Eternal Darkness (EP) explained

Eternal Darkness
Type:ep
Artist:Battery
Cover:Battery - Eternal Darkness.jpg
Studio:Dynamaphone
Genre:Industrial rock
Length:16:22
Label:COP Intl.
Next Title:Meat Market
Next Year:1992

Eternal Darkness is the debut EP of Battery, released in 1991 by COP International.[1]

Music

Founding members Shawn Brice and Evan Sornstein met at Bennington College in Vermont in 1989. Both were influenced by electronic music, with Sornstein having grown up listening to Wendy Carlos (formerly Walter Carlos), Kraftwerk, Klaus Schultze and Isao Tomita.[2] After composing as a duo they decided to recruit fellow student Stuart Scanlon to fill membership and earn extra credit and money - the college paid bands a hundred dollars to perform for a live audience.[3] [4] When asked why the name Battery appealed to its members, they replied: "According to any standard American dictionary it signifies: a percussion section of an orchestra, the artillery section of an army, cells where energy is stored, the dock/loading industrial section of a major city, and on and on."[5]

After the members of Battery graduated and Scanlon parted ways with the band Brice and Sornstein met Christian Petke of Deathline International, who decided to launch COP International with Battery and Diatribe as its lead bands.[6] In 1992 the title track appeared on the California Cyber Crash Compilation,[7] one of the first releases by COP Intl, and "Never Forget" was provided to Zoth Ommog Records for Body Rapture II.[8]

Reception

Industrial Reviews gave Eternal Darkness four stars out of five and praised the thoughtfulness, energy and charm across the EP's four compositions, especially on the lead and coda tracks.[9]

Personnel

Adapted from the Eternal Darkness liner notes.[10]

Battery

Production and design

Notes and References

  1. Ed . Finkler . Ed Finkler . Interview with Battery, The Fenix, Seattle, WA . Sonic Boom . June 13, 1996 . 4 . 6 . August 27, 2020.
  2. Battery Interview . Unidentified German 'Zine . July 1996 . August 27, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106130338/http://www.batteryinflux.com/interviews/gzine.htm . January 6, 2009.
  3. Geoff . Baumgartner . Battery . Ink 19 . May 4, 1999 . August 27, 2020.
  4. Elexia . Torres . Battery Interview, San Francisco, KDVS 90.3 FM . Rapture . September 28, 1996 . August 27, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106123152/http://www.batteryinflux.com/interviews/rapture.htm . January 6, 2009.
  5. Dixon . Christie . Battery Interview . Online Digizine . August 1996 . August 27, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106125827/http://batteryinflux.com/interviews/digizine.htm . January 6, 2009.
  6. Kevin . Congon . Interview with Battery, Club Arte, San Francisco . Sonic Boom . November 17, 1995 . 4 . 6 . August 27, 2020.
  7. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000669676|pure_url=yes}} Various Artists: ''California Crash'' > Overview ]. . August 27, 2020.
  8. Body Rapture II . Body Rapture II . Various artists . 1992 . booklet . . Hesse, Germany.
  9. Lic . Battery: Eternal Darkness . Industrial Reviews . Leo Levin . June 25, 2009 . August 27, 2020.
  10. Eternal Darkness . Eternal Darkness . . 1991 . sleeve . . Oakland, California.

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