cEvin Key and Dwayne Goettel’s first outing as Download (and Dwayne’s last before his death), originally released on Off Beat in 1995, showed a progression into industrial/electronic territory far more experimental than even Skinny Puppy’s stranger moments.
With the help of Phil Western and Mark Spybey, “Furnace” plays out like a soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The music ranges from frenetic industrial beats to textural Genesis P. Orridge’s vocals on “Omniman,” “Lebanull,” and “Marred” that add a frightening quality, sounding both malevolent and mechanical, giving it the sense of a soundtrack to an unmade movie.
It’s an album full of dissonance and beauty and Metropolis Records is proud to reissue it now with the bonus ‘Re:Dux’ tracks (2007) as a second disc.
Packaging: In Smartpak (cardboard-folder with no plasic trays).
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