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#21

Live Show Announcements / OG/AG-klubi Kontula 4.12: Obsc...

Last post by Atrophist - November 17, 2025, 03:28:13 PM

QuoteOstarigalleria ja Rabbit Club tuottavat yhdessä kokeellisemman musiikin illan, joka varmasti tyhjentää paatuneimmankin rokkipoliisin ja mörököllin pään ja pankin.

Aikaisemmin tänä vuonna Vuotalossa järjestetty ensimmäinen OG/AG-ilta sai suuren suosion, joten nyt otetaan uusiksi ja isommin.

Kontulan ostarilla 4.12.2026 tosiaan OMG-yökerhossa noisea, ym. meininkiä.

19.00 Sähkö: the Movie dokumentin esitys, sen jälkeen lyhyt tauko, ja noiset alkaa heti sen jälkeen.

Soittajina Ihmisroska, Obscvrat, Kluik, Atrophist sekä yksi muu, varmistunee pian.

Soittojärjestyksestä sen verran, että Ihmisroska soittaa varmuudella ekana. Muiden osalta joudutaan ehkä vielä hieman arpomaan, sitten kun lopullinen lineup on valmis.

https://tapahtumat.hel.fi/fi/tapahtumat/helsinki:agnftkvgca

Huomio: linkissä mainitaan että Skärgård olisi eräs esiintyjistä, mutta hän on ikävä kyllä joutunut perumaan.

Päättyy 23.00 mennessä, eli metrolla pitäisi vielä ehtiä kotiin.

k18 tapahtuma, narikkamaksu pakollinen, mutta ei muuta pääsymaksua.

#22

GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: Live show reports / commen...

Last post by k.p.g - November 17, 2025, 03:22:39 PM

Just came back from doing a round of shows with Last Day with My Garbage; New Jersey & Pittsburgh. Both were very solid times! Happy to report on seeing some great noise throughout:

In New Jersey, the show was opened by a kid whose project simply went by the name Arch. Name wasn't even on the flier; kid just showed up with a bass, a pedal, practice amp and a lot of gusto. It is still obviously a work in progress, but I think it's better than anything I would've done when I was 17.

Up next would be MSDS, another New Jersey project that I think will get its due in time. Imagine some sort of cross between Facialmess & Dilloway in terms of sound. Tons of loops just getting cut in and out, breaking each step of the way. Artist says "each set is sort of meant to be educational," which determines the sources being used. This one was about dog training, so a lot of barks were to be had. Loved it.

Panicker played after, delivering a more subdued set than what I have grown accustomed to him doing. Hope he explores this avenue more, because it certainly paid off here.

Munt Cascade would round out this bill quite well, as he tagged along with us for the 2 shows of this run. Tons of broken mixer and synth at play. While this sound sputters on, Mike is also manipulating visuals in real time on his iPad. It makes for a trippy occasion, as you feel like you are trapped in a dying hard drive. A new tool he would use this time around is a cheap, $2 microphone, handing it to people in the crowd to yell into. Kids ate it up.

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Pittsburgh brought out some of its heaviest hitters for this one. It honestly made for a hard time for us out-of-towners to compete with. Hand & Knee opened things up with maybe the best set I have seen Mr. Grimaldi do. The balance he has between a rotting, emotional core and cacophonous found sound is striking such a potent nerve that feels very... Pittsburgh. It's the only way I can describe it, but fans of the project should know what I mean. GREAT.

And speaking of GREAT, next up would be the king of the harsh, the lord of the ducks, the man who knows all things Chrome; I speak of course of Mallard Theory. Having Henry out at a show is always a treat, even if he isn't playing. But we were lucky enough to convince the Mallard to wash us in a sea of psychedelic harsh that pummeled all those lucky to witness. Imagine a more spaced out take on Immaculate:Grotesque as far as the approach goes. I just don't know how Henry does it, but he does. No notes. GREAT.

Lastly, before Garbage & Munt took the stage, we were treated to a set from Echo Lightwave Unspeakable. I don't think I had seen him play a set since 2017 or so, when we shared a bill in Philadelphia (which he correctly pointed out, was a set where I still had a live drummer... yeesh). His set on this night was a great display of cut-up, harsh fuckery. With a city that has so much talent in it, Echo's a name that can get lost in the mix. Think that is a shame, as he is out here rocking it just as hard as the others!

