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Bleak Existence’s records shift between harsh noise and HNW, but I guess mostly HNW. This one is released by Waterpower in 2013. But you had to be quick to grab this one, because it was limited to only 25 copy’s.The album has two tracks. The first one is called “One Step Forward”, and exists out of one long wall, 20 minutes to be exact, which is the half of this record. The sound is most of all mid ranged, with nice sharp edges and low ranged curves. It sounds a bit interrupted throughout the whole track, something I never heard before in a HNW track, which gives it a kind hesitated feeling. You could say that it is a vulnerable wall of noise.
The other half completes the title of this album with “Two Steps Back”. Here the sound is totally different. It has low ranged static with background mid and highs. And like in the first half it’s one long continues wall of sound, with almost no change. It could resemble many things. But it reminds me mostly of a tropical rainforest or a waterfall. Anyway, it's for the listener to figure that one out.
“One Step Forward, Two Steps Back” is a nice and solid release with equally nice artwork. I recommend to Listen this on a rainy and grey evening.
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