probably mentioned many times elsewhere, but LINEKRAFT. "The Man Who Was Plugged In" CDR from 2008 was something that I got from artists when I saw him play in Japan. I don't know how well, if at all, it was distributed in west. Was it this guy who organized some Steinklang bands to Japan? I think so. CDR is full length album, mostly based on idea of heavy "hammer" he used to bound smashing and crushing noises out of metal junk. Most of the songs of recording are ok, but they are pretty hectic hammering with extensive distortion, reaching more typical realms of Japanese noise. At the best band is in less aggressive works like "electro shkval", massive 8 minute track completed with deep bounding rhythmic hammer, spoken word, samples, dark haunting voices... very close to more european apporach to old school industrial. The more he applies the distortion pedals, closer to jap noise it transforms. Songs such as the 6th = final track seems again like it would be perhaps live recording, where slow crashes of junk metal and fierce feedback most definitely has industrial atmosphere. I would rate the last parts of the CD the best. Some buried, but frantic vocals, fastly varied feedback, colossal metal junk. If you would make a 10" of two last tracks, it would kill. Most definitely something new from Japan people should keep eye on.
