The Hidden Congregation "Missa Rubra Carrosiana" tape
hand made package in form of neat cardboard box, hand numbered 49 copies.
Label says: "Missa Rubra Carcosiana represents the live recording of The Hidden Congregation, a project created by members of Semai and Stor, from a gig in Bratislava club A4, 20. 2. 2015. For this evening The Hidden Congregation has prepared a special set inspired by the mythology of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert W. Chambers. Sonically, it is occult themed drone/noise with an insinuated black metal feeling, whose main lines roll on through continuous development of central frequencies and musical leitmotifs."
I don't find particularly black metal feeling. More it fits into simply realms of drone/noise/ritual, sometimes even hints of euro heavy electronics! Especially being dubbed all-on-red-all-the-time, is perhaps element what adds nice rumbling and blurry element to this mix, in genre what often suffers from slightly too polished productions. Once in a while it seems surprisingly good, that I even start to wonder how I have not seen this name mentioned anywhere? I just notice it was for sale in Tower Transmissions and traded this for couple Grunt tapes.
STOR "Forgotten Sewers" tape
Czech dark ambient industrial power electronics project what one could say almost the same as about the tape above. I guess it was also related projects? This one, small cardboard box ltd 39 copies. "Demons from the past are reborn as horrors of the future. Potential of the human mind is endless. The rest is noise." One got to appreciate any industrial-noise-ambient tape with bold statements/manifestos printed in insert.
