PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[eyestrain]

Caustic Qualm Caustic Qualm (Strange Rules): I've got a very low tolerance for PE, so there's little reference for me to give. This is just a classy tape of unintelligible Brit grunts muffled beneath some hypnotic and/or stressful harsh sounds. B-Side starts off fairly irritating, but as the voice evaporates, I become fairly intrigued. Doesn't get me all giddy like his (their?) contribution to We Gave Them..., but still, I thought this was fairly refreshing.

Pedestrian Deposit Fatale (Hospital/Hanson): Damn, what have I been waiting for!? Quite an incredible group here. Can't wait to dig more deeply into this and other releases.

Hheva Drenched In The Mist Of Sleep (Diazepam): Another lush tape of ambient beauty. A-side is rather straight-forward, but things fall into much juicier territory on side B. Still haven't pinned down what it is, but this fella delivers in a genre I wouldn't notice the disappearance of. Is that a Gentileschi on the cover?

V/A Samhainwork II (Heathen Harvest): Not as dull as episode one, but a lot duds regardless. I can't wrap my head around Lamia Vox: 8th rate "satanic" The Moon Lay Hidden.... The interview on HH was embarrassing. Being an occult goth cunt is pure popularity I suppose.

Really excited for new releases on Wendy Prodz, Järtecknet (Nordiska Ljud), Joy De Vivre, Second Sleep...the glory never ceases!

[64]

I can't wrap my head around Lamia Vox: 8th rate "satanic" The Moon Lay Hidden.... The interview on HH was embarrassing. Being an occult goth cunt is pure popularity I suppose.

As rumours have it, it's actually her husband who creates and records all the music; and, having seen her "play" "live" once (in February 2010 when Lamia Vox was an opening act for Inade), I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually true. The "performance" was simply embarrassing: one could clearly hear someone at the mixing desk load tracks in WinAmp while she just pretended to do something on her synth; and when she brought on a "shamanic" drum, she couldn't get her hands in sync with the rhythm for about 15 seconds. (Sal Solaris was hardly any better, but for different reasons, though; they, at the very least, produced all the sounds live indeed.)

Really excited for new releases on Wendy Prodz, Järtecknet (Nordiska Ljud), Joy De Vivre, Second Sleep...the glory never ceases!

Same here. I'm particularly looking forward to "A Fidgety and Excitable Engine" by Jeph Jerman, the snippet from side A is especially promising; I just love this particular approach to field recordings when there seem to be several simultaneous streams of sound which interplay with each other in all sorts and manners and eventually become entwined in one inseparable, indivisible whole. Days In Return also sounds really interesting, and I wonder what new angle or territory Amph chose to explore on two new releases. The "Eros" compilation should be killer, going by the line-up.

[online prowler]

Organized Resistance -  Day of the Rope (2005)



"Tools Of Communication Pt. 2":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ubju89I5DE

[eyestrain]

I can't wrap my head around Lamia Vox: 8th rate "satanic" The Moon Lay Hidden.... The interview on HH was embarrassing. Being an occult goth cunt is pure popularity I suppose.

As rumours have it, it's actually her husband who creates and records all the music; and, having seen her "play" "live" once (in February 2010 when Lamia Vox was an opening act for Inade), I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually true. The "performance" was simply embarrassing: one could clearly hear someone at the mixing desk load tracks in WinAmp while she just pretended to do something on her synth; and when she brought on a "shamanic" drum, she couldn't get her hands in sync with the rhythm for about 15 seconds. (Sal Solaris was hardly any better, but for different reasons, though; they, at the very least, produced all the sounds live indeed.)

Not surprised to hear this at all. The whole faux-cult martial/ambient/drone/industrial sphere attracts some real repulsive losers. Claim all they wish about having some deep connection to the unseen elements; mostly I just see image-obsessed queens. Posin' for Satan!

Really excited for new releases on Wendy Prodz, Järtecknet (Nordiska Ljud), Joy De Vivre, Second Sleep...the glory never ceases!

Same here. I'm particularly looking forward to "A Fidgety and Excitable Engine" by Jeph Jerman, the snippet from side A is especially promising; I just love this particular approach to field recordings when there seem to be several simultaneous streams of sound which interplay with each other in all sorts and manners and eventually become entwined in one inseparable, indivisible whole. Days In Return also sounds really interesting, and I wonder what new angle or territory Amph chose to explore on two new releases. The "Eros" compilation should be killer, going by the line-up.

