"Evanescence" is the third studio album from Scorn, and shows Mick Harris perfecting his groundbreaking mix of industrial, dub, trip-hop and dark ambient. It would have been easy to pigeonhole one of the pioneers of grindcore, but the devotee of BBC Radio legend John Peel proved with his 1992 album "Vae Solis" that he was capable of much more. Around the time he abandoned Napalm Death, they were embarking on a less-extreme direction, and drummer Mick Harris began experimenting with electronics. Harris was clearly influenced by Napalm Death founder Justin Broadrick's industrial-metal project Godflesh, and while Broadrick would soon begin his era of dub remixes, it was Scorn's 1994 release "Evanescence" that came seemingly out of nowhere with a genre-defying blend of so many great sounds. Groovy, atmospheric, dark, heavy; at times even resembling the early dub era of Public Image Ltd (see: "Days Passed"), this album grows richer with each listen.
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