PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[cr]

Otherwise - throughout the last two weekends - a lot of Italian noise filth.

First there was the New Sadism's - Breather's Penis Age LPs I already mentioned last week.
After that:
Swastika Kommando
Observation Clinique
Laxative Souls
Lots of Mauthausen Orchestra
Some M.B.
Murder Corporation - Schwarz
The Sodality
Lyoto Music
Mörder Machine
Cazzodio: Surgical/Mechanical  -- (Great stuff!!)
Dead Body Love: Low fi power carnage
Caligula031: Topography of Smut


I think it must be the humid summer heat...

[vomitgore]

Otherwise - throughout the last two weekends - a lot of Italian noise filth.

First there was the New Sadism's - Breather's Penis Age LPs I already mentioned last week.
After that:
Swastika Kommando
Observation Clinique
Laxative Souls
Lots of Mauthausen Orchestra
Some M.B.
Murder Corporation - Schwarz
The Sodality
Lyoto Music
Mörder Machine
Cazzodio: Surgical/Mechanical  -- (Great stuff!!)
Dead Body Love: Low fi power carnage
Caligula031: Topography of Smut


I think it must be the humid summer heat...

Well this is just great! I played that Mörder Machine box set in its entirety not so long ago and thought it was absolutely brilliant all the way! Also, I think Swastika Kommando may be one of the most underrated old school projects of all. I think there is desperate need for reissues of that Menstrual Box Set on CD! Not that the versions they did were bad, I just think this needs wider publication. Easily comparable to even the best moments of MO!

[cr]

YES, absolutely - Swastika Kommando on CD would be very nice. As would be The New Sadism.

[Baglady]

V/A - Coalition C70 (New Forces)
Too much good stuff from New Forces since fall last year. I can't keep up. This compilation has kept my deck warm from time to time. It's pretty damn great. I actually wished there were some truly amateurish contributions here, just to make some of the "average" ones (average in this case is very good) stand out more. That, and perhaps something that stood out from all the rust and crunch. Highlights for me are Knurl (perfect opener), Skin Graft (need to give his tapes a proper listen soon), Treriksröset (as always), Mania (I prefer his 2005-2008 works, but this track works great in between TRR:s boiling rumble and Heat Signatures rather hectic piece) and Vasculae (such a great restrained and preasured piece).

Speaking of New Forces, the Rodger Stella & Scant - Third Phalanx cassette is one of this years highlights for me.

[Ashmonger]

As far as I know NV has different styles on different releases? Might have to check some of their other releases...

NV usually play Pornocore, (which is slow heavily downtuned groovey sort of grindcore, with lots of samples If you weren't aware?)

That's a genre I have little interest in, but what I heard from NV (FCOA split & split with Gonkulator) are both pretty good. But it was a friend of mine who until a while ago collected their releases, who said they have played different genres.

PMK - Murderchamber (C50, Obsessive Fundamental Realism): Death Industrial from the guy behind Subklinik etc. Obscure stuff, things are happening in the murk, claustrophobic feel to it, buried vocals. There certainly are nice rythms and percussion, but I feel that this style comes more to its right when it's just a bit cleaner, so that everything can be heard better. The packaging is pretty cool, the black plastic bag and pic on front look pretty good, the booklet inside looks good, but has a bit of an amateurish feel to it, which I feel might be bettered when the label gets more experience.

[ConcreteMascara]

Halo Manash - Haudattujen Valvoja CD
Re-listening to this one lately. a nice mixture of atmospheres and approaches on this one. the first 3 tracks are solid but nothing astounding. the 4th track, "Kanto", really kicks things up a notch. it specifically reminds me of the music in Valhalla Rising when everyone loses their minds. surprisingly driving and rhythmic. the rest is more subdued than that but, more active than the opening half of the album. the last track "Avanto" is really great two with it's grand sweeping movements in the murk. great nighttime listening.  

Halo Manash - Am Kha Astrie CD
significantly less murky than Haudattujen Valvoja, where that might be catacomb music, this has much more of a deep forest vibe. each movement has it's own vibe many interesting sounds and textures are heard, but they all flow together into a cohesive whole which culminates in the perfect closer "The Dream That It Dreams – Awakened", with it's rolling percussive anchor.

[eyestrain]

Halo Manash - Am Kha Astrie CD

This and Taiwaskivi share a very similar vibe. Forever my favorite from the whole AH camp.

[eyesofsatan]

Striations "To Know Mercy" tape; impressive release of death industrial-power electronics with sex crime/murder content. Nice 'Full Force Frank'-like collage artwork. This release would make a prime LP or cd. Recommended!

Fully agreed! Tapes finally arrived and this is perhaps first Striations tape I have no criticism to give. If in past some sounds were little tinny or lack punch, now I feel Striations have stepped up to level that it simply requires actual album. I think most of his old stuff already was good, but now I'd be surprised if he wouldn't have labels sending invitations?!
Interesting tracks what are build from distinctive elements. Each track is different. All sounds are tasty and there is good variation of samples/vocals/instrumental pieces etc. Most definitely recommended tape!

