''Eternal Darkness'' is the debut EP of

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, released in 1991 by

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Music

Founding members Shawn Brice and Evan Sornstein met at Bennington College in Vermont in 1989. Both were influenced by

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, with Sornstein having grown up listening to Wendy Carlos (formerly Walter Carlos),

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, Klaus Schultze and

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. After composing as a duo they decided to recruit fellow student Stuart Scanlon to fill membership and earn extra credit and money - the college paid bands a hundred dollars to perform for a live audience. When asked why the name Battery appealed to its members, they replied: "According to any standard American dictionary it signifies: a percussion section of an orchestra, the artillery section of an army, cells where energy is stored, the dock/loading industrial section of a major city, and on and on." After the members of Battery graduated and Scanlon parted ways with the band Brice and Sornstein met Christian Petke of

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, who decided to launch

with Battery and

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as its lead bands. In 1992 the title track appeared on the '' California Cyber Crash Compilation'', one of the first releases by COP Intl, and "Never Forget" was provided to

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for '' Body Rapture II''.

Reception

Industrial Reviews gave ''Eternal Darkness'' four stars out of five and praised the thoughtfulness, energy and charm across the EP's four compositions, especially on the lead and

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tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Eternal Darkness'' liner notes. Battery * Shawn Brice –

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* Stuart Scanlon – instruments, production, engineering * Evan Sornstein (Curium Design) – instruments, production, engineering,

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Production and design * Christa Brüggemann (as SST) – mastering * Pain Less – assistant production * Christian Petke (as Count Zero) – assistant production

Release history

References

External links

* {{Battery (electro-industrial band) 1991 debut EPs Battery (electro-industrial band) albums COP International EPs