A Circle of Teeth exhumed industrial metal’s primal side in the cinematic volition of ‘Six Pale Fingers’
With beats that land like bloodied fists into the disquieting atmosphere instilled from the first note through droning oscillations of dark despondence, Six Pale Fingers exhibits how A Circle of Teeth knows there’s far more to industrial metal than caustically mechanised synthetics. The progressively blindsiding track slams through a myriad of stylistic twists, emanating the aggression of Static X, the storming rhythmic mercilessness of Mushroomhead, with how they ensure the lyrical cadence locks in perfect synergy with the beats, and the demonic snarl of Marilyn Manson. Yet through the sheer volition of the track, which isn’t short of cinematic panache, it’s clear the UK-based artist may have his influences, but his art is the result of his anger being uncaged. As a centrepiece of the Primalistic EP, Six Pale Fingers unleashed something raw and unfiltered; a work forged in human fury, not digital detachment. The soundscape breathes with distortion and tension, exuding a sense of defiant physicality. It’s industrial metal stripped to its sinew, built from real flesh and blood rather than code and circuitry. A Circle of Teeth made a deliberate move away from AI-generated artwork to reclaim the tangible by reworking the mixes, the masters, and the visual […] The post A Circle of Teeth exhumed industrial metal’s primal side in the cinematic volition of ‘Six Pale Fingers’ appeared first on A&R Factory.
With beats that land like bloodied fists into the disquieting atmosphere instilled from the first note through droning oscillations of dark despondence, Six Pale Fingers exhibits how A Circle of Teeth knows there’s far more to industrial metal than caustically mechanised synthetics. The progressively blindsiding track slams through a myriad of stylistic twists, emanating the aggression of Static X, the storming rhythmic mercilessness of Mushroomhead, with how they ensure the lyrical cadence locks in perfect synergy with the beats, and the demonic snarl of Marilyn Manson. Yet through the sheer volition of the track, which isn’t short of cinematic panache, it’s clear the UK-based artist may have his influences, but his art is the result of his anger being uncaged. As a centrepiece of the Primalistic EP, Six Pale Fingers unleashed something raw and unfiltered; a work forged in human fury, not digital detachment. The soundscape breathes with distortion and tension, exuding a sense of defiant physicality. It’s industrial metal stripped to its sinew, built from real flesh and blood rather than code and circuitry. A Circle of Teeth made a deliberate move away from AI-generated artwork to reclaim the tangible by reworking the mixes, the masters, and the visual […]
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