2014 seems to be a full year when it comes to releases, but in fact most of the material put out recently was recorded in the period between 2010 and 2013.
The exception was this new split with
Dissecting Table, released a few days ago on
Malignant Records.
The recordings, which began in 2013 and finished in early 2014, were done by the original duo and have the contributions of Martin Bladh (IRM) and Miguel Azevedo (Plus Ultra).
DISSECTING TABLE / SEKTOR 304 "Utopia/Decay" LP
(press release)
A follow up to 2012’s split CDr on UPD Organization brings these
projects together once again, this time for a limited split 12”.
Dissecting Table (aka Ichiro Tsuji) is one of the most iconic names in
the history of industrial music, and has been pushing the envelope in
extreme music as far back as 1986. Early material was completely
groundbreaking… over the top, maniacal drumming, dirty bass, and
guttural vocals that was like grindcore meeting death industrial before
either term even existed. Their influence was undeniable, and can still
be felt today, even as recently as Sektor 304’s previous release, the
“Engage…Forward” 7”. Newer Dissecting Table material has moved into a
more psychedelic, fully chromatic and glitched out area, but the tracks
here bridge the gap between the two eras, mixing a veritable mine
field of percussion and metal bashing with spastic electronic
mis-wirings and crazed oscillations. For those unfamiliar with Ichiro’s
work, this is a great introduction.
The flip side gives us perhaps the most perfect collection of Sektor
304 material to date…4 tracks flowing together and carefully sculpted
into a sprawling and epic display, encompassing all aspects of the their
sound; pummeling sheets of tribalized junk metal percussion in the
early part, to desolate decay and pure apocalyptic dystopia in the
mid-section, where radioactive transmissions intersect low slung bass,
and the infected vocals of
Martin Bladh (IRM/Skin Area) . The
final piece, Power Through Strength, is one of most ominous and oppressive
tracks they've ever done…a slow, shambling dirge of looping,
mechanized percussion, industrial drone and resonating steel mill din
with an almost Karjalan Sissit style rigidity. It’s a monster of a track
and the perfect closing statement from a band that continues to grow
and mature into something truly astounding.
Lmtd to 200 copies, this is a must for all appreciators of the tried and true old school sound.