End Of The Play - WELON

Ah yes, another one of those stupidly distorted heavy dubstep projects on Disciple Round Table.

But, honestly, I dig this. Underground tearout producer WELON strikes hard with his fittingly titled "End Of The Play" EP, an EP that was meticulously themed after its name. The only real word to describe it is 'sinister'—WELON conjures up a world of pain and horror within just a four-track record, torturously abrasive and disgustingly so—in a good way, of course, however perverse that sounds to you. Because, well, the dubstep is experimental and the impact is impactful, resulting in that kind of reaction that only a really spicy food (or a really spicy album, in this case) can produce. The horror themeing is pretty conspicuous, materializing in metallic synths, mangled vocal samples and disjointed drop sections, and it sounds ever so slightly grainy and all the more menacing for it. A lot of heavy dubstep gets to this point, but there are not many projects I can applaud the creativity of like I can applaud the "End Of The Play" EP, because that's the final factor that tips it over the 'above average' bar—WELON actively seeks out something new, and he finds it in the most grating way possible, so grating that it might even lack musicality (the middle two tracks "Rising Tremor" and "Jester's Privilege" come to mind) in the harsh soundscape of a killer-circus-esque atmosphere.

The "End Of The Play" EP might be a little rough around the edges in the more technical aspects of production, and it's definitely a more difficult project to digest, but it does pack a lot of punch in a lot of unexpected ways. WELON has, in my eyes, certainly done a good job to convert a bloodcurling concept into a solid execution, far better than most heavy dubstep these days has to offer.