Dosis Letalis — Malice In Their Hearts

Malice In Their Hearts is a four-track CDR/ digital download release from respected and prolific Serbian wall maker Dosis Letalis. Each track runs between ten and eighteen minutes mark, with each utilizing a similar riping ‘n’ rolling noise texturing- making for a release that‘s based around very subtle shifts in-wall making brutality.

The CDR with a squiggled sharpie face comes presented in a grey yellow and black inked cover, which features on its cover a block of prisoner pictures from the turn of the 19th century. With on its back black texts against a plain grey backdrop. The label still has copies of the CDR for purchase- so head here to pick up a copy direct.

First up we have “Harboring  Malice I pt. 1” here we find a central dragged rip ‘n’ rumble texture, which is underfed by these pumping & fiddling undertones- these sound akin to someone pressing up and down on an old fashioned peddle in a fairly rapid & uneven manner, or maybe the sound of a fairly ancient iron lung. The deep rip ‘n’ rumble texture pads out at a sluggish, at points almost rhythmic pattern- with the sub-tones often been ground over by the central tone.

Next, we move onto “Harboring  Malice I pt. 2” and once again we have a central ripping texture- this time is more uneven with a longer rumble and drag feel, with the gaps between each reducing & often blending into each other. The pumping and fiddling tones feel slightly more twitchy & busy in their attack, with the whole thing having a more desperate feel- and if we go back to the iron lung comparison it really feels like it’s now malfunctioning and failing more and more.

Third up we “Harboring  Malice II pt. 1” here we find a more bobbing and bouncing bass tone, and this is underlying the now shorter rip and rumble pattern. To start with there seems no fiddling undertones, but some soon appear as a result of the bobbing and bouncing elements, which quickly become more muffled and reduced in their impact.

Last up we have “Harboring  Malice II pt2”- here the bass tone returns again, but it’s more rubbed back & blunt in its attack. The rip ‘n’ drag is also here, but it’s more skipping and darting in its feel- with the whole thing almost having a lopsided & ultra-muffled groove about it. In the background, I’m just make out a smaller and tighter rolling static grain, with slight hints of pumping peddle tones.

Malice In Their Hearts is an excise in subtle wall adjustment, and it’s most rewarding to hear the way Dosis Letalis careful shifts the textures in each track to a great and rewarding effect. I’d say it’s more of a release for those who like ‘wall’ craft that you can more focus on, instead of been ground-up and spat out by their HNW- though that said the bass rips are still decidedly meaty & mean.