Uncompromisingly brutal in approach, Folkstorm - Mz.412 frontman Kremator Nordvargr's industrial noise side project - is all about blood and death and chaos. The rallying cry of "No politics. No religion. No standard" suits me fine, the blunt fury of the music re-inforced by the bleak grey cover images. Taking a cue from the likes of Strom.ec and Brighter Death Now, Victory or Death has a feel of desolation and hopelessness, of confusion and carnage and harsh, seething energy. The opening track, 'Stoltz', rises from a choked vocal loop into a storming wall of distorted chatter and swirling noise that hammers incessantly at your consciousness. There follows the noise of 'Epilogue 2', the machine rhythms of 'Epilogue 3', the screeching, surging 'Feldgeschrei' and the metallic roar of 'Propaganda'. The best track is the violent, distorted 'Harsh Discipline', all ominous bass rumble and high end yelp: harsh indeed, and yes - disciplined, too. More of the same follows, with the dark and deep 'Funeral Force' another stand out track. A decent follow up to debut album Information Blitzkrieg, Victory or Death straddles the death industrial and power electronics genres in a suitably gloomy, growly manner that will no doubt appeal to anyone struggling with an overwhelming temptation to cut their own throat with a rusty razor blade. Tough stuff indeed.
То,что это проект Kremator Nordvargr'а из MZ-412 и так ясно,но от себя добавлю,что тираж этого релиза всего 1000 копий.Так,что качайте,если любите такую музыку.