Arditi - Omne Ensis Impera (2008)

   Arditi is a marching industrial project close to ambient with neoclassical elements, made by black metal musicians. It's kind of an unusal and less popular aspect of industrial, but interesting and expressive at the other hand.
   "Omne Ensis Impera" summons the atmosphere of world wars, and would fit as background music for the short propaganda films of those times, which were played in cinemas. Of course those were made to manipulate and to make people believe that everything happens for a good reason and goes in the best possible direction. But the deeply obscure and demoralizing effect of this music would fit better to illustrate what actually happenned. People living in poverty, constant fear, and forced mass production for keeping up the war that seems like will never end. But must keep on going to gain victory, no matter the cost. A mass insanity led by state propaganda, that takes millions of sacrifices to achieve something that the leading elite believes being authorized for. Arditi's instrumental music gives back this feeling better than any other world war related concept. The neoclassical parts recalling the times that have been passed, the cutten narrative details are sounding exactly like the radio and cinema news and reports about the ongoing war, and the industrial basics are dictating the beats for marching. It's a forced march already, there's no way back from this point. For all of this came a very dark tone that leaves no doubts about the inevitable unfortunate outcome.