Return Of Artery

Return Of Artery. It is a day of comebacks. Following on from our earlier post on the return of Rocket From The Tombs comes Artery who earlier this month released Civilisation, their first album since the cult 1984 record The Second Coming.

Originally formed in the industrial wastelands of Sheffield in 1978, they released three studio albums and several singles / EPs. Championed by John Peel, they recorded two sessions for the show and featured in the 1982 ‘Festive 50’ at number 9 with the classic Into The Garden. The band eventually broke up in 1985, posthumously releasing a live album of their final gig in Amsterdam.

So in the back drop of a recession, rioting and the World seemingly turning itself inside out, Artery thrust themselves back into the fray with an album littered with modern dystopian commentary and it’s reflected no more in the lead track Civilisation; with its Industrial post punk crash of bass and drums and searing guitar lines Mark Gouldthorpe spits out:

“To the killers and the thieves take a good long look inside to the rapist and the thieves take a good long look deep down and to the little politician with the voice like a broken chain”

Watch the video and download another apocalyptic track in the form of Standing Still.