Interruption να γουστάρεις. Γρήγορες και καταιγιστικές Black Metal μελωδίες, που διακόπτονται από πολύ ωραίες αργές και ατμοσφαιρικές στιγμές, και blast beats και γρήγορες κιθάρες που εναλλάσσονται με το σαξόφωνο και με την πιο Jazz διάθεση στα τύμπανα και στο μπάσο. Ένας πολύ ωραίος σκοτεινός και πειραματικός δίσκος που θα ικανοποιήσει τους οπαδούς του Black Metal. Ακόμα κι εσένα! ΠΗΓΑΙΝΕ! Φέρτε το μενού!

 

http://rockoverdose.gr/portfolio-view/balance-interruption-door-218

 

 

Now I’m leaving behind the bands I knew something about and turning to three new discoveries. The first of them is Balance Interruption from Ukraine. Their third album Door 218 will be released on September 28 by the Russian label Satanath Records (who have rapidly become one of my go-to underground labels, as you may have noticed). The song below is the only one now streaming from the album and its name is “Suicidealer”.

 

I think “Suicidealer” is a very interesting song, with a dark and dissonant beginning that soon grows into something ferocious and eccentric. At about the 2:00 mark, it kicks into an instrumental jam, pierced by a strange lead-guitar melody, that’s electrifying. And after that comes a dreamlike saxophone solo, more frenzied explosiveness, and an unexpected sampled conclusion. It’s an unpredictable ride, to say the least, but a fascinating one.

 

http://www.nocleansinging.com/2016/09/02/seen-and-heard-brutally-deceased-magoa-balance-interruption-hellwaffe-taiga/

 

Room 218 is one of those albums you know is a surreal dream excursion simply from its front cover. The cover art is like an old movie about the vampire mythos; the first I thought of is of course Nosferatu but I’m sure you can think of others. As for the album, it shows Balance Interruption exhibits black metal with a death metal edge and the creative fortitude to unexpectedly enhance it with jazz in strategic places. This is their third full length following Nuclear War For Rescue (2007) and Era II: Deserts Of Ashes (2011). The Ukraine band also include acerbic riffs, unorthodox passages, ambient sounds, electronic/industrial effects, movie samples and even saxophone. I think this last addition will be sufficient to most effectively unhinge extreme metal fans, but it’s only a small sample. I’ll take the chance of stating this is how Pink Floyd might sound if blown back as a black metal outfit (by this I mean the psychedelic era Pink Floyd), especially in their song Morbid Soul Shelter. It may be hubris to say so, but I’m talking about the imagination and feeling evoked, the wonder and abject terror that arises. Besides, I’ve read similar comparisons made by some reviewers. Perhaps something more reasonable would be to say this album falls within that category of Sigh, Tartaros and latter Emperor. If you’re looking for traditional elements you may hear some Mayhem, Deicide and Sepultura (Roots era). Whoever you happen to be reminded of, you won’t be bored while listening as each track brings something different from the previous track to the table, and you won’t be able to help your curiosity to consume everything placed before you. Bands have a better chance to be noticed by revising the rulebook or adding new chapters, and it only takes one song to show Balance Interruption have made a massive effort to take the experimentation of those who came before them in new directions. Making use of guitars, time changes and nightmare visions, the band increase their effectiveness and assail you with one turn after the next. Again you’ll find yourself remembering those few years in the late 90s when a select number of bands played with song structure, verse and arrangement and produced something instantly recognizable as never having been tried. Room 218 is a full length that continues where other bands left off. It’s one of those albums that plays less like a collection of songs and more like the most surreal, horrifying supernatural thriller you’ve seen in your years. One listener’s post on the album’s link at Bandcamp summed it up as saying the Ukrainian underground has outdone itself once again. The breaks between each section of each song sound more clearly defined while retaining consistency. The jazz and saxophone elements added to Last Sunset Without Sun, D.U.S.T., Suicidealer and Imcubatum Conveyor travel those extra miles toward expanding the range a band can compose with and proving it takes intelligence and an unwavering ability to dream to spawn an unforgettable and unorthodox album.

 

http://aeafanzine.blogspot.ru/2017/01/cd-review-balance-interruption-room-218.html

 

 

Oprezno! Ovo je Balance Interrvption, ne tako sirov, brutalno pitom i na prvi utisak slušljivi kliše black metal. To se odmah da videti i na omotu koji krasi njihov aktuelni abum ''Door 218''. Ok, prvi utisak je prosto dobar i na prvi pogled ne biste pomislili da je ovo black metal abum. Jer prosto ne postoji simbolika koja bi vas vizuelno asocirala na gore pomenuti pravac. Album se konkretno temelji na tradicionalnom black metalu sa blagim uplivima novije škole istog, a sve to začinjeno mudrim eksperimentalnim aranžmanima. Dakle ovo je album na kome se nalaze osam pesama samletih u mašineriji, kojom upravlja iskusna tročlana postava.

