Released
1999
Label
Possessive Blindfold
Reviewed by
Alexander
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Last Edit/Update
16 March, 2000
"ZymOsiZ is James Vietzke, vocalist and programmer, and one half of Holocaust Theory on Possessive Blindfold Records. Coming from a more minimal state than Holocaust Theory, the sound of ZymOsiZ can only be described as heavy, dense, analogue power electronics. Rhythm is the name of the game here. The term, Zymosiz, is defined as the process of infection and this is exactly what the sound of ZymOsiZ does, it completely infects your head and there is absolelutely no cure for this infection." --PBR Web |
Track Listing
1. Memory Collapse
2. Human Damage (live)
3. Tooth and Claw
4. Resistance
5. Machinedriven (hyperdrive)
6. pc-2
7. Fabricate (live)
8. ISD
9. Virust
10. Overload
Categorically expressed as power electronics, ZymOsiZ is a great introduction of a US band to the audio punishment of mechanistic intense racing beats and shifting sonic rhythms often equated with this sound and [noise] sub-genre. James Vietzke at times, takes analog to a violent sonic plateau on "Virust". Not for the "mainstream industrial" underground fan, unless you are bored with more traditional major label output and are in search for something different, ZymOsiZ might be for you. The initial pulses are fast, 120-200+ bpm and oftentimes layered over oneanother or eloquently shifting with a slower steady bassy backbeat. In conjunction with the patterned flow of chaotic rhythms, other effects are woven within: drawn out crashes, hydraulic sszzzpppffts, (infrequently used) sampled vocals, *chugging* basslines and heavy intense "BOOM" steady or twisted beats, clanks, and whirring grindings. Each sonic variable on this release is relative to rhythm and their differentials. Some of the parts of the whole within a track could tend to be a bit repetitious for some, however changes are frequent enough for me that "none" of the individual tracks really piss me off in terms of annoying repetition making me switch to a different track before one is finished. It's an analog groove thing! The nice thing about this type of sound sculpturing is the listener can find more beats and rhythms or perhaps simple melody in his/her own head in addition to what is recorded on "Virust". That is to say, the sounds can leave your imagination open ended -- it's not "spoon-fed" mainstream aural art, and there are no weak links in the compositions. |
