PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[bitewerksMTB]

BRIGHTER DEATH NOW: pain in progress & the slaughterhouse cd's (these 2 are my faves), great death LP (pretty ok; 1st track s1 has a weird sound at the end that sounds more like a defect but i'm not sure...), & inner war (i don't like most of this rel. i think the mastering is too 'sharp' or something?).

[tiny_tove]

Corazzata Valdemone - Avanguardia Rumorista - CD Italy's most loathed  project due to the explicit artworks and extreme themes. I was not so fond of his early works, but since "Sex, Nazis, etc." split Bagman I started having a soft spot for his work. This record is definitely his best work to date. I like most tracks and once again artwork will raise more than one eyebrow. From mediterranean ballads to "played" martial music, to more atmospheric/experimental moments.
I am not too fond of synth oriented classical stuff, but it works... Every now and then makes me think about Autopsia, although my fave track is the opening Gorizia, a classic war song rendered with very melodic singing a-la Natalino Otto/Carlo Buti. Not for everyone but will definitely find myself singing this under the shower and on the way to work.

[eyestrain]

TRERIKSRÖSET - Venal C32 (Chefsideologens Bolag)
I had given up hope of finding this tape at a decent price when a friend told me Lust Vessel suddenly had some in their distro (thanks!). Having only heard Sexregler and a few shorter pieces on compilations before, I was very excited when this came through the door. A lengthy work by Treriksröset is a rare thing.
While Sexregler is a really teasing piece, making you hold your breath for 35 minutes before finally letting go, this is a much less demanding listen. Not that it doesn't deserve ones attention though. Simple yet oh so cunning harsh noise. Side A is diverse, giving you everything from boiling low rumblings to hard hitting blasts, everything perfectly timed and paced. Side B is of a slower more dragging kind, but maybe even more enjoyable to these ears. Low slibbering bass rumblings topped with screeching frequencies tickling your brain.
Just as the Kakerlak tape, this deserves to be heard and praised alot more.

Tried to catch this when I saw it at LV, but missed the boat. You lucky dog! I'm sure it's a real scorcher. For those who haven't bought Sexregler yet, last time I checked it was available for next to nothing at Cathartic Process. Don't hesitate!

Yes, Sexregler is a must have. The CD is usually very cheap.
Forgot to mention that I love the Killing Sessions he did with Sewer Election. Killing For Norge and Killing For Norrland + Finland are easy and cheap to track down as well (cd-versions). Killing For Germanyis great too, but that tape is a rare one I think. Lucky to have picked mine for 5$ at a show several years ago.

The Killing Sessions are indeed fantastic! Everyone that loves harsh noise should hear these releases.

Tommy and I were just recently lamenting his decision to turn down my offer to release a vinyl edition of Venal back in 2010. Among my few regrets with the label - one that definitely got away... amazing tape!

Damn! I'm lamenting now too! SNSE always rocked the hits.

[acsenger]

Organum/David Jackman – Penguins Eat Fish/Little Dark Wing (7", Robot Records, 2005)

A fantastic release. The Organum side consists of high pitched background noise, military drums, trumpets and piano, making up a rhythmic, very dynamic and atmospheric piece. The David Jackman side is sparse piano playing (no melody though) and some bird chirping at the end. All in all, a captivating release, with just the right length.

David Jackman – Flak (10", Die Stadt, 2003)

Side A is like early Organum: metal scraping that makes for noisy ambient. Side B might be a recording of the wind with airplane sounds mixed in a couple times. A good release although the above mentioned Organum/Jackman 7" is better. I'd love to hear the releases that apparently only consist of machine gun sounds.

Shift/Hal Hutchinson – Full Weight of the Opposition (10", Unsound Recordings, 2013)

A great collaboration with plenty of metal bashing and steady feedback plus shouting. Side B's second track has a nice rhythm too. Can't write much more other than it's a highly recommended record.

Fumio Kosakai – Earth Calling (LP, Memoirs of a Crater Lake, 2013)

Recordings from 1985-87 that are a far cry from Incapacitants or Hijokaidan. Side A is spacey, psychedelic lo-fi electronic music. It was inspired by Hawkwind according to the liner notes and if I remember Hawkwind's Space Ritual right, it does sound somewhat similar to the analogue synth parts between/underneath the Hawkwind songs. Side B is a live recording that pays tribute to Terry Riley and that's probably the best comparison. It's quite hypnotic but sadly the underlying constant tone drowns out the changing patterns on top of it. All in all, a nice release; I'm looking forward to the re-release of Kosakai's second tape.

[F_c_O]

U.N.D - Never Mind The Music...Here's Unseen Noise Death

Excellent material. On both sides there are one longer track after which there are short tracks with gaps of silence. The longer tracks are truly phenomenal material while the short ones don't work that well. At some place they even sound like it's one bigger piece with just silence added between some parts. Loud and distorted analogue sound.

Bizarre Uproar/U.N.D/Arse

Early Bizarre Uproar, from '92 I believe? The tape was released in '93 but the track title is given 11-92 and I guess that refers to month and year. Noisecore with extremely muddy sound, only getting clearer on really few, rare parts. Generally though, its really hard to make out whats really going on expect that the song cuts out for a short time and next one starts. U.N.D gives some low, distored rumble on a side, reminding me of some electrical malfunction. On B side it's more chaotic and noisy with mid and high end involved. Both good although I prefer the material on 'Never mind. . .' tape. Arse is noisecore with quite clean production. It is easy to hear what is going on and the sound is generally clean. Chaotic.

Treriksröset/Blud Thirst

No labels indicating which is which. One side sounds like Sexregler but more dynamic and fast. Essential. Blud Thirst is good noise until it cuts somewhere after half-way into strange backwards sound (you know when you record your voice and play it backwards. That kind of sound) and some rock? playing on background in really low volume. It's okay.

