Harsh noise. Death industrial. Experimental sounds. Throw it all into a cauldron and what you wind up with is Uranium. No, not the element, but the project that just released their recent album This Corrosion via Sentient Ruin. The premise is simple: a concept album based around nuclear annihilation. It’s rough, it’s loud, it’s unapologetic, and the mysterious front person of the project is here to tell us all about it in this edition of INTRODUCING. Check it out.
Give us a brief about your band. Who are you and what do you do?
One man projects ranging from Lustmord to Gnaw Their Tongues inspired me to use my audio production background to begin producing industrial music under the moniker Disfigure the Face of Man. I wanted to take my sound to even further depths of sonic horror and took on the name Uranium, fitting the auditory terror I was trying to convey with my music.
When did you first launch the project and how has it come along since?
The exact timeline of the Uranium project is actually a bit muddied. An Exacting Punishment in 2021 was the first true Uranium material, I feel. Wormboiler is tough chronologically because it was actually released before AEP but contains old material I had made as Disfigure the Face of Man as well as retooled older material recorded after AEP. I’ve used the Uranium project to experiment with several other genres such as harsh noise, techno, dark ambient as well but my full lengths have always been about sonic devastation.
What bands and artists influenced you the most and why?
Godflesh and Gnaw Their Tongues were the two bands that were most responsible for the initial creation of Uranium. Over time, bands like Caustic Wound and Profane Order began to influence the sound, adding a bit more of a bestial edge.
If you could pick a single song from your discography to explain your music, which song would you pick and why?
I feel like the title track off the new one, “Corrosion of Existence” encapsulates everything that I’m trying to accomplish with the Uranium sound, from blast-beats to pure industrial sonic devastation.
What is your most recent release and what is it about?
Corrosion of Existence is basically what the title says: a caustic and devastating sonic tapestry of the end of all things through nuclear destruction. The ability to wield the atom can either be used for great things or atrocities and mankind has done unforgivable things with this power. The nuclear theme has been an underlying current through previous releases but Corrosion of Existence is the first Uranium album written where this theme is central throughout.
Take us through your creative process. How do you compose a song from start to finish? Where do the ideas come from?
There isn’t much of a single way a track is built to be honest, my background comes from Audio Engineering so most of Uranium is sample-driven. Usually, there is a sample that ends up becoming the backbone of the track and I build around that.
What’s your current favorite song, band, or album within your scene? And vice versa, what do you enjoy the most that’s completely opposite of what you make?
Caustic Wound’s album “Grinding Mechanism of Torment” is absolutely at the top of my list this year. You might not guess it, but I’m actually a big fan of outlaw country. I like the classics like Waylon Jenning and Merle Haggard but I’ve also really been enjoying newer artists like Colter Wall and Cody Jinks.
What is on the horizon for your project? Upcoming gigs, tours, merch, videos, etc. Name it, link it, show it off.
I am super psyched for the new print-on-demand merch from Sentient Ruin for the new album. . Paul van Trigt’s artwork is going to look dope on the merch. I don’t know if there will ever be a live Uranium show. Unfortunately, I just don’t know how I would pull it off and if I did it would be a very boring live show.
