TONGUE KISS HEMATOMA CD
Filth & Violence
I have pretty much same feelings with this as with Agonal Lust tape. In a way, it is pretty much exactly the way I like my p.e.. Raw, abusive, aggressive, filthy,... but also at the same time feels like it's little bit too much of what could be expected. So, basically it seems like need to give album some time and return when there has been lack of violent and noisy pe in the playlist, hah.. Vile teen girl abuse, date-rape, incest, trannies,.. Perfect example of the contemporary current of obvious p.e.. Explicit and obvious sound, vocals and artwork.
SICK SEED "Power Play" CD
Filth & Violence
What exactly makes Sick Seed stand out when compared to TKH? Many things! First of all, Sick Seed is rarely obvious. It may have rough subject matter, but sort of dilettantish approach. PPT's works may be occasionally vile and brutal, but also with diverse references to culture, art, movies, music, occult, esoteric, etc. Second is that Sick Seed has managed to develop his own style - or even many of them! Also rather unique ways of handling vocal pacing and intensity. All the imperfections in sound or arrangements contribute material to be more. A lot of releases that are done too safe start to be predictable.
This album appears thematically different from previous. Overall feel has something same, though. Both albums are like traditional music albums. 40 minutes length, with lots of "radio friendly" length tracks. In these two albums Sick Seed no longer has the music part of industrial music. It is clearly composed and arranged, as every track stands out as great piece of work.
BIZARRE UPROAR "High Risk Lifestyle" CD
Filth & Violence
New album is recorded live to tape recorder. Offers more fierce and ripping sound. Something people may have already hear in some of his recent live gigs. It is different from album before, yet goes into same category. Always slowly shifting and mutating sound of Bizarre Uproar will satisfy it's lovers and perhaps gain also listeners who prefer it a bit more ripping and harsher than few albums has been?
VERNICHTUNG DURCH ARBEIT "Hungertod" CD
Filth & Violence
I didn't care for the previous album. This is 10x better. It's not as well done and intense as TONGUE KISS HEMATOMA, but in this bleakness of crappy sound waste and atrocious document dialogues and starving skeletal artworks, it works for what it is. For fans of bleak and vile stuff.
ANENZEPHALIA "Programmatika" tape
Hospital
While new KE/HIL 12" and new GENOCIDE ORGAN 7" are extremely good, I still am rather disturbed about Anenzephalia being over. If you can blame some bands to too obvious, there is hardly anything obvious in Anenzephalia. This tape, collecting bits and pieces from 1989-2006 and mixed down 2016, just blows my mind. Artwork isn't good. Graphic design is rather horrid, but in it's themes, looks and spirit there is great feel of it being more than it feels like. While with some other releases my gut-feeling is exact the opposite.