Plutonium – Devilment Entertainment Non-Stop (2011)

Hailing from Sweden, Plutonium delivers merciless aural attacks of pure and chaotic Industrial Black Metal. There is nothing pretty and ‘techno’ about this release, just raw Black Metal energy fused together with some dissonant samples and relentless riffing. While most Industrial Metal bands these days are trying to sound too ‘nice’, Plutonium delivers pure decadence in their very crushing and powerful sound.

Opening with the crushing “A Tribute to the Tools of the Cosmic Abostionist”, this one-man band delivers some blistering Black Metal elements paired with some crazy electronics at the end of the song. Having been warned, “Devilment Entertainment Non-Stop” delivers more Black Metal elements with very well crafted and credible drums (but we suspect they are ‘fake’). Things start getting weird with the very martial “Peace Keeper”, a very different track that creates a very bizarre atmosphere.

The next song that caught our attention was the very deranged “Unintelligent Design”. In this track, Plutonium delivers hypnotic samples with nihilistic guitar riffs creating a sickening (and excellent) atmosphere. The crazy electronic sounds in this track greatly enhance the overall feeling of insanity. Our favorite track in this release has to be the very ‘traditional’ but catchy and effective “Zero Swarm”. The samples on this song paired with the sick riffing and melody; deliver a very catchy and disturbing sound.

Featuring beats we have “Nuclear War Incense”, probably the weirdest and somewhat most disconnected song of this release. While the guitars and vocals are nice, the overall tempo feels a bit ‘distorted’ from the previous ones. Closing the album we have the monolithic “Hell is All Around”, a seven minute piece that nicely builds up and explodes into a full on brilliant Black Metal song. We are pretty sure that if the Industrial elements are removed, Plutonium would still be a kick-ass Black Metal band hands down.

Having been able to hold our attention for over 45 minutes and not get slammed on for the ‘drumming’, we have to say that Plutonium is one of the best Industrial Black Metal bands to appear in the scene in quite a while. If you liked the good old times of bands like Mysticum and Malignant Eternal, then you will surely love Plutonium. Also, if you just like Black Metal, give the band a chance since it has some sick BM elements that not many bands can create.

Release: July 13th, 2011

Country: Sweden