THE YEAR OF 2011

[ARKHE]

Personal focus has mainly been on releasing the Helvetesljuset lp (inevitably making UNREST PROD the label of the year, I'm not ashamed of admitting my own album to be my favourite release of 2011) + getting ARKHE going, leaving little time to focus on other's music. But the POSH ISOLATION lps have been stand out releases, plus a high level on the scattered tapes they've issued. Also a brotherly pat on the shoulder to SPRACHLOS VERLAG, who only did three tapes but all of which were outstanding (Amph, Altar of Flies and Landvarelser). JÄRTECKNET did some good tapes, too, though the label is working in an upwards slope towards increased quality; I think 2012 will be an even better year. Obviously too focused on the Copenhagen/Malmö/Gothenburg districts to actually add anything worthwhile to the discussion... the major trend towards metal junk abuse hasn't really caught on to me, but there are so many essential releases every year that it's too much to keep track. Too much has been eclipsed by the new Negative Plane, Peste Noire and Diapsiquir releases...

Heaviest rotation: SHIFT/SICK SEED and LR/PUCE MARY splits/collabs. The HEINZ HOPF lp was also funny, it that was a 2011 release.

Also a shame that the two focal venues for both local and international noise/experimental music on the Swedish west coast - Sing Sang in Malmö and Utmarken in Gothenburg - both folded.

[influencing machine]

Didn't buy many new releases this year, and a lot of good stuff just flew under my radar I guess. The one record that really stood out for me this year was the Rodger Stella/Kites Interior Moon LP. I have played it a lot, keep returning to it, and can see myself spinning it many more times before I die.

i completely agree with this. i was blown away by that record. also really enjoyed the kosmische dub tape that rs did.

also agree with zeno regarding the dajjal tape.

i didnt bother with checking out a lot of new releases this year, but the lust vessel tapes all seem to be excellent from what ive heard though i still need to become more acquatined with them. they are overpriced, but at leasts they are excellent products.

here is a best of list i compiled recently (in alphabetical order):

AMOFAS - The Fool 
ANTEDILUVIAN - Through The Cervix Of Hawwah
BESTIAL RAIDS - Prime Evil Damnation 
DAJJAL - De-evolution In Simulation Generators 
EMBRACE OF THORNS - Praying For Absolution
LEBENSFADEN - Die Vollendete Schönheit
NECROS CHRISTOS - Doom Of The Occult
NEGATIVE PLANE - Stained Glass Revelations 
RODGER STELLA - Kosmiche Dub (Second Layer)
RODGER STELLA/KITES - Interior Moon

[FiEND]

Only want to add Yellow Tears Cult of Yellow Tears. This is American PE at its finest.

just realized this was a 2010. sorry all.

[tisbor]

i missed lots of releases that i think would easily fit in my list, but:

1:Encephalophonic - Metal Obsession C62 (Steel Sadist Rebirth, U.S.A.)
2:Roro Perrot - Exécution Des Hautes Oeuvres CD (Premier Sang, France)
3:V.A. - White Eye Of Winter Watching (Hospital Productions, U.S.A.)
4:Vidine Ramybé/Vomir split tape (Terror, Lithuania)
5:Shift - Scorched Earth/Walk Alone 10" (Unsound Recordings, U.K.)
6:Alexander Rocciasana - Adolescenza/Campioni Del Mondo 7" (A.R. Software Labels Undergronund, Italy)
7:Japanese Torture Comedy Hour - The 24 Hour Japanese Torture Comedy Marathon mp3 (Grindcore Karaoke, U.S.A.)
8:Morte Incandescente - Relembrando Um Tumulo Esquecido (WTC Productions, Germany)
9:Pain Jerk & John Wiese - Vague Maze 7" (A Dear Girl Called Wendy, Italy)

[RyanWreck]

My "Top 10" for the year as far as Noise/PE/Industrial goes...

