Finally after so many delays and what not it´s finally here.
IRM has already existed for over 10 years and are recognized as one of the most interesting Industrial bands around. It is now evident on this album that they are a three piece band, as the new member Mikael O. displays the full spectrum of his bass-guitar strummings.
"This new work by IRM is a deeper delving into the psyche of the self inflictor – the core of inner regions violently exposed. Comprised by four tracks, each exactly 15 minutes in length we are thrown into a vortex of feedback, cymbaldrones, heavy bass-strumming, nightmarish pianotinkles and irreproachable synthwork. Demanding your attention all the way through – certainly not an easy listening experience – describing the course of events is impossible. It is again a mature and intricate work of incisive delicacies and theatrical ambiences. The sense of detail throughout is immense and the editing perfect. The clinical heaviness of earlier works are now transformed into a pure harsh, static soundwave which are most often cut off by another, slower, softer but in ways a more painful and dynamic one. The lyrics here are deeper cuts into personal matters. A man altering between life and death - a calculating and disillusive thinker and recluse who has lost the grip of reality, or perhaps found another? The strife for self-control turned into sick dedication, waging war on himself to receive recognition – the end comes nearer. Seldom have we heard a strange work like this which turns both lyrics and music into a full whole – stay away if deeper encounters with the human mind offends."
The creative artwork has been made by the renowned Swedish artist Stefan Danielsson, who also made the frontcover artwork for Whitehouse album "Racket"
Tracklist:
1.Order 1
2.Order 2
3.Order 3
4.Order 4
Total playing time 60.00 min
Released on Cold Meat Industry
For samples:http://www.myspace.com/thesoulcleaner
sample of Order3: http://www.myspace.com/coldmeatindustry
Order from: http://www.coldmeat.se/mailorderitem.asp?id=3132
Segerhuva will hopefully have copies soon, and so will Unrest Productions in the UK.
http://www.segerhuva.se/ http://www.unrestprod.com/
For US customers:
Malignant will most likely have copies in a week or so.
http://www.malignantrecords.com/
My copies are available!
http://www.unrestprod.com/order.htm
anyone been getting a response from Cold Meat?
(sorry Martin Shift - had already ordered from them!)
I pre-ordered mine as I was getting a few other items from CMI. Got a response back then, and have paid, but I'm still waiting for my records. It's quite common that it takes a while, though...
Most likely not, and we don´t know whats wrong... Trying to sort it out asap. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Quote from: hermitical on May 06, 2010, 04:08:42 PM
anyone been getting a response from Cold Meat?
(sorry Martin Shift - had already ordered from them!)
cheers...
just been waiting for a proper order confirmation...
CMI headquarters will start shiping out orders the next coming days.
In the meantime you can read a very long and thoroughly written review of the album at this site:
http://www.terror.lt/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=570&cntnt01returnid=56
Thanks for the heads up!
Much more rounder and full album! Its a pity that Mr KAOTIC! Ruined the the whole layout of the cd!
I'm curious to hear more comments on this album. Even if I may be a bit biased towards IRM and I somewhat prefer the easier structures on many a track from "Virgin Mind" I still think this is a very intense CD and way beyond most groups operating in the more experimental area of power electronics/industrial today. In ways it is more accessible than before (the pure, harsher parts are pretty few) but as a whole it is very non-accessible in terms of lyrical content and fast throws between silence and something entirely different.
Quote from: Untergangfarbe on May 06, 2010, 05:37:45 PM
Most likely not, and we don´t know whats wrong... Trying to sort it out asap. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Quote from: hermitical on May 06, 2010, 04:08:42 PM
anyone been getting a response from Cold Meat?
still nothing :(
Quote from: hermitical
still nothing :(
On a sidenote to this - Segerhuva haven't got their distribution copies either yet.
A shame that it hasn't been distributed properly yet. I got my copy from the band right from the print so... It's an amazing album. As bögskäggmannen said, there is an intensity in it, especially with the texts, that surpass most of what I hear today - the level of nightmarish obsession with self-emasculation leaves me sickened, combine that with the carefully crafted noises, drones and atmospheres and Bladh's equally menacing vocals. I like the clattering of strings (sounds like someone fondling a detuned piano) a lot, and the audible bass guitar elements, giving the album an organic, more musical feel.
