OLYMPIC SHIT MAN "Supercharge" 2xLP
Harbinger
I remembered this to be more harsh than it is. Or maybe it was just loudly dubbed tapes that made it appear so. You know, MSNP style, afterall! Audio was transferred by Chris of Trash Ritual, so I assume it was from master tape rather than the dubbed tapes that are in circulation? Now what we hear here is basically quite natural blend of Evil Moisture and Putrefier. Often not so aggressive and loud, although highly distorted and nice grainy texture in the noise. But not utterly bulldozing quality to it, more seeking interesting sounds than "being brutal", I'd say. Double LP, comic book, full color gatefold. Nice re-issue.
LOOP CIRCUIT "Sound on Sound" LP
Starlight Furniture
I'm pretty sure I've written about this before too? Before I saw this, I had no idea this GROSS tape had been reissued on LP and pressed only 222 copies. Noticed it in shelves in some store in USA. It's Akifumi Nakajima and Dub Murashita, both doing loops and effects. Original tape 1994, reissue from 2001. Lots of nice moments and despite focusing on loops, material does go forward and involve live processing of sound. It's also good example how design of reissue was done with style. It is not as neat hand made special edition as the old tape, but it reminds more of GROSS envelope series. Those were black paper envelopes with pasted-on artwork on both sides. This is just that. Marble texture cardboard with original lay-out, pasted on black LP sleeve. Simple and to the point, but holds the GROSS aesthetic very well!
SCHIMPFLUCH-GRUPPE "Paris Aktionen" LP
Beniffer Editions
Also another LP I must have written before? Anyways, on the recent days playlist, so... Two live aktios from Paris. One could perhaps say including typicalities of this gruppe. Animalistic sounds, clock ticking, sudden impacts of noise bursts, tormented vocals,.. It has clear live sound. Perhaps their aktionist music was at very best when it was analogue tape format recordings, but not much to complain here. "lots of wankers here".. Underwood..
AXNAAR "Crawling Misery" 7"
Filth & Violence
Black metal-noise fusion. Which is the format I'm pretty picky. I realize there is probably quite potential for the material and I do like this to certain extent, but most often genre as whole leaves me with impression that due use of regular instruments and patterns, it doesn't go to innovative level of "real noise", while also escaping possibilities of metal, that would be memorable riffs of song structures that punish despite how clean sound could be.
V/A "THREE PILLARS OF CONTROLLED DOMINATION" 3"cdr
Alpha Male Discharge
Con-Dom cover tracks,. Shift is the winner here. His version of Home Run doesn't appear like random selection. Hostility of statement "I win - you lose", feels like he means it, with malicious intent. Everybody on this comp seems to gain from using Con-Dom compositions as influence, yet they also add high dosage of modern day sonic pressure to it. Loud and ultra crispy distortion, which is far from hissing sound of new luddities like Con-Dom. What they win on sheer brutality, they may lose in that very special sound realm what makes Con-Dom stand so apart from just about everybody else. AM NOT has more "heavy electronics" sort of approach, and delivers well. STAB ELECTRONICS track is something I'm not fully comfortable, as the lyrics of Hatred aren't nowhere near along best of Con-Doms work. Always, when I hear someone talking about "hating everyone equally", it makes me think then they don't really appear to know what is the brutal and total hatred or most likely refuse to accept that it wouldn't be tidy "equal for all" idealism. It's good track, musically, though!
CON-DOM / THE GREY WOLVES "Waging War Against You" CD
Unrest
Just wrote longer piece about this album in Finnish, but got to mention it. Well done lay-out, what perhaps gains it very top results of Unrest label released. Of course it is faithful for War Against Society material, but it succeeds in it. Good quality design. Top notch results in printing and sharpness. Very nice sound on CD. If you do not have War Against Society, this is absolute essential to get a.s.a.p.! Some of the very best works from both bands.
