Zwaremachine - Ripping At The Fabric EP (Brutal Resonance Records) Review by Steve Thomas-Green In most walks of life, there’s a pecking order. Be it the toughest kid in the playground to the most arrogant president in the world. It’s the same deal for music. There’s a band that’s at the top of the tree, and everybody else shuffles in below, jostling for posi�on. Zwaremachine and their gnarly take on Industrial and EBM have always been a solid band. So when I knew this new EP was coming my way, I thought I knew what to expect. Zwaremachine have their place in the queue and I expected something similar, a couple of years on from 2018’s Be A Light. Before we get to the new ep, Ripping At The Fabric, I’m going rewind things about 18 or so months, to when Zwaremachine singer Mach Fox told me he was coming over to Europe to play some dates in January 2019. I actually thought he was crazy. He was going to fly over from the US, possibly when our weather was going to be at its worst. I thought he was travelling a hell of a long way, for some dates that could easily be cancelled if our European winter kicked in, like it can. Anyway, moving on the present day and they tour went well, and I think he’s come over again since then, as well as hi�ng the road in the US. And since that ini�al European adventure, Zwaremachine have shown 2 fingers to the pecking order and with this shiny new EP, they’ve made advancements that I didn’t think possible. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Musically, Zwaremachine have broken free from their cocoon and their music has a bright feel to it, a million miles from the o�en downtrodden feel of earlier works. Be it working with new people, be�er produc�on, improved song wri�ng, an all-round more professional a�tude (even down to the publicity pictures)… whatever the difference is, Zwaremachine have really come of age on this EP. The EP is a bass heavy stomp, that has a thunderous dance feel. Mixed in with a slight Wax Trax feel, a pulsa�ng rhythm and a nod (or two) to the originators of the Industrial scene, and it really is just about perfect. And in terms of the EBM / Industrial side of my life (I’m involved in the Metal scene as well) this is probably my favourite release of the year so far. The biggest plus point, for you, the fan, is that on the Brutal Resonance Bandcamp page, this is just $1. And it’ll probably be the best Dollar you spend all year. h�p://www.zwaremachine.band h�ps://zwaremachine.bandcamp.com h�ps://www.facebook.com/brutalresonance/ h�ps://brutalresonance.bandcamp.com/album/ripping-at-the-fabric
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