Fields Of Regret is the brainchild of musician Filip Van Lysebeth, a producer based in Belgium. This self titled five track EP, released through Bassick Records on November 18th 2022, unveils Fields Of Regret's blend of horror fuelled gothic and industrial metal crossed with punk rock and a carnival style theme. In a statement from Bassick Records the EP is " a grim mirroring of society through heavy instrumentation with a ghoulish twist, this chilling self titled EP opens the doors to a realm of terror"!!
The industrial sound of opening track "Zu All The Ant" reverberates around your speakers and commands your attention in an effective way and leaves you keen for more. The single from this EP released early September this year "Pinky Lace and Pixie Dust" is another good song. A little more upbeat but still with an industrial undertone yet faster paced and the more light hearted track on the EP. Tracks 3 "Algoritmic Lie" and 4 "Fields Of Regret Part 1" let the record down for me. Although lyrically sound, with a mix of dark humour, current affairs and self awareness, I found the combination of fast punk drums and slowed industrial guitar in both tracks confusing which really upset the vocal line, making the chorus sound out of time with the music and made it quite difficult to listen to. It's a shame really as both songs have some positive parts to them even if "Fields Of Regret Part 1" does have an annoying high pitched melody to boot. The bass lines and crashing drums on both tracks are pretty good though. Final track "Tattoos and Tears" brings things back to a comfortable place in my mind with some great gothic riffs melded with that industrial backline and left me feeling a lot less triggered than the previous two tracks.
Fields Of Regret is an interesting first EP from Van Lysebeth who has written and performed this all himself and it has some really good elements to it. The horror/carnival theme is a big plus side for me as well as the fact that each song is only about 2 minutes. I enjoyed the lyrical content and the music however it was disjointed in places which did put me off.
