PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[martialgodmask]

Exitus - Treatment Plan Really digging this, dark and brooding, not in your face but harsh enough. Suits Martin's "stable" at Unrest perfectly, very impressed.

Peenemunde - II Also enjoying this, first spin I liked it, second spin I enjoyed it a lot more. Felt a bit like the short tracks were too short initially but as the album goes on and reaches the longer numbers, it works just fine.

Jaakko Vanhala - Here Be Lions By contrast to the former but meaning no disrespect, this has almost "instant classic" written through it. Complex, ferocious, an absolute harsh noise treat. First listened whilst driving and nearly had to pull over.

[Levas]

Devita / Sleepyard - calm and nice recording. Though I was not familiar with any of these names and was expecting something more extravagant, this tape is nice.

Entre Vifs - Heavy Duty - perhaps the best release of Influencing Machine that I've listened to. Interesting sessions and good sound.

Le Syndicat - 30 years of excess - Nice boxset. Good to know more about the band. I think tape 3 was my favourite of all the bunch though none of them were bad.

Contagious Orgasm + Kotodama - Blackout - Calm and pretty listenable recording. Even enjoyable.

Necrophagia - Cannibal Holocaust - Good

Belphegor - The Last Supper / Blutsabbath - decent

Halgadom - Sturmwoge - bad

Agathocles  / Necrocannibalistic Vomitorium - good

Thorofon - Nice n'sleazy - First few tracks seemed out of place, but then I got all groovy and the tape went very well

Behind the Toilet Door - part I - ah, I've read the description just now. It's live recording of the gig where musicians played in a small wooden toilet. And I'd say there were pretty interesting stuff happening in that toilet. Good documentation.

Smut - Piano one - I love piano sounds and of course this could've been something pretty neat, but the material is too simple and too repetitive so after a while you get simply bored. But overall, quite ok.

Fantom Auditory Operations ~ Jan Warnke & Michael Esposito & Amphetamine Logic ‎– The Echoes Of The Gestapo Cellar - I liked that. Mostly about horrors of nazi regime (something new, huh!) but the sounds are nice.

Elisha Morningstar - Axioms - I'm a fanboy of Elisha Morningstar and this tape is so far the best of his material that I've heard. Moody, rough, raw and dark. Harsh noise straight to the point! Highly recommended!

Ottaven - Live in Rome - meh. Ambient, going towards glitch and then going back to ambient. Lots of irritating sounds though there are a few pretty decent places.

Hheva ‎– Her Frozen Heart Bore The Weight Of A Thousand Stars - This is very good! Bleak industrial/ambient. highly enjoyable!

Aossic S'Lba - Pan Aeonic Glyphs - Great sounds, interesting concept.

Los Heraldos Negros - Ya de aqui ini te vas - a month or more ago this guy had a gig here in Lithuania. Best experiences from the evening - solid and secure building of noise. Not something you could remember for ages, but very good performance. and this cdr is good too. Stuff is of course more varied etc. I just don't know why i have 2 copies of this..

Drug Age - Dyslexic Action - this is good, but for my taste, Axioms was better. Anyways, well done 4 tapes.

Eisenwinter / Holocaustus - Teutsch-Helvetischer Kampfbund - though I have difficulties listening to most of the German black metal, but this stuff is quite decent. But I think on tape it sounded better.

[Zeno Marx]

