Absolutely nothing to do with Brethren. It is decent stuff.
It's so many years, I can't remember anymore, but I if one would ask now, feeling is, it's perhaps more related to... Country Club or TF/PE.. Can't remember.
Talking of Brethren related stuff, indeed he had those pre-Brethren projects, for example BOUND CDR's are not as advanced as Brethren, but he was already displaying moving into that direction. Some of these CDR's he made, are not even listed at discogs, but exists as CDR releases, 20 copies or something he used to sent to people he was in contact with.
If you listen to one of the noise podcasts out there with Murderous Vision, you will hear great moment when they talk about Ohio noise scene and very very briefly mention Brehren there, and just concluding its a bit hot topic now, and move on. If you check the history of events, and the reports that was back then... well, Brethren got just fine playing live along the sludge, noise, industrial etc bands and DJ blasting some classic revolutionary rockn'roll on venue PA. I have the live VHS as well as live comp VHS with entire gigs that came out at the time. Good stuff, and at the same time might be that not everybody wants to be reminded about it.