Geography Of Hell – Tchernobyl 1986
STAB Electronics - The Non Alliant I
Nyodene D - Every Knee Shall Bow
Tongue Knax - Venus
Alleypisser - Addicts
V/A - Sonno Ferum
Looks Of Love - The Midnight Hour
Split - Sick Seed / Shift
Kakerlak - Crawling To Objectify
Lebensfaden - Die Vollendete Schönheit
Abuse Patterns - Reproducing the Pathology

[bogskaggmannen]

My favorites and most spun of last year, in no particular order - more lengthy comments on each one will be up the the Segerhuva forum later on (in swedish).

CLEW OF THESEUS "The death urge" LP (Verlautbarung)
ELODIE "Echos pastoraux" LP (La Scie Dorée)
JOHN DUNCAN / MICHAEL ESPOSITO / Z'EV "There must be a way across this river / The abject" LP (Fragment Factory)
KAMA RUPA "City of Caesars" TAPE (Robert & Leopold)
KERÄNEN "Moon over Torrelorca" CD (Ljud & Bild Produktion)
NIEDOWIERZANIE "Attendre" LP (Reue Um Reue)
NJURMÄNNEN "Masters 1992" LP (Börft)
NURSE WITH WOUND "Salt - Music from the Horse Hospital" LP (Dirter Promotions)
RODGER STELLA & KITES "Interior moon" LP (Mutter Wild)

I'm surprised to hear praise of the Dajjal tape - I thought that one was quite boring, especially soundwise.

[ConcreteMascara]

Honorable Mention
BU - Viha & Kiima 2xLP - just haven't spun this enough to really get to know it yet.

Top 10
10. V/A - Filth LP -
9. SNUFF - II LP - There's a ten minute sample taken at kids public swimming pool. Feminists say "All men are potential rapists". YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT YOU FUCKING CUNT!
8. Hängd - Med Repet Runt Halsen Cassette - 1980s style synths and shit-scum industrial. Not violent just filthy and crude. Best noise newcomer. Hail Sweden!
7. Pestdemon - Helvetesljuset LP - The final statement and ultimate document of the project. As depressing as vintage Pedestrian Deposit with an even more decayed sound. Kill yourself.
6. Shift / Sick Seed - Split LP - Shift is absolutely crushing. "EVERYTHING YOU ARE WILL BE DESTROYED". SS has a more stripped down approach here, still with trademark cruel vocal delivery.
5. Nyodene D - Every Knee Shall Bow CD - Totally kicked my ass the first time I heard it. Massive, dark atmosphere, total scrap metal abuse and commanding vocal presence. A new leader in US PE?
4. Genocide Organ - Under-Kontrakt LP - A real grower. Once I got hooked on it it just stayed on my turntable for a week straight. The synth work is fucking brutal. The vocals... ugh I wish I could sound like that. They came to have a real good time.
3. Ke/Hil - Hellstation LP - Seeing this live. Fuckkk. This recorded ruled the spring for me.
2. Nicole 12 - First Dance of the Spring 7" - "I never did get my pony"
1. Nicole 12 - Black Line LP

hell of a year. I spent most of it listening to non-noise/pe stuff but what I picked up was mostly great.

[xdementia]

John Mannion - Slice Through Or/In Glassmetal
Flesh Coffin – Devil Worship In The Slaughterhouse
Human Larvae – What Lies Ahead

[SKY BURIAL]

Two favorite albums of the year are from "crust"-related acts:

Amebix- Sonic Mass.   Plenty Has been said about this album on this forum and others.

Misery- From Where The Sun Never Shines.   This in an amazing return for this Minneapolis band. It was a digital only release with not a lot of promo so it got lost in the shuffle of 2012 releases. WELL worth checking out if you're a fan of this genre: http://misery2011.bandcamp.com/

[Zeno Marx]

Misery- From Where The Sun Never Shines.   This in an amazing return for this Minneapolis band. It was a digital only release with not a lot of promo so it got lost in the shuffle of 2012 releases. WELL worth checking out if you're a fan of this genre: http://misery2011.bandcamp.com/

My album of the year, and it was an easy choice on top of it.

[hannes]

Nicole 12 - Black Line
Erik Enocksson - Apan
LR - Exile
LR/Puce Mary - The Closed Room
Bestializer – Suburban Low-Life
Elisha Morningstar - Empty Life, Domestic Bliss
Lettera 22 - True Forms