EDWIGE - Virgin Capricorn
[Antropofago Ateo]
Ha, grabbed this from John Wiese's table when we swung through Minneapolis a few days ago. Overall, this is worth checking out - Sewer Election, Kakerlak and The Rita. As with all things The Rita, I can appreciate approaching his walls like a piece of critical brutalist architecture or an austere piece of sculpture. I wish Sewer Election's vibe came through a tad bit more, though it's certainly apparent. This is not oppressive work so much as it is confusing and crumbling with weirdness. The artwork is basically fucking perfect. A lady friend of mine I was at the show with who does not listen to noise much looked at the album art and said "this is all of us." Not sure exactly what she meant but I love approaching sexualized pieces of wall noise and attempting to drag the thematics at hand into even more esoteric zones - images of famous actresses becomes vessels for personal, societal, political, philosophical meditations, realizations. Harsh Noise Wall perhaps not at its finest but totally at a high level of fascination.
Autopsy – Severed Survival
[Peaceville]
I work in a kitchen, which I find to be one of the best places to listen to music. You can organize and listen critically in a way where leisure time is perhaps not the same experience. Death and black has been on the "menu" as of late and I'm loving approaching these heavy death metal record for the first time in years and loving how its kicks like a fat wall of power when one is "working." These riffs just fill my body up. Ugh. So good.
Nunslaughter - Hell's Unholy Fire
[Revenge Productions]
Haven't listen to this record since...middle school?...freshman year? Not sure, exactly. I still like this a lot and it's a lot of fun. But, really, that's all it really is. Just fun. Lyrics are too goofy to take too seriously and the guitars sound like a fucking slab of meat or something. Vital record to listen to if you're into bestial death metal. I guess I'd rather jam some Archgoat or something.
Darkthrone - Sardonic Wrath
[Peaceville]
Out of control. Darkthrone's finest moment if you ask. The perfect intersection of black metal, crust, hardcore, doom, and more. I know the cats in Darkthrone would likely say this is more in the line of tradition but I actually believe is this is a real work of art. Total fucking masterpiece and one of the angriest albums I've ever heard.