 

Već rekoh da se Lucifer, NK 47 i Dmitry Kim ne libe da eksperimentišu te, u pesmama postoje momenti na saksofonu, klarinetu, klavijaturama, slap bas deonice, efektom obojeni vokali... Na kraju, neko bi ovo nazvao industrial black metalom, ali ja se ne bih složio. Ovo je prosto eksperimentalni, progresivni black metal koji se temelji na već spomenutoj tradiciji - naročito kada su u pitanju vokali i stil sviranja gitare. Pesme su prosečnog trajanja od pet minuta i šarenog su inteziteta. Tako da ima onih koje drže pažnju ali i onih koje traže da ih preskočite na pola slušanja - rekoh već ''Oprezno'' ovo ipak nije bend koji bi ste slušali svaki dan. Za sam kraj bih dodao da je album produkcijski savršen i bez mana. Te, bih takođe preporučio i nekoliko pesama, kao što su: Last sunset without sun, Door 218, Not survived to the sentencing, Incubatium conveyor.

 

https://headbang-vlog.blogspot.ru/2016/12/balance-interruption-door-218-2016.html

 

As of late, I’ve been feeling quite disheartened about the creative emptiness of much black metal. For sure, there are plenty of worthwhile, ambitious releases out there (as well as those which aim to stick to their chosen style, and absolutely nail it); but finding them amidst a sea of generic corpsepainted, tremolo-picking, Satan worshiping clones is quite the task. It’s that which makes the discovery of a band like Balance Interruption all the more heartening. Theirs is a black metal that does not give one single fuck for orthodoxy or the constraints of genre and their third album, Door 218, is a devastating tour-de-force of industrial, progressive black metal that deserves to be raised above the mediocre masses and praised for the damaged genius that it is.

 

 

There’s a hell of a lot of different ideas and influences present on Door 218, to the extent that writing them down might give the impression that the album is a directionless mess. Nothing could be further from the truth, though; despite the way the songs will often veer off at progressive tangents, even including the use of saxophone on tracks like ‘Suicidealer’, it always feels as if Balance Interruption have complete control, taking their music in exactly the direction they want it to go. This is not a case of experimentation or diversity simply for the sake of it, but a prime example of how introducing non-metal elements can create stark contrasts, and make the more traditional elements (furious guitars, blast beats, vocals from the depths of hell) seem all the more powerful.

 

Perhaps the most impressive element of Door 218 isn’t the sheer creative madness on display, or the way that the band still manage to craft actual songs out of all the different sounds they use, but that they do so whilst still keeping that dangerous, blasphemous black metal feeling intact. Even when ‘Incubatum Conveyor’ threatens to veer off in to some almost danceable directions, there is still a cold, harsh, vicious aspect to the music. ‘Morbid Soul Shelter’ lives up to its name, replete with ice-cold guitar movements and a cold atmosphere; whilst ‘D.U.S.T’ has an ominous, lurking violence to it that’s not far removed from De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas – at least, until the saxophone and jazz-infused drumming kicks in, in a startlingly effective change of mood.

 

From the above, it may be tempting to draw a few comparisons – chiefly, Mysticum and Shining (Nor). Neither of these are quite right though – Balance Interruption don’t come across as being anything like as self-conscious and intentionally awkward as Shining (Nor); and their industrial elements aren’t as dominant to the expense of the metal as I find to be the case with Mysticum, with Door 218 being a black metal album first and foremost. A very strange, challenging one for sure, complimented with all sorts of outside influences and styles, but still fundamentally black metal.

 

Regardless of such distinctions, the fact remains that Door 218 is a real underground gem, and exactly the kind of album that is worthy of being raised above the generic, tired tropes that constitute so much black metal these days. It is absolutely fearless, and Balance Interruption deserve to be praised for creating such an ambitious piece of art.

 

https://thesoundnottheword.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/balance-interruption-door-218/

 

Als der Zombievirus die Welt erschütterte, wurden die Infizierten reduziert auf ihre basalen Instinkte. Für die meisten bedeutete das Fressen, doch für die zombifizierten ukrainische Jazzkapelle BALANCE INTERRUPTION bedeutete es, weiterhin Musik zu machen. Immer wieder brechen in den brutal-chaotischen Black Metal Jazz-Elemente wie zum Beispiel ein Saxophon durch. Song für Song steigert sich „Door 218“ in einen fieberwahnhaften Alptraum hinein, der in seiner Experimentierfreude auch vor EBM und EDM nicht halt macht, und erschafft ein ganz besonderes klangästhetisches Kunstwerk. Prädikat: besonders wertvoll! (jazz)

 

http://www.stormbringer.at/storys/396/flusensieb-2.html

 

 

En voilà un qui est passé sous nos radars en 2016… Et qui aurait pourtant mérité de figurer en bonne place dans les meilleures sorties black de l’année. Car les ukrainiens de Balance Interruption nous ont concocté pour leur 3ème album, rien de moins qu’une petite bombe d’avant-garde qui devrait notamment parler aux amateurs d’Abigor ou Dodheimsgard.

 

 

Il y a fort à parier que vous n’ayez (comme moi) jamais jeté une oreille sur les précédents albums du groupe, on ne parlera donc pas ici de l’évolution de leur style et de leur son. Mais ça tombe bien, Door 218 est suffisamment riche et intéressant pour se suffire à lui-même.

