Quote from: Salamanauhat on May 08, 2014, 11:50:39 AM
Thanks for the heads up, had missed this totally somehow...
Currently listening to Peenemünde's II. I don't think this album has received the attention it deserves. Very nice lofi tape industrial that holds together perfectly.
White Hospital being Steinklang release, it's now very small vinyl editions for collectors market. Various colors each pressed some dozens.
Peenemünde II is indeed very very good, and I strongly recommend to even those who didn't think first CD was anything outstanding.
When I first heard Ildjarn/Hate Forest split, to me it was quite big disappointment. To me Ildjarn material didn't even sound like Ildjarn. And it's possible debate whether it really even IS Ildjarn when it's hardly qualifies old works of his. More re-worked stuff by other people. To me it sounded obvious who it was. Anyways, this made me rather think why keep digging that deep into storages of ancient bands if all you find is unfinished guitar riffs? Instead, best raw BM releases of recent times must have been
MASTEMA cd on Werewolf label (fin). That IS really primitive BM, with no sellingpoints of scene veterans nor hipster acceptance.
Never been totally blown out by Portuguese BM, apart from late 90's monstrocity SUMMUM MALUM, but been still curious. To me, in BM context, interviews are crucial, and reading pretty crappy interview of VETALA, it made me much less interested in band. Skipped most of stuff, but now took this
VETALA / KRUEL KOMMANDO split 7". If talking about lack of true primitive force in that Ildjarn split, then here is no question about it. Utterly rotten, most sadistic rubbish pressed on vinyl these days. Vetala sound and drumming style makes Ildjarn quite tight actually. But Kruel Kommando is even better. Only for lovers of most rawest or the raw. Another jewel
MALDICAO / RUACH RAAH split 7". Tune of instruments is something what makes early Mutiilation sound like music school production. Maldicao is something so bizarre, when both 33 and 45 sounds like wrong speed! I'm sure its 33rpm, though. Howling voice is something Finns may have used to hear from these "outside bm" things like Dead Reptile Shrine or Circle of Ouroborus. Ruach Raah is more punky. Rehearsal room madness of this "black punk" kind of stuff where roots clearly in Bone Awl / Ildjarn axis.
Black Cilice / Woddrea Mylenstede split 7". First one has great melodies, but dull vocals (in long run, works ok'ish on one track). Latter is utterly raw sound, but melodic riffs. Works for 7" format well.