INSTITUTION D.O.L.
Our Love Can Destroy This Whole Fucking World
Label: TORM Ent
Genre: Power Electronics
Our Love Can Destroy This Whole Fucking
World, an impressive slogan that’s been Institution D.O.L.’s
motto for a while.
Or, how a positive emotion is able to
set up a rather drastic negative reaction.
Somehow with pride Institution D.O.L.
describes itself as being the only active power electronics act from
Austria. Barbie B. and Meta Dolor announced the release of Our
Love... (which we will call OLCDTWFW from now on) a long time before
with the announcement that this would be the “cacophonic magnum
opus” of the project.
Our expectations were being sharpened a
bit more by also mentioning that OLCDTWFW is the most violent and
harshest, but also the most passionated release in the already 22
years history of Insitution D.O.L.
Barbie shouts out also a warning: this
album is not for so-called noise tourists. A clear source of
annoyance, these people who are not involved in this kind of music
for the right reasons (and disappear as quick as they came,
recognizable in many subcultures).
But people who look further than just
the shock effect, a constant factor in this genre, and those who wish
to receive your daily portion of noise in a way that is equal to an
uppercut as hard as possible: OLCDTWFW is definitely one of those
records that you will keep up with in 2019.
Recorded in three different countries
over the period of 3 years, the 7 songs evoke a world in which terms
such as punishment, total devastation and irreversible obliteration
are omnipresent.
OCLDTWFW does not focus on the aspect
of love we find in the title, so it seems. They look at the world
that these noise lovers have transformed into a post apocalyptic
landscape, instead.
Within all this lies the power of this
album: especially by telling a coherent story and atmosphere that
were created with handmade analog sounds, an authentic high dose of
aggression and by removing the word “mercy” from their
dictionary.
So forget the term “soundscape” for
now, because “deathscape” is in this case more appropriate.
It’s not the gates of the temple that
are cracking when opener ‘Invocation’ invites us for the
liturgical ceremony. Barbie, in the imaginary form of an organist,
amplifies his instrument with a good dose of distortion. Which made
us believe that even Our Lord Jesus Christ had already given up his
hopes on this Church.
A song like ‘Invocation’ maybe
isn’t the most original way to start an album, but we find it quite
effective in creating a certain atmosphere.
‘We Are The Black Ones’ and ‘You
Are All Lost’ are like the sermons of thunders that are poured out
over the “warriors of love” their heads, straight from the
lectern.
Love is a theme that occupies a
prominent place in religion, just as much as dogma does. So swallow
it all down to the bottom and please, don’t ask any questions!
Therefore, it’s no coincidence that religion is a recurring theme
for many acts that operate in this genre.
You better arm yourself well for this
battle, because ‘Abschlachtung’ hasn’t stolen its name. Maybe
that’s why ‘You Are All Lost’ temporized a bit, because the
awaiting battlefield isn’t rosy at all.
‘Abschlachtung’ takes a firm hold,
but is still quite mild compared to the complete chaos of ‘Absolute
Hell’, that has to say without German slogans, but where the death
grunts don’t lie.
Frivolities that would appear in the
past are completely out of question at OLCDTWFW. You can point the
nod to angstpop/misantropop (I love this term) in songs like ‘You
Are All Lost’ and ‘In Dust And Death’, which keep the knife
(only) half a millimeter off the troat.
After about 30 minutes, when we arrive
at the closing title number, the regret of it all seems to be hidden
in the tail.
Embedded with spacy soundscapes and
piano we hear a voice that shows true emotions for the first time. As
if one wanted to indicate here that the irreversible reaction of
their love has ultimately done more harm than good, and only now has
it come to the full realization of this. Sometimes you don’t have
to be deafeningly loud to make your statement. Saint Valentine is
imminent, and now that we’re talking about statements: if you’re
still looking for a present, your lover will be very satisfied just
because of the title on its own.
But let’s return to the religious
beginning of the record. We briefly thought about Apostle Peter
wailing bitter tears after he had betrayed Jesus. Love played also
here a significant role, for Peter was seen by Him as His rock.
Institution D.O.L. shows itself with
this 9th record also as a true rock in the power
electronics movement. Highly recommended for fans of acts like
Propergol, Genocide Organ and The Grey Wolves.
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