As for the album itself, I feel like I’m missing out on something - it seems as if a lot of thought and care has gone into the structure and pacing of the cd, yet the sounds themselves are somewhat underdeveloped and uninspiring. All of the tracks are constructed out of loops, feedback, percussion and noise; and, whilst its unclear, some of the sounds may be actual recordings of junk metal and engineering machinery - its hard to tell. The production is quite low fidelity, which blunts some of its power; and the saturation further restricts the already limited palette of sounds. Saying this, there are some nice textures and moments - track 24 is built around a pounding drum beat, which gives the ears a welcome break from the previous tracks of trashy noise; and track 3 has a suitably piercing blast of treble skree. But, I have to say, my ears find little joy to latch on to. If some of the tracks are indeed unprocessed recordings of machinery, that would be technically interesting; but its still not very engaging. With the prominent percussive elements, it actually reminds me of the recent Cut Hands album; but with far less power, intricacy, energy and ideas.

The cryptic nature of “An Industry Of Metals” is contained in its structure: nineteen tracks each of fifteen seconds length, then a further nineteen tracks of longer lengths - the last of which is longest by far, at seven and a half minutes. I feel like this is of some consequence; but, after a reasonable amount of thought, I really can’t find any… Certainly all of the tracks sound like they were recorded at the same place, at the same time; but I can’t see that the track-listing represents any kind of relationship between them. Its a mystery.