PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Verdant "sincerity" CD
Existence Establishment
Hmm... could be the most innovative "PE" release if you would want to stretch your imagination to call it such. I'm thinking of later days Death Squad, little bit of Prurient after Pleasureground, little bit of modern Slogun, little bit of IFOTS, but most of all this doesn't sound like any of the mentioned. Lots of spoken word pieces, lots of sound collages, occasional aggro vocal and harsh electronic assaults. Utmost digital clarity and sharp crispy sound. But works for this as it stands so far from the usual stuff anyways. Weird that I have not seen ANYONE mention this and can't see it listed even in Discogs (except the original self released cdr)

Salakapakka Sound System "Abandoned Factories Scream At Night" tape
Banned
Oh man... I have had entirely wrong idea what this project is about... Very good tape from Finnish artists! Mixing drone with noise and little clang of "industrial" in mix.

AX "Metal forest" CD
Cold spring
kind of best of Di Francos 90's project. After Ethnic Acid, before Novatron. Good selection of tracks from different AX albums. Drone/noise/feedback.

[tiny_tove]

lots of Hal Hutchinson's stuff sent be by mr unrest... fucking hell, I don't know why I never listened to his stuff... absolutely intense

[aischrolatreia]

Mania-Grim conditions + SSRI split- played these both back to back a couple times last night and this morning...great range of sound, pure negative energy, but I want them to be longer. The short length works, it is direct to the point but some of the rumbling and shifting I wish took up longer lengths of time. This craving then led me to play the mania/coma detox LP. Probably the 5th or 6th time i've played it since buying, and it will be getting more spins now.

Myling- Sotpuke- Great isengard-ish folk black metal with ormgard guy. Really good release with a powerful atmosphere. A nice step from the more aggressive releases from SDP. Many drunken nights humming along to it, no swedish knowledge

[Scat-O-Logy]

First batch of material i've heard from Coma Detox and was very impressed indeed.

I would recommend all of his other tapes, I haven't heard a bad release from him.

Have to agree with Simon. Hopefully you're able to find some of his past work. Damn limited! NBM tape looks as amazing as it sounds and F&V tape is as filthy & violent as it should. Never heard the debut tape, would like to have a copy though. I once found it for very reasonable price but decided to get something "more interesting". What a shame...

Anyway, decided to put on the first part of Nyrkki & Kyrpä trilogy. I still hate "Funeral..." but other than that really nice. Unfortunately the sound on side B has started to worn out. Comes mostly from left channel. Again, what a shame...

[Mikerdeath]

En Nihil / Striations (Davers State)

I can't really comment on this because I played on it, but my copies arrived today and I am still very impressed with the general vibe.

[Ashmonger]

Zonnewiel - Channeling the Essence of Wuotan (7", VENE Records): Got this out of curiosity. It's some kind of ambient/synth music, if I remember correctly there were quite some of this kind of projects done by people into Black Metal mainly. This isn't too bad, there's some atmosphere to it, and the end of the first track has some nice accoustic guitarpart. So, I can see where this is going, but altogether it's just not very interesting...

Grunt - Dance for the Genocide (C60, Freak Animal): Got this at the gig (together with the Seer of Decay 2CD, still have to listen to that) in Kortrijk. Most tracks were also played at the gig in Kortrijk if I'm not mistaken, and are from the last album. Good sound quality for a live recording.

My friend who came with me to the gig in Kortrijk also bought some stuff, but couldn't take it home (carrying LPs on a bicycle isn't too easy), so I had the chance to listen to his stuff, being:
Keränen/Lettera 22 (7", Second Sleep): Good harsh noise, far from just being noise for the sake of noise. However, same as with the gig, I like some more filth, Keränen is a bit too clean for me.

Grunt - World Draped in a Camouflage (LP, Freak Animal): Again the same tracks, of course. Good, varied Power Electronics! I like the use of soundtrack/classical instrument/... tied together with the noise/other sounds. Unfortunately I only had the chance to listen to it once. But that was good enough to keep in mind I want to get this album for myself.

(Posting too much praise for Grunt on this board isn't good, makes me feel like a sycophant, haha!)

[Scat-O-Logy]

^I think you can't really praise Grunt too much. Not many can create compositions as superior as Grunt. "World Draped In A Camouflage" was easily my personal favorite PE release of 2012 and earned its place in my all-time-favorite PE albums.

Currently listening to BU "Viha&Kiima" triple cassette. Got it today and just finished the first CS. Damn good so far!

[Bleak Existence]

The Rita - women's vocals

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Had not heard anything about these 3 new 7"s on Dead mind records, but I guess they were fresh from the press when I saw them in Belgian gig merch table.

ASTRO "Deformation Receiver" 7"
Noisy stuff! There is this veil of reverb that drenches the whole piece into kind of wet and saturated mass, but in level of details, its fast electronic noise. Distortion, electronics, synth, but basically only the echo takes the atmosphere closer to old oscillation wave Astro. This is noise!! Good!

K2 "Variation: Pianoise" 7"
So.. Piano, feedbacksystem, MTR and various effects. No computers, no midi. "Piano for Sadists" is great song title, and K2 does his best to malform the original sound into pure noise assault. Sound is slightly one dimensional compared to good old metal junk K2, but sharp ripping noise is still pretty nice. Rotated in few times and not entirely sure yet what to think of it, but as it appears to take several listens easily, it can't be bad.

