Having started out in 1997 when Erik Jarl asked Martin Bladh to join him, 2012 sees the 15th anniversary of IRM. 15 years - incidentally the legal age of consent in their native Sweden - that have seen them mature from bedroom autodidacts to masters of the studio environment. Taking their cue from the confrontational sounds of BDN and Whitehouse on the tape debut, IRM have honed their sound by each album and eventually fleshed out the sonic tapestry by the addition of Mikael Oretoft on bass. By tapping into the mindsets of outsider artists/authors such as Mishima, Rudolf Schwarzkogler and Francis Bacon, their obsessions with pain, purity and beauty leaked into Bladh's personal lyrics. This aesthetic amalgamated with the volcanic eruptions of Jarl and Oretoft have set IRM apart as true originators in the diluted sea of contemporary power electronics.

White album's tracks:

1. order

2. like hearts

3. purple screen

4. study for a crucifixion : 1

5. study for a crucifixion : 2

6. study for a crucifixion : 3

7. study for a crucifixion : 4

8. the cult of young man

9. kill the blind

10. strictly platonic

11. noose of silver

12. euphoria [rebirth]
13. human substance
14. inner phobia

Black album's tracks:

1. janus introduction

2. here are the young men

3. the cult of the young man

4 aktion anathem

5. medley for a hanging

6. limelight

7. stage of crucifixion

8. nigredo indicator : 2
9. order variation : 1
10. order variation : 2
11. nigredo indicator : 1
12. order variation : 4
13. sebastian


The box contains of 2 golden metalisation discs on digipack, 2 special protectors including box itself for discs and digi and 20 pages booklet. Lim. E 500.