Con-Dom -  Live Assault 1 / Live Assault 4 lp

I have no idea which show I am listening to because there is no indication which is which on either the center labels or the matrix of the vinyl. Bullshit. Other than that, the packagin is of high quality. This might be the most primitive con-dom I have heard. Most of the time there is high pitched feedback going on with Mike shouting. Sometimes theres more involved material but there doesnt tend to be vocals on those parts. Gives me a feeling that during these first shows he didnt using backing tapes or other material, instead relying doing everything live and every time he lifted his hands off the gear, the sound would be just feedback. I enjoy this and recommend to fans of con-dom, especially those who like the other live tapes.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Con-Dom -  Live Assault 1 / Live Assault 4 lp

I have no idea which show I am listening to because there is no indication which is which on either the center labels or the matrix of the vinyl. Bullshit.

Matrix numbers indicates it pretty clearly. Smaller number is A, bigger number obviously B.
Soundwise - a-side is more rugged (room recording?), b-side is more in-your-face (I assume mixer recording?)

[Noiseape]

-HASTUR: secta hereje LP (early Peruvian black metal dementia, like Sockeye but metal, really retarded and awesome!!)
-CSMD / FUNERARY BOX: split EP TEST PRESS (Hail Gappa!! demented sci fi noisecore with a lot of movie/tv tune covers vs evil blackmetal of deth!!)
-HADES MINING CO. / WATER TORTURE: split EP (filthy noiscore scum vs brutalcore powerviolence assault!)
-MASACRE: reqieum LP (Colombian metal classic!)
-BLOOD: o agios pethane LP (German death/grind legends second album finaly on vinyl, inc. nice booklet!!)
-NECHBEYETH: blood axis damnation LP (nasty, filthy, violent, evil shit)

[expectorant]

Tommy and I were just recently lamenting his decision to turn down my offer to release a vinyl edition of Venal back in 2010. Among my few regrets with the label - one that definitely got away... amazing tape!

Damn! I'm lamenting now too! SNSE always rocked the hits.

The lamentation spreads.

[tiny_tove]

V/A – Hour of the Wolf (CD)
loved it... I wish all compilations were as intense as this

[ConcreteMascara]

Operation Cleansweep - Powerhungry LP - been a while since i've spun it. so, so very good. "Fuck Your Brains Out" is a power electronics anthem!

STROM.ec - Neural Architect CD
STROM.ec - Dogs of Total Order LP
STROM.ec - Heartbreaking Love From God CDr
I still worship STROM.ec. cannot wait for the next release, whenever it may be! And whatever happened to the planed Eleczema album on FA?

Cabaret Voltaire - Drinking Gasoline 2x12" - getting funky

[jake]

Very busy listening day today,
Intrastructure Zero - SOCOM 2cs
Immortal - Pure Holocaust (rip)
Aryan Blood - Through Struggle to Victory (rip)
Clandestine Blaze - Harmony of Struggle (rip) : sooo good!
Jason Crumer - Gentrification Suite (rip)
Aaron Dilloway - Boggs Vol 1 cs
Grinning Death's Head - Golden Dawn cs
Black Howling/Ostots cs
Liable - Silver b/w Hipocrisy cs
Raspberry Bulbs - RB Tries Again cs
Umpio/SSRI cs
Before, After cs on Monorail Trespassing : playing at the moment

Still have the 2 new Age Coin tapes on the block.

[Mikerdeath]

Shift/Hal Hutchinson – Full Weight of the Opposition (10", Unsound Recordings, 2013)

A great collaboration with plenty of metal bashing and steady feedback plus shouting. Side B's second track has a nice rhythm too. Can't write much more other than it's a highly recommended record.

Seriously good stuff here from both parties. I second this recommendation I'm sure lots of other people do also.

Tumor - horrible splatter holocaust cdr

I will call this comfort music. Pure anti-music ritual noisecore.

[Jaakko V.]

Lasse Marhaug - The Great Silence

An absolute masterpiece of pure no-frills harsh noise. Relative simple and straight-forward, incredibly loud and rich in content. Essential.

[mdtdeath]

Jabber Garland - Catalogue Of Disasters
Great collaboration between Sindre Bjerga and Andreas Brandal, super enjoyable noise

[Scat-O-Logy]

Currently listening to Clay Figure / Half Mile Down split tape that I got some days ago. I was just discussing with a friend how prominent label Untergeschoss is, yet we don't feel that it gets the attention it deserves. I have followed the label religiously since its birth and have never been disappointed by any of their releases. The reason why it took me so long to get this tape is simply because I have one previous HMD split (with XXXX, co released between Untergeschoss and Nekorekords) and wasn't particularly amazed by it, yet it didn't disappoint me either. Of all the PPT related projects I'm the least familiar with Clay Figure due to having wrong impression about what it's all about. Now when I listen to the psychedelic tunes on this split, I can't but put my head down in shame because this is something absolutely amazing and unique. Just like the recent SS 7", this tape includes acoustic guitar played by PPT and it goes amazingly well with the unique atmosphere that is created by using various metals, objects and some FX while these very captivating guitar melodies takes the composition forward. The sound is rather lofi but it fits the mood perfectly. Half Mile Down composition is on a whole another level compared to the previous split tape with XXXX (at least from what I can remember). It consists of very moody atmosphere combined with these graveling sounds as if the beast from the front cover would be rising beneath the ground. That being said, I must give credit to Simon for very fitting artwork! Next it's time to replay the XXXX/HMD split that I managed to start already and I must say that (like in most cases) my memory didn't serve me right. Listening to XXXX side now and what can I say... SUPPORT UNTERGESCHOSS!!!