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While not performing, I have to note that Joe Roemer coming to the Pittsburgh was a highlight in of itself. I think for anyone who has met Joe in person, they know what I mean. Hah. End.

#23

GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: New interesting releases o...

Last post by Into_The_Void - November 17, 2025, 03:03:06 PM

I want to signalise the forthcoming 1st release of a "new" project of mine, Doktrin "Praise the joyful gods of war". It was actually recorded in 2020/2021, but it will be released only now through Narcolepsia.

Here you can stream a track https://soundcloud.com/narcolepsia-hn/doktrin-hamara-bharat

#24

GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: Lure of the new gear?

Last post by Stipsi - November 17, 2025, 11:12:41 AM

Can i give you my personal opinion about the tascam pedal?
I own the 424 and i tried the pedal.
Absolutely a total different thing.
Not worth the price for me.
It's just a simple booster/overdrive/distortion
Btw, as a gear addict for long time (at one point i had like 120 pedals),i found out that most of the stuff i bought was just for the excitement of the moment.
Tried and then realizing that they didn't work for me.
Nowadays I'm more focused on multifunction looper devices (like the soma cosmos) and self built junk metal instruments, because it's my main sound source.
For the rest, i had everything i need.
It took ages to understand it.

#25

GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Lure of the new gear?

Last post by FreakAnimalFinland - November 17, 2025, 10:22:53 AM

There is indeed entire section for specific gear talk, but not sure has there been topic about do you have some kind of urge for new gear and how it happens?
I know some people just buy, seemingly whatever, give it a try, and if it works, it works. If doesn't, they trade/sell it forward. Some know exactly what they are missing or what they would need to do, but do not have tools to make it happen. Therefore buy something new.

I recall already years ago talking with one US cut-up harsh noise artist who was sitting on almost complete recording, that he felt is missing like couple seconds long fragment, that he needed to buy new pedal to be able to make it. At the time, had to wait for it. Did it make a difference in album, who knows, but there was still that urge that album was not going to be ready until there was that exact thing in there.

I personally have quite little moments when I feel like I'd randomly buy something and see what it can be used for. Already have enough gear that can do so much, plus I prefer to keep it quite minimal in a way that one item and its functions means more. If something is cheap and just sort of lands in my lap, I may take it. Different pedals or mixers or something.

Few things I have been thinking about and purchased are things like: What is the tool that would go AFTER mixer, to make especially live sound better. Not the tinny line-in to PA type of sound, but make it something closer to recorded material. Have had bunch of solutions for it that work, but they work for different situations. Currently been looking at 200 euro value pedal that should be functionin like Tascam 424 input gain - which is sort of perfect for final noise boost over whatever you are doing. But does it really work like the real deal 4-tracker sound is? In studio and Finnish shows, I can theoretically use real 424 as mixer. While flying somewhere, it would be impossible to carry too much stuff, so buying small pedal that does the trick would be luring idea. Just thinking is it really like it says to be, or would any generic overdrive pedal do the same trick. Which is fine, but not really the same.

Occasionally, I do think would I need one more synth? Something that works differently than the former ones? Since there are so much a synth oriented sound out there, I am tempted only very short periods of time and quickly realize I have not even fully immersed myself into all possibilities of former synths I have. Same with filter banks. Do I need new filter? And why exactly? Would it do something really different or is it just excuse to be able to toy around new gadget?

So what did I buy? This year, maybe nothing? I did buy octave pedal of some sort, bass-distortion with clean/wet balance button on it. Couple of years ago rat -clone pedal. Most important have been updating looper. Same pedal, newer model. That was already couple years ago. That really made a difference, especially for live.

#26

Live Show Announcements / 17.01.2026 AUS, Melbourne: LIN...

Last post by death.appeal - November 17, 2025, 07:29:53 AM

AUSTRALIA - Melbourne, Saturday Jan 17th 2026 @ Tote upstairs. Doors 7pm.

LINEKRAFT
ISOMER
PTERYGIUM
NO GUARD
EMPTY VESSEL
BESPOKE DECAY
DEATH APPEAL

Only a few tickets remaining:

https://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d82817cd-6fb3-4ee3-a621-2f42bbdefbd1?Event=220080&brid=PtHnxM5KWUzwWrMOGSLDGQ

Will try and post any updates here (if necessary), but follow The Harmony Syndicate and Noise Receptor Journal on Facebook and Instagram if you use social media.

