Death Unit - Infinite Death

Finishing off the week is a record that I had been looking forward to for a little while now, and that is the newest from the noise/avant-rock all-star collection Death Unit. Their latest album Infinite Death was just recently released on Important Records and by no means does it disappoint.

The word “supergroup” gets tossed around when speaking of Death Unit, and I suppose that is what they are in a way. The group features electronics specialist Carlos Giffoni, guitarist Brian Sullivan (Mouthus), Trevor Tremaine (Hair Police) whom plays drums on this album, and drummer extraordinaire Chris Corsano. That is definitely a hefty lineup.

Infinite Death is two tracks of about every possible exploration in noise that someone could think of. It dabbles in every area it can within its short 35 minute time frame. The first track starts off with some fairly impressive interplay between the two drummers before it is completely interrupted and skewed by the electronic and guitar distortion mish mash of Giffoni and Sullivan. From there it’s a no holds barred rush of noise and chaos before the next track sets in.

The second track opens with a sludgy and downtrodden squall of distortion that sounds as if it were being played in the depths of someone’s cellar. The guitar sound that Sullivan achieves on this track in particular is just sickening and at times terrifying like something not from this world. Eventually the track soars into more feedback and an impressive display of power electronics, but really that could be said for both tracks on this album. Regardless, Infinite Death is a great collaboration and will almost surely have something for just about everyone. Give it a listen if you’re a fan of any of the bands that these guys are a part of. Each member’s talents are brilliantly showcased on here. Pick it up, it’s definitely worth it.

Death Unit – Untitled 1 [MP3]

For those interested, Infinite Death can be picked up over at Important Records. With that, I am out for the weekend!