I'm a big, big fan of Dissecting Table, and Zigoku is my favorite album from him (and a favorite, top 100 albums type of deal for me). I've always found it filmic, dynamic, and focused in a long view way. In other words, it feels like there is a big arc there, and that isn't common in most types of music, let alone in
difficult musics. I was well versed until post-2000. I lost track after that, but when I have checked out newer works, I've found it rewarding. I thought we had a dedicated DS thread different than the one I have below, but maybe that was on Troniks? If you want to talk about him more in depth or privately, PM me. Being lazy, I'll plagiarize myself from another place:
"I wondered why Dissecting Table had a CD on Blood Sucker. Didn't realize Ichiro Tsuji is none other than 'One!', the original vocalist from seminal 80's HC unit Gudon, in which Blood Sucker founder 'Guy' plays bass.' Intrinsically Pure is the DS album."
"Spent the week revisiting a lot of the Dissecting Table catalog, up through Groping in the Dark (2002). I think I'm going to come off my Power Out of Control and Memories recommendations. They're more noisy and abstract than I remembered, so unless you have a thing for Japanese noise with less industrialism and more density, then those might not be good introduction albums. He does it well; lots of varied sounds and smart, 'difficult' listening. Not the unbridled industrial chaos I remembered them being. Still can't make up my mind between Life and Human Breeding (Relapse years). They both had some iffy spots and one stand-out track. Good albums, but one doesn't come across as the clear winner. Groping in the Dark jumped to maybe a 2nd recommendation behind Zigoku. It's his first album in many years where he's gone from the 4-song, long track format to the 10-song, traditional song length format. It's very high quality 'industrial metal'. If you like Godflesh, Meathook Seed, early Pitchshifter, etc, this might be your album. It is still purely Dissecting Table, with the drama, wide range of sounds and tones, sharp songwriting, and the rest of his signatures. It's not quite as accessible as Godflesh and Meathook Seed, but these 2-5 minute songs are definitely influenced by metal, riffs, and structured drumming. Pretty impressive that he can pull it off as well as he does. I'm going to have to give the next couple of albums closer attention. It's that good."
"I can't keep focused. Fell off the path as I was grabbing the CDs because I'd forgotten about Into the Light on Crowd Control Activities (incredibly solid catalog). I remember why Between Life and Death gets overshadowed by Zigoku. BLaD doesn't really go anywhere. With the exception of the track 'Murder Music', the other tracks are interchangeable. Zigoku does take a similar approach, but it is successful as it travels new situations and dialog with each track; storylike. It's the idea much better realized. Back to Into the Light...four long, varied tracks. Some heavy use of computer sounds, but more gamey than hollow plastic. Destroyed and distorted metals. Factory rhythms. Saws and sparks. Chaotic and layered, but almost minimalist in ways (at least for him). Less filmic. More about focused early industrialism."
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