THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-THE STREAMS OF TIME
2-UNBLEEDING
3-THIS DARKEST INTITY
4-INTO NETHINGNESS
5-THORN
6-WINGED I FALL
7-THESE BRUTAL TIMES ADORED
8-RISE
9-YOUR DYING SOUL
10-SEPTEMBER WARNING
METAL DESTRUCTION - THE INTENSITY OF DARKNESS/1991
THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(13-TRACKS)
1-WITHOUT FORM(Instr)
2-METAMORPHOSES
3-DEATHDRUM
4-FLESH/BLOOD
5-BE CRUSHED
6-SILENCE
7-CHILDREN OF WRATH
8-THE INTENSITY OF DARKNESS(Instr)
9-AND THE FIRE...
10-AUTUM CHILL(Chapter I-III)
11-INFECTED DREAMS
12-EMPTINESS AMASSED
13-BLACK ORAGE/A WORLD IN DECAY
MENTAL DESTRUCTION - WHEN MADNESS STRIKE/1989/92
THIS COMPILATION CONTAIN(12-TRACKS)
1-WITHOUT FORM
2-WOLFRAM
3-WHEN TIME IS OVER(No Time Will Be)
4-KROSSA
5-MIDNATT
6-THE WALLS OF MADNESS(Part I-III)
7-ILLUSION
8-THE LORD REIGNS
9-ABOVE THE FALLING
10-BEYOND CONCIOUSNESS
11-MAN OF PREY
12-WOUND
CREDITS:
S. Durling
D. Durling
S. Brännström
(http://www.myspace.com/mentaldestruction)
BIOGRAPHY:
(http://www.mentaldestruction.com/)
Mental Destruction Formed A.D. 1989 as an isolated creative unitErasing Time The Greater Image,Mental Destruction is the industrial project of the Durling brothers, originally aided by third member Jonas Blåberg, and is one of the more significant early industrial artists in Scandinavia. They refer to their music as "orthodox industrial", as the inspiration of the lyrics is their devotion to Christ. Their most recent full-length release dates back to 1996, but Mental Destruction are still active and also involved in the side-project Azure Skies,David and Samuel Durling, Simon Brännström,As far as Christian bands go, this has got to be one of the most innovative and original bands out there. Mental Destruction is way out there. They are unlike any Christian industrial band you've ever heard. Most Christian industrial bands are of the metal hybrid type. Well, MD uses no guitars on this album, yet still manage to make one VERY extreme recording that will rival just about any black metal band in annoying your country/top 40 friends and family to death. This is a haunting and downright scary album. On this, their third album, Samuel and David Durling have created a masterpiece that will live forever as one of the classics in Christian music. Samuel actually has dubbed their style "Orthodox Industrial" as it is a style that is unique to Mental Destruction. This album is full of extremely distorted vocals that sometimes get very agressive and brutal. The "music" is tons of crashes, banging, screams, odd noises, etc... There are very little keyboards used, but the ones that are like in "The Streams of Time" and "September Warning" are very beautiful and gothic sounding. How the Durling's put all these sounds together so well is definitely due to some amazing God-given talent. The lyrics are very well written. In "The Streams of Time", Durling sings, "But created once immortal, our spirits will live on. We die to live forever, if we have known the Son." Another great example is in the song "Thorn"..."The tears our road was made of, was never cried alone. Remembered by the Master, who wept for every thorn." Great stuff! The packaging is also very professional. It is packaged in a cool digipak with a 16 page full color booklet with great artwork. The CD itself is also cool, as it is a picture disc. I've heard a rumor that Mental Destruction is no more. (This has recently been told to me by Samuel Durling that this is not the case!) If that is true it saddens me cause they are definitely my favorite industrial band of all time. If you like industrial or are just looking for something very different and very extreme, pick up a copy of "Straw". It is difficult to find, but well worth it!(http://holymetal.org/)
FRENSH-REVIEW:
Au début, Mental Destruction peut prêter à confusion, sinon à émettre un petit rire de gêne. Le nom du groupe, les visuels bizarres, le côté indus christique assumé (les Swans aussi, après tout). Même les sonorités un peu bateau de leurs percussions laissent plus que sceptique. Et puis au fil des écoutes on comprend, on saisit mieux la portée du groupe, leurs intentions latentes et une saveur apocalyptique assez particulière s’insinue alors en nous, traçant dans l’esprit une inquiétude toute personnelle. Et croyez-le ou non, ça fonctionne plus que de raison. Mental Destruction, c’est MZ.412 au service de Jésus Christ, mais pas un buddy-Christ sympathoche ; ce serait plutôt du genre ‘repentissez-vous tout de suite ou noyez-vous dans votre fange’. Les sonorités étranges viennent tout simplement des objets courants – électroménager entre autres – revisités façon Einstuerzende Neubauten pour mieux nous faire dire ce qu’ils cachent : ils ne sont que des instruments de notre perdition, nous entourent pour nous faire oublier le spirituel et deviennent ici outils de torture, outils de destruction mentale. Sans relâche, les frères Durling martèlent et frappent avec une ferveur quasi rituelle en vue de l’accomplissement d’une messe toute particulière. Parfois quelques mélodies détendent l’atmosphère mais c’est sans compter sur les voix, saturées et clamées façon power-electronics - on pense aux moment les plus durs de 'Sacrosancts Bleed' de qui vous savez - qui nous ramènent à notre douloureuse purification. Orthodoxe oui, dérangeant tout autant. Amen. (vendredi 5 septembre 2008(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)
