By: Charlie Butler
Album Type: EP
Date Released: 28/04/2018
Label: Astral Noize Records
Imagine the bludgeoning weight of Old Man Gloom and Sumac engulfed
by a wave of thick, dirty noise and you have a good idea of the oppressive
atmosphere Aerosol Jesus create.
“Failure” CS//DD track listing:
1).
Legacy
2).
Here is not here
3).
The Inbetween
4).
Lurch Leech Grasp
The Review:
Right
from the first filthy, earth-shaking chord it is clear that Aerosol Jesus’ debut EP is something very special. “Failure” consists of just four tracks
but this is enough to demonstrate the frightening power of this Brighton
quintet.
The
ominous introduction of “Legacy”
builds tension with a funereal drum beat and distant squeals of feedback. When
the band fully kicks in, the impact is devastating. Imagine the bludgeoning
weight of Old Man Gloom and Sumac
engulfed by a wave of thick, dirty noise and you have a good idea of the
oppressive atmosphere Aerosol Jesus create.
Sections of pummelling sludge give way to outbreaks of scratchy black metal
that elevate the track into epic yet still dark territory.
Throughout
the EP the music is a perfect match for the bleak despondency of the lyrics. The
most spine-tingling example of this is when the slow-burning restraint of “The Inbetween” erupts into a huge
lament of “Standing on the edge of life
and death”. “Lurch Leech Grasp”
closes proceedings with a lumbering, queasy doom riff that squeezes maximum
despair from every note. The treacly tempo is punctuated by an outburst of
horrible noise rock riffage that highlights Aerosol Jesus’
talent to bring a level of nastiness to their sludge that few can match.
It
is rare to hear a band so fully formed on their first
release. If “Failure” is anything to
go by, Aerosol Jesus are set to bring the heavy
underground to its knees.
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