Given that it's 4x15 minutes, it's a rather demanding album to sit through, but on the other hand a lot more to, ehm, enjoy.
With this album, longside the recent ALTAR OF FLIES lp, and if my expectations are met by the new SEWER ELECTION and ÄTTESTUPA lp's, I'd say Swedish industrial/etc is doing quite fine.
Quote from: hermitical on May 17, 2010, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: Untergangfarbe on May 06, 2010, 05:37:45 PM
Most likely not, and we don´t know whats wrong... Trying to sort it out asap. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Quote from: hermitical on May 06, 2010, 04:08:42 PM
anyone been getting a response from Cold Meat?
still nothing :(
This is unacceptable!
I suggest that you cancel your order at CMI, and order it from our good friend Unrest productions instead. Will propbably be much quicker.
Quote from: MR STAB on May 14, 2010, 07:50:19 PM
Much more rounder and full album! Its a pity that Mr KAOTIC! Ruined the the whole layout of the cd!
Well, I wouldn´t say that the whole layout of the CD is ruined, but there are indeed some things that should have been different than the final result.
Quote from: Untergangfarbe on May 18, 2010, 03:01:17 PM
Quote from: hermitical on May 17, 2010, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: Untergangfarbe on May 06, 2010, 05:37:45 PM
Most likely not, and we don´t know whats wrong... Trying to sort it out asap. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Quote from: hermitical on May 06, 2010, 04:08:42 PM
anyone been getting a response from Cold Meat?
still nothing :(
This is unacceptable!
I suggest that you cancel your order at CMI, and order it from our good friend Unrest productions instead. Will propbably be much quicker.
I wish I would have... But, I've ordered a few other items as well, and all is paid for since long... so I'll just have to keep on waiting!
I'm anxiously awaiting my copy from Malignant. After all the delays in Sweden I figured it would take just as long to wait for US distribution and it looks like I was right.
edit 5-19-10
Got it yesterday. Even better than I hoped it would be. Listened to it 5 times last night and twice today so far. A lot of variation without being disjointed. It's an hour long put it seems to all pass by so quickly. I don't want to say much more and spoil it for anyone else so basically if you have any interest in IRM or atmospheric and abstract industrial/PE/whatever then pick this up immediately. Ordered my copy from Malignant and it was shipped and delivered super-quick so I'd recommend that route for any other US fans.
Segerhuva now has copies of the IRM CD in stock.
Updating the mailorder with LPs from Harbinger tonight. Very soon also LPs from Hanson.
Segerhuva's Contrastate LP should be here in a week!
Finally got a copy of this album! Not from CMI, though, even though the order was placed and paid for two months ago. No replies to emails... I won't have anything to do with them directly again, that's for sure.
But, I got a copy from Micke in the band. And it's one hell of an album! IRM has developed their sound immensely! Compared to previous albums, this is something else entirely. The 12" on Segerhuva a couple of years ago shows hints of this development, but the album takes everything much further. It is a lot more demanding from the listener. I can't imagine playing this album, while doing something else... it simply does not work as background music (not for me, at least). The sound is very dynamic, with lots of changes between low end passages and more piercing sections. A feeling of menace and supressed aggression is present, throughout the album. Occasionally, things are allowed to burst through, but only for short intervals. Soon, the emotions are bundled together again and the pressure rises...
An incredibly intense album that it takes time to digest. I know I need to play it several times more for it to fully sink in.
Well done, guys!
Any word on the Autarkeia vinyl version?
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on June 19, 2012, 07:49:34 AM
Any word on the Autarkeia vinyl version?
Nothing for the moment. There are some things that must be taken care of before the vinyl version can see the light of day.
But the IRM "Anthology" 2 X goldenCD. will hopefully be released in the coming month as Lash is working with it now.
Full announcement to follow soon.