{"id":11528,"date":"2014-11-07T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T21:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=11528"},"modified":"2014-11-06T19:12:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T00:12:13","slug":"review-host-star-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/review-host-star-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Host \u2013 Star & System"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wanna know how to submit to\u00a0The Void? Get in here. This is a how-to for\u00a0embracing nothingness.<\/p>\n

I first<\/a> encountered Host<\/strong>\u00a0several\u00a0months ago while researching ambient\/noise artists and immediately connected with\u00a0the derelict, broken-world sounds of releases\u00a0like Active Resistance<\/em> and Null Pointer<\/em>. Host’s sole member, Nathan Jenkins, has a brilliant talent for weaving deep, horrific and expansive tales of sound, then feeding them through a powerful\/damaged transmitter<\/a> that blasts away all but the strongest and most critical frequencies. Or, at least, that’s what it sounds like.<\/p>\n

\"HOST_3\"<\/p>\n

The result is a lush, foreboding symphony of chilly\u00a0static layers, endless\u00a0echoes, fragmented squelches and reverberating concussions that launches your imagination toward shadowy, unseen horrors lurking just beneath the surface of our everyday din.<\/p>\n

\"HOST_4\"<\/p>\n

The latest release, Star &\u00a0System<\/strong>,\u00a0expands on this\u00a0template with four “ordeals” of varying intensity and malevolence. The\u00a0name is especially appropriate, as these tracks have a decidedly sci-fi taste\u00a0that attempt to articulate the sound of a reality crumbling and imploding around the listener. So in that vein,\u00a0let’s take a quick look at\u00a0each track.<\/p>\n