Bl'ast - It's in My Blood 1987 - Cro-Mags The Age of Quarrel crossed with Black Flag, and to be clear, those are two great things that combine to make another great thing.
In Gowan Ring 2003-06-07 Leipzig - not the greatest recording, but a beautiful show - the in-between song banter is worth it alone; hippies aren't this hippy - I dig it.
Human Bastard - s/t//14-song CDr 2002 - next to maybe Meanwhile, this is some of the best crusty hardcore of this style of the 2000s.
Blood I Bleed - Gods Out of Monsters 2009 - ex-My Mind's Mine, which had one of my all-time favorite grind albums - this is also a solid/good grind album - download it for free on bandcamp.
Black Flag - '82 demos - well, great fun as always.
Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy 1969 - he's new to me, and I'm enjoying it.
Kevin Ayers - Shooting at the Moon 1970 - not the kind of psychedelia you play for a single track - these are albums to experience as a whole; though, some of the bonus tracks are fine additions.
Bad Influence - New Age Witch Hunt 1992 - man, I love this band.
Ambush - Lach 1994 - thought it would be a good follow up to the Bad Influence to keep that mood rolling, but by this flip, I'd exhausted my energy for it - still, classic German HC.
My Name is Satan - Refuse to Kneel 2000 - was this really as late as 2000? - that Okus had me grabbing for this great album.
Olho Seco - Olho Por Olho 1989 - this thing is a fierce, smoking sizzler - this is the official CD reissue from a long time ago, and it is from a vinyl rip because they lost the master tapes - I don't know if the 12" now floating around is a boot or official, but whatever the case, it also has to be from a vinyl rip at best/MP3s at worst - a vinyl reissue of a vinyl rip doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me, but this thing should be heard.

[Levas]

Skullflower / Utarm - not disappointed! on the contrary. Somewhere in between black metal, guitar drone/ambient, dark and truly beautiful album. Both acts well worth the good word.

Black Leather Jesus - Prove to me that you're more than meat - this falls to the category of good BLJ albums. Varied tracks and overall good atmosphere.

VA - Americanoise - great compilation. My favourites could be Daniel Menche, Taint, Mother Savage, Stimbox and a few acts from the 2nd disc that I don't remember what tracks were theirs.

Scorn - Stealth - unusually nice drum'n'bass. monotonous and hypnotic. I liked this.

Die Reitenden Leichen - Supreme Nudity - Great stuff. Dark and murky harsh noise, leaning towards HNW.

C from Zelphabet - Somewhat weird and enjoyable material. Especially Charlemagne Palestine and Chop Shop

VA - Epicurean Escapism - Listened to the CD and I couldn't say if any artist submitted a weak track. I couldn't find any. All of the participants with unique and good sound, atmosphere and audible result. But Anemone Tube, Trepaneringsritualen and Dieter Muh tracks were nevertheless shining. Great stuff

[linxtyx]

Negative Climax - Kālá

Simply perfect. I love it. Atmosphere is insanely "mine".

Budrūs - Canine Visions X

This one was a big thing to me, cause when I started listening to this CD, I was hoping to hear something in the style of first one...but this one at the same the is very close to the predecessor and very far away. As I said to Mr. Pogrom this one is somehow more "musical" and this "musical" touch fits this CD at its best. Nice one. It will be in mine dark-winter-misanthropy-playlist for sure.

[Mikerdeath]

Jaakko Vanhala - Here Be Lions By contrast to the former but meaning no disrespect, this has almost "instant classic" written through it. Complex, ferocious, an absolute harsh noise treat. First listened whilst driving and nearly had to pull over.

I really need a copy of this.

My Mind's Mine

This band was really good.

C from Zelphabet - Somewhat weird and enjoyable material. Especially Charlemagne Palestine and Chop Shop

I have never heard any "bad" recording from Chop Shop. I would buy this for his track alone.

[HONOR_IS_KING!]

Scorn - Stealth - unusually nice drum'n'bass. monotonous and hypnotic. I liked this.

I figured this was more on the side of dubstep? Regardless, glad to know that someone else really enjoys this release.

I find it quite respectable when an artist is capable of doing polar opposites when it comes to their overall output.

[Johann]

yea, Chop Shop is phenomenal...i haven't heard a bad release yet....Been falling asleep to Oxide almost every night since returning home to MI. that release is fucking amazing, highly recommended.

