This is the fourth album from US industrial black/sludge metal band Invertia.
When I last caught up with Invertia it was on 2014’s Another Scheme of the Wicked, where they played industrial black metal, complete with remixes of the original tracks. Nine years or so later, the band’s music is darker and uglier, yet also laced with hooks and catchy riffs and beats. Continue reading “Invertia – Through the Black Bubble (Review)”
In my recent review of Invertia’s second album Another Scheme for the Wicked, I wrote that it was intriguing, harsh and exciting; my viewpoint hasn’t changed. This is an interesting and novel band and they have released an album worthy of taking the time to get to know it. Questions were asked, and answers were given…
For those who are unfamiliar with your band – introduce yourself!
We are an industrial metal band from the Northeast USA who write progressive oppressive music that you should be paying attention to because your rights are being deprived from you and will soon be taken away by those who oppress you.
Give us a bit of background to Invertia
When we met we knew it was something different from the metal crowd or other genres or if it would even work…that was the second week. And here we are in week…604…
What are your influences?
Its funny you ask. You can not put us into a box full of hashtags but we are entirely influenced by Sabbat, Hank III, Celtic Frost, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Bathory, and The Misfits.
What are you listening to at the moment that you would like to recommend?
We don’t listen to music because we have been rehearsing for months. You tell us, has anything good come out?
What did you want to achieve with your new album?
We wrote and wrote and wrote and scratched and wrote more and scratched more and rewrote and ripped apart and scratched it all before we wrote this because we wanted to.
What can you tell us about the lyrics?
We write about the exposure of the daily rhetoric of our culture to provoke thought and action. So long as it is not at any of our shows. We are trying to concentrate.
Give us a bit of information on the songwriting process.
Actually we have been writing this way for years but now we have added Kurt Gluck from Submerged & Ohm Resistance our record label to help us write which will change things up in who knows what way.
Tell us about the remixes – how do you think they relate to the originals?
That’s a good question. The artists chosen are some of the best in their genres and you get to see how another artist interprets the song & how their creativity comes out of them through the music that we wrote.
Are you happy with how it all turned out?
It is a fresh take. It’s exciting.
How do you see your songs/direction developing in the future?
We want to grow and expand our sound/style and expertise as much with our next album as we did with our first and second album.
What’s next for Invertia?
Maybe a mini-tour? Thanks, we appreciate it. Now, we need to sleep. Buy the album here: https://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/album/another-scheme-of-the-wicked
Thanks!
Invertia are from the US and play Industrial Black Metal.
This is a release of two halves – the first five tracks are the album songs, and then the second five tracks are the album songs remixed. Side A and a Side B if you like, with Side B being longer than the first.
This is inventive and oppressive as only the best of Black Metal can be.
As extreme as this is they still know how to write songs. As warped and twisted as they are, and also know a good hook when they hear one.
The heavy effects, samples and noise conspire with the Black Metal core to create a claustrophobic and dense listening experience that coils around your brain and won’t let go until you have sworn blind fealty and obedience.
The tracks offer a bruising Industrial pounding with their blackened atmosphere, and there is a fair amount of variety on these tracks that it almost seems like different bands playing sometimes. It certainly seems like they have about five vocalists. Don’t mistake this as criticism though, this is a top release.
And all this is even before we get to Side B; the remixes.
I’m not normally a fan of remixes, as they are rarely done well, (in my experience). Here is an exception though as these reinterpretations of the originals feel like a continuance of the album and a further exploration into the dark psyche of the band, rather than being some novelty just tacked onto the end of a release, as is so often the case.
Intriguing, harsh and exciting; this is an album to keep returning to.
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