PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Scat-O-Logy]

Listened to Untergeschoss comp and it still feels very average to me. I'm not a right guy to talk about the release because I personally hate grindcore which consumes about half of the comp but luckily there are some very good tracks as well. Umpio did, once again, very nice junkstrument track, Concrete Mascara was as strong as always and I personally enjoy the experimental soundscapes of SSRI. For me, the French Ekunhaashaastaack, mostly known for his extensive discography consisting mainly CDr's wasn't anything worth remembering even though it was quite nice. Budrūs, the side A ender, felt very average to me. As much as I love Levas' brutal vocals, I think the muddy noise didn't really do justice for him. The Streetcleaner recorded quite nice track for side B but Unclean and Shift wasn't able to bring forth their best qualities, which are, at least for me, Shift's atmospheric approach and Unclean's dirty PE with strong vocal work.

[fin de siècle]

In Death It Ends "Occvlt Machine" - brilliant dark synth pop! Highly recommended!
http://aufnahmeundwiedergabe.bandcamp.com/album/occvlt-machine

Suffocation "Pinnacle Of Bedlam" CD - really good album, expecially the melodic accoustic guitar parts! Much better than "Blood Oath", however, "Suffocation" is still their best!
https://soundcloud.com/nuclearblastrecords/suffocation-cycles-of

Dissecting Table/Vasilisk "Saddharma/Tribal Zone" CD - Vasilisk is extremely powerful dark buddhist drone/industrial! Highly recommended!

[RG]

Swans - The Seer
I would strongly recommend this album to anyone who frequents this board. Incredibly varied, this has something for fans of all kinds of music. Goes from angelic sounding to filthy repetitive locked-groove to doomy dark folk to buzzing drones to almost poppy sounding country-folk. Two hours long too. This is a perfect example of an album as a work of art, and it's amazing and inspiring that a guy nearing 60 years old can still be perfecting his craft and release the best album of his career. A masterwork, really. This is the kind of album that you can obsess over and I have been for the past few days since I first listened to it.

I actually watched this video first and it got the ball rolling:
http://youtu.be/al_-2LWwbSI

Never listened to much Swans but I've been aware of them for a long time. I checked out some of their stuff many years ago and "Filth" seemed to be the only thing that resonated with me. After listening to The Seer I think I may have to go back and listen to everything now. I might be missing out on some incredible material.

[Zeno Marx]

I found Seer to be weak compared to some of the live recordings I've heard from it.  The material has some good strength to it.  It's that the studio release didn't catch it at its utmost.  If you can find the FM broadcast from 2011-08-13 in Roskilde DK, that's a prime example of the songs being pushed into greater space.  It toured better than it recorded.

[ConcreteMascara]

I found Seer to be weak compared to some of the live recordings I've heard from it.  The material has some good strength to it.  It's that the studio release didn't catch it at its utmost.  If you can find the FM broadcast from 2011-08-13 in Roskilde DK, that's a prime example of the songs being pushed into greater space.  It toured better than it recorded.

I have to agree with this 100%. I was going to buy the vinyl when I saw them on tour, but after the show I knew there was no possible way any studio recording would have that same raw power. I've listened to my friends copy several times and sadly I was right. I thought the reverse was true for the last album though.

[linxtyx]

I was spinning V/A "Art of deviance" 2xTape today. I did it a few times and...it is bad.
I was surprised at first because of the names (all 4!) involved in this. But it felt like all tracks were old left overs or just recorded with lack of interest into release and idea itself.
I don't want to offend (or do I?) anyone, but there is no way I can be positive about this release.
Only UNCLEAN was different for my ears, somehow it was higher then other three.
JARL "Tunnel vision mind reaper" 2xTape nice one. Really good drones that fits this freaking cold Lithuanian winter.
ULTIMASTANZA "Corpse talk for the downright passiveness" & ULTIMASTANZA "A jewel in a dunghill" ordered those two because of style label. Simple as that. And I got a lot of reverb. It has something in it actually - need to a few more spins, but for sure it is not a thing that it is presented to be.
OORCHACH "Vigilia" tape - very interesting tape, it opened new perspective to the style of PoPo for me.
Mania / Coma Detox "In The Peripheral Margin Of Trauma" LP absolutely gorgeous release - more of those and the world will be saved. Both artists did wonderful job here.
Nicole 12 "Black Line" LP - veeeeery strange release and it perfectly suits me. Nice "turn" of N12.

[yosef666]

I was spinning V/A "Art of deviance" 2xTape today. I did it a few times and...it is bad.
I was surprised at first because of the names (all 4!) involved in this. But it felt like all tracks were old left overs or just recorded with lack of interest into release and idea itself.
I don't want to offend (or do I?) anyone, but there is no way I can be positive about this release.
Only UNCLEAN was different for my ears, somehow it was higher then other three.

Wow... to each their own I guess. I've listened to this 3 or 4 tapes, and it gets better with each listen. I thought all the acts were really bringing their A-game. An excellent release, in my eyes, and one that I will be coming back to again many times I'm sure.

[Mikerdeath]

I was spinning V/A "Art of deviance" 2xTape today. I did it a few times and...it is bad.
I was surprised at first because of the names (all 4!) involved in this. But it felt like all tracks were old left overs or just recorded with lack of interest into release and idea itself.
I don't want to offend (or do I?) anyone, but there is no way I can be positive about this release.
Only UNCLEAN was different for my ears, somehow it was higher then other three.

Wow... to each their own I guess. I've listened to this 3 or 4 tapes, and it gets better with each listen. I thought all the acts were really bringing their A-game. An excellent release, in my eyes, and one that I will be coming back to again many times I'm sure.