Aaron Dilloway - Concealed Cassette. Love this release, as previously mentioned, the track "...for dolly" separates the two sides of the LP, wonderful and creepy. Side B is killer, gotta give it a couple more spins. I picked it up mostly so i could hear the track "Return to Xanax" not sure if it is the same version on the rope and the dogs 8 track release or not. But i've read good things and i must say it delivers.

Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse/4 track EP lp (feat. Mortis on keyboards)...years ago i hated the mastering on Nightside, but returning to it after 3 years without it I gotta say i love it

Evil Moisture - Blood sauce...melting cartoons, channels rapidly changing. amazing, totally fucking fun listen

Macronympha - Melting Softly into Time, nasty sounding. bassy, some parts are rhythmic and others stunningly beautiful. great release.

Black Flag - Damage, classic.

My Bloody Valentine - Ecstasy and Wine, i dig this release a lot. just good music to turn on if you just need to hear something.

Velvet Cocoon - two different albums, ones a double cd. good black metal, i dig it. the ambient stuff is sweet too, sounds like a dxm trip. heavy lost in the woods for good vibe.

Ariel Pink - Worn Copy, don't care what people say about this dude. his solo bedroom 8 track shit is incredible. catchy. good fun listen. years ago my friend gave me a cd-r his buddy mailed him and told me he thought it sounded like a runny ice cream cone...blew my mind out back then, now not as much. but this album has some of the best tracks period. never bothered to check out the new shit. don't care

[martialgodmask]

Velvet Cocoon - two different albums, ones a double cd. good black metal, i dig it. the ambient stuff is sweet too, sounds like a dxm trip. heavy lost in the woods for good vibe.

Ignoring the "pranks" associated with it and them, Genevieve is hands down their best. Really dense and thick atmosphere pouring out of the speakers.

The double CD, is that Atropine? Another very good one and perfect example of how their drone/black ambient fits alongside their more "traditional" black metal. I've dipped in and out of their other albums but it's only these two that I really return to, Genevieve particularly. Love how the opening track just melts away into a tripped out drone mid-section.

NP:
Savages - Silence Yourself Saw these on the Glastonbury coverage by chance and was intrigued so decided to grab the new album. It is excellent! Perfect for having the windows open in this balmy British weather, post-punk with a big nod to Siouxsie and The Banshees, Joy Division and more, really catchy.

[Dr Alex]

Sektion B ‎– Power Is Nothing Without Control STEINKLANG cdr
Sektion B ‎– Power Is Nothing Without Control STEINKLANG lp
Sektion B ‎– Power Is Nothing Without Control mp3 rip from L. White cdr.

I noticed big difference in sound between these releases. Steinklang cdr/lp sounds poor, rip from L. White cdr sound great!
I asked Peter what's the difference and he wrote me this:
"I don't know why the STEINKLANG track is so shitty in contest to the original!"

Anyone knows what happens?
I read here something about Dissecting Table re-issues on Steinklang...

[Levas]

Poor mastering specifically for LP and then the same master burnt on CDr perhaps?

[Dr Alex]

I guess...
L. White mastering is great, Steinklang is poor.

See the difference between L. White [up] and Steinklang [down] - track 7. Whitelines

[Levas]

Well i think you couldn't press vinyl with the full on frequency scale like in l.white case

[Zeno Marx]

I haven't heard either of these versions of this track, but generally speaking, I'd prefer the bottom image over the top image.  The top image would imply a lot of clipping and no dynamics.  It would certainly be louder, but that would be about the only advantage.  I have volume controls on all my equipment, so that is inconsequential.  The bottom image indicates some breathing room, and that is almost always a good thing.  I mean...this is why vinyl can be the preferred sound.

Ripping the LWhite to wav and not MP3 would give a better idea of what is actually there.  MP3 encoding does all kind of manipulation to the spectral result.  And the LWhite version, at least as we see it here, wouldn't be the better of the two for vinyl mastering.

[Dr Alex]

Well i think you couldn't press vinyl with the full on frequency scale like in l.white case

One is from L. White cdr, another is from Steinklang cdr. Not from lp.