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Darrin Verhagen, in tugging on a thread of viciousness which has lain subdued and understated for most of Shinjuku Thief's backcatalog, was surprised to pull up a 42 minute slab of sonic violence which is as unmerciful as it is exquisitely crafted. Under his new power electronics pseudonym 'e.p.a.' we find a finely balanced tension between visceral chaos and deliberate nastiness.

If all the Shinjuku Thief albums which preceded it suggest the ghostly existence of a dark world, "black ice" delivers the map, the accelerator and the searing pain upon arrival.

Limited edition of 500.


brutalized by darrin verhagen.
mastered by francois tétaz.
engineered by byron scullin.


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t r a c k l i s t :
01. ...with brake fluid.(4:10)
02. ...with metal and paint.(5:59)
03. ...with the smell of sulphur.(4:04)
04. ...with small shards of glass.(6:02)
05. ...with shredding rubber.(13:12)
06. ...with cartilage.(4:12)
07. ...acidic to the touch.(6:13)