10" black vinyl. Matte cardboard sleeve with 4 pages inlay. Limited edition of strictly 200 copies!
Sophia in a nutshell: started in 1998 as a more experimental-minded side-project of ARCANA, the Peter Bjärgo-led outfit then released seminal martial industrial albums in the early 2000s via Cold Meat Industry and Cyclic Law. The 2016 comeback album “Unclean” appeared more versatile than ever, with a wide range of sonic expressions from ambient calm to upfront aggression.
This new mini-album proclaims a stance of fundamental disapproval of the ways of civilization, and how could that be more appropriate then in the light of current events? The detached male and female vocal delivery hovers above creepy layers of ambient doom, deeply unsettling noises float in from unexpected angles, an isolated synth line leads the pack into the oblivious nothingness.
Not for the faint of heart, this is a classy 18-minute glimpse into nihilism.
Released 2023 by Rabbau.
Tracks Listing:
A1. Those Blinded Opened Eyes
A2. Social Depression
B1. Into the Oblivious Nothingness
B2. Vomitory
English