Nox, a brand-new synthwave/industrial project between Inmesher (Rope Sect) and Lykaios (Hemelbestormer, Lhaäd, Rituals Of The Dead Hand), will release its debut album entitled Entity on 7 June via Neuropa Records. While both men are known for post-punk and metal, respectively, Nox sees them taking their first steps into the wider electro scene, wielding a similar yet different darkness to their more-renown bands. Elements of synthwave, industrial, and dubstep are chopped and screwed to their dark design.
Entity, the duo's debut album, comprises eight songs across 43 minutes of shimmering, mysterious energy. With pulsing but never-overpowering beats, in service of atmosphere as much as songwriting, Nox dives headlong into a mirror world of subtly torched tones – some scavenging among the gravel, even despite being electronic, while others ascend into the ether on wings of mesmerizing melody - where the listener is guided through moonlit back streets, crumbling edifices of modernity, and a strange sense of futurism that feels apocalyptic and enticing in equal measure. Atop it all are the hauntingly soothing vocals of Inmesher, narrating that listener's journey (or perhaps narrating the hitherto-unexplored regions of his soul) and creating a unique disconnect that separates Nox from so many treading the hard-electro boards; Entity definitely isn't the usual retrowave/outrun worship. Underlining this crucial link to humanity is the duo's cover of Placebo's "The Bitter End", which is dubstep in form but something sublime in content.
Trainspotters will already know of Neuropa's work with the scene stalwarts Carpenter Brut, which serves as a handy reference here, but Nox is equally recommended to fans of Crystal Castles, ADULT., Kavinsky, Sixth June, Kontravoid, or even Nine Inch Nails. Entity is but their first steps on this path...where will it end? The first single and album opener "Black Nebula" is out now, and you have it right here. Link
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