Ampere - Like Shadows
Ampere – Like Shadows CD (No Idea)
Think ya know the kinda ear-honey No Idea release? Well, think again you at the back with the beard, because after nine years and a plethora of splits and other releases, Ampere drops its debut album – all 15 tracks of it that bulldoze by in under 14 minutes – and it’s an in-fucking-cinerating, scathing, discordant, tumultuous white noise. Take equal parts Das Oath disjointed volative Hardcore, add Born Against ideals, Converge aural assault and an Extreme Noise Terror brevity and have the result brain-washed at the hands of Swing Kids and you have an idea of the lacerating fury here. Highlights were certainly the more structured tracks, be it ‘Centuries Fled’, ‘Of Nightmare Reality’ and ‘We Neither Rise Nor Fall’. Not a release I’ll be returning to too often, but when I’m sick of the entire world and all the fuckwits that inhabit it, this kinda total sensory assault will do me nicely. Neat CD booklet too, printed on swanky textured paper. Mmmm…. Steve Scanner
