Some of my recently listened albums:
Coma Detox – Reduced to an Invalid (self-released, 2009)
Insane vocals, sewer production, maniacal dynamics – a cacophony of white noise blended with feedback oscillations scratching here and there, often in a monotonous way, creating an ominous atmosphere that builds up and falls just at the perfect timing. Walls of gorgeously crafted crunch, furthermore dirtied by filthy production upon which one of the most notable voices of millennium PE screams violence at. The music and general aesthetics of this project is quite unique, albeit I can take a fetid whiff from Taint and Bizarre Uproar as major influences of such at. Listening to this release for the third time, and each one I like it more. Truly repulsive and humiliating noise that acts out as the soundtrack for brutal physical debasement as stated on the title. Title track has some really brutal clattering of sound waves and oozing low-feedback.
Enephalophonic – Chronicity of a Disease (Self Abuse records, 2011)
Really well-crafted haphazard noise, focusing on mental illness and the labor therein. All the stages sound like aural descriptions of the development of an unnerving turmoil, with all its complex transformations taking place from a polymorphous substance brought forth by reality's unending appeal towards self-immolation. Repetitive, compulsive passages melt into one another until it's virtually impossible to differentiate them from the collection to which they're subscribed into. Monotonous, yet brilliant texture work colliding endlessly with an integral vision by which they're moved altogether. Music reminiscent of Macronympha, but faster and more mechanical.
Seymour Glass - The Grudgery of Drucks (No Rent, 2025)
One of the weirdest albums I've ever heard, conceived as a surreal collection of eldritch sounds and words, all joint together in a mostly unusual, musique concrete-ish manner. But instead of intellectual music, the assemblage of sounds here operates in nothing sort of a highbrow sense. Not as confrontational as usual PE. Kaleidoscopic and very confusing, to say the least – not my cup of tea, rather a really hot cup of coffee that is unpleasant at first, but which leaves us satisfied and with a thirst for more during the day. I guess the whole cassette functions as musical critique of the work dynamics in modern days and its toll on the psyche.
Cisfinitum – Monochrome (NEN Records, 2018)
Ethereal Industrial noise. Sounds more like an IDM/Techno album than anything else, but I've came across it justly while using this forum. Everything here is very relaxing and well-paced, with long tracks that never get boring on account of their sound constellation being really well assembled. More mechanical and electronic-driven than the occasional dark ambient projects which pop up around here; reminds of me artists like Autechre, Boards of Canada, Hecq, and Access to Arasaka – needless to say I don't know much IDM and maybe can't differentiate well between nuances of certain musical similarities. Abuw has addicting noises and sounds closer to PE/Industrial in terms of structure and sound, albeit from a quite different territory. Soft noise?
M.I.A. - There's a Market for Everything (Bacteria Field, 2021)
The gruesome cover of this release sums up all of its intensity, described through harrowing samples, degrading, pulsating electronics, and disgusted vocals. Everything here stems from, as the second track puts it, total negation – a relentless exposition of the tiniest areas of the world where we would be traumatized to peek at and prefer to only acknowledge in euphemistic terms, in order for the subject matter not to maniphest itself thoroughly. Sadly, as far as it goes, musically it doesn't do much for me. Everything is quite formulaic, albeit genuinely presented. But it definitely gets boring overtime. Although I really liked their I Love You, can't imagine myself re-listening to this one more than a second time, perhaps.
Umpio – Milksnake EP (Nekrorekords, 2025)
Stellar release, with tons of metal junk work, harsh white and black noises, and excellent composition – curious to understand what would make such an abstract endeavor sound compositionally 'good', although I do feel it when it comes to my ears. Very uneasy listening.
Abysse dês ames – Sielun Kuilu (Keila, 2026)
One of my favorite albums this year, and yet another on the musique-concrete side of modern noise – a more somber, intellectual approach to a finely crafted release, with lots of musical depth and sensitivity. Truly a genius release, mixing more highbrow aspects of experimental music with the clattering of metals, feedback work and other strange noises.