#27

GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: AUSTRALIA - Industrial / n...

Last post by death.appeal - November 17, 2025, 02:08:53 AM

Cheers for the support all, very much appreciated. Played the first Death Appeal show over the weekend, full set up on YouTube now. Treacherous Bone Wisdom, Resident Pissant and Chrysalis were all bloody great too.

I was passed a copy of the latest Isomer yesterday - very keen to get into it:

https://isomer-music.bandcamp.com/album/proclamation

#28

CLASSIFIED ADS / Re: SCREAM & WRITHE New Arriva...

Last post by absurdexposition - November 16, 2025, 10:06:53 PM

New Arrivals 309: Amphetamine Sulphate, A Sunken Mall, Black Artifact, Detachment Programs, Discreet Music, Editions Mego, Entartete Musikk, Fougère, French Market Press, Helicopter, Hospital Productions, Hyster Tapes, iDEAL Recordings, IIKKI, Important Records, Joy De Vivre, Neural Operations, Old Europa Cafe, Pressing On Distro, Psychic Sounds, Renqvist ei irrota otettaan, Room40, Rude Fans, Squalor of Spirit, Staalplaat, Troniks, TSHN Productions, University of Chicago Press, Vaknar, Virtues

- Big batch of new arrivals this week! Something for everyone. A few things listed are already out of stock but restocks will be in order where possible. Look for another drop of second hand tapes in the coming days.
- New Absurd Exposition releases are being worked on, due out in the winter. This will be one of the last batches before Absurd Exposition ends and everything finally shifts to be under the Scream & Writhe banner.

New Arrivals

Amphetamine Sulphate

Maggie Dunlap / Philip Best – "Pure Evil, Pure Innocence" Book

Black Artifact

Ateleciné / Demonologists CD-R
Corporal Stains / Soma – Public Snuff Intercourse CD-R
Deep State Thrombosis CD-R
Dreadnought – North African Campaign CS
Glass Garden – Temporalia CD-R
H-Razor.404 – Jeg kan godt lide mennesker CD-R
Hands of Providence – Gossamer Sheath CD-R
Infinexhuma – Anusvanan CD
Madrelarva – Todas las Últimas Larvas 2CS
Necromantic Sorcery – Conquered By The Blood Of No Defeat CD-R
Nightmare Neighbor / Yotzeret Sheydim CS
Parassitismo / A.S.L.B.T. CS
Sallow Statue – Meorachadh CD-R
Shrike Totem – Last Dream of the Machine CD-R
The Controlled Household – The Purge of Memory CD-R
Yemen Civil Servant – Hush Bribes CD-R

Detachment Programs

Inarticulate – Run Like Hell CS
NBDY + Flesh Shuddering – Electronic Reforestation CS
Solar Yolk – Omnific Spume CS
Triptyckon – Music For Severe Drug Use 2CD
Vessel of Flesh + Kadaver – Foxjaw CS
Violent Pleasures – Drool CS

Discreet Music

Idea Fire Company – Penthouse 7"
Sewer Election + ÅN – De Sälla Jaktmarkerna LP

Editions Mego

Kevin Drumm – Sheer Hellish Miasma 2LP
Kevin Drumm – Trouble CD

Entartete Musikk

Deutsch Nepal – Alcohology CD
Deutsch Nepal – Dystopian Partycollection II CD

Fougere

Purpura – Transmisión Líquida Ceremonial LP
Ripit – Nothing Left Untouched CS

French Market Press

Contaminants – Inside Contaminated Mind CS
Prairie Poacher – Young At Heart CS
Various – I Am In Hell! Volume 666 CS

Helicopter

C.C.C.C. – Amplified Crystal CD
C.C.C.C. – Community Center Cyber Crash / Live In Pittsburgh CD
Extended Organ – Ex-Org 2CD
Merzbow / John Wiese – Akashaplexia 4CD Box
Mitchell Brown / Paul McCarthy / Joe Potts / Alex Stevens / John Wiese – Porch Music 2CD
Robert Turman / John Wiese – Past Present Future CD
Sissy Spacek – Gong CD
Sissy Spacek – Hunter Killer CD
Sissy Spacek – Live In Hong Kong CD
Sissy Spacek – Mirror Aggressor State CD
Sissy Spacek – Raiser CD
Sissy Spacek – Threshold CD
Smegma – Folklore & Concepts CD
The Cherry Point – Live Hell 2 CD
The Haters – Los Angeles, Not The Totimorphous CD
The Haters – New York About The Polywave CD

