Another band I heard a lot about. I knew too that vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Blixa Bargeld had gone on to join Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, so that's all the reference I needed.
Their name translates as "collapsing new buildings" and the band, look to live up to this destructive moniker. They set out to make the most unlistenable album they could, something in the spirit of Faust or Throbbing Gristle.
It is arresting. A mix of scrap metal percussion, power tools, heavily distorted guitar, screams and ambient parts. It's certainly not the most structured or melodic album of all time, but it is interesting and (for me) enjoyable. I can make easy connections between this album and several of the more avant bands of whom I'm a fan.
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