 

Leur black s’inscrit pleinement dans le genre défriché par les ténors évoqués plus haut, vous retrouverez donc une base bien black, l’utilisation d’éléments électroniques/synthétiques, mais aussi, et c’est là plus original et atypique, un saxophone (tenu par un invité, un certain Dragon) qui dispense de bien beaux solos sur plusieurs titres et apporte une touche un peu différente, qui désarçonne quelque peu au premier abord, puis achève de convaincre après quelques écoutes seulement. De même quelques samples de ce qui semble être (à confirmer) des extraits de films russes plus ou moins vieux, viennent compléter la recette et renforcer le côté « psychiatrique » de l’ensemble.

 

Car c’est bien la folie, à laquelle semble vouloir nous exposer ce trio (NK-47, cerveau de l’affaire, vocaliste et guitariste, Dmitry Kim intégré depuis 2013 pour s’occuper du massacre organisé des fûts, ainsi que rien de moins qu’un certain Lucifer pour tenir la basse et assurer quelque renfort vocal), à l’image de ce « Suicidealer », tribal et traversé d’accélérations schizophréniques. Mais une folie maîtrisée, qui reste néanmoins largement mélodique et accrocheuse, (comme ce « Incubatum Conveyor » et son refrain presque groovy avant que des beats technoïdes viennent là encore nous ramener à la folie pure et simple).

 

Outre ces qualités déjà évoquées, on appréciera aussi particulièrement l’effort fait sur le son de basse très audible et mis en avant qui apporte une vraie valeur ajoutée à l’ensemble.

 

8 titres formidables, agressifs, inventifs mais catchy, pas un moment de trop ni des longueurs inutiles qui viseraient à diluer un propos qui n’en a nullement besoin, le bilan de cet album est en tous points remarquable faisant de Door 218 rien de moins qu’un petit chef d’oeuvre de l’underground, dans un genre qui a perdu de sa superbe depuis quelques années. Ne perdez plus une minute pour le découvrir!

 

http://www.eklektik-rock.com/2017/03/balance-interruption-door-218/

 

 

Si potrebbe incasellare questi ucraini nel genere black, ma sarebbe riduttivo. Basta sentire la traccia d’apertura per rendersi conto che qui si va più nel territorio del post-metal. Diciamo anzi che se la voce non usasse una marcata timbrica black in quasi tutti i passaggi, di black qua ne troveremmo ben poco… O forse no? E’ difficile descrivere questo trio, dedito ad una sorta di death tecnico dalle forte tinte prog melodiche, quasi da colonna sonora . Anzi, tutto il disco sembra una sorta di soundtrack di un film immaginario e caotico, dove molti generi si mischiano a formare qualcosa di bizzarro e unico. Ascoltandomi un po’ di lavori passati del gruppo, scopro che questa bizzarria sonora non era presente nel passato della band, quindi si può parlare di una svolta stilistica piuttosto forte con il passato… Eppure c’è qualcosa che lega il terzetto alla musica estrema, una sorta di attitudine oscura capace di instillare energia nera nel suono generale delle composizioni. Una sorta di fluido black scorre nelle vene dei compositori, donando così dinamicità e freschezza in un disco veramente da scoprire e apprezzare, con la speranza che non sia stato per il gruppo solamente un esperimento isolato.

 

http://www.metalhead.it/?p=92482

 

 

Вот это уже конкретный авангард с первых же нот, связанный вроде бы такой же индустриализацией, как и на прошлых альбомах, но доработанный практически до совершенства. Невероятное сочетание тягучего, атмосферного дэта, распланированной блэк-металлической истерии Anorexia Nervosa и прогрессивного трепета чего то сложного и завуалированного. Чего только стоит внедрение в электронные биты саксофона, который сразу вызывает параллели с брутальщиками Cephalic Carnage и Brainteasers. Футуристическая электроника и техно-забавы приятно и в то же время давяще вплетаются в оболочку экстремального металла, что придает стаффу более психоделичную раскрасу, часто меняющую основные цвета. Сэмплирование - это, пожалуй, один из самых важных моментов альбома "Door 218". Именно в нем заключается продолжение Эры, которая началась в 2007 году и очень быстро эволюционировала, разделяя свои личные исторические моменты на эпохи, ни на дюйм не отстающие от грани между настоящим и будущим. А все ведь началось с катастрофы в Чернобыле, но несмотря на убеждение экспертов в неизбежной гибели, Balance Interruption мутировали во что-то особенное, самодостаточное, более сильное и красивое, в чем можно прекрасно убедиться, открыв диджипак. В философии звуков настолько много красок, что даже мальчуган с пакетом клея покажется распускающимся цветком, для которого пары химикатов - словно важный витамин или удобрение. Своеобразный материал, который захватывает на протяжении всего альбома, отчего большой поклон киевлянам. В данном случае они выдали настоящее произведение искусства.

