Author & Punisher [2010] Drone Machines

By squelching, triggering, amputating, stretching and tormenting sounds achieved from the execution of heavy machinery into vivid instruments, Tristan Shone, the man behind Author&Punisher, offers one of thee most eviscerated albums to come out in years . "Drone Machines" sees Author&Punisher reinventing industrial metal and dragging it back to its' dim core with a slow-paced DOOM whip and an eerie flood of vile drones. But this album is beyond avantgarde, in that exciting sense that it brings together modern technology and heavy machinery in a whole new perspective: "Drone Machines" is also an album that's reviving a forgotten genre from its' ashes and rephrasing the primeval passion for that bestial drum pound with rancid low end and sonic-metallic scraping. This unblemished contrast, between concrete innovation and the reinvigoration of lost sounds that both reign this album, is exactly what makes "Drone Machines" such an important, groundbreaking and iconic album. For years to come. Recommended if you like Godflesh, HALO, Swans, Human Queena Orchestra, Dead World, Grave in the Sky, Khanate, Black Mayonnaise, Caspar Br?tzmann Massaker, Trust Obey etc.