Vatican Shadow - Predawn Coup D’etat (Schwarzkopf Duffle Bags Of Rials)

Dominick Fernow once again picks up the mantle as Vatican Shadow, casting a scouring look over the shady and undocumented history of American foreign policy in the Middle East. Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era sees Fernow returning to the pitch-black ambient and throbbing, chug techno of his previous Vatican Shadow releases, turning up the distortion and turning down the temperature with the help of Justin Broadrick from Godflesh, who collaborated with Fernow in mastering the album. For the new record, Fernow turns his attention to the 1953 operations orchestrated by the United States and the United Kingdom to overthrow the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh to instead support the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He traces the destabilising effects this coup d’état had on Iranian democracy, as well as the violence abroad and on American soil that was set in motion in 1953. The video for ’Predawn Coup D’etat (Schwarzkopf Duf