Holy damn, it’s already 18 years ago that Spectre Records from Belgium released “I Kill Everything” by Loss. Being on the Spectre Roster myself around then, I remember the impact of that album and the 3″ red velvet pouched mini CD-r that came just before that. Complex, slow brooding rhythms, massive orchestral layers and vocals are done in the best way a power electronics artist could do.
Of course, it was reviewed by Vital Weekly (Vital 505), and Nils wrote, ‘despite the emotional, melancholic sense on the album, we are dealing with an album of hard-thrashing aural machismo’. I disagree with the term machismo as the emotional layer takes guts to share with an audience, and it has nothing to do with testosterone-driven machismo. Having said that: If you’ve never heard this album and your collection has titles from Mental Destruction, Sanctum, Gridlock, Klangstabil, and maybe even Skinny Puppy, this release might be a welcome addition to your taste.
So after 18 years and being long out of print, it’s about time this diamond in the rough gets a bit of attention again. Dan from Inner Demons decided to do it himself, so catalogue number 100 is a reissue from that album that changed everything. The original eight tracks are accompanied by two remixes, “Happy Ending (Tension and Sorrow Remix by Loss)” and “The Turning (Shattered Mix by Talvekoidik)”.
For me, relistening the album a few times got me back in the massiveness of the sound and the impact it made since then. I can only hope there are people amongst you who haven’t heard it before, as I want to give you the gift of hearing this album for the first time. I envy you.
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