Melk en Honing

Melk en Honing
Studio album by
Author & Punisher
ReleasedJune 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
Genre
Length53:23
LabelHousecore
Producer
Author & Punisher chronology
Women & Children
(2013) 		Melk en Honing
(2015) 		Beastland
(2018)

Melk en Honing (Dutch for 'Milk and Honey') is the fifth studio album by one-man industrial metal band Author & Punisher. Produced by Phil Anselmo, Author & Punisher's Tristan Shone and Michael Thompson, it was released on June 30, 2015, by Anselmo's Housecore Records.[1]

Background

Tristan Shone considered the record to be "the most 'live' version of Author & Punisher."[2] He has collaborated with Anselmo on Melk en Honing after he pitched to different record labels and got a positive response from Housecore Records.[3] According to him, he and Anselmo had a "very similar idea of what 'heavy' was" and made the vocals more prominent in the mix.[3][4]

Shone has described the title of the album as "really more of a sort of tip of the hat to the Dutch for reaching out and accepting of something new." He has further stated that "a bit of a medicinal or chemical component to the title, Melk en Honing, because it relates to the sense of hard work and bodily chemicals that are involved."[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
ConsequenceB−[7]
Revolver4/5[8]

Melk en Honing has received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 81 based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[6] J. Bennett of Revolver praised the album, describing the album's tracks as "dizzying, pulsating and pounding expositions of man's ultimate sonic collusion with machine."[8] Consequence critic Sean Barry was more mixed in his response, writing: "It's truly an opportunity missed, though, to simply listen to this record. Genuine appreciation comes only with a good deal of research into the equipment Shone has invented and employed to produce these sounds."[7]

Track listing

  1. "The Barge" — 8:09
  2. "Cauterize" — 3:28
  3. "Shame" — 7:34
  4. "Future Man" — 7:20
  5. "Disparate" — 8:33
  6. "Callous and Hoof" — 6:54
  7. "Teething" — 4:20
  8. "Void, Null, Alive" — 7:05

Personnel

Album personnel as adapted from Bandcamp:[9]

  • Tristan Shone — performer, producer
  • Phil Anselmo — producer
  • Michael Thompson — producer, engineer
  • Stephen Berrigan — engineer
  • Russell MacEwan — artwork

References

  1. ^ Anselmi, J.J. (June 22, 2015). "Author & Punisher is 'The Art of Noise' Realized on 'Melk En Honing,' Streaming Now". Noisey Vice. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Interview: Tristan Shone – Author & Punisher". antiheromagazine.com. July 5, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Bansal, Andrew (November 9, 2015). "An Interview With Tristan Shone, The Man Behind Author & Punisher". metalassault.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  4. ^ Rowe, Riley (September 21, 2015). "Interview: Author & Punisher Discusses Cattle Decapitation, 'Melk En Honing' Album". metalinsider.net. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  5. ^ Yücel, İlker (September 20, 2015). "Author & Punisher Interview: Noise of the Machine". regenmag.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Melk en Honing by Author & Punisher". Metacritic. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Barry, Sean (June 24, 2015). "Album Review: Author & Punisher – Melk En Honing". Consequence. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Bennett, J. "Review: Author & Punisher – Melk En Honing". Revolver. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "Melk en Honing by Author & Punisher". authorandpunisher.bandcamp.com. Retrieved April 25, 2022.