Need to order this, I want to hear the Concrete Mascara & Unclean tracks.

I guess this is a good time to say the Concrete Mascara 7" on filth and violence was ace and delivers on all fronts.

[Niko]

I was spinning V/A "Art of deviance" 2xTape today. I did it a few times and...it is bad.
I was surprised at first because of the names (all 4!) involved in this. But it felt like all tracks were old left overs or just recorded with lack of interest into release and idea itself.
I don't want to offend (or do I?) anyone, but there is no way I can be positive about this release.

I don't think they will be offended by negative reviews, since they are all grown ups(unlike William Bennett)
I personally liked the release, nothing mind blowing or surprising but it doesn't always need to be. Just solid filth and sleaze.
I think the "best of the average" category would be very fitting Art Of Deviance.

[Scat-O-Logy]

I looked out of the window, thinking to myself should I go skiing or just start my morning with a good old noise tape so here I am listening to Dada Fuck by Pussyfooter which is a set consisting of one CS, one 7" and an ugly box (haha). The 7" has some very cool metal banging which is always nice but sadly I didn't "feel the connection". I then popped in the CS and wow! What a nice piece of rotten filth with very old vibe to it. Really enjoyable listen. Strangely enough, I have had this for about three months now and this is my first listen. I have couple of other Pussyfooter releases but this is by far their best. Great work guys!

I was spinning V/A "Art of deviance" 2xTape today. I did it a few times and...it is bad.
I was surprised at first because of the names (all 4!) involved in this. But it felt like all tracks were old left overs or just recorded with lack of interest into release and idea itself.
I don't want to offend (or do I?) anyone, but there is no way I can be positive about this release.
Only UNCLEAN was different for my ears, somehow it was higher then other three.

I personally loved this tape. The only bad track was "Mouth Pigs" by STAB and even though the Chloroform Rapist track was quite nice, I didn't really get the point. I don't really have any favorites on it but very strong release overall. Unclean & CM did definitely a great job together and I wish them all the best for their upcoming gig in Vantaa. Pidän sormet ristissä, hyvin on äijät valmistautunut. :)

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Kaija Saariaho "Cinq Reflects / Nymphea Reflection / Oltra Mar" CD
Another brilliant modern classical release. Occasionally get very monumental and pompous, but also can keep minimalism and abstraction.

Jazz Hijokaidan "Made In Japan" CD
I don't know why this would be really called "jazz hijokaidan" as only real difference is the one sax player joining in c. 40 minutes of total live noise havoc. Non-stop total energy chaos with great sound. Very good!

Hijokaidan "made in studio" CD
In other hand, this is more of jazz hijokaidan! 4 tracks, and this follows idea of their previous studio albums. Even if 2 massive tracks include their trademark "everybody make as much noise as you can" approach, in middle, there are thrown two stripped down tracks involving only couple of the members. Clarinet sound is quite piercings as opposed to saxophone. It's surprisingly good choice!

[Levas]

V/A "Art of deviance"

I think the dubbing quality also has to do with the overall impression. + I've got a few complaints that the right or left channel on one or another tape has been muted. No one else noticed that? Well, I hope Corrosive Art will resolve these issues

[Scat-O-Logy]

V/A "Art of deviance"

I think the dubbing quality also has to do with the overall impression. + I've got a few complaints that the right or left channel on one or another tape has been muted. No one else noticed that? Well, I hope Corrosive Art will resolve these issues

I had no issues with channel balances but it was quite tricky to get my copy of STAB/CR cassette playing. After rolling it back and forth for like an hour I was able to get it fixed.

[ConcreteMascara]

I looked out of the window, thinking to myself should I go skiing or just start my morning with a good old noise tape so here I am listening to Dada Fuck by Pussyfooter which is a set consisting of one CS, one 7" and an ugly box (haha). The 7" has some very cool metal banging which is always nice but sadly I didn't "feel the connection". I then popped in the CS and wow! What a nice piece of rotten filth with very old vibe to it. Really enjoyable listen. Strangely enough, I have had this for about three months now and this is my first listen. I have couple of other Pussyfooter releases but this is by far their best. Great work guys!

I was spinning V/A "Art of deviance" 2xTape today. I did it a few times and...it is bad.
I was surprised at first because of the names (all 4!) involved in this. But it felt like all tracks were old left overs or just recorded with lack of interest into release and idea itself.
I don't want to offend (or do I?) anyone, but there is no way I can be positive about this release.
Only UNCLEAN was different for my ears, somehow it was higher then other three.

I personally loved this tape. The only bad track was "Mouth Pigs" by STAB and even though the Chloroform Rapist track was quite nice, I didn't really get the point. I don't really have any favorites on it but very strong release overall. Unclean & CM did definitely a great job together and I wish them all the best for their upcoming gig in Vantaa. Pidän sormet ristissä, hyvin on äijät valmistautunut. :)

we are prepared

[Levas]

RL:ZZ - Phantom Silence - when expectations are too high, it is not good. After previous tapes, I thought this will blow me away. Well, this is good album, but it seemed that tapes were better

Yannick Franck - Hierophany - I've heard about this artist for the first time, but got curious since Monochrome has released it. And it's basically what it states - good ambient.

Halalnihil - Pyrocumulonimbus - my oh my. Took a copy just because I was curious and didn't want to miss a release on Murderabilia. But this project sounds like a joke to me. There are a few decent parts, but overall it's like LLN on drugs. And track titles.. Fuck Wolf Puppies And Their Dead Mother .. are you for real?

Vulgar Disease - Alarma! - this one is good. maybe a little too long (almost 80 minutes), but overall good noise/pe