 

http://headbanger.ru/reviews/album-4011

 

 

Pažnju na "Balance Interruption" mi je pre nekoliko nedelja skrenuo Bagzi sa "Headbang-a" i to baš na album "Door 218". Od prve numere sam znao šta mogu da očekujem, jer već prvi taktovi odaju miks black metala sa cyber, avangardnim, orijentalnim i apstraktnim uplivima. Kao da u jednom bendu čujem sve one "uvrnute" deonice koje krase opus beloruskih "ID:Vision" i norveških "Dødheimsgard". Sama konstrukcija pesama je odlična, a sam kvalitet naglašavaju neočekivane promene ritmova, uplivi naratorskih i skoro pa opuštajućih semplova i nadasve predobra produkcija. Maestralno!

 

http://ciklonizacija.blogspot.ru/2017/02/crni-kombo-1.html

 

 

I have a confession to make, though by now it’s probably quite obvious: I’m addicted to skronk, and like a potent drug, its sway over modern black metal and death metal suckers me in every time. But there’s one from 2016 I missed out on, one that feels like it warrants coverage even now, and that’s the latest Balance Interruption album.

 

As always, I have to give credit to our esteemed editor Islander for covering some of the early singles from Door 218 before it dropped on September 28th through Satanath Records. But, I didn’t see it getting a lot of coverage elsewhere, which is a shame given how high the quality of this album is, so I figured that justifies covering it again now.

 

The group hail from Kyyiv, Ukraine, and Metal-Archives tells me they’ve been active since 2005, with Door 218 being their third full-length overall thus far. Beyond delivering a potent blend of avant-garde skronky black metal with ravenous deathly influences, Balance Interruption also employ saxophone playing throughout the album, utilizing it in a smooth and melodious fashion as solos and instrumental reprieves between the album’s otherwise ungodly harsh and chaotic nature.

 

All sexy sax moments aside, Door 218 is a damn fine album that runs circles around the majority of black metal I hear — though the added touch of saxophone-led moments does give it that extra bit of identity all its own within the skronk paradigm where something like this is less common than in progressive black metal such as Solefald, Aenaon, Maladie, Ihsahn, and so forth. Likewise, the bass playing here is fantastic, and gets a more prominent role in the mix and the songwriting than in many of their black metal peers.

 

If you missed Door 218 until now, don’t let the possibly confusing band name and album title lead you astray; this is a killer fucking album that expertly traverses the line between artistically proggy and mind-numbingly dark metal in equal measures.

 

http://www.nocleansinging.com/2017/01/27/late-december-and-early-january-gems-part-5-simulacre-and-balance-interruption/

 

 

Devemos dizer que apesar de não gostarmos muito do caminho escolhido pelos Deathspell Omega, que é inegável a sua importância no cruzar barreiras do black metal. Isto não quer dizer que o grupo francês seja obrigatoriamente uma influência dos ucranianos Balance Interruption que chega com este "Door 218" ao seu terceiro trabalho. Até porque pode muito bem não ser mas a verdade é que várias vezes ao longo deste álbum que pensamos neles. Temos aqui um black metal angular, industrializado e muito intenso nos ambientes que cria. Não são ambientes novos, são familiares e não só para os fãs de Deathspell Omega mas para muitas outras propostas, no entanto há uma eficácia que faz com que o peso das influências caia. Este é um álbum desagradável, tão difícil de ouvir quanto intrigante e é por isso, sem darmos muito conta, o ouvimos tantas vezes num curto espaço de tempo.

 

http://radiowom.blogspot.com/2017/01/balance-interruption-door-218-review.html

 

Non ho idea di cosa rappresenti la «Porta 218», né di cosa parlino i testi dei Balance Interruption o di cosa significhino i campionamenti in russo (credo) posti tra un brano e l'altro; però, mi sarebbe piaciuto capire qualcosa di più di tutto ciò, poiché "Door 218" ha sicuramente destato la mia curiosità in più modi.

 

Questo è il terzo album della discografia della band ucraina (completata da altrettanti EP) e ci presenta una realtà abbastanza matura e personale da poter produrre un lavoro che è tutto fuorché standard; intendiamoci, non stiamo parlando di innovazioni mai sentite prima, tuttavia la particolarità della proposta è indubbia. Partendo da una base fatta di Black Metal e qualche tendenza Death non troppo velata, il trio inserisce notevoli elementi di Elettronica e Jazz. Pensare a gente come i Dødheimsgard, gli Shining norvegesi e per certi versi i The Axis Of Perdition (in una versione meno schizofrenica) non è del tutto fuori luogo. Si passa da un blast beat a vigorose percussioni sintetiche, da un riff in tremolo a suoni ed effetti elettronici, fino ad arrivare ai vari assoli di sassofono — solitamente molto melodici — che adornano diverse tracce.

 

In tutto ciò, lo strumento che brilla più di tutti è il basso. Se già questa non fosse una caratteristica relativamente inusuale per una band Black Metal, il modo in cui viene sfruttato è assolutamente degno di nota: in grado di adattarsi sia ai passaggi jazzistici che a quelli più spinti, spesso fornendo un importante contributo nel rendere maggiormente destabilizzante la musica. Non è un caso, quindi, che il missaggio gli dia ampio spazio, senza però sminuire troppo i restanti elementi in gioco.