RED WINE AND SUGAR "Chattels + The Confidense and Humour of John" CD

Index Clean
This is reissue of Mazurka editions tape and one comp track. And does it deserve re-issue? YES! It's not so common that I instantly listen album 3 times, and continue next day for some more. Dialogue heavy material. Vocals are sort of Nicole12 type bleak whispering (don't know much other projects with solely such vocals), but noise is far less electric. It has strong experimental feel, combining ethereal vocal loops, broken electronics, physical sounds,... never overtly aggressive, but dark and intense feel. Being australian project, vocals are also good. Strongly recommended. Digipak CD.

Thanks for the tip on RW&S, been meaning to check the project for a bit but due to Mazurka's small editions I missed out. The collection CD of his other project Von Einem was fucking great too I thought.

[Deadpriest]

LHD (as far as I can tell) are completely underrated John Wiese and Phil Blakenship making torrents of million miles an hour walls of feedback in a kind of japanoise sort way. It's Wiese so there's a good bit of fuckery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtSc2GQXW64&list=PLEruEmaxNdQjqecBf_UkHTpMVuTy3rS2T

[audiodissection]

MAAAA "Abhorrence And Dismay" CD '16 (Traingle Records - Poland)
A few years have passed since the last Maaaa full lenght release and I must say that all the wait has been worth. Being familiar with previous project's output I had high expectations
for the new "Abhorrence And Dismay" CD but let me tell it tops them actually. And this is great when it happens! Despite being really good, the previous releases were missing that little in "personality finding" in my humb opinion.
I believe the long time elapsed helped in reaching this status.
The work opens with a nice and deep synth loop with sporadic stereo panning metal junk incursions which contribute to increase density and harshness with the passage of seconds.
Tensions goes on continuously up and down..there's something sinister perceivable in the air..but suddenly, just when tension culminates and you can expect some noise expolsion, a melanchonic piano piece takes the stage instead.
Just a short breath until harsh and nervous injections interrupt here and there altering the short state of apparent calm.
Now a mixture of relaxing and spacy sounds got top with physical and detailed metal bashing & rusty junk sounds with a nice "hi-fi feeling" and overall atmosphere.
10 minutes gone, the listener's focus is still high and finally BANG! Some seriously brutal mid-crunchy destruction of the finest tradition (Macronympha or recent Vanhala) splits the eardrums relentlessy for a few minutes.
Now a new break is concedeed. Field recordings loops and feedbacks goes on here leading the first of the 2 tracks composing the album to the end.
Track 2 starts with feedback, synth and a rhytmic pattern. A good array of interesting metal sounds are thrown in the mix as well.
It is now the turn of a piano note battling with cut-ups style harsh noise. Field recordings with a very physical feeling move yet into another direction where a suffered and nasty tone get in the mix togheter with sporadic distorted noises that help keeping tension high once again.
What to expect at this point? What it seems a train noise, opportunely looped, give to the piece a nice rythmic pace with some increasing density added to the composition.
And finally BANG pt2!!! This time the full-throttle harsh noise is even more aggressive than before. Metal junk symphony which shines in density and some punishing controlled feedback added in the mix drive the harsh head into the genuine noise-ear bliss. After first playbacks of "Abhorrence And Dismay" I was talking with Sergei and I engagingly labeled his new work as Symphonic Harsh Noise...in case you need a synthetic tag..oh well..
Best stuff I've heard since the time of Jaakko Vanahala "Here Be Lions" CD.

[Fluid Fetish]

My favorite topic on this forum. Some of you are excellent writers and make me feel like my own reviewing has a long way to go. Even the brief ones are good too, but we need some more reviews from Peterson and Bloated Slutbag soon!

[Deadpriest]

Favourite records (sans reviews -no good at them) Off the top of my head.

Brainbombs: first LP of Disposal Of a Dead Body
Brainbombs: Singles Collection I
Rusted Shut Rehab
Aaron Dilloway: Modern Jester
Skin Graft: Dystrophy
Sickness Mudlark
Slogun: VISIT/REVIST
Deathspell Omega: Fas – Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
Anal Cunt: Morbid Florist
Sissy Spacek: Devil's Cone And Palm

[Ashmonger]

Frozen Faces - In Order To Confuse (10", Hau Ruck!): So, I only know FF from the Fuck The Modern World compilation which I got for free somewhere and wasn't too impressed with, with the whole compilation that is, even though it features some interesting names. Also, I've seen Deutsch Nepal a couple of times live (about 10 years ago with the CMI fests in Antwerp & Gent), but never looked too much into his releases. Well, then, I've got a bit of a fascination for 10"s, so I was browsing that section on the New Era Productions webshop and saw this 10" and that it was the last copy. So, I decided to check some tracks on youtube and then bought this 10". This is some really nice Industrial Music! Especially the title track and Give Them The Truth, repetitive, beat/percussion based, with nice dreary synths and processed vocals. Nice layout too, though a bit pity the 'wheels' aren't bigger, so that I could see some more details. Now, I might have to delve into Deutsch Nepal some more...

[ProzacPatrol]

I have recently come into contact with Ex.Order. These guys are fucking great. A lot of more interesting then a lot shit being published. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdubcgQuMEw

[tiny_tove]

very good

Ex.Order - The Law Of Heresy ‎is one of my fave German electronics records ever

knut and rene really know their business!