The Pain Machinery -- Terminate Transmission -- An Independent Release, 2000 Demo [Last Sigh Magazine]

1. Enter
2. Revenge
3. Urban paranoia
4. Psychotic disorder
5. Ecstatic
6. Quiet lies
7. Enter the Underworld

Once in a while we get some great demos at Last Sigh. Anders Karlsson of The Pain Machinery is one of them. Based in Stockholm Sweden, Anders has put out a release rich in beats, noise, sampling, effects and composition. This music isn't for the light hearted! It has all the qualities of industrial noise: fast bpms [100-200+], crash booms, metal slapping, torturous effects, looped vocal sampling ["Make it STOP!" "I don't know anymore if I'm awake or dreaming... "], clinks, clanks, gurgles, sonic squigglies, whirrs and bzzzps, rapid fire drum machine boom boom boom's, hydraulic ppfffzzz's, great [rumbling] base lines and an occaisional dance beat. Melodies are rather non-existent on this release, and most tracks take on a melody of their own with the noise patterns that are layered on top if each other, which are quite heavy. Good music for those of you with ADD... !
The entire demo is very strong. The tracks are well composed -- lots of things going on, and never a dull moment. The overall sound is quite militant, aggressive, and "There are going to be no reprisals!" There are a few excerpts with gentle sounds, but those are few and far between. I think this release is "smashing" work. If you are familiar with Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Ant-zen artists, and industrial-noise in general, you probably will want to email Anders for a copy of this release. I'd be surprised if he isn't signed to a label in the near future. Thanks to Anders for his fine music!

To read our interview with Anders Karlsson go HERE
If you want to hear track FOUR from this demo click HERE