NDE

"Krieg Blut Ehre Asche"

Cold Spring - 2009

CD

When in 1995 Mz.412 released their legendary "In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi", they opened the doors to the encounter of two worlds that had lived strictly separated until then: industrial, intended in the most general meaning of the word, and black metal, in particular of Scandinavian breed. From that moment on, there have been hundreds of extreme metal bands that copiously drew from the dark ambient, death industrial and noise wells of Cold Meat Industry school, until the final consequences incarnated by the here present NDE. Nothing is known about these characters, who debut on Cold Spring with "Krieg Blut Ehre Asche", a truly programmatic title.

The CD's eight tracks mix with confidence Mz.412, Megaptera, and the grimmest and most repugnant black metal, achieving walls of decibels and noise that are a hard challenge for the listener's poor ears. The industrial parts are outstanding, with sheet metal bashing and pitch black soundscapes, whereas the metal ones do appeal, of course, to the genre's followers. Personally, apart from few names such as Burzum, I was never seduced neither by these almost paradoxically faster-than-light guitars, nor by the malignant old hag-like vocals that are the black metal trademarks since the early 1990s'. But, these are just personal tastes, and it's not hard to imagine that the many fans of both music worlds will largely appreciate this devastating crossover.

- Simon V.

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