| Artist |
| Concrete Lung |
| Title |
| Waste Of Flesh EP |
| Format/Cat |
| CDEP ARMCD008 |
| Label |
| Armalyte Industries |
| Style |
| Industrial |
| Date of review |
| April 2010 |
| Reviewer |
| Carl Jenkinson |
| Rating |
| 7/10 |
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Hailing from the UK, Concrete Lung are Ed Oxime (who some of you may know through his work with Katscan) & William Reiver & their sound is an intense barrage of scything sustained guitars, grinding rhythms & some electro elements that accurately describes the decaying world depicted on the cover. However, for all that this isn't music for the faint-hearted there's no reason why the more open-minded punk/new wave fans shouldn't be able to enjoy 'Breathe In The Monochrome', 'Destructive' or the remix (not a typo) of 'Graveyard Recovery' which, in some respects, put me in mind of a more experimental & intense version of PiL (& if they also happen to like Leechwoman then they'll be laughing!). Likewise, EBM lovers should find enough familiar elements in 'Recovery Position' &, at a push, the remixx of 'Sins Of Flesh' to be able to get along with them (not that any labels totally cover what the band are about but you get the picture, I trust!). The slower 'Pyre Burns' impresses through its soaring guitars & a grinding chorus that sets an oppressively dark atmosphere & shows what the duo are really capable of. Perfectly straddling the areas of hard industrial, rock & electro this is an inventive, dark & uncompromising release, decay never sounded so good!
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