PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[bitewerksMTB]

TEITANBLOOD woven black arteries mcd- best metal rel for the year
DEIGAL s/t(?) LP- swedish death metal that sounds very similiar to Angelcorpse but not as vicious
SVERIGE comp LP- what is it with swedes & excellant compilations?!?
GRAVE COMMAND pic comp LP- rel'd for Halloween by Unseen Forces with a mix of metal, Goblin-style synth music, & goth (I guess). I've
only listened to s1 with Ride for Revenge, Xander Harris, Xinr(sp?)... check www.theajnaoffensive.com for it. Nice Pushead-tyle artwork
BRETHREN alienated & radicalized cd- needs more listens but it's pretty good esp vocals with some really abrasive sounds

[ConcreteMascara]

Grunt - World Draped In A Camouflage CD - I thought when Petturien Rooli came out that it was an interesting step away from a more traditional PE approach. World Draped in a Camouflage is even more experimental at times, but then it has its moments that hearken back to older Grunt classics. I listened to it three times in a row last night and what strikes me about the album is that it really is a cohesive album. Petturien Rooli was as well, but careful dynamic narrative created by the track order really creates a cohesive whole. It's certainly a CD that needs to be listened to from beginning to end. And the track "Dance For The Genocide", pure class. Highly recommended.

I'm hoping to listen to the new Grunt and Pogrom tapes today, time permitting.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

KRUKTA RUM "tankar & Syner del I" LP
fuck! I can't really be very specific why I consider this brilliant, since it has also kind of those qualities what are 1) easy 2) can be lame, but it simply effects my brain in very good ways. I can get pass the cheap vintage organs. I can get pass the guitars on b-side. And the rest is just brilliant delicate ruggedness. Especially the b-side part with the kind of malfunctioning sounding tape loops, uuhh.. could listen for ages.

[Levas]

OWL - Tapes 97-99 Didn't know what to expect so expected nothing and i was pleasantly surprised. good disc full with dark, murky sounds

Brethren - Alienated and Radicalized - Just perfect. Pure hate in strict sound structures.

7mon/tn666/sist en 343 Since I'm not the big noisecore fan, I enjoyed the last track by tn666 most. truly dense and pleasant noise.

Last Rape - Maimed left arm - nice harsh noise. beautiful cover.

black leather jesus - skuff - seems like a decent disc

valley of fear - i suppose they are famous or something like that. nothing too exciting though not very bad either

[Andrew McIntosh]

OWL - Tapes 97-99 Didn't know what to expect so expected nothing and i was pleasantly surprised. good disc full with dark, murky sounds

Last track alone worth getting the album for. Raw murk.

7mon/tn666/sist en 343 Since I'm not the big noisecore fan, I enjoyed the last track by tn666 most. truly dense and pleasant noise.

Damn, I'm just listening to that album for the first time right now (thank you Mr J-L). And yes, the last track by TN666 is the winner, although part one of "Euphonium" isn't so bad either. Everyone saves the best piece for last these days? That first track by Seven Minutes, though...total "look at me" wank.

[Levas]

Shameless Barbarians ‎– Pinkmilk - this is one awesome tape!!! just synths and tape manipulations i guess. just pure cosmos! very very nice!!!

[P-K]

MS30 : T.I.A.  2xlp
....korg ms20+ms10 abuse.....strong Pan Sonic vibe, no beats but pulse-sounds, throbbing analogues, white & pink noise.....not to far from some Anenzephalia imho : COLD

[tiny_tove]

Candor Chasma - Rings - CD OLD EUROPA CAFE
Excellent collaboration between Balestrazzi (TAC) and Altieri TH26 (Monosonik, Th26, etc.). Exprimental sounds that keep your attention from the beginning until the end, with chilling atmospheres without degenerating in pure ambient. One of my fave records for this 2012

Clinic of Torture - Live Sadism
Does what it says. Perfection in a disk and 5 pictures.
Nothing else to add.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Waiting to get some MS30 : T.I.A.  2xlp...

That Candor Chasma CD is real goodie. See my full review in SI#8. I have absolutely no clue what kind of attention the project is getting, but out of entire OEC output of 2012, certainly most interesting release! I don't think I have sold more than 1 so far, but merely having item like this in stock - is satisfying enough, hah!

Listening John Duncan / Z'Ev / Michael Esposito LP. Sometimes gets so quiet, I get slightly annoyed, but luckily damn well cut vinyl with non-existent surface noises so it works out.