Never really enjoyed the prior Amph outputs, but Polar/Mongol was excellent and the samples for these new works do sound rather tasty. EROS will slay, I'm certain of it. Jeph has a discography so vast, all I can do is enjoy modern releases as they come - can't wait! It's probably not even worth a mention, but there's something endearing about listening to real mp3 samples on Second Sleep's site and not Soundcloud, Bandcamp, ReverbNation, etc... Makes me feel like it's 2000.

Sissy Spacek Harm (Troniks): I feel like this would really appeal to the all the Filth & Violence fanboys on here. High-end, noisecore, harsh noise, absurd. Been a hell of a week with more time spent in the plant than in bed or with my family. Started today off with a long run with the dog, but now I'm standing out back in the field, grilling, drinking my first Stone Old Guardian of 2013 (how did it take this long?!) and blasting my first album of the day out the back door...this on repeat. Fuck it's good!

Hum Of The Druid Societal (SNSE): Been going through the Druid's works lately as they've been collecting dust on the shelf for a while. Not quite as impressive as I used to think they were. This falls more in the field of linear, bass-heavy harsh noise. I do love the artwork though. I think Frozen Tropics will forever be my favorite. It's replete with variety and impact. This is more like Skin Graft --- it just is.

Arditi Leading The Iron Resistance (Equilibrium): They just keep getting better with every album. Less thumping, senseless industrial-esque sounds and more and more cinematic militancy. The track on the Samhainwork II comp got me digging out some albums for the evening. We'll see how Marching On To Victory stands in contrast to this once I'm a little sloppy in the moonlit hours.

[eyestrain]

Organized Resistance -  Day of the Rope (2005)

"Tools Of Communication Pt. 2":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ubju89I5DE

Also...this is certainly tied with Alienated And Radicalized. Such passion. Such creativity. Far outside of trend. Listening to one album typically leads to time with the other.

[ARKHE]

EXITUS - Treatment Plan
PUCE MARY - Success
REGIM - Stabbed by the Blind
AMPH/ARV & MILJÖ - Nordiska ljud 1
CAULDHAME - Debris

Scandinavian & British industrial supremacy. P.M cold and eerie, Exitus highly Germanic, Cauldhame atmospheric, Regim plain brutal, Amph oceanic & meditative, A&M simple & straightforward (engine sounds sometime reminding of Shift - Bulk, with less scorching distortion).

[cr]

Had some great hours this weekend listening to these:
- Duncan/Esposito/Z'ev: There must be a way across this river
- Sutcliffe Jugend & Junko: Sans Palatine Uvula
- The Rita: Escorting
- Concrete vs Umpio vs Mascara - First and second listen - this is great!!
- Mania + H.H.: Wreckage - Yess!
- Croatian Amor: Mercure 7"
- Djinn: 1978
- Linekraft: Bouryoku Kikai  
- n/m: Philosophy in the morgue
- Skin Graft: Drenched
- Corpuscle: Integration Powder
- Antaeus: Blood Libels (in memory of LSK)
- Intolitarian: Berserker Savagery
- Pogrom: Live at Helsinki/Nimetön Part I-IV
- Vomir: Les escaliers de la cave
- Control: Transgression
- Human Larvae: Womb worship
- Edwidge: The inconsolable widow thanks all those who consoled her - Great title, great noise

[tiny_tove]

quite obsessed by PUCE MARY - Success

[dmkerr]

This weekend I recorded a bunch of 7" vinyl to cdr.  Replayed "Priest In Shit" from Phage Tapes several times in a row.  Also a bunch of Hogra, particularly the split with Macronympha.

The other half of the weekend was taken up with Borbetomagus... The Original Chirping Chicken, Bells Together, The Rape of Atlanta and good old Barbed Wire Maggots.

[fin de siècle]

I can't wrap my head around Lamia Vox: 8th rate "satanic" The Moon Lay Hidden.... The interview on HH was embarrassing. Being an occult goth cunt is pure popularity I suppose.

As rumours have it, it's actually her husband who creates and records all the music; and, having seen her "play" "live" once (in February 2010 when Lamia Vox was an opening act for Inade), I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually true. The "performance" was simply embarrassing: one could clearly hear someone at the mixing desk load tracks in WinAmp while she just pretended to do something on her synth; and when she brought on a "shamanic" drum, she couldn't get her hands in sync with the rhythm for about 15 seconds. (Sal Solaris was hardly any better, but for different reasons, though; they, at the very least, produced all the sounds live indeed.)

Not surprised to hear this at all. The whole faux-cult martial/ambient/drone/industrial sphere attracts some real repulsive losers. Claim all they wish about having some deep connection to the unseen elements; mostly I just see image-obsessed queens. Posin' for Satan!

