Plutonium - One Size Fits All Review artwork

Rating: 7.9

Country: Sweden

Release Date: 2007

Track list:
1. World Wide Vulture
2. Motionless Torrent
3. Introducing The Dominance
4. A Child Called Shit (Two Minutes Hate)
5. The New Conciousness
6. Where Dead Children Feed The Street
7. One Size Fits All
8. Victory Mansions

Band Website: Plutonium

Plutonium - One Size Fits All

J. Carlsson - Lead Guitar,Vocals, Programming
Lars H. - Bass
H.Fossmo - Guitar

Listening to Swedish industrial black metal act Plutonium is simultaneously a feast of recognition and a refreshing change of pace. I hear bits and pieces of a lot of earlier black metal acts (and I do mean A LOT), but the way in which they mix and match these influences while adding their own touch is surprisingly distinctive. To sum up some of the bands which just jump out at me repeatedly throughout this recording: I hear Thorns, Satyricon, Mysticum, Keep of Kalessin, Diabolicum, Spektr, Secrets of the Moon, Black Funeral and the more modern Moonfog sound in general. You might think that with so many familiarities jumping out at me throughout this entire recording, I'd rip this band a new asshole for ripping off other bands and quickly move on with something else, but I won't. Because this cd is fucking awesome.

This band throws in everything but the kitchen sink as far as modern, Thorns-inspired Scandinavian metal is concerned with style and panache. Now this band is certainly not the only one that has this whole militaristic, industrial thing going on, and usually when I hear something that has that typical Moonfog sound (like say Disiplin) I puke a little into my mouth and quickly forget about it. I hate the style of black metal that I have derisively dubbed Satyri-core and wish it was scoured from the face of the metal scene. However this band shows that you can have a decidedly ‘Moonfoggy' aesthetic and not only not suck, but be insanely, addictively great. This cd is one continuous barrage of throbbing, pounding drum-machine madness, angular, dissonant Thorns-inspired riffing, pulsating, grimy bass, with eerie and kick-ass lead guitar parts, nihilistic industrial noise and a dictatorial, Satyr-like snarl rounding out the assault. This band basically knows the power of the motherfucking Riff; instead of falling into anemic groove metal drudgery and tired rehashing of the worst parts of Total Death and Rebel Extravaganza set to insomnia-inducing techno-beat, Plutonium instead constantly crushes you with vicious, sneering, diabolical riff attacks, with the industrial drums shifting pace and intensity in an intelligent and inventive manner.

Aside from the start of the sixth track "Where Dead Children Feed the Streets", which cribs a bit too much from Thorns' "Funeral Marches to the Grave"/"The Discipline Of Earth", Plutonium uses its inspirations in refreshingly engaging ways and just rips your face off with its hooks and riffs. Its Scandinavian industrial black metal that doesn't fall into the trap of turning techno, or losing sight of the metalness, or turning into some black metal Pantera knock-off. It kicks ass! Now get it!

November 2nd, 2007