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This is Not an Exit

by VERIN

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Unbound 01:51
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Passage 03:04
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there must have been more a light a dream there must have been more to me there must have been more to me with an empty heart I felt I’ve seen with nothing more to dream with a weightless self with a weightless self with a weightless self with a weightless self and for what with a weightless self denied defeat with nothing more to dream there must have been more to me with a weightless self there must have been more to me with a weightless self there must have been more to me with a weightless self and for what
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Malevolent 04:08
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Human Nature 03:29
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It takes fire to rid the steeple takes fire to assart the field in which to sow depleting into to nothing desolate for decades to come possession dictates destroy to create distoring malice into virtue sinners into saints rotted, livid desolate and covering (possesion) total state imperative keep em covering it takes fire to rid the steeple lacerations dictate the kind of order we create destructive intake cover it affliction incapacitating state affecting keep em covering possesion, vile infection outdo the competition lacerating with a flick of a switch abilities paralyzed covered in waste, deserving nothing possesion devours
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about

Striking hard with a maelstrom of cacophonous beats and cavorting, twisted electronics, the debut album from Chris Shortt's Verin, This Is Not An Exit, instantly becomes essential industrial listening. There's an air of prevailing energetic darkness here, a threatening tension that builds the start of the album with opening tracks "Passage" and "Process", before all hell breaks loose on "Human Nature".

Expect the unexpected throughout this entire album. It's a theatrical approach - not unfamiliar to one of Verin's prime influences, Skinny Puppy. However, Verin's modern take on old-school electro-industrial seeks out new ground, incorporating heaviness from additional sources - the album is littered with chugging guitar chords, reminiscent of Meshuggah's 8-stringed ferocity, syncopated with the twisted electronics, adding texture and depth, yet never becoming industrial rock.

Featuring guest vocals from Brant Showers (∆AIMON) and Kalle Lindberg (Cardinal Noire, Protectorate), the stature of these artists is indicative of Verin's calibre. Unafraid to take risks and avoiding trends, Verin treads its own ground. Experimental yet thoroughly accessible, the complex programming on This Is Not An Exit conveys an artist unleashed and determined to show the world that his art is a tool for industrial audio mayhem.

credits

released December 7, 2016

Mixed by Brant Showers
Mastered by Brant Showers
Artwork by Alexia de Zaltza
All music written & recorded by VERIN
All lyrics & vox written and recorded by VERIN
except for "Process" / Brant Showers & "Possession" / Kalle Lindberg

Thanks to :
Syco Trauma for believing in my sound and his undying support / Veronica Shortt for her love and support / My 3 loving kids / Brant Showers for his help making this album a reality / Alexia de Zaltza for the amazing artwork/ Arco Trauma / Martin Delisle / Lukasz Grochocki / K. Novak / Audiotrauma Family / Omar González Salcedo / all the DJs & friends for their support

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VERIN Pipe Creek, Texas

Solo project from Chris Shortt
(Dead Frail Honesty / Tears of Nature / Digital Recovery)

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