Kazumoto Endo & Kazuma Kubota "Gyoen Bedieningshendel" 7"
This is right there on the edge of whether I will declare this collaboration Japanese being great.. or not that great. Why? I have kind of love & hate relationship with silence within noise. When stop'n'go / cut up harsh noise is done with precise editing and short diverse bursts of ultimate energy attack your ears from speakers - it can be some of the best. But when burst last 0,5 seconds, followed with 2 seconds of silence and 1 second bursts with 3 seconds of silence and and ... come on!! Play the noise! It's like puzzle what appears to be great, but the pieces are slightly scattered and it looks like not really put together. I know they must have been timing perfectly and planning the tensions of silence vs. noise, but problem to me is that it never climaxes. Jerks little here and there, but eventually doesn't go to any direction. Sound of noise itself, high voltage electrocution with ultra distorted noise pressure. Too bad the flow is so fragmented... Still - after all critics - in the style, it's still nice 7" to give playtime..

All 3 items are full color covers, good sound, printed labels, and pretty cheap for being ltd 200 each.

[Scat-O-Logy]

Currently listening to Deathkey/BU split CS which I received today (Thanks, IS!!).

This was my first taste of Deathkey and honestly it didn't really convince me. The noise was very boring and powerless and the vocal work didn't really impress me either. I wonder how's the other Deathkey stuff? I have all their releases in my wantlist but don't want to buy them if they're as weak as the track on this release.
For me, the BU track sounded "musically" very good but seems like there was also some lack of power. The noise is basic BU, the vocals are basic BU but the power of which BU is known for is missing. Makes me wonder if the tape version is to blame? The ones who have the vinyl version, I would appreciate if you could let me know how does it sound.

[online prowler]

Currently listening to Deathkey/BU split CS which I received today (Thanks, IS!!).

This was my first taste of Deathkey and honestly it didn't really convince me. The noise was very boring and powerless and the vocal work didn't really impress me either. I wonder how's the other Deathkey stuff? I have all their releases in my wantlist but don't want to buy them if they're as weak as the track on this release.
For me, the BU track sounded "musically" very good but seems like there was also some lack of power. The noise is basic BU, the vocals are basic BU but the power of which BU is known for is missing. Makes me wonder if the tape version is to blame? The ones who have the vinyl version, I would appreciate if you could let me know how does it sound.

I enjoyed this release. If you want to check out more Deathkey I recommend his 2010 release Doctrine of Intolerant Hatred. The song Revolt Against the Modern World is pure bliss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pelkkpV73xY

[Scat-O-Logy]

^Thanks a lot!! I also got some info from Simon, who's always willing to help.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Yeah, most stuff probably can be found in youtube. Deathkey is kind of love it or hate it kind of project. In many ways could be compared Streicher. For some people these don't make any sense, for others, just so beyond the standard, it's amazing.

BU stuff is about same session as split with WOM. If you have that, you can compare sound.

[online prowler]

Yeah, most stuff probably can be found in youtube. Deathkey is kind of love it or hate it kind of project. In many ways could be compared Streicher. For some people these don't make any sense, for others, just so beyond the standard, it's amazing.

BU stuff is about same session as split with WOM. If you have that, you can compare sound.

Streicher is monumental.

[Scat-O-Logy]

The track which "online prowler" recommended sounded a lot better than the track on BU split but still not quite my stuff. I still have to give the "Doctrine of Intolerant Hatred" a try so I can make my final decision.

Listened "The Great Corrupter" by Sick Seed just a while ago.

I really appreciate Pekka's unique style to create PE covers from such strange bands as Autopsy (well, not really strange for PE fans) and Billy Holiday (BUT THIS, HAHA) but it all makes a perfect sense. Autopsy track is about child killing and abuse and Billy Holiday track is about niggers hanging in trees. I must give credit for PPT's varied musical taste and the way he can make it work in PE. Anyway, about the release. My personal favorite tracks on "The Great Corrupter" are definitely the opener, "Irstaasta...". The lyrics are great, vocals very powerful and the noise goes perfectly with it all. And then there's "Huorakatu" which is actually one of my all-time-favorite PE tracks. The track in the beginning (what's the track btw??) makes me grin as a Finn. Hilarious! The vocals are very very aggressive with a lot of power and, once again, the noise goes perfectly with it all, this time more violent & short attack (hits like a fist to whores face!!). The lyrics are very nice contrast to the sample in the beginning. First there's a cunt crying about how people treat whores badly and then the sex freak animal whorefucker get's lose, haha. Gotta love it! Overall very strong release. The only downside in my opinion is "The Most Hated..." which is quite long piano based track. I like the melody, haven't really paid that much attention to the lyrics, so can't really comment, but what bothers me about the track is the fact how digital the piano sounds. I could be wrong but as a guy who have played digital piano for five years, I'm quite sure it's digital.

Then decided to spin "Lily The Flesh" by BU after a long break.

My favorite BU work is Viha & Kiima but I still like Lily The Flesh era BU very much. Quite similar to Mother trilogy, definitely filthy & violent sounds. Some parts on this tape sounds like they're recordings from Fallen Angel domina sessions. Can't be sure though.

Currently listening to "Purification" by BU.

Another one I haven't listened for a while. I'm lucky to own the cassette version so I have all the extra filth. This used to be my favorite BU release before V&K came out.

Going to be a long night, hehe.