Necro Deathmort – This Beat Is Necrotronic
Lovingly pinched from Cyclic Defrost: Necro Deathmort are a London duo comprised of Matthew Rozeik and AJ Cookson, and this debut album release on Distraction This Beat Is Necrotronic apparently their first ‘proper’ record easily represents one of the most intriguing and unexpected genre collisions I’ve encountered over the past year.
While the exquisitely detailed sleeve illustrations at first hint at classic black metal origins check out the Inquisition-style enforcer on the inside, Necro Deathmort’s aesthetic sees them combining elements of doom and drone metal with post-rock and illbient hiphop influences, with spectacularly successful results. Indeed, previous comments made by other writers likening this to being “doom metal’s version of ‘Endtroducing’ certainly aren’t too far off the mark. It’s also an album characterised by rapid, almost ADD-esque stylistics shifts.
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Tags: AJ Cookson, album of the day, Chris Downton, Cyclic Defrost, Distraction Records, doom, drone, Matthew Rozeik, Necro Deathmort, post rock, psychedelica, This Beat Is Necrotronic
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Well picked up on Roadburn! Awesome debut album. The duo support Ulver (London show) February 2010 too!