Sweden’s Morlocks Present The Re-Recorded And Mostly Undivulged The S.N.A.F.U. Principle v3.0 From Their 2001 First Record

Morlocks 

The S.N.A.F.U. Principle v3.0 

Sweden 

 

Comprised of Gothenburg’s J. Strauss, Innocentius Rabiatus of Darkside Cowboys, and KMFDM’s Käpt’n K, Sweden’s Morlocks are starting the year with a monumental EP. Blending thumping darkwave and sinister electronic adventures with the throb of classic industrial metal, the massive sound this band creates has so many angles with influences ranging from Ministry to Mozart to Mortiis, a searing blade of cutting-edge composition meets time-tested frameworks and sound mixtures that people get all over. Released on the 10th, the 5-track record titled Amor, Monstra Et Horrore Profundi on Metropolis Records takes you by the collar and drags you into a shady universe of Goblins, mysterious lakes, and strange compendiums of feeling. This featured track, The S.N.A.F.U. Principle v3.0, plus The March Of The Goblins which follows, are re-recordings from their collector’s edition first album, For Your Pleasure? With a professional standard that was unavailable at the time, the brilliance of the music receives its due with a modern version the band can apply their latest sound to. Let’s see what all the fuss is about.  

 

An epic orchestral prelude takes us into realms of fantasy championship and legendary storylines. A few vocal samples instil a captivating empire of feeling as the synths and drums begin to churn and drive the forward momentum. A chunky guitar riff takes the lead with vibrant and rhythm-based motifs that punch through the bars with quick and palm-muted perfection. A growly and harsh vocal reverberates through the soup of rhythm, melody, and atmosphere knitted tightly together by the expert technicianship of the band. Gruesome and harrowing inflections of the vocal give a black metal feel to the delivery as the industrial rhythms pound like machinery on hard-nosed steel fixings. Full-body impulses line the walls of the track as ferocious guitars splendidly alchemise with thunderous electronic style drumming and thick cakes of synthesiser.  

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