SHIFT - 'Altamont Rising'



CSR195CD (April 2014)
CD in jewelcase (DELETED)
Barcode: 5060174956829




Ferocious and misanthropic new full-length from Sweden's son Shift. "Altamont Rising" is a calibration of the cosmic equilibrium in 7 chapters presented by Shift. The album deals with the consequences of man defying nature with Altamont as an example of what happens when pushed far enough. Three works /events stand as inspiration for the album: Apocalypse Now, Valhalla Rising and Altamont Free Festival. "Altamont Rising" is a brutal amalgamation of malicious vocals, drenched in heavy, claustrophobic death industrial and harsh noise.

Track listing:

1. Circling Raptor
2. They Don't Suffer Enough
3. The Raptors Talons Tore Their Flesh I
4. Shelter
5. Rising
6. The Raptors Talons Tore Their Flesh II
7. The Greatest Ecstasy

Reviews:

The Quietus
Mentenebre (9.5/10)
Musique Machine (4/5)
Heathen Harvest
Stereo Board
Compulsion
Noise Receptor
Darkroom
Lux Atenea
NONPOP

"Altamont Rising is an immobilisation within the inevitable, or an exasperated harsh noise protest against a condition far beyond reversal. It sets around the listener like cement, compressing ears between wretched metal sheets as feedback leaks aimlessly over the sounds of maniacal public laughter and bones caught in a rotary grinder, forcing its subject into paralysis between tremendous oppressive forces on all sides... Shift scream helplessly down the path of humanity's self-destruction" (Rock-A-Rolla)

""[un] calamitoso continuum, con noise compresso in cupo magma in Circling Raptor, subito affonda i colpi con l’efficace catastrofismo nichilista di They Don’t Suffer Enough... che riesce persino a spingersi oltre nelle due parti radicalmente azzeranti di The Raptors Talons Tore Their Flesh che si battono con le gemelle Shelter e Rising, voce soffocata da rovinose scosse telluriche, per proclamarsi come i momenti più distruttivi dell’album. L’unica forma di digressione concepita è l’infernale The Greatest Ecstasy, cronaca di lamenti e sadici capricci" (Blow Up)