Released
1999
Label
Fluttering Dragon
Reviewed by
Kim Alexander
Contact
Fluttering Dragon
P.O. Box 182
03-700
Warszawa, Poland
Fax: 48.813.21.92
Tel: 48.602.228.619
Email:
Fluttering Dragon
Last Edit/Update
31 May, 1999
Puissance
Mother Of Disease
Puissance is
F. Söderlund and H. Möller, Sweden
Track Listing
1. Light Of A Dead Sun
2. Reign Of Dying Angels
3. Mother Of Disease
4. In Shining Armour
5. Post Ruin Symphony
6. Core Of Revelation
7. Human Error
8. The Voice Of Chaos
Lyrics
Mother of Disease
25 Determined persons divided into 5 groups heading for the former Soviet Union. Our
first stop is to be the illegal arms market in a favorable decaying post communist state
where each group will pick up 2 simple bazooka style rocket launchers and some lighter
handguns for self defense in the event of an unforeseen conflict. Then let us seek out our
predetermined objectives, five different nuclear reactors scattered over the vast land.
Each reactor chosen second for its location and first for its design. The crown of
civilization the mighty RBMK reactor, the largest most powerful yet unsafest
and least attended to in the world.
As we reach our targets, silently awaiting the moment to strike, Synchronized watches
ticking slowly down and judgement day is dawning. All is still as the final second passes.
The five heroic groups fire once, and then again, Anti-tank rounds at the main reactor
tower where the modulators are held by a once flexible but now severed metal arm torn
apart by military joy.
The concrete cracked so violently is burning now, bluish flames are rushing out as uranium
turns into the hand of god, a melting god increasing his strength every second, his poison
spreading in the wind and melting into the ground, gushing from the cracked manifestation
of hybris. We are all dead now the heroes of the apocalypse, and so are you. And so is the
mother disease.
Breathtakingly
brooding, sonically adventureous for the listener, a definite miltaristic progression of
percussion throughout the CD, intermittent choir hauntingly blended with an ominous
overtone of the litany of dark apocalyptic electronica, swirling abysmal synths, stories
of truth and of lies, this is Mother Of Disease. There's more however. By merely
viewing the beautiful Cover Art to this release, one would very easily guess there is
something very unique and special within the case. With eight tracks listed, Puissance
brings forth a high quality sound that encapsulates the pending doom of the human race, a
doom many of us feel creeping up on our heels. Massive "neo-classical"
orchestrations with pounding drums, intense synth, strings and wind instruments and
torturously dark and imminent atmospheres devour the listener into a realm of misanthropic
evil.
According to the press material, "...the message that
Puissance wish to send through their music to its listener, is to unite against life, wage
war on all living creatures, and support the manmade apocalypse they intend for this
miserable world". That's a pretty hefty statement. But again, Mother of Disease
is a pretty hefty release. With commentary in their song as written above, and the concept
of our race in peril spread through their music, it appears that Puissance has
accomplished their goal quite well indeed. A CD not to be missed by those of you who are
interested in similar provocative bands released on labels such as World Serpent,
and Cold Meat Industry, you might want to add Puissance to your collection.
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To read the lyrics of the month by Puissance click HERE