Hospital Productions

Acoustic Shadows – The Dread Of Torture 4CS Box
Alfarmania & Proiekt Hat – Distant Space Confined CS
Angel Of Murder Suicide – Elevator Ambulance Scum 4CS Box
Antibody – Cassette As Weapon CS
Deathpile – G.R. CD
Deathpile – G.R. CS
Deathpile – G.R. LP
Flutter – War Games 95-99 6CD Box
Kadef / Star – Wer Seinen Spaß Hat, Vermißt Die Träne Im Augenwinkel Nicht CS
Kristian Olsson – Molna I Mull CS
Lussuria – Reduced To Nothing Vol. I 4CS Box
Medical Slab – Stiff CS
Mlehst – Ultimatum And Incitement CS
Prurient – Black Table With The Two Griffins Attacking 4CS Box
The Pinkest Flamingo – We're Playing For Keeps Now CS

Hyster Tapes

Kluik – Sankutu CD-R

iDEAL Recordings

Sewer Election – Sweet Distractions CD

IIKKI

øjeRum – Ensomheden Vi Deler CD
øjeRum – Ensomheden Vi Deler LP
øjeRum – Langt Fra Jorden CD
øjeRum – Langt Fra Jorden LP

Important Records

Merzbow – Material Action 2 N·A·M CD

Intellect Books

Ian Trowell: "Throbbing Gristle: An Endless Discontent" Book

Joy De Vivre

Lucite Spine – Meadow CS
Remnant – Krásno mé rozpolcené CS
Ross Scott-Buccleuch & Culver – Pass from View CS
Sound & Company – Blue Mountains CS
Translucent Envelope – Statue Falls CS

Neural Operations

Death Squad – "Collected Documentation – North America & Europe 1998 – 2000" Book + 3CD + DVD
The Pain Factory (A Public Access TV Noise Show 1995-1997) 4DVD

Old Europa Cafe

Black Leather Jesus / The Rita – Adding And Subtracting Limbs CD
Caligula031 – Land Of Opportunity CD
Dead Body Love – Low-Fi Power Carnage CD
Folkstorm – For the Love of Hate / Noisient CD
Himukalt – Sex Worker: The Complete Recordings 4CD Box
Merzbow / The Haters – Milanese Bestiality / Drunk On Decay CD
Murder Corporation – Sick Thoughts CD
N. UFO Commander – Strange Monasteries CD-R
The Rita – Medora CD
The Rita / Uncodified – Sten Mk II / Breda-Safat CD
Twelve Deadly Seconds – Black Flights CD
Various – Manifesto Industriale Italiano 4xCD-R
Zero Kama – Live At TV Eye NYC CD

Pressing On Distro

Nimmie Amee – Opaline Scale CS

Psychic Sounds

Aaron Dilloway – "Eat the Rich" T-Shirt
Aaron Dilloway – "Modern Jester" T-Shirt
Aaron Dilloway – Bhoot Ghar: Sounds Of The Kathmandu Horror House LP
Aaron Dilloway – Medicine Stunts LP
Universal Cell Unlock – Quasimodo The Streetsweeper LP

Renqvist ei irrota otettaan

Ieskadulla – Siltala CS

Room40

Lea Bertucci & Olivia Block – I Know The Number Of The Sand And The Measure Of The Sea CD
Merzbow – Flare Blues LP

Rude Fans

No Hope Orchestra – Porch Music CD

Squalor of Spirit

Atrophist – Fleshlike Distortion CS
Culver – To the Snakes CS
Malaise 57 – True Elevation CS
Sexualised Medicine – Antidote to a World of Flesh CS

Staalplaat

Muslimgauze – H. Cinema Gaza Strip CD
Muslimgauze – Maroon LP
Muslimgauze – Turn On Arabic American Radio 2LP

Troniks

Kakerlak – Less Than Shallow CD

TSHN Productions

Mother Mary – Body & Blood CS

Vaknar

Kevin Drumm – Battering Rams LP

Virtues

aodl – Galena's Lament CS
Ineffable Slime – Deep and Desperate Fictions CD
Noctuary – All the Shapes We Once Knew CS

https://screamandwrithe.com

#29

GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REV...