 

Le chitarre svolgono un buon lavoro, forse non particolarmente originale o brillante, ma senza dubbio competente — anche in ambito solista — e coerente con un contesto non proprio semplice; durante le aperture atmosferiche, l'uso di dissonanze poste ad accompagnare il sassofono e gli influssi Jazz ricreano fedelmente i bizzarri scenari illustrati nel digipak. Più che buono anche il contributo del batterista Dmitry Kim (membro di diverse band, tra cui i Goatpsalm), capace di offrire una prestazione variegata e tecnicamente valida, con pattern che spaziano dalla ferocia prettamente Metal a dinamiche di stampo Jazz.

 

L'elemento elettronico in più di un'occasione supporta la sezione ritmica con sonorità chiaramente industriali, ma si manifesta anche attraverso sintetizzatori che spesso donano un'aura misteriosa al tutto. Ad esempio, ogni traccia viene legata alla sua successiva da brevi passaggi di Dark Ambient greve e soffocante, spesso accompagnati dai campionamenti vocali citati in apertura. I suoni sintetici sono comunque chiaramente udibili in diversi momenti, sia a creare atmosfera che a dare un contributo melodico qua e là. Però, l'elemento di maggiore interesse è l'uso dell'effettistica, che in qualche momento si occupa di glitchare la musica o di aggiungere effetti a una vocalità tanto caustica quanto variegata.

 

Non sarà certo definibile come un capolavoro, tuttavia "Door 218" riesce a risultare decisamente interessante, grazie a una personalità e a una qualità della proposta sopra la media. Come detto in precedenza, sarebbe stato utile poterne approfondire anche le tematiche, ma la musica di per sè è già un buon motivo per dare un ascolto ai Balance Interruption.

 

http://www.aristocraziawebzine.com/recensioni/8498-balance-interruption-door-218

 

 

Never underestimate the power of unpredictability. All musical genres are crowded places these days and it seems as if you can’t turn to any category of music without hearing any number of bare-faced copycats simply going through the same motions as their illustrious forebears, frequently offering up the technicality but rarely the innovation. On first listen, Balance Interruption are A.N Other black metal band and the first two minutes or so offers up all the familiar tropes – hyper speed drums, discordant guitars and harrowing shrieks – it’s all present and correct. And then something weird happens. From out of the darkness, a saxophone emerges and ambient elements, hitherto vaguely present in the mix, come to the fore to create a dense, swirling cloud that recalls the similarly innovative work of Ulver and Thorns. The effect is devastating and it becomes immediately apparent that Balance Interruption are far more innovative than their peers, dipping their toes into the murky world of blackened jazz and obsidian electronica with deft skill.

 

Having so impressively opened the album, ‘door 218’, with the jazz-infused ‘last sunset without sun’, Balance Interrupted then offer up the horrifying title track with its eerie samples and screeching strings. Like Emperor, Balance Interrupted’s skill is to make the most unhinged and savage of sonic assaults sound imperial in scope. Jittery electronics add an extra layer of disturbing noise to the overall sound and it’s clear that Balance Interrupted have a wide-eyed ambition that gives their music considerable depth. A rather more straight forward effort, albeit awash with sparking, damaged synth noise, ‘Not survived to the sentencing’ is a maelstrom of noise that plunges the listener into a dark place before ‘D.U.S.T’, with its arcing, industrial backdrop strips flesh from bone in a dystopian future where humanity has been displaced in scenes reminiscent of the Terminator. Yet, even here, nothing is that straight forward and the band side-slip into a jazz-infused breakdown that sees the sax return to centre stage and Lucifer deal in some seriously intricate bass runs. Razor sharp, ‘Suicidealer’ conjures images of the swinging chains and torn flesh of a Clive Barker torture chamber, the band incorporating the most menacing industrial production this side of a Ministry album into a track that makes the flesh crawl only for the sensual sound of the sax to add credence to the principle of finding pleasure in pain. 

 

With the sun blotted out and the listener ensnared ‘incubatum conveyor’ lays down a massive groove in between the sort of unhinged riffing that makes you fear for the band’s sanity. Once again, the band calmly demonstrate their instrumental prowess, but whilst they are technically proficient, their workouts always serve the song and as the smoky sax once again returns, so the music keeps the listener endlessly guessing as to what will come next. Very much in the traditional black metal vein with its dissonant guitars, ‘morbid soul shelter’ adds in ambient noise that sounds like a satanic cult in full flow before the album reaches its conclusion with the aptly titled ‘hypnoitc eye kult terror’ which mixes up hurtling blast beats and barely audible samples, all of which serves to create a deeply sinister atmosphere that will leave the hairs on the back of your neck standing rigidly to attention. 

