Let it be clear : few bands have mastered the art of communicating and releasing tension as well as Lorient, France’s DEATH ENGINE. Delivered with an effortless austerity, their suffocating brand of noise rock-infused hardcore is unarguably of the most unmerciful sort. Now back to the three-piece that recorded their groundbreaking debut EP “Amen” (2013), the french band returns with “Place Noire”, their second full-length.