RA writes “Hayden Payne’s records package the lunging ferocity of EBM and industrial into a sound you could loosely describe as techno.” Ex-act-ly what I had in mind, all these three cornerstones just like that. I also like the idea that this came through Ostgut Ton.
JASSS - Weightless
Experimental, electronic, slow techno, some industrial flavor, and probably the best new stuff I came across along these lines this year (although it is from last year).
Evil Blizzard - The Worst Show On Earth
Wow, just got to know this band and wow. I feel resemblance to the Killing Joke with touches of industrial to its alternative rock. Such awesome tunes and moods and takes me to places. Definitely top list material at year’s end. And that cover.
Ministry – AmeriKKKant
It’s still good that they finally didn’t break up for good in 2008 after all.
Cypecore – The Alliance
Very specific concept band playing industrial metal. I love the story they tell and designs are super cool. Favorite metal album so far this year and best personal new metal find in a while.
Gary Numan - Savage (Songs From A Broken World)
I am not the avid Gary Numan fan but this is a great album even if there is nothing outright special about it. Good moods of industrial-rock-electronics, not foreground music though. (And probably the most terrible album cover typography of 2017.)
Dälek – Endangered Philosophies
Just the experimental hiphop that you would expect from Dälek.
Mesh – Fragile
Was actually first listening to the 2016 album Looking Skyward which is an okay synthpop record but then went back to this first EP and that’s much better industrial electro and EBM. So this.
KMFDM – HELL YEAH
Pretty damn good.
Nine Inch Nails – Not the Actual Events
Would post this without listening to a single note. But, listened to this once so far. And now I need it to rest for a day and start listening again after. What I can say now is that it’s really diverse, and awesome, unexpectedly oldschool but not just that but lifespanning. Runs through the entire NIN catalogue’s moods and sounds and atmosphere in five tracks, and builds upon it to travel further. (Alright, not the entire NIN catalogue, but you know, the good records, the proper ones.)
Favorite track after first listen is probably The Idea of You with the most dragging industrial beat.