n.dos : entropy

4.5

OUT OF 10

My first thoughts on pressing the play button on n.dos’ album entropy was, “Oh God. What did I get myself into.” As the first track on the album is unbearable and disgusting with a higher pitched synth note that made my dog run out of the room and made me cringe and had me wishing that it was over before it even began. This practical jarring sensation never quite left me and had me shut off the track within the first three-and-a-half minutes as I couldn’t stand it and you could say that this is meant to be uncomfortable listening but I’ve listened to uncomfortable things in the past. The only difference is that one isn’t trying to make you lose your hearing and your friendship with man’s best friend while the other is. The first track on entropy can be categorized into the is profile.

See the problem with album such as this also lies in the track titles as each and every single song looks the same and wouldn’t do someone with dyslexia any favors as it’s a combination of letters and numbers that most people let alone the artist would remember. Imagine going up to a person and trying to remember the title of a song off of entropy and saying “Oh, yeah, I really liked 676f40ee.” That’s never going to happen unless this person was huge and influential and even then it wouldn’t be talked about in a good manner but in a joking manner before the internet would take the album by storm and turn it into one giant meme.

But as the album moves on there is some redeeming hope which starts with track two whose title I’m refusing to type out or copy and paste or even memorize as that’s just ridiculous and I’m not going to waste my time. Track two is the soundtrack to a futuristic machine operated facility that’s building a supercar or a mech or something that’s completely unimaginable to us now but is in the future. The dwelling maintains an interesting commerce for the first minute or two but eventually becomes repetitive as there’s only so many drills and scratches I can listen to before I need something new for my dopamine receptors to react to and sadly this never ever did such a thing. A sad revelation of a good thing gone on for too long as five minutes of this noise was all too much.

The shorter songs for the most part such as track three and six and seven rely on noise as a benefactor but never the noise that can be appreciated but the noise that will blow out your speakers that you spent a ton of money on and can’t afford to replace at this time. So be cautious and keep your volume low if you’re entering this domain as perhaps n.dos’ sick joke this whole time was to laugh like a vial villain as so many came flocking to his release only to have not only their ears blown out but the speakers, too.

If there’s a song on the album I can speak good about it would be track number twelve which does a fantastic job of creating an oppressive industrial atmosphere whilst introducing scratching noises in a fashionable sense.

There’s also a limiting factor to this whole album as I feel as if n.dos used a limited soundbank and kept double-dipping into it like a drunk disgusting fray boy at a party who’s hogging the buffalo chicken dip and is about to get thrown out by a bunch of hungry college kids who don’t care for him or his saliva laden fingertips. While the first couple of songs are interesting to an extent the soundbank swiftly dries up and there’s a lack of quality versus quantity in the sixteen tracks that are listed on entropy. Eventually it feels as if you’re just going in a circle as if you’re trapped in a haunted roundabout that never ends whilst everyone keeps shouting at you to just get on with it.

Well I have got on with it and I can say that entropy really isn’t anything special to gawk at and will probably have a niche audience that will see this and say “Hey, this guy just doesn’t get it!” Which is fine as I’ve had that happen multiple times to meself and each and every single time it does happen I find myself having a quick chuckle before I click away from the rage bait and move onto something more important – such as petting my cat or eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Quick words: I don’t enjoy it, very few redeemable qualities, you can find better. End of story.

Steven Gullotta

https://brutalresonance.com/
Editor-in-Chief. Been writing for this site since 2012. Worked my way up to the top now I can't be stopped. I love industrial and dark electronic music which is why I'm so critical of it.

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