Blitzkrieg Baby/Genocidal Sextasy/Cloister Recordings/2020 FUll Length Review

 

  Norway's  solo  project  Blitzkrieg  Baby  has  returned  with  a  new  recording  which  shows  the  music  going  for  more  of  a  mixture  of  industrial,  electronic  and  martial  and  this  is  a  review  of  his  2020  album  "Genocidal  Sextasy"  which  was  released  by  Cloister  Recordings.

  Dark  soundscapes  and  synths  start  off  the  album  while  whispered  voices  can  also  be  heard  in  the  background  briefly.  Programmed  beats  are  also  a  very  huge  part  of  the  recording  along  with  the  music  also  bringing  in  a  great  amount  of  industrial  elements  and  the  spoken  word  parts  also  give  the  songs  more  of  a  martial  feeling.

  The  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  amount  of  electronic  music  elements  while  the  synths  also  add  in  a  variety  of many  different  sounding  keys.  Touches  of  80's  era  industrial  can  also  be  heard  in  some  parts  of  the  recording  along  with  some  of  the  tracks  also  being  instrumentals  as  well  as  some  aggressive  industrial  styles  vocals  also  being  utilized  at  times,  clean  vocals  can  also  be  heard  briefly  and  as  the  album  progresses  the  music  also  gets  more  diverse  sounding.

  On  this  recording  Blitzkrieg  Baby  takes  industrial,  electronic  music  and  martial  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  his  own.  The  production  sounds  very  dark  while  the  lyrics  cover  mankind's  selfishness,  arrogance  and  existential  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Blitzkrieg  Baby  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  electronic  music,  industrial  and  martial,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Kill  Them  All"  "Feed  them  To  The  Pigs"  and  "Piggy".  8out  of  10.

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Blitzkrieg Baby/Cannibal Commando/Belaten/2015 EP Review

  Norway's  Blitzkrieg  Baby  have  returned  with  a  new  recording  that  continues  the  dystopian  industrial  sound  of  previous  recordings  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  ep  "Cannibal  Commando"   which  was  released  by  Belaten.

  Harsh  industrial  sounds  start  off   the  ep  along  with  some  aggressive  vocals  a  few seconds  later  and  after  awhile  the  music  starts  getting  more  avant  garde  and  experimental  and  the  songs  also bring  in  a  great  amount  of  pop  music  elements.

  Spoken  word  parts  can  be  heard in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  the  songs  also  mix  in  a  lot  of  electro  industrial  and  ebm  elements  and  the  music  can  also  be  very  atmospheric  and  ritualistic  at  times  and  they  also  bring  in  a couple  of  instrumentals  and  the  last  track  brings  in  a  touch  of  ambient.

  Blitzkrieg  Baby  creates  another  recording  that  takes their  underground  avant  garde  industrial  style  to  another  level,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  and  raw  while  the  lyrics  cover  cannibalism,  war  crimes,  and  murder   themes.

  In  my  opinion  this   is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Blitzkrieg  Baby  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  dystopian  industrial,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Cannibal  Commando"  and  "?Cut,  Slash,  Maim,  Kill".  8  out  of  10. 

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Blitzkrieg Baby/Kids World/Belatn/2014 EP Review

  Blitzkrieg  Baby  are  a  band  from  Norway  that h as  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  the  musical  style  on  the  new  recording  being  a  mixture  of  industrial,  electronic  pop,  and  neo-classical  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  ep  "Kids  World"  which  was  released  by  Belatan.

  The  ep  starts  out  with a  dark  avant  garde  sound  along  with  industrial  beats  and  synths  as  well  as vocals  that  border  on  black  metal  before  adding  in  spoken  word  parts  and  clean  singing  and  they  have  a  more  underground  industrial  feeling  this  time  around.

   As   the ep  continues  the  music  gets  more  dark  and  experimental  as  well  as  bringing  in  neo  classical  sounds  along  with  some  electronic  pop  as  well  as  a  militant  feeling  and  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  they  bring  in  traces  of  noise  music  without  having  the  harsher  elements.

  Song  lyrics  cover  dark,  political  and  corruption  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  dark  and  raw  sound  to  it  that  has  an  early  80's  industrial  feeling  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Blitzkrieg  baby  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  the  more  darker  and  underground  forms  of  industrial,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Kids  World"  "Those  they  Could  not  Fuck,  They  Killed"  "Incinerator  Symphony  1"  and  "Your  happy  Place".  8  out  of  10.

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Blitzkrieg Baby Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?


Blitzkrieg Baby is a norwegian group whose musical heritage is informed by a wide range of industrial music, especially from the early days of Industrial, when there was a musical openness about it. Our debut album "Porcus Norvegicus" is out through Neuropa now.

My name is Kim Sølve, I am the founding member of Blitzkrieg Baby. In addition to me, people performing on the said album are Alan Belardinelli, Anders B. (Mind & Flesh, Three Winters), Bjeima (Alfa Obscura, Virus, Yurei) and Petter Berntsen AKA Plenum (Swarms, -M-).



2. How would you describe your musical sound?

Industrial, in the widest possible sense. Considering the variation between tracks it is not really doable to give a simple description that fits the entire breadth of our material. But the confrontative, discordant, bombastic darkness is a recurring thing. People whom know early Laibach, SPK, NON, and artist from Cold Meat Industries might find something to their liking.

