Released
1998
Label
Drone Records
Reviewed by
Michael C. Lund
Contact
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Last Edit/Update
20 juli, 1998
Inade
THE AXXIARM PLAINS
7"
(second edition: 300 copies)
Track Listing
Side A
1. Breaking The Walls
2. Above The Plains
Side B
1. Movement And Construction
Unlike many of Drone Records' releases, this 7" by Inade
is presented in a very simple cover, bearing merely the band name and title of the single
in black and white design. However, if the cover is nothing to write volumes about, the
three compositions presented on the disc are.
Slowed voices, distorted beyond any
possible comprehension, open Side A and "Breaking The Walls." Soon, the first
gusts of a stormy sound front move in, and with its icy howl, set metallic objects in
motion. Their cold clanking echoes in the distance of this short but stark piece, which
was originally created in collaboration with Dagda Mor.
"Above The Plains"
likewise features a large ominous presence hovering over the entire composition.
Vibrating, sonorous pulses travel through the piece at steady intervals, while the
tinkling ruminations of metallic objects, and the singing sound as of a saber being pulled
from its scabbard, flash against the tense buzzing curtain of sound.
All of Side B -- "Movement And
Construction" -- is one extended piece. A wave of foreboding atmospheres rise at the
outset, but is soon beaten down by an aggressive, speeding electronic chord progression
that trails through the entire track at a steady accelerating pace. In accordance with its
title, "Movement And Construction" has a great sense of kinetic energy, and like
the other tracks on Side A, has its fair share of crashing metallic sounds and soughing
sonic beams. It is easily the most intense piece on the 7", developing a very frantic
mood, as it thrusts forward at ever increasing revolutions into a final swirling whir that
continues to develop and mutate until the very end.
This is the second edition of The
Axxiarm Plains, which was originally released by Drone Records in
April, 1995. The single is pressed on clear vinyl, and was at the time of its initial
appearance, Inade's first release on a medium other than cassette. They
have since gone on to have a 10" (The Flood Of The White Light) put out on the
American label Malignant, and a full-length CD entitled Aldebaran
on Cold Spring.
