The debut full-length from Choke Chain comes following a series of EPs that each teased different aspect of the project’s wider sonic palette. 2020’s Chain Tactics was more restrained, mostly focused on tight industrial techno while 2021’s Endless Death and Invoking Shadows concentrated on buzzsaw electro industrial and corrosive industrial metal, respectively. The project’s first LP, Mortality, is a solid and cohesive merging of all their past material with a more laser-focused musical and lyrical vision. “Sorrow” begins ominously, barking synths in the distance belying the beat-driven industrial to follow on the record. As an introduction to the record and … Continue reading Review: Choke Chain – Mortality