When I last heard anything from AJ Cookson and Matthew Rozeik's Necro Deathmort project it was back in 2012 when I reviewed 'The Colonial Script'. The boys have not been idle since then, releasing two more albums and two EPs of material, of which this is the second, obviously titled 'EP2'. I had not heard any of the aforementioned, so I checked out 'EP1' on the Distraction Records site and I must say it's quite different from 'EP2'. Compared to 'EP1', 'Ep2' is quite minimal, but neither of them are anything like 'The Colonial Script'. 'EP1' is like krautrock in hell and full of nightmarish demonic ambiences, while 'EP2' seems coldwave claustrophobic in comparison. First track, "Sundive" employs a minimal beat with noise-pop snare, dark drones, and deep chambered percussive hits. "Mirus" begins with a slow, ominous sustained bass tonal pattern, and eventually a higher drone emerges, then the doom chords and drums come in, crawling, building in intensity, then finishing with the bass pattern. "Channel Fever" begins with a minimal beat accompanied by chittering sequenced percussion (reminded me a lawn sprinkler) with heavy dark drones of various types wafting through the ambience. Beat and percussion stops for a spell, and at one point I think of Tangerine Dream in their more dark ambient moments. Chittering percussion begins again, and then the beat comes back. Dissolve to black. "Bleeding" is a classic doom metal grinder, but not much more than that. "Deadlight" is full of sustained, warped synth chords and drones, atmospheric, but very minimal. Finishing off the EP, "Aer" begins with the repeating mono-note from the tail end of "Deadlight" adding a slow bass and synth progression as well as other ambient and percussive elements, including cymbals. Imagine if the music of John Carpenter was to plunge headlong into doom and darkness and you get some idea. "Aer" is the best track on the EP and worth wading through some of the others to get to. While 'EP2' has its moments, I did like 'EP1' better. Still, somewhere down the line in the future, Necro Deathmort's 'EP2' is likely to be regarded as a minimal electronic doom classic, and there are those out there who will absolutely love it start to finish. I'm kind of a picky bastard, and in light of what I've heard from Necro Deathmort previously, I don't really consider 'EP2' one of their stronger efforts. Available on Limited Edition (333 copies, with only 17 left) vinyl which includes download options.