 

Released via the estimable Satanath records, Balance Interruption is a fantastically dark record that effectively draws on elements of industrial and black metal to deliver a creepy, dystopian nightmare made flesh. Beautifully packaged in a hand drawn digi-pack and with a unique atmosphere that is all its own, the record is a must-listen for fans of experimental black metal. Whilst the album may feature a huge array of ideas, the band never let these get out of hand and the result is a record that’s short and to the point, delivering its lysergic payload and disappearing leaving the listener disorientated, awakening as if from a terrible nightmare at the album’s conclusion. Dark, cerebral and innovative, this is essential listening.

 

http://www.sonicabuse.com/2017/05/balance-interruption-door-218-album-review/

 

 

Dopo oltre dieci anni di attività e full length come “Nuclear War for Rescue” e “Era II: Deserts fo Ashes”, il duo black metal ucraino Balance Interruption torna a sorprenderci con le loro oscure note sperimentali, rilasciando il loro ultimo lavoro “Door 218”: un mix elettronico, fuso alla perfezione con del sano black metal, che riesce a dar vita ad un lavoro di estrema eleganza e studiato nei minimi dettagli.

L’album si apre con un overdose di adrenalina, iniettata da “Last Sunset Without Sun”: un pezzo profondamente alternativo, con blast beat mischiati ad un possente death metal, con accenni ambient perfettamente incastonati in questo rigoroso pezzo; un mix letale di sonorità estreme che non può far altro che incuriosire l’ascoltatore.

L’atmosfera si appesantisce con l’ingresso di “Door 218”, mostrando completamente l’elegante struttura sonora che la costituisce: non manca l’uso del campionatore che riesce ad elargire un imponente impero altisonante, attenuandosi di tanto in tanto per dar spazio ai regolari e pittoreschi ambient.

I Balance Interruption non annoiano il loro pubblico, servendo “Not Survived to the Sentencing” su un piatto d’argento: la band riesce a dar prova delle loro abilità tecniche cimentandosi in un pezzo con sonorità palesemente orientate verso un massiccio death metal, che spalancano le porte ad un fracassante headbang ‘adrenaline effect’.

A parer mio, “D.U.S.T.” possiede una delle più belle introduzioni che abbia sentito fin ora: ritmiche lente e ben marcate, accompagnate da suoni campionati che contornano un quadro meravigliosamente realizzato; la maestosità di un mordente basso si fa strada tra i soliti percorsi death/black; immancabile la tromba che realizza break atmosferici eccellenti.

“Suicidealer” scaraventa l’ascoltatore in un universo parallelo, dove l’estremo e la ritmica prendono vita: un terremoto di riff ben composti che vanno a braccetto con roventi percussioni e giochi vocali privi di eguali; una track simbolica che mostra la pura essenza della band.

Un ingresso alla Gojira per “Incubatum Convertor”, che senza esitazione mostra la sua forma sonora migliore, prima di sparare un possente black, accompagnato da un cuore sgorgante di elettronica, che trasforma questo pezzo in una pesante esplosione emotiva.

È il momento di “Morbid Soul Shelter”, che fa il suo ingresso con eterna grazia, lasciandosi dietro una scia di piacere sonoro che allieta la mente e regolarizza il flusso sanguigno, dando vita ad una profonda pace interiore poco prima che l’orchestra dia il via all’ennesimo pezzo alternative black perfettamente impostato.

E non poteva esistere pezzo migliore per chiudere l’album se non “Hypnotik Eye Kvlt Terror”: è proprio qui che si concentra lo spirito oscuro della band, mostrando sonorità di eterna potenza, dipinte da ambient elettronici che rendono vivida la fine di un album maledettamente entusiasmante.

Ancora una volta i Balance Interruption riescono a marchiare il loro sound con il proprio spirito, prendendo il loro “Door 218” per immergerlo nel loro calderone di fluidi sperimentali, per poi tirarne fuori l’essenza della loro originale musica. Un album che, a mio parere personale, riesce a prendere l’ascoltatore, riesce a farlo entrare in questo mondo, incuriosito da ogni singolo attimo e da ogni minima nota; posso garantirvi che io ci sono entrato, e non voglio più uscirne!

 

https://www.insane-voices-labirynth.it/satanath-records/recensioni/balance-interruption/

 

There are times when you shouldn’t think too much because then you’ll only hurt your head. This is one of these times when I don’t think too much about either the band’s name or the album title. I just accept it for being there. Listening to this I get Norwegian vibes from the 90s and bands like Mysticum and Fleurety, bands that took black metal so far off the beaten track that it was almost unrecognizable. Today we have Deathspell Omega for that. This is off beat black metal in an experimental manner. If you can take that stuff like John Zorn’s Naked City, TV series from the 80s and a whole host of other stuff pops up in your head while listening then do keep listening.

 

http://battlehelm.com/reviews/balance-interrvption-door-218/

 

It's always interesting to hear bands blend black metal with jazz, especially when it's done right. Such is the case with Ukraine's Balance Interruption: a band that was completely anonymous to me, until Aleksey from Satanath Records requested a review. Balance Interruption is not afraid to experiment and push boundaries, blending various elements to formulate their own sound. This is experimental black metal of the most abrasive kind, delivered with a strong performance. Every song is like a nightmarish roller coaster, as you have no idea where it's going to take you. With a purposeful lack of repetition, it's chaotic and beautiful, while never losing a degree of subtlety and cohesion. Door 218 is a rather solid offering of idiosyncratic black metal.

