Corrupted

The Japanese quintet Corrupted propelled Boris' art of huge slow-motion riffs to another (very cold and very empty) dimension. From the 42-minute piece of Paso Inferior (Frigidity Disco, 1997) to the 71-minute piece of El Mundo Frio (HG Fact, 2005) they patiently escalated a hypnotic post-rock suspense a` la Godspeed You Black Emperor or Mogwai only to crush every bit of emotion with catastrophic eruptions of guitars and drums a` la Boris. The two colossal suites of the double-disc Llenandose de Gusanos (HG Fact, 1999) represented two sides of the same angst: a 74-minute black hole of ambient/cosmic drones (El Mundo) and a 50-minute tsunami of evil riffs (Sangre/ Humanos). Not everything fit the stereotype though: the mini-album Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos (HG Fact, 2011) contains the 17-minute Gekkou no Daichi for acoustic guitar and vocals.

Corrupted disbanded after recording Garten Der Unbewusstheit (Nostalgia Blackrain, 2011) in 2009. The album contains the colossal swan songs Garten and Gekkou No Daichi.