“Black Wind / Merciless Destiny” is a new 6-track EP that I was very pleased to check out, after enjoying the impressive “Captivity” EP from the end of last year. There’s a certain natural progression here, but as expected (and hoped) it’s another collection of dark instrumental electronica with a sharp edge and a sinister outlook.

There are three parts labelled “Merciless Destiny”- not sequential, strangely- and I’d call these the centrepiece. A brooding post-dubstep industrial rhythm, more prominent in the first part, practically collapsed in part three, carries along rubbery distorted bass tones and busy, robotic glitchy noises.

“Black Wind” is two parts, and these are in effect a book-end, a more ambient melodic affair (despite the initial glitch-kick at the start of the first part that announces the EP). The first has a curious, almost drunken melody tone to it, while the second part adds a bit of gentle harp-type sound to lull you to unsettled sleep.

Like the last EP, despite only being 24 minutes there’s still space for a few twists- most notably the aggressive rhythm workout “Arrow”, which at under 80 seconds long and the only track that’s neither “Black Wind” nor “Merciless Destiny”, feels oddly anachronistic. There’s also the point in “Merciless Destiny pt. 3” that suddenly jumps without warning from near-noise into a gentle melodic arpeggio.

It’s another really strong EP that teases out more of the seemingly endless potential of dark electronic textures to fascinate and draw you in. Also, with apologies that this may come across as a footnote, it’s worth noting that all proceeds from the release will be going to civil rights causes.