Ritual Madness

Emerging from Greece's independent cassette underground, Restive Plaggona's Ritual Madness helped define the raw aesthetic of Several Minor Promises. Originally released in 2016, the record combines punishing industrial rhythms with unpredictable melodic elements, reflecting the producer's distinctive approach. Moving between the trudging procession of "The Woman Who Refused to Cry" and vaporous, abstract passages, the album resists conventional dancefloor formulas and purely atmospheric listening, inhabiting an unsettling sonic space where rhythm generates tension and unease rather than release.