A.I.Z.

Example Album: Excrementals

Location: France

Years Active: 1983-end of 80's

Style: Industrial, scrap metal accents

    A.I.Z. or Atrophisme Interne Z, were an industrial band hailing from France. It's hard to find much information about this band, other than the fact that they released two cassette demo tapes, a live cassette, and had a few compilation appearances before breaking up. They also recorded a full-length album, Chaos Primaire in 1982-1983, which went unreleased until 2016.

    They released a demo tape entitled Excrementals in 1985, which is an excellent representation of first wave industrial. Musically, they have a primitive electronic sound, quite reminiscent of Throbbing Gristle or early Esplendor Geométrico. Littered throughout this tape are some incredible scrap metal accents and percussion, lending well to the early industrial sound they have. Some tracks have it more than others, like the track Rouleau Compress Mental for example, but there's enough to keep a metal fetishist and early industrial fan happy. 

    If you're looking for more scrap metal sounds and accents from this band, their unreleased album from 2016 Chaos Primaire has some to be sure, and a little bit on their S/T demo too.

    Even though there are definite moments, metal percussion isn't really the centre point of their overall sound, so I haven't included it in the main General Metal Percussion category.