ENNAYTCH – NEGATIVITY POSITIVE LULLABIES FOR THE MALIGNANT VOL. 1

3″ CDr, https://innerdemonsrecords.bandcamp.com/

We begin our exploration of Inner Demons Records with Ennaytch, a unique artist who attempts to lull us into sleep with two tracks just under 10 minutes. Despite my inability to find much about the artist, other than his origin in Tucson, AZ and his active music releases since 2021, I was immediately drawn to his distinct sound. With a plethora of releases already under his belt, this is my first encounter with Ennaytch’s music.

The first track, “Ashamed of My Own Presence Yet Alas I Cannot Escape” has a massive bass drone with some clear synthesized sounds entering the composition at moments. I don’t know if it’s meant to be, but the whole track has a bit of nihilist or misanthropic feeling. A bit less reverb would have cleaned up the fogginess, but it’s definitely not bad. “Crawling Out of My Skin and Slithering Into a Hole” is the poetic title of the other track is way more noisy and intrusive. The fogginess I felt a bit at the first track is not really a problem here so it might have just been me. This track follows the same build-up: Harsh Drone Wall, or Harsh Noise Drone. There is not much happening, but there is a constant change in the composition. Hmm … “The only constant is change” … Who said that? Heraclitus? Favorite track is the slithering hole one 😉

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