 

http://contaminatedtones.blogspot.ru/2017/09/monthly-blast-august-2017.html?m=1

 

Balance Interrveption- Door 218: Hailing from the Ukraine Balance Interrvption is a mixture of Industrial and Black Metal in approach. You can definitely hear the Black Metal influences yet there is so much dimension to each track with real instrumentation such as the Saxophone stylings of Dragon on this CD in track one. Yes it keeps true to the blistering Black Metal but yet has so much complexity and depth. A must have in your extreme metal collection.

 

https://www.facebook.com/CultureAsylumZine/

 

 

Directamente desde Kyyiv, Ucrania, nos llega el tercer disco de este trio integrado por Maxim en bajo, Aggravath en guitarra y voz, y Dmytro Gerasimov en batería. Yo imagino que la escena debe ser más o menos esta: los tres muertos de frio y uno les pregunta a los otros: "Che, y si tocamos black metal para entrar en calor?". "Dale!", responde otro, "pero que sea bien rápido, retorcido y moderno!". Fin de la escena.

Pavadas aparte, este "Door 218" es realmente una gratísima sorpresa para mí, máxime cuando el estilo no es de mis favoritos. Es que en este trabajo, es posible encontrar toques progresivos, estructuras técnicas muy logradas, guitarras incansables, bases llenas de groove, blast-beats a toda máquina, voces guturales pero no podridas, cambios de ritmo, partes que rozan lo industrial, partes más rápidas, y hasta aparece un saxofón (!), todo esto dentro de los (en este caso no tan) herméticos límites del black metal.

De verdad no conozco bandas como para parametrizar a Balance Interruption, pero si podríamos decir que esto es lo que algunos llaman post-black metal, aunque tal vez los más eruditos en el estilo podrán negar, corregir o coincidir conmigo, pero eso es lo que me dictan mis oídos.

Finalizando, no sé bien como, pero estos tipos lograron que con "Door 218" me guste un poco más el black metal, y créanme que eso no es tarea fácil. Es el turno de ustedes ahora el de darle una oportunidad.

 

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«…Je ris…j’hurle…j’ai créé tant de conflits, décadence suprême, beauté du néant, Hiroshima, nihilisme de chaque instant déconstruisant les formes sous une pluie acide, je pleure… je trône victorieux, race de Caïn, je porte un masque, vous êtes mes esclaves, j’en ai plusieurs, je vous tends la main, j’empoisonne votre chair, Luc 10.18, un océan de chair en ébullition, je vous caresse et vous souffrez, je me baigne dans vos fluides corporels, parricide, je jouis dans l’ordure, oh que j’aime mon père !… je vomis des hosties, je viole, je prends, je mens, je gagne, dictature du miroir, je mange mon âme, marche infernale et machinique des hordes anti-humaine, j’entaille la vie, je brûle le monde, je suis heureux et repu… Victoire ! Vous vous tordez comme l’asticot percé de l’hameçon, luxure, révolution,  je manigance, je suis la vérité dans le mensonge, je porte le soleil tel une couronne, un couteau dans le dos, tout cela dans un unique mouvement éternel… c’est moi qui parle dans la bouche de vos leaders, et c’est moi qui bois votre sang…Je vous aime comme mes enfants, je suis dans l’ombre…Je suis partout… dans la lumière…ne bougez plus…C4H8Cl2S….ce monde est condamné… j’y règne, blottissez-vous contre moi…Styx déborde et inonde le monde… J’ai connu les premiers jours, je connaîtrai les derniers…»

 

 

Une plongée dans l’esprit chaotique du Mal, de Satan en personne, c’est ce que nous propose les Ukrainiens de Balance Interruption avec leur black metal industriel, déjanté et furieux. C’est à un grand télescopage que nous assistons : riffs acérés, ambiances poisseuses, cuivres décadents, basse très présente, arrangements électroniques, vocaux complètement hystériques et dominateurs…. Le black metal domine, mais des passages jazzy se font aussi entendre (grâce à l’utilisation d’un saxophone) tout comme des touches – moins surprenantes – death metal.

 

Door 218 est un album imprévisible passant d’une atmosphère quasi feutrée où l’on pourrait s’imaginer quelques lieux enfumés et destinés aux plaisirs de la chair à des scènes de destructeurs bombardements. Happés dans ce déluge nous sommes soumis à une expérience intense. Ici et là, malgré une forte personnalité cet album sur certains passages nous fera penser à Satyricon ou à Thorns voire à Hanzel und Gretyl, mais globalement dans l’esprit et musicalement on pourrait se situer entre Aborym, Dødheimsgard et Blacklodge.

 

Mais,  Balance Interruption demeure un groupe original et créatif qui nous livre une grosse demi-heure de musique torturée, impressionnante dans sa capacité à construire des ambiances maladives et déstabilisantes. Toujours en mouvement, toujours autre, mais toujours incisives et captivantes les compositions de Door 218 se disloquent comme sous l’influence de forces obscures. Un album éprouvant et complètement fou à l’image de notre époque en quelque sorte.

