Arise [Bonus Tracks]

Arise!, the second full-length studio album from Amebix, was the first outing with both George playing synth and Spider on drums. This, the final lineup, produced what is often considered quintessential Amebix material. The simplistic, almost tribal rhythms and apocalyptic aesthetic that defined Amebix gelled more firmly than ever before over the past seven years on this album, and peaked with 1987's Monolith. Arise is an important record, but was, remains, and probably will always be a commercial failure. A reflection of the bleak outlook of Europe's squatter community, Amebix combined a unique mixture of metal, punk, synthesizers, politics, and alcohol abuse to create the musical and lyrical landscape of a doomed population in a totalitarian, restrictive culture. "Arise," the album's title track, is a standout from much of the rest of Amebix's material: It contains some degree of hope for the future beyond the message of imminent danger and conflict. "There's some hard times coming d