HARDWARES

Only Norway’s V:28 could get away with an album this obscure. For those in the know, the band’s previous three albums explored a prophecy about the downfall of humanity and the end of the world, culminating in last year’s brilliant VioLution. The artistic genius and sheer innovation of their back catalogue dictated the need for just such an album. Total Reconstruction is this album, which sees the band’s post-apocalyptic themes reworked by various Cold Meat Industry artists. Not only does this release signify the end of the band, but it also showcases the experimental side of V:28. Every artist who participated was given complete control with their reworking, and what we are left with is an album imbued with the industrial, experimental and ambient sounds of each respective talent. Take for example Beyond Sensory Experience, whose remix of the track ‘Patten Of The Weak’ transfixes the listener with its dark, ambient soundscape, while retaining just enough of what made the original song so spectacular. No words can do this album justice. It needs to be experienced to be believed.