[tiny_tove]

Regarding Candor Chasma, This project caught me by surprise.
I really appreciate their past projects (TAC have been probably one of the most important Italian experimental project in the 90's) but this sounds better than anything I heard of them and I keep listening to it.

I also enjoyed the Ballard project that involves them and Becuzzi (Limbo), although a bit different than this.

I am listening new BRETHREN and it is a complete masterpiece and probably the best PE record I have listened in a long time. I have never been a huge fan, I have always appreciated more the side projects, but this is a complete bomb and any track sounds like actual "songs"... Tracks like Revolutionary spirit and Body politic are instant classic. Voices are perfect and stand out so do the minimal drumming that leads to old school industrial.

[Levas]

Grizzly Imploded - Dance of Particles - the packaging is very nice looking. the content is quite average. it says something about Italian avangarde or so, but it sounds like some sort of free improv jams. maybe this is that avangarde, but i'm not impressed.

Flesh Coffin - False memories - far from the best material of his.

Selfish Implosions - a vulgar display of power - decent noise

Regress - God made one thousand slaves - this is somewhere in between noise and post-rock I think. It was rather interesting to listen to. especially B side.

Hal Hutchinson / Mutant Ape - nice, warm and filthy noise.

Funeral mongoloids / Plagued Braces - truly good noisecore/noise. enjoyable.

Reactive Identity - Culture Confusion - listened to it but i don't remember it being too good or too bad.

[andy vomit]

BRETHREN - alienated and radicalized

really, really great.  i'm loving the use of percussion and the more "song like" structure, very reminiscent of "zionist axiom", which is probably my favorite thing he's done.



also gonna be digging into new GRUNT, NICOLE 12, DEATH JENK, and STAALKRACHT soon.  haven't gotten around to listening just yet.

[Levas]

Bizarre Uproar - rape africa - this is perhaps the best record of the latest FA/FV batch. different, darker, even more aggressive BU. just simply excellent.

Jazz Hijokaidan - Made in Japan and Hijokaidan - Made in Studio - despite rather high prices and the fact that i am not into all this free jazz stuff, these two discs somehow got me. this is something new for me, but intensity of the record is simply awesome. enjoyed.

Clinic of Torture - Live Sadism - it truly delivers what it promises. very good

Grunt - Dance for the genocide... tape. i was wondering why was so many people cheering about the grunt performance in London. not that i would doubt it was good, but simply too many different people were repeating the same thing and after listening to this tape, it's obviouse. these were truly fantastic shows and this tape is very good documentation of it. recommended.

Concrete Cunt - Betonkut + chained cunt bcard - somehow i was not sure that i will be enjoying this. perhaps mainly because of the visuals and names, but the sounds are very nice. strong and dense hn/hnw

Kropsregler - Brod - i think this is my favourite fromt he last strange rules batch.

rosensort - rostov oblast - also nice to listen to

Burial Hex - s/t - rereleased material from SNSE LP. there isn't nothing much to say about it. dark and good industrial/noise. as burial hex is.

that new brise-cult batch is nice. +dog+ tape is decent noise, 886vg & scant intone is my number one though there are weird silent pauses that seems like the problem with dubbing and Being tape, though it was praised by the label, somehow i couldn't find the edges that i would like about it. rather weak. but the dubs are loud and sounding very nicely

[Ashmonger]

Concrete Cunt - Betonkut + chained cunt bcard - somehow i was not sure that i will be enjoying this. perhaps mainly because of the visuals and names, but the sounds are very nice. strong and dense hn/hnw

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Rusalka - Perpetual Repetition in the Forbidden Conduit (C20, Skeleton Dust Recordings): This is interesting, on the surface it sounds more or less like hnw, but behind this there's quite some variation, which makes it nice. I like the A-side more than the B-side.

Baculum/Being/Paranoid Time/Wince (2xC40, label?): First tape has 1 track from each artist. The Being and Wince tracks are good, but I'm not too fond of the Paranoid Time and Baculum tracks. The second tape has collaboration mixes, in general I liked this tape better, though the whole package still needs some repeated listens.

[nidding]

Kropsregler - Brod - i think this is my favourite fromt he last strange rules batch.

rosensort - rostov oblast - also nice to listen to

Both of them came out on a new Danish label called Rosensort (not Strange Rules) - and Rostov Oblast is actually by a group called Body League. Just a friendly "public service announcement".