3. What are some of the concepts the band explores with the music?


To sum it up: the filth of humanity, in all its shapes and variations. We don't differentiate. Blitzkrieg Baby is born from human degeneration; others and our own.

We often have a healthy tad of humor in what we do, it's in everything I do I believe, Blitzkrieg Baby is like an outlet for all the things that get bottled up and have nowhere to go.




4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?


The name is taken from Una Mae Carlisle's song of the same name. The original theme of the song is something completely different than what we are putting into it. To us, Blitzkrieg Baby is a child born from the filth of the collective human behavior and history.



5. Has the band played out live or is this a studio project?

So far we are a studio project. But there's a strong will to perform live and I hope to take Blitzkrieg Baby to the stage at some point. Who will join me on stage is not certain yet though, but I expect Alan, the vocalist on several of the album tracks, to be at the Blitzkrieg core, at least when doing tracks that require vocals. But in general Blitzkrieg Baby is not a tightly knit group that rehearses weekly or anything like that.



6. The new album came out on Neuprona Records, how did you get in contact with
this label and how would you describe the support that they have given you so far?


I have been running Trine + Kim Design Studio for years now doing artworks for music, among others. Neuropa got in touch with us years ago to get artworks done for some of their releases. In the meantime, me and Kim from Neuropa have also started the label Adversum together and now he is releasing Blitzkrieg Baby on his own label.



7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of dark
industrial?


The album has just been released and promotion is only just beginning, but so far the reaction has been positive to say the least. I do believe this is an album that might appeal to a wide range of audiences, despite (or, because of) its dark and confronting nature. I'm sure there are people that will hate it too, which is fine.


8. What is going on with the other musical projects these days?


I also play in -M-, Swarms and have a dark ambient solo project called K100 that recently signed to Cyclic Law. I'm involved in Three Winters that are releasing "The Atrocities EP" on cassette through Beläten in february. I run the Adversum label and my main occupation is running Trine + Kim Design Studio together with colleague and life partner Trine, doing artworks for this and that. The debut album by -M- will be out this year through Adversum.

Blitzkrieg Baby is keeping busy. We did a few interludiums on norwegian Black Metal band Koldbrann's recent album "Vertigo", released through Seasons Of Mist. During spring we are premiering a modern ballet performance with 20 dancers, with commissioned music by Blitzkrieg Baby. We're also soon doing a full length cassette for the swedish label Beläten. We have a lot in the works.



9. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?


Blitzkrieg Baby is going in several directions at the same time. We are in the 12th year of Blitzkrieg Baby's miserable life, so there's some amount of material about to be readied for the willing victims. In general, we are becoming grittier, darker and meaner. Hopefully we are becoming better and even more entertaining.

As long as the music feels like Blitzkrieg Baby we have few boundaries. It's all about gut feeling. We do want we want to, or need to, at any given time. And we are doing it all the time, like rabbits.


10. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Nowadays I listen to pretty much all kinds of music, I've been spinning a lot of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music lately, as well as Atrax Morgue, Dean Martin, and a lot of Pop music (as always), but that's just the last couple of days. There's so much music out there that I listen to different music all the time. I run a label called Adversum and I've spent some time listening to the two albums we released in October, Yurei's "Night Vision" and Stagnant Waters' self titled album. While writing this interview I have been listening to Scott Walker and Haus Arafna.

However, early inspirations for Blitzkrieg Baby was early Laibach, Coil, NON and artists released by Cold Meat Industries in the mid nineties. Nowadays I get inspired by anything.


11. Does Occultism play any role in your music?


It depends on your definition of occultism. But on a general level I would have to say no, I think the day to day reality in all its horridness is Blitzkrieg Baby's main concern.


12. Outside of music what are some of your interests?


I try to make the most of life. I work a lot, but I also play a lot.


13. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

Please lend an ear to our releases. I believe some of your readers might find solace in the music we have released so far. "Porcus Norvegicus" is available from Neuropa now, go to www.neuropa.be to order. Tasters are available on Blitzkrieg Baby's Soundcloud here:
www.soundcloud.com/blitzkriegbaby

We have contributed to three compilations lately:
"A Somatic Response" compilation cassette, released by Beläten. Stream available here:
https://soundcloud.com/belaten/sets/a-somatic-response

"Satanic Panic" download compilation by Grimtown Records, available here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?kou9ynlh7fk554l

"Operation Payload" download compilation by Grimtown Records, available here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?444locx4ctsfrl2

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Thanks for the interview!

Blitzkrieg Baby/Porcus Norvegicus/Neuprona Records/2012 CD Review

  Blitzkrieg  Baby  are  a  band  from  Norway  that  plays  a  very  avant  garde,  experimental,  dark  and harsh  form  of  industrial  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Porcus  Norvegicus"  which  was  released  by  Neuprona  Records.

  Drum  programming  are  all  slow  militant  beats,  while  the  sound  effects  bring  in  elements  of  experimental.  harsh  industrial  and  noise  to  the  music  to  create  a  very  dark  and  evil  sound.

  Vocals  are  all  mid  80's  style  industrial  vocals  which  rely  more  on  shouting  and  spoken  word  parts,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  violent  and  hateful  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Blitzkrieg  Baby  are  a  very  great  sounding  experimental  dark  industrial  band  and  if you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "First  Movement,  First  Kill"  "Stalker"  "Fuck  Me  Like  You  Hate  Me"  and  "Slasher". RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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