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ExOrder, "War Within Breath"
ExOrder is the power electronics side-project of underground darkambient heroes Inade. 'War Within Breath', released on the excellentMalignant Records, is mostly a reissue of a long out of print cassetterelease, 'Law of Heresy', with some unreleased and live tracks thrownin to round it out.
Pounding, heartbeat-like drums, scathing, heavilytreated vocals are reminiscent of other bands in the genre, but 'WarWithin Breath' does not rely on typical power electronic tropes, suchas impenetrable walls of noise that sound like television tuned tostatic. ExOrder uses rhythm (often militaristic) and bass to theiradvantage, to heighten a sense of tension and to hint at conventionalsong structure, only to rip it apart and blow it up. The noise isnuanced and the band uses repetition to their advantage, as you feelstuck at times, controlled, intensified by drones and fluctuations withan almost hypnotic affect, especially on "Crawling From The Ground".Every track, however, is distinct, you never feel like you're listeningto one long tedious song. 'War Within Breath' examines war, genocide,fanaticism, and resistance, the de facto themes of most powerelectronic projects, but they never come down in favor of any singleideology. ExOrder's 'War Within Breath,' rather hopes to express theviolence inherent to humanity. ExOrder typifies all that is best in thecurrent, and glutted, European power electronics scene.
Pounding, heartbeat-like drums, scathing, heavilytreated vocals are reminiscent of other bands in the genre, but 'WarWithin Breath' does not rely on typical power electronic tropes, suchas impenetrable walls of noise that sound like television tuned tostatic. ExOrder uses rhythm (often militaristic) and bass to theiradvantage, to heighten a sense of tension and to hint at conventionalsong structure, only to rip it apart and blow it up. The noise isnuanced and the band uses repetition to their advantage, as you feelstuck at times, controlled, intensified by drones and fluctuations withan almost hypnotic affect, especially on "Crawling From The Ground".Every track, however, is distinct, you never feel like you're listeningto one long tedious song. 'War Within Breath' examines war, genocide,fanaticism, and resistance, the de facto themes of most powerelectronic projects, but they never come down in favor of any singleideology. ExOrder's 'War Within Breath,' rather hopes to express theviolence inherent to humanity. ExOrder typifies all that is best in thecurrent, and glutted, European power electronics scene.
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