The Ichneumon Method (And Less Welcome Techniques)
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The Ichneumon Method is the debut album by British
cinematic industrial
black metal
band The Axis of Perdition
. It was released in 2003
on Rage of Achilles, catalogue number ILIAD035.
The name of the title is a reference to the ichneumon wasp
, which lays the eggs of its young in other insects. When the eggs hatch, the baby wasps eat their way through the body of their host.
United Kingdom
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cinematic industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band The Axis of Perdition
The Axis of Perdition
The Axis of Perdition is a British industrial black metal band, from Middlesbrough. They are signed to Code666 Records.The band rose from the ashes of Minethorn and consists of Tetsuo Unit BRJ and Test Subject MGB The Axis of Perdition is a British industrial black metal band, from Middlesbrough....
. It was released in 2003
2003 in music
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on Rage of Achilles, catalogue number ILIAD035.
The name of the title is a reference to the ichneumon wasp
Ichneumon wasp
The Ichneumonoidea are insects classified in the hymenopteran suborder Apocrita. The superfamily is made up of the ichneumon wasps and the braconids...
, which lays the eggs of its young in other insects. When the eggs hatch, the baby wasps eat their way through the body of their host.
Track listing
- "A Ruined Nation Awakens" – 4:16
- "To Walk the Corridors of Hell" – 6:31
- "Nightmare Suspension" – 6:08
- "My Time, My Reign, My Tyranny" – 5:50
- "Forms on the Other Side of Silence" – 3:09
- "Reflections of the Underdark" – 5:47
- "Born Under the Knife, Live in Pain" – 5:37
- "Disturbance in the Perpetual Screen" – 7:47
Personnel
- Test Subject MGB (Michael Blenkarn) - Guitar, Keys, Programming, Sampling, Ambient Discord
- Tetsuo Unit BRJ (Brooke Johnson) - Vocal Corrosion, Industrial Bleakness, Bass, Further Guitar, Sampling