Synthwave Sunday: Irving Force, The Violence Suppressor EP

Irving Force might make the most compelling argument for the connection between synthwave and metal. More than a feeling on the back of your neck, more than any perceived headbangability, Irving Force goes right for the gut with that longstanding bastion of heavy metal: distorted guitars, which are all over The Violence Suppressor EP, released earlier this year.

Don’t worry, Irving Force isn’t just a bunch of chugs atop pounding drum and bass. His music is electronic at heart — though he tells MetalSucks that he’s a “metal listener and musician” — complete with the buzz saw synths, deep-cutting beats, pulsating bass and retrofried sound effects that make synthwave synthwave. And, true to form, he’s got a story that might or might not have been the plot line of no fewer than a dozen movies from the ‘80s:

IRVING FORCE – crime fighter of the new world, deterrer of civil unrest, violence suppressor. The ultimate law enforcer, trained by the companies that own the world to clean up their streets when things get too messy. Because when society can no longer be controlled by law, you must control it… By FORCE.

IRVING FORCE and the soundtrack that follows him was created by Adam Skog. A metal musician from Stockholm turned electronic music producer. His love for sci-fi, horror and action films of the 80’s and 90’s guides him as he scores the scenes for the retro-futuristic Irving Force movie playing in his head.

With releasing THE VIOLENCE SUPPRESSOR EP, the followup to the well-received “Undercover EP” from earlier this year, he hopes to come one step closer to materializing Irving Force and bring the listener deeper into his world.

Check out The Violence Suppressor EP below via Bandcamp.