NIGHT TERRORS,THE Back To Zero CD 2009

Melbourne's underground has always had its own frequency, and The Night Terrors found it somewhere between a Goblin soundtrack and a 3am synth malfunction. Back To Zero is the kind of record that makes you check the locks.

Released in 2009, this is dark synth and progressive electronica done with genuine menace rather than aesthetic posturing. The Night Terrors occupy a space where Tangerine Dream meets John Carpenter, all analogue unease and cinematic dread, and Back To Zero remains one of the stronger arguments that Australia's alternative underground was doing something genuinely strange and worthwhile. If you're picking this up, you already know.

Format: Full length album on CD digipak. Australian release. Fans of: Goblin, John Carpenter, Zombi, Robert Parker.