Zonnewiel - Channeling the Essence of Wuotan (7", VENE Records): Got this out of curiosity. It's some kind of ambient/synth music, if I remember correctly there were quite some of this kind of projects done by people into Black Metal mainly. This isn't too bad, there's some atmosphere to it, and the end of the first track has some nice accoustic guitarpart. So, I can see where this is going, but altogether it's just not very interesting...
Grunt - Dance for the Genocide (C60, Freak Animal): Got this at the gig (together with the Seer of Decay 2CD, still have to listen to that) in Kortrijk. Most tracks were also played at the gig in Kortrijk if I'm not mistaken, and are from the last album. Good sound quality for a live recording.
My friend who came with me to the gig in Kortrijk also bought some stuff, but couldn't take it home (carrying LPs on a bicycle isn't too easy), so I had the chance to listen to his stuff, being:
Keränen/Lettera 22 (7", Second Sleep): Good harsh noise, far from just being noise for the sake of noise. However, same as with the gig, I like some more filth, Keränen is a bit too clean for me.
Grunt - World Draped in a Camouflage (LP, Freak Animal): Again the same tracks, of course. Good, varied Power Electronics! I like the use of soundtrack/classical instrument/... tied together with the noise/other sounds. Unfortunately I only had the chance to listen to it once. But that was good enough to keep in mind I want to get this album for myself.
(Posting too much praise for Grunt on this board isn't good, makes me feel like a sycophant, haha!)
