Industrial is not what it once was; gone are the ugly sounds of ruinous nihilistic rage, replaced by prefabricated sterility. While the atavistic gyrate to a covenant of tepid unoriginality, the rotting corpse of the past proves to be a fertile spawning ground for the blackened faithful of the future; those who would carry high the banner of mechanized destruction, visions of murder in their eyes. Such a band is Seventh Image. Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, this congregation of like-minded individuals stand proud as a gordian knot of ideas that defy the ideological conventions of current electronic music. Seventh Image officially formed in the fall of 1999, however the deeper roots of the band extend as far back as 1995, when keyboard player Andrew Amy first connected with vocalist Keith Durocher to work on an aggressive new industrial sound. Limited material was written before the project was placed on extended hiatus while both Andrew and Keith took time out to work with other bands. Eventually, Keith recruited Jeff LeDrew to fuse industrial and trance, and after swapping several mixes Andrew came into the fold. Thus was the first true iteration of Seventh Image born. The chemistry of the original lineup produced a plethora of material, spearheaded by the Youthenize demo, which brought about a short-lived agreement with Canadian experimentalist label Interdimensional Industries. After an aimicable departure from IDI in the fall of 2001, Seventh Image signed to Seattle-based Syncromesh Productions, releasing the Spinal Agnostic EP, the critically-acclaimed Binary full length debut album, and the limited edition remix album Disfigure. Syncromesh has since ceased operations, leaving the band to work independantly towards completion of the next album, "Burnt Into The Retina". Times have changed the lineup of the band considerably. Jeff has departed, leaving Andrew and Keith to focus on the long-running desire to forge a superior live troupe. The addition of Russell Manten and Manuel Landry on guitars (as well as an ever more extreme sense of theatrics) has assured that Seventh Image are second to none on stage. These changes have also wrought a change in the overall sound of Seventh Image. The band has become heavier, angrier, and more focused on the sound of fury. At a time when the vapid are praised, Seventh Image relentlessly bludgeon the psyche with anger and spite. They stalk the future, malign the inferior, and strive to annihilate preconceptions.
(Source: Band submitted info)
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Canada
1998