 

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Long story short: my friend Alexey asked me for some more reviews from his label and after a quick look at the thick pile of discs to work on, I quickly realized being strangely attracted to the style of the cover and back artwork of this digipack CD without knowing an ounce about this band. I decided to write about it and only later did I find out it is the product of a Ukrainian act with another two albums behind. I got surprised why it's still placed at such a low level of popularity and esteem in the world's rankings of the aficionados of Black Metal. Sure, it doesn't deliver furious, traditional and ultrafast tunes all the time, but is it a crime? Not in my opinion, because I believe there are some days that we need total annihilating music and others when we long to approach something pioneering and progressive. I don't know if it's the same with Balance Interruption's previous material, still what I know for sure is that here the experimental or at least not TRUE Black Metal structures take 50-60% of the song, and that's a big step forward to stand out in comparison with most copycat underground combos belonging to the vast Black Metal world. Most of the innovations are obtained by recurring to a sax, but there are Electro, Noise elements, spoken inserts and a few more particularities, which, together with the relatively brief average length of every song (5 minutes), contribute it to make it a record easy to listen and imbibe.

 

Black Metal with ultra-deep Electro beats inserts and screeching noises in the mid-tempos is what's to be found is "Last Sunset Without Sun", as well as sax solos in a sad Jazz pattern and a guitar stroking martially before a Black Metal fugue, assorted demented screams. When the main part returns there are Black Metal shrieks and Death Metal growls blended perfectly, and there's room for another sax solo in the end while the Electro beats dissolve into oblivion.

A row in Ukrainian opens the title track, whereas the bass paints its way before modern Electro beats pop out in a deviated or acid manner. The raging and rapid Black Metal blastbeat comes back, the Electro sounds deliver an extraterrestrial mood until the bass goes solo in the middle of the track preceding a Jazz odd rhythm dominated by a dreamy sax with the addition of noises from a consumed vinyl, until a guitar briefly appears and the Ukrainian man from the initial movie sample starts complaining again.

"Not Survived to the Sentencing" is brutal Black enriched by screams, keys piercing the brain during the vicious blasts, a scorching axe solo, a horrifying finalè with macabre sounds, noises of chains, a lock being turned, and a voice that bodes ill.

The epitome of a variety of powerful and fierce Industrial Groovy Black Metal, "D.U.S.T.", alternates mid-tempos with obliterating blast-beats where the bass is constantly distinct; absolutely divine is the situation-changing of Techno Thrash Metal put before the Black Metal part resurfaces; a desperate voice not typical for this genre, a break and a bridge loyal to BM, an erotic Jazz breakdown, several frantic time changes are what awaits the listener till a scary ending brings without interruptions to "Suicidealer", a song growing gradually and exploding radically until punishing hasty chunks of Death Metal arrive, followed by crunchy Death Metal frames diverse from the ones just heard. Then it's time for quick parts with hammering noises alà Nailbomb go Black doing meth! A shower of effective Electro noises comes, as well as effected voices, on which screams are added on. A Jazz Rock portion with the sax waits for voices from the otherworld, then blastbeats complete the composition along with emergency siren sounds, tired and melancholic voices of adults and kids, whose effect is enhanced by Sovietic church singing.

Another track that goes fast and destructive from the early seconds is "Incubatum Conveyor", only to turn as Funk as the early Red Hot Chilli Peppers could; of course here there's much more: the intervention of the sax and later the crushing refrain repeated paroxysmally; the following stubborn Electro blastbeats are soon followed by assorted key sounds and a Black Metal where the drummer delivers an exquisite performance in different ways until the Electro beats and key touches reappear and the obsessive double-voiced refrain, too.

Concocting traditional, wraithlike and rotten ingredients respectively, "Morbid Soul Shelter" shows its ugly/beautiful face, severed by Dark Electro beats soloing and continuing with the rest of the instruments and vocals right away. Afterwards people do have to get prepared to the finest effected vocals of the whole album, stressed out by bass strokes that go on until the near conclusion.

Bass and frozen riffs, guitar trilling and drumming both human and Electro are the characteristics of the dynamic "Hypnotik Eye Kult Terror", a song that takes the traditional Black and gives it a modernized twisted edge; lots of variations, discordant mutations, stops, malfunctioning system sounds, an original guitar solo, swift accelerations, a final where the hypnotist orders the patient not to move matched with a prolonged low noise appear to be the most important traits of the second half of the song.

 

Fans of dissonant, shrieking, apocalyptic, anti-human pitch-black Avantgarde Black Metal outfits such as Dødheimsgard, Red Harvest, Shining (NOR), Ulver, Thorns, Absu, Sigh, Tartaros, latter Emperor and the likes, together with Mayhem die-harders, Dark Ambient and Electro connoisseurs, Naked City and Painkiller maniacs should all equally appreciate these brave, smart and well-composed 8 tracks, even if they come from divergent musical backgrounds and will have each different favourite compositions and passages within the almost 40 minutes of "Door 218".

 

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