Starting Points for Classic Bands

[xdementia]

There's a lot of classic/older bands I've never gotten into and I could use some starting points of which album to check out first.

Nocturnal Emissions
Hunting Lodge
Metgumbnerbone

[xdementia]

Oh hell, Sleep Chamber as well!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Oh hell, Sleep Chamber as well!

RRRon was saying one of the very firs things he was doing, SC 10", is STILL available. Been in stock since 80s and it is great! More ritual drone type of thing, not dancey drum beat stuff.
VOD box of early tapes good for primitive simple drum machine beats and couple lines long lyrics/slogans.

[impulse manslaughter]

Nocturnal Emissions - Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (classic, reissued a couple of times)
Hunting Lodge
Metgumbnerbone - Anthropological Field Recordings For The Dispossessed (2CD compilation which covers their best material)

[xdementia]

Nice, thank you! Interesting about that early Sleep Chamber LP... but I'm somewhat skeptical.

I know it's not noise but how about Haujobb?

[beauharlan]

Nocturnal Emissions - Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (classic, reissued a couple of times)

The album is good and worth listening to

[BatteredStatesofEuphoria]

For Hunting Lodge, you really can't go wrong with the Harrington Ballroom reissue. Their first release (+ the Exhumed tape), with live versions of the material that appeared on later releases. Will is probably their most "classic" release.

Haujobb...well it depends on what you're looking for.

Homes & Gardens, the debut, definitely heavily influenced by Skinny Puppy like a lot of similar releases in that vein were in that era, but they do it so WELL, and the talent is obvious.

Freeze Frame Reality is my personal favorite. Moves more to its own distinct sound. I love how icy and otherworldly it still is, and the added guitars are mixed in in a very unique way.

Solutions for a Small Planet was their most well known and successful release. Heavily influenced by Lassigue Bendthaus, so if you liked that kind of EBM/IDM fusion, you'll love Solutions as well. I feel like it hasn't held up quite as well as the previous two, but its still a pretty good listen.

Hadn't really followed them much after that so can't fill in on what came next.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Hunting Lodge, also one of those bands who have very good vinyl LP box set on VOD. It ain't as affordable as Harrington Ballroom reissue, but for guys who look for vinyl records, that box has very good early material.

[Balor/SS1535]

John Duncan?

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Riot and John See Soundtracks. Latter one probably still cheap from RRR.

[Balor/SS1535]

Riot and John See Soundtracks. Latter one probably still cheap from RRR.

Thanks!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Also, I have rarely heard BAD John Duncan. It may be that if one wants the classic short-wave radionoise, then go for older material, but also many of later days CD's are nice. I even like his orchestral works quite a bit, but if the goal is to get the sort of mandatory classics, Riot is for noisier, John See Soundtracks for sexier, hah.. And both available physically fairly easily.

[ritualabuser]

Nocturnal Emissions - Drowning In A Sea Of Bliss (classic, reissued a couple of times)
Hunting Lodge
Metgumbnerbone - Anthropological Field Recordings For The Dispossessed (2CD compilation which covers their best material)

Second the Metgumbnerbone rec, would say that Hunting Lodge-Will is a good place to start. As for Sleep Chamber, I only have "Sexmagick Ritual", and I like that.

[Earth O.D.]

Any particular Gruntsplatter recommendations?

[xdementia]

Any particular Gruntsplatter recommendations?

The Aberrant Laboratory is my favorite and probably the best starting point.