This is funny! I will witness in 6 weeks, when I perform with her at the Dark Land Fire Festival http://www.piletilevi.ee/est/piletid/muusika/muu/?concert=133682 in Lithuania and let you know : ) PS. the interview is embarrassing ...

[HOGRA]

SWANS "Not Here/Not Now" 2xcd
OXBOW "Serenade In Red" cd
HARVEY MILK "The Kelly Sessions" cd
SLAUGHTER "Stappado" LP
GODFLESH "Cold World" EP cd
DREAM DEATH "Somnium Excessum" LP
FLIPPER "Public Flipper Limited" 2xLP

[P A N I C]

Over the last week, up until right now:

- Where is This/Zebra Mu - Split (bizcard CDr, Bored Bear Recordings)
- The Shock Technician/Zebra Mu - Split (3" CDr, Cantankerous Records)
- Hostage Pageant/Zebra Mu - Split (bizcard CDr, Quagga Curious Sounds)
- Woven - Woven (CDr, Haute Magie)
- Die Reitenden Leichen - Död Odin (C60, Monolithische Aktion)
- Die Reitenden Leichen - Destroy All Beauty (C20, Monolithische Aktion)
- Alo Girl versus Die Reitenden Leichen - Split (C30, Monolitische Aktion)
- Die Reitenden Leichen - Glorious Crimes (C60, Monolithische Aktion)
- Die Reitenden Leichen - Sathanas Vomere (C10, Monolithische Aktion)
- Welby - Faceless (3" CDr, Pigdurt)
- various - Mouth Noise (3" CDr, XV Parówek)
- Japan - Oil on Canvas (2xLP, Virgin)
- Altar of Flies - Permanent Cavity (CD, iDEAL Recordings)
- The Favorats - Destination Outta Space (7", Stardum Records)
- Girls' Generation - Love & Girls (CD+DVD, SM Records)
- Girls' Generation - Galaxy Supernova (CD+DVD, SM Records)
- Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror (CD, Mom+Pop)
- Orgasm Denial/Wolverine Carcass - Split (C90, Crushing Cassettes)
- Sissy Spacek - Harm (CD, Troniks)
- Converge - No Heroes (CD, Epitaph)
- Björk - The Best Mixes (CD, Mother Records)
- Björk - The Dull Flame of Desire #B (12", One Little Indian)
- Boar - Craft (C14, Worthless Recordings)
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (CD/cassette, Palace Records)
- Grouper - AIA (2xCD, Kranky)
- Beirut - Elephant Gun (7", 4AD)
- Purity Ring - Shrines (CD, 4AD)
- TNGHT - TNGHT (12", Warp Records)
- YUKI - Play Ball/Sakamichi no Melody (CD, Epic Records)
- Where is This - Paunch (CDr, Bored Bear Recordings)
- Clive Henry - III (CDr, Bored Bear Recordings)
- Female Harakiri - The Wave Petals (CDr, Bored Bear Recordings)
- Trumans Water - Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox and Ass (CD, Elemental)
- Yu Chiu - YuSee! Again (CD, Music Icon Records)

[eyestrain]

SWANS "Not Here/Not Now" 2xcd

This is much more enjoyable than seeing them live where you literally can hear NOTHING but a deafening hum and the sight of Gira prancing like a moron makes you leave the venue and wish you hadn't wasted $20 on such garbage. Yet still, this DCD is only fun for about 30 minutes. I don't think anyone is praise-worthy enough for me to want to watch them drunkenly write music on the spot for two fucking hours.

[metalpunk]

I have been listenning again and again both CDs by JAAKKO VANHALA recently.
My favorite is Feral Earth while Here be Lions is still on very very top level. Very recommended!

[HOGRA]

SWANS "Not Here/Not Now" 2xcd

This is much more enjoyable than seeing them live where you literally can hear NOTHING but a deafening hum and the sight of Gira prancing like a moron makes you leave the venue and wish you hadn't wasted $20 on such garbage. Yet still, this DCD is only fun for about 30 minutes. I don't think anyone is praise-worthy enough for me to want to watch them drunkenly write music on the spot for two fucking hours.

Not nearly as good as 80's era SWANS ('Cop' is easily my favorite Swans record) but I saw them in June and it was a very good show. I agree that I could have done without Gira's on-stage prancing, but they were good that night and I'm glad I went. I saw the Angels of Light on their first three tours and it ranked up there with any of those shows for me.