STROM.ec - Divine Legions Beyond Psyche CD
Dead Voices On Air - Shap CD
Prurient - Fossil CD
Family Battle Snake - Vomit Dolls CDr
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on December 09, 2010, 04:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tommuel on December 09, 2010, 04:09:51 AM
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI LP
classic. HUMAN DISEASE
Author & Punisher - saw him play two weeks ago. I was really disappointed with the performance to be honest.
Classic indeed. Although the CD version boasts the extra tracks. Just wanted to spin it on vinyl though. The album is a very prominent highlight in their discography, make no mistake! Skinny Puppy will always be one of my favourite bands but it is sad how little they have achieved, with the exception of live performances, since their comeback a good 10 years ago. They are of course missing a third of their brilliance who has been and gone. Saying that, they were fantastic when I saw them in July but maybe because they stuck to the classics. The last two albums barely shine a light to the majority of their back catalogue - but I read somewhere that Ogre has claimed the forthcoming album will be very "raw". I will believe that when I hear it. Allegedly it will be called In Solvent See which is related to the insolvency of the record label who released their last two albums. If that is not a prime example of their general decline then I do not know what is. On a lighter note, that Fractal Zoom bootleg CD has some fantastic live versions of a lot of the Bites tracks. I have a spare copy for sale or trade with any other Puppy maniacs - I am particularly interested in obtaining the Heavens Trash, Intolerance and Land Of Technology CD bootlegs or the Choralone 5" flexi.
Author & Punisher has to be one of the only new projects that genuinely excited me. As soon as I heard Doppler I bought the CD. Crushing, well executed brutality at its finest. It may sound like Godflesh in places but to be honest, anything with guitars and a drum machine may steer close to that sound. A lot of genres I like are moulded together without appearing too contrived or out of place. Having seen videos of Tristan's setup it looks like something that is innovative yet perhaps difficult to pull off live. What did you not like about the performance you saw? Highly recommended regardless.
This may only be my second post here but I already prefer it to Chondritic Sound (do not even get me started on Noiseguide...) - nice to see some actual discussion happening. I should have joined here when I first browsed the forum a year ago, but it was pretty dead then!
