Quote from: Phenol on August 11, 2022, 06:34:17 PMNow, some observations about the metal heads who often go to these kinds of shows and have no fucking clue about what they're in for. At two of the gigs, which were in Denmark together with Of The Wand And The Moon, the audience simply left when they found out what BDN was all about. People in metal shirts who couldn't take the heat, fucking hilarious! It is kind of funny since CMI had a lot of crossover with the metal scene back in the day, mostly because of Mortiis, Aghast and MZ 412 probably, while Roger always hated all things metal. Anyway, I find it funny that the metal heads, looking much meaner than most of the industrial/noiseheads, couldn't take BDN even though they have a rather structured and rythmical approach that should talk to the more rock-oriented segment. Some reviews really revealed that these people were clueless about industrial music, saying stuff like "in some of the songs they were ajusting their pedals, they probably felt like that was needed" (quoted from memory). Ignorant shit like that makes me wish for fucking genre-segregation (kidding, kind of...but come on, speak about being ignorant about industrial)! It kind of maybe merits its own thread, but should metal people just get the fuck out of the industrial scene? I can mention less than 5 artists or so with a metal background who are able to make good industrial and vice versa...there might be more, but I'm sure you get what I'm getting at...
That was a great read. It's definitely annoying when (mostly-)Metalheads stumble accross PE/DI/Noise and act all confused or even morally outraged. I'm curious as to whether this type or reaction mostly manifests from Slayer shirted long-haireds or Avant-garde experimentalists alike who listen to Stockhausen and John Cage, being the latter often more than open towards forms of music that might sound out of the box, whatever the aesthetic presentation.
Many good stories around this forum involving true interaction between people who dwelled within the scene to some extent is not only amusing but revigorating. In my country, for example, there are no stores dedicated to Industrial or Noise music, thus every release I own from this style of music comes from outside. Not even on ebay and stuff. The only place which would probably sell this kind of music is a gallery in here that is known for its decades long cultivation of sub-culture related music, from rock and metal to hip-hop, reggae, tattoos and all that shit. I proceeded to ask some of the stores if they had Whitehouse/Prurient/Merzbow albums (because I didn't want to simply bust into the store asking for releases of GENOCIDE LOLITA, MAUTHAUSEN ORCHESTRA, NICOLE 12, heh) due to them being well recognized acts - didn't find anything, and the sellers didn't even know what I was talking about. I went to the harshest store there, focused on Black and Death Metal to ask if it had Brighter Death Now albums. "You know, Death Industrial, like?" The guy responds that "oh, that's like one of that Drone stuff you kids listen to, am I right?" HAHAHA!
Anyway, really enjoy Roger's sample work. Some of them, such as Adipocere and UriNITED, evoke the sheer perversity and boundlessness of Death Industrial with pure wit and darkness. I was listening to the Noisextra episode on Innerwar, and am curious as to where the American Tale sample comes from. The Innerwar one is Ted Bundy. But the hoster comment on the other one being a news report on two children being stabbed outside of a daycare home, all the while the other children were having a party outside. Does anyone have any idea on what's behind that? Probably no one, but anyway.
