PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[NNERVES]

Core - 'Chants Of Race And Emptiness'
Asmus Tietchens 'Seuchengebiete 2'
Total - 'Sutra'

[SKY BURIAL]

Angelic Upstarts- Teenage Warning
Amebix- Monolith

[FreakAnimalFinland]

KARASYOZOKU "mischievous sigyn 1923" tape
One of those Lust Vessel tapes that are more industrial type of stuff. Loops, theremins, noisy stuff but never really harsh.

MACRONYMPHA "Metal noise" tape
Long tape... is this C-100? C-120? Feels like more than 90 minutes. It is just what name suggests. Plenty of playing time is sheer metal junk abuse, but it also goes into full force harsh noise assaults. 1993 recordings but tape is one of those Stella's recent years releases. Good dupping, good stuff, most definitely worth of around 10usd prices he was asking. Of course, I wouldn't mind seeing more Macro stuff on CD re-issues!

[Ashley Choke]

Spine Scavenger - Shackles Of Man/Measured Time LP
Great LP and in general project from what've heard so far. Dilloway can rarely do wrong, even if I enjoyed the tape I own(Shameful Progress....) more.

Terry Riley - A Rainbow In Curved Air
Now spinning for the first time, sounds fantastic esp. Side B. I really need to get ...All Night Drive Best thing I heard from TR. His use of Time-Lag is simply amazing. The gorgeous original CD artwork should justify the steep price. Also need to get Rodger Stella's recent Riech/Riley "remix"

Åke Hodell - 220 Volt Buddha
70's to the bone. Really nice, I imagine the oscillations on here is from a machine similar to the one I use myself, makes me feel deep, artistic and intellectual. Haha

Joseph Hammer - I Love You...
Fantastic loop record. Put most contemporary "demented tape loop bullshit" to bed. Absolutely horrible title tho' so bad I couldn't even write it to the end.


EDIT: Also Assault Guard master for his first release, reminds me of a more lo-fi, organic, analog version of BDN - Greatest Death. Looking forward to his debut show on the 30Th

[bogskaggmannen]

analog version of BDN

Do you mean BDN would be digital in some way?

[ConcreteMascara]

Shift - Have No Fury / Jag var i kulverten 7" - I like this one a lot. Very melancholic but I still consider it heavy, just not in the traditional sense.

SNUFF - II LP - it's been several months since I've listened to SNUFF which made this all the better.

IFOTS - Danny La Rue Died in His Sleep tape - listening to this in anticipation of hearing the new album. The last track on the a-side with it's super low end always gets me.

Will Over Matter - Might of the Planet Eater 2xCD & WOM / BU - Split LP - same as above, getting psyched for the new WOM album.

Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal - Not as good as Realm of Chaos or In Battle... but way better than the few albums preceding it.

[RyanWreck]

STAB ELECTRONICS LP
fuck!! So, when the best PE releases are being done, lets limit them to 100! Well, I guess nowadays it is the magickal number that lower profile label can move? If you like his two tapes on F&V, this simply crushes them both to pieces. Combines the raw and fierce feedback/PE to more "german" sound. There is occasional wibe of old Con-Dom and 80's G.O., but perhaps more the distorted synth domination closer to Operation Cleansweep and the overall saturated distortion of Subliminal. This saturation is one of the best qualities of LP. It's like some of the noisiest Haus Arafna etc, where everything has this neat grainy textured overdrive, which makes the sounds blend together perfectly. Whoever is the mastering wizard, he might be the one that really made this work? Thinking of the same material without the saturation, it could be desaster. Many of the tracks operate on very simple synth tones or loops and the sound quality is absolutely crucial element. Even if perhaps vocal performance is another thing what is very very good. So, anyone into straight forward nasty PE, do not hesitate!  

I agree 100%. Such a good piece of work. I liked how he throw a sample from American Psycho in there, heh.

[RyanWreck]

damaar - triumph through spears of sacrilege

Wonder if they're still active? Would love to hear a full-length!

Incredibly album from my fellow brethren, shame about them getting kicked out of Lebanon.

Last I heard, they have relocated to Australia and they were writing a full length, I don't know if it happened or not.

Kicked out of Lebanon! Any details online about that? I was thinking they were Iran...

They didn't get kicked out they simply left in order to release their music (kinda funny since they went through all that trouble for one little release). See below:

"While most bands fantasize about war and glorify violence they have never witnessed, Damaar hail from Lebanon where war perpetually looms. Furthermore, Damaar's devotion to metal can hardly be questioned. In order to protect themselves from retaliation by the government, they were forced to distribute their demo by mp3 rather than tape or CD. Thus in the face powerful religious zealots, Damaar persisted in pursuing its evil directives. After relocating to Australia, Damaar was able to finally send out a proper (non-mp3) master and collect artwork for the vinyl release of their demo on NWN!

[Nyodene D]

Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal - Not as good as Realm of Chaos or In Battle... but way better than the few albums preceding it.

Bolt Thrower: Come for the Warhammer artwork, stay for the death metal.

[ConcreteMascara]

Haha exactly. As a guy who used to play Warhammer 40k, Bolt Thrower was like a gift from the mighty Chaos gods back in middle school.

[P-K]

a future of D&D, Warhammer, Magic: The Gathering, and all of the other terrible fantasy stuff teens are typically into...haha!

Battletech !

[ConcreteMascara]

I've got one of the old BattleTech books with all sorts of different mechs in it actually.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Was listening "In the battle there is no law" last weekend at friends place. I have the LP, but haven't listened it for.. 10 years? I think together with Peel Sessions, it's the absolute best of Bolt Thrower!

BLOOD AXIS "ultimacy" CD
Storm/Tesco
I think my car stereos refuse to play this due 76 minutes playing time? Nice compilation of all the rare and "misc" tracks scattered on various smaller releases. Only thing what I could complain is that for relatively pricey Storm label CD, it feels little annoying that instead of booklet, cover says "for detailed history of tracks visit bloodaxis.com"... yeah. Liner notes would have been nice in compilation.

[Matthias]

Blodvite - Renad I Eld Tape (Styggelse)
New industrial noise from Gothenburg which is getting really good. Perfect soundproduction that reeks of the Utmarken coldness. The calmer parts reminds me of Ättestupas more non-instrumental sections, with a similar eerie ambience. Compared to the Hämnaren release which was put out earlier this year, it's pretty hard to draw a winner. Solid stuff. Live Blodvite brought some truly nasty vibes to the table, can't wait to see what the future holds here.

Vatican Shadow - Pakistan Military Academy 2xTape (Hospital)
Mellow atmospheric synthlines paired up with drumbeats. Bareboned and stripped down. Not much happens here, but it's quite enjoyable. You can easily hear connections with parts the latest Prurient album. First half of the A-side was somewhat weak, but then it's just gets better and better. I recall earlier VS material having more heavy and "dirtier" beats, and that is something i kind of miss on this release.

[SKY BURIAL]

Amebix- Sonic Mass

Sounds like the latest Killing Joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVL8y8tlPhQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2a_W_r5wxU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoM7SCq8q4g