Last post by Fistfuck Masonanie - November 16, 2025, 06:33:33 PM

Grunt – Kiveen Ikuistettu (Freak Animal)

Absolutely gorgeous packaging on this new release. The CD is housed in a 52 page hardcover book with the photography work of Mr. Aspa. One of the most professional and beautiful noise packages in recent memory.

The CD itself documents two live gigs. 6 tracks recorded live in Kaarina, Finland 3.5.2025 and a single long track recorded live in Lahti, Finland on 14.12.2024.

The sounds on the first gig are varied across the ~23 minute set. The opening track sounds similar to the latest Karike CD. Very raw and very minimal metal scraping. It's very organic sounding and electronics are only added sparingly to evoke atmosphere. The remaining songs venture into more traditional PE territory with industrial loops, vocals, and what I assume is a synth.

The PE focused tracks at times remind me of material close to Petturien Rooli or World Draped In A Camouflage. This is very much a set of pre-determined songs and not improvisational in nature. The tracks flow and segue into one another nicely and feels like a very composed and well intentioned mini-album or EP. It's interesting to hear such well developed songs executed in a live setting. Seems like the crowd enjoyed it as well due to the enthusistic cheers at the end!

The second gig starts off in a somewhat similar nature to the first gig with organic metal scraping and jostling. This time there is some mal-adjusted feedback simmering like rattle snake ready to strike. However! There is quite the level of dynamics to this one. I won't overtly detail what it sounds like as it's somewhat different. I really enjoyed how this one develops. I like that Grunt as a project has been stretching out and exploring various styles in the last few years.

Rautakymi – Ei Tästä Maailmasta (Freak Animal)

Debut CD by this contemporary Finnish artist. Tribe Tapes had re-issued the Pinta tape earlier this year, so I'm somewhat familiar with the previous work. Pinta is one of only two tapes from the artist before this album.

This continues the very raw straight to 4-track noise approach. It has a warmth and slight murkiness from recording straigh to tape. It's not easy to tell what each source is which adds to the enigmatic nature of the sounds for me.

I hear a lot of metal scrapping tape loops manipulated in a variety of manners. There are also a lot of filter sweeps and/or phaser effects of some sort. Backward tape loop sounds and very murky crumbling textures.

I wouldn't say it's straight harsh noise, it's definitely a little experimental while playing in the harsh noise sandbox. I think I need to relisten to Pinta, because I remember that being more straight ahead.

I was curious about the titles so I asked Google to translate. The album title "Ei Tästä Maailmasta" in English roughly translates to "Out of this world" which is a very fitting title. The sounds do actually feel somewhat alien, or maybe paranormal? There is also some sort of theme of science and knoweldge if you look up the other titles and a fitting sample on the latter half of the album.

Very unique sounds and I'm still wrapping my head around it. Will be giving it more spins in the upcoming week.

#30

GENERAL SOUND DISCUSSION / Re: PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REV...

Last post by Cranial Blast - November 16, 2025, 05:42:55 PM

Clinic Of Torture - Memento Of Punishment CD (IOPS)

A very interesting live performance on this one and perhaps now my favorite Clinic Of Torture release yet. The album starts off with the longest track and most interesting composition over the album. First track intros with this distorted synth that builds this really stark atmosphere, that is almost hard to put into words, but sounds excellent and really captures the mood! It properly lays the ground work for what lies ahead, which is some nice junk metal under reverb, giving the sounds such a close up, gives lots of great depths and range across the track. The other tracks on the album give a nice torment to the ears with lots of loud piercing shrills and buzzing sounds. It's perfectly balanced in the sense that it feels like audio torment. All of the sounds culminate nicely in the mix, giving good climax for the performance as a whole. The last track really builds in a fury of tearing distortion and more feedback shrills, definitely a nice closing track in contrast to where it all started from the beginning. This is easily one of my favorite releases this year and the packaging is prepared nicely, just like some of the other previous IOPS releases like Steel Corset, Anatomical Venus, ect. I'm not sure exactly where this live performance was captured, but whomever was there to capture this moment in time, I'd consider them very lucky!

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