20.SV

APOCALYPTIC DESERT - REVIEW 03

Review from Gothronic: http://www.gothtronic.com/

Before me I have the ‘new’ work of a Lebanese project called 20.SV, which stands for 20 sieverts and means the level of radioactive contamination. It’s not a completely new release, since it was released on cassette some years ago. Considering the quality of this release it’s a good choice they decided to re-release it on cd. The album title and artwork fits the music very well; it’s all post apocalyptic noise. The album contains one track which lasts almost half an hour. Since the extreme intensity and frequencies, the playtime is perfect.

The noise here is of a very good quality and because of sudden changes in sound it stays interesting all the way though. As said before, because of its intense nature and high pitched sounds, it can be too much for some people; since it’s not just harsh noise, but a mental play with the noise palette.

Here and there is something that resembles a melody, as far as this kind of music can have a melody. But mostly this is pure industrial strength audio torture and I love it!

This cd would make a nice triple bill with Cosmos Entropy’s (a Propergol sideproject) ‘Unknown’ and Land:Fire’s ‘Physical:Mental:Psychological’, since it all deals with atomic bombs and post-apocalyptic sounds in various degrees.

If you don’t like your neighbours, play this one very loud. Recommended, though mostly for noise connoisseurs!