By: Peter
Morsellino
Album Type: EP
Date Released:
31/01/2020
Label: APF Records
“Industrial
Nightmare” CD//DD
track listing:
1).
Industrial Nightmare
2).
Jeffrey Doomer
3).
Rotten Seed
4).
Bitchcraft And Misery
The Review:
Looking for some low tuned, slowed down, heavy as
hell riffs that you can still dance too? Voidlurker have you covered.
With their first EP on APF Records, this three piece
from Birmingham , England
At just twenty six and a half minutes, “Industrial
Nightmare” grabs hold of you and drags you through the muck, keeping
you dancing the whole way. From old school Crowbar like riffs to ultra intense funeral
dirges, this band can stick a groove into just about anything. Vocalist Brad
Thomas has a nice fry to his voice lending a hand to some of the more
decipherable lyrics in the genre. All things considered, Voidlurker avoid the pitfalls of
the slow jam game, creating an album that remains a good time from start to
finish.
These tunes tend to lean a bit on the longer side,
but the grooves and hooks do well to remove notice from this. This album,
though slow as molasses at times, does not drag one bit. I've heard a lot of
bands, big and small, grind through an eight minute song when they've clearly
run out of ideas around minute three and a half. This is not the case with “Industrial
Nightmare”. These songs are well crafted; put together with the utmost
care. Time changes are well placed throughout and transition seamlessly. One
word to describe this album keeps coming back to the forefront of my mind, and
that is: deliberate.
Standout, “Bitchcraft
and Misery”, kicks off with a tasty lead lick that would feel very well at
home on any Sabbath
album. It grinds slowly into a doomy riff-fest, without losing intensity, and
with a breakdown that will have you fighting your friends in no time. At just
four minutes-forty, this is the quickest track on the album, but it is in no
way short on creativity.
“Industrial Nightmare” is heavy. It is slow
and it is loud. Most importantly, it is a very good time.
Voidlurker have a good thing going here, and
I can't wait to see what happens next.
“Industrial Nightmare” is available HERE
