Kevorkian Death Cycle
– Collection: Injection 01
Released: 15 July 2022
– Collection: Injection 01
The vocals are husky tones that add to the atmospherics of the tracks, and the synths add the element of suspense while the beats keep on full attack mode.
A good blend of fast-paced and slower tracks makes this an extremely enjoyable EP.
The beats will get even the most stagnant fans moving as any good thriller grabs you and takes you with it.
I do love this EP. It has all the elements that make this an excellent piece of industrial creativity.
It is good to have Kevorkian Death Cycle back.
THRILLING
The industrial band, Kevorkian Death Cycle is revived from a seven-year sleep with the release of Collection:Injection 01, the first EP in a three-part series of releases that resurrects their classic anthology album, Collection For Injection.
Released in 1996, Collection For Injection was the culmination of a particularly experimental and exploratory four year period for the band. Songs like “Veal” and “Send Me The Machine” helped to broaden the listener base due to the songs' chaotic, thrashing beats, and the bleak, dystopian lyrical content.
The present landscape under the Covid pandemic inspired founding members, Ryan Gribbin and Roger Jarvis to revisit their 1996 anthology's raucous perversity through a modern lens. Its themes of a society deeply fractured with violence, health crises, political extremism, division, religious fascism, and hatred are just as relevant today as they were thirty years ago.
The resulting release series begins with the EP, Collection: Injection 01 and includes four modern machinations: “Man Made”, “Send Me the Machine”, “Spring Heel Jack”, and “Veal”.
Aiding in the band's resurrected body of work are Rob Robinson of The Order of the Static Temple, and Sean Whitman of A Brilliant Massacre. Both artists are on the Negative Gain Productions roster and bring heir extensive composition and production knowledge to the project, twisting and revising particular songs from Collection For Injection to bring them into the contemporary consciousness.
Die Industrieband Kevorkian Death Cycle wird mit der Veröffentlichung von Collection:Injection 01, der ersten EP in einer dreiteiligen Reihe von Veröffentlichungen, die ihr klassisches Anthologiealbum Collection For Injection wiederbelebt, aus einem siebenjährigen Schlaf wiederbelebt.
Collection For Injection wurde 1996 veröffentlicht und war der Höhepunkt eines besonders experimentellen und explorativen Vierjahreszeitraums für die Band. Songs wie "Veal" und "Send Me The Machine" trugen dazu bei, die Zuhörerbasis aufgrund der chaotischen, thrashenden Beats der Songs und des düsteren, dystopischen lyrischen Inhalts zu erweitern.
Die gegenwärtige Landschaft unter der Covid-Pandemie inspirierte die Gründungsmitglieder Ryan Gribbin und Roger Jarvis, die lautstarke Perversität ihrer Anthologie von 1996 durch eine moderne Linse zu überdenken. Seine Themen einer Gesellschaft, die tief von Gewalt, Gesundheitskrisen, politischem Extremismus, Spaltung, religiösem Faschismus und Hass durchsetzt ist, sind heute genauso relevant wie vor dreißig Jahren.
Die resultierende Release-Serie beginnt mit der EP, Collection: Injection 01 und enthält vier moderne Machenschaften: "Man Made", "Send Me the Machine", "Spring Heel Jack" und "Veal".
Bei der auferstandenen Arbeit der Band helfen Rob Robinson von The Order of the Static Temple und Sean Whitman von A Brilliant Massacre. Beide Künstler stehen auf der Liste der Negative Gain Productions und bringen sein umfangreiches Kompositions- und Produktionswissen in das Projekt ein, indem sie bestimmte Songs aus Collection For Injection verdrehen und überarbeiten, um sie in das zeitgenössische Bewusstsein zu bringen.
“Man Made”: A track that looks into the weakness and frailty of the human body undergoing a serious illness, and the way in which society shuns the sick among us. The AIDS epidemic was raging during the original composition of the song. COVID having worked its way into the general population and the chaos it brought upon the world was present in the minds of Ryan and collaborator Sean Whitman as they worked on the updated version.
“Veal”: Initially inspired by Ryan’s interest in environmentalism, it speaks to an apathetic world without the will to cease a critically destructive path forward.
“Spring Heel Jack”: A song that speaks to severe mental illness; the struggle to accept one’s illness and the helplessness one feels while attempting to heal and move forward.
“Send Me The Machine”: A cold and bitter track, is again inspired by the vulnerability and desperation of a sick social environment and the individuals trapped within it.
Kevorkian Death Cycle arose out of the like minds of three musicians in Redlands, CA (Inland Empire) in the early 90s, initially appearing as gRID. Various iterations of the band have existed throughout the last thirty years, with Ryan Gribbin and Roger Jarvis forming the core of the band as the chief songwriters and composers.
Kevorkian Death Cycle has worked with various labels over the year, including RAS DVA and Metropolis. They’ve also appeared on numerous compilations, and toured North America three times, sharing the stage with bands such as Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Project Pitchfork, and Rammstein. After traveling and performing these three albums for several years, the band took a hiatus, reforming in 2012 under the Negative Gain label, to release their last two albums, God Am I, and its follow up, I Am God.
Presently, Ryan Gribbin and Roger Jarvis have formed a collaborative project under the Kevorkian Death Cycle moniker to reimagine their original 1996 anthology release, Collection for Injection. Rob Robinson and Sean Whitman, both former bandmates, have helped to envision this work for the modern era, and provide an experience for an entirely new audience.
Kevorkian Death Cycle entstand Anfang der 90er Jahre aus den ähnlichen Köpfen von drei Musikern in Redlands, Kalifornien (Inland Empire) und trat zunächst als gRID auf. In den letzten dreißig Jahren gab es verschiedene Iterationen der Band, wobei Ryan Gribbin und Roger Jarvis als Hauptsongwriter und Komponisten den Kern der Band bildeten.
Kevorkian Death Cycle hat im Laufe des Jahres mit verschiedenen Labels zusammengearbeitet, darunter RAS DVA und Metropolis. Sie traten auch auf zahlreichen Compilations auf und tourten dreimal durch Nordamerika und teilten sich die Bühne mit Bands wie Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Project Pitchfork und Rammstein. Nachdem sie mehrere Jahre gereist waren und diese drei Alben aufgeführt hatten, machte die Band eine Pause und reformierte sich 2012 unter dem Negative Gain-Label, um ihre letzten beiden Alben, God Am I, und ihren Nachfolger I Am God zu veröffentlichen.
Derzeit haben Ryan Gribbin und Roger Jarvis ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt unter dem Namen Kevorkian Death Cycle gegründet, um ihre ursprüngliche Anthologie-Veröffentlichung von 1996, Collection for Injection, neu zu erfinden. Rob Robinson und Sean Whitman, beide ehemalige Bandkollegen, haben dazu beigetragen, sich diese Arbeit für die Moderne vorzustellen und einem völlig neuen Publikum ein Erlebnis zu bieten.
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