November 21 - 30 (#326 - 335)

#326) Locrian - The Clearing (2011)

#327) The Catalyst - Marianas Trench (2008) 

#328) Horseback & Locrian - New Dominions (2012) 

#329) Vektor - Outer Isolation (2011) 

#330) Circle - Panic (2007) 

#331) Anodyne - Salo (2003) chaotic, noisy hardcore

#332) Nadja/Ovo - The Life and Death of a Wasp  (2010) 

#333) Pygmy Lush -Mount Hope (2008) 

#334) White Wizzard - Over the Top (2009) 80s metal

 #335) Furze - Trident Autocrat (2000) weird experimental black metal

November 11 - 20 (#316 - 325)

#316) Book of Sand - How Beautiful to Walk Free (2010) 

#317) Wolf Eyes - Black Wing Over the Sand (2007) sick stuff

#318) Fister - Bronsonic: Lethal Overdose Edition (2011) doom.


#319) Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire - Harmonies From Bleeding Mouths (2006)

#320) Psychofagist - Il Secondo Tragico (2009) 


#321) Atavist/Nadja - II: Points at Infinity (2008) drone doom

#322) Author & Punisher - The Painted Army (2005)  

#323) Author & Punisher - Warcry (2007) 

#324) Author & Punisher - Ursus Americanus (2012) 

#325) Bell Witch - Longing (2012)

October 21 - 31 (#295 - 305)

#295) At the Graves - II (2010) 

#296) Clinging to the Trees Of a Forest Fire - Omega Drunk on the Blood Of Alpha (2008) 

#297) Celeste - Nihiliste(s) (2008) 

#298) Book of Sand - Destruction, Not Reformation (2010) 

#299) Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage (2011) 

#300) Elizabeth - Where Vultures Land (2012) hardcore from Switzerland.

#301) Macho Distorto - To My Dead & Beloved (2011)

#302) Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick (2009) 

#303) Happy Days - Cause of Death: Life (2012) 

#304) Wraiths - Plaguebearer (2007) dark drone/ritual/ambient/noise

#305) Necrophiliacs - The Collected Works (2012) 

October 1 - 10 (#275 - 284)

#275) Mz.412 - Burning the Temple of God (1996) 

#276) Akercocke - Antichrist (2007) 

#277) Mummifier - Advanced Mummification Procedure (2010) deathgrind about mummies, satan, and satan mummies

#278) Caïna - Mourner (2007)

#279) Dead Raven Choir - Cask Strength Black Metal (2005) collection of out of print EPs

#280) Nekrasov - Into the No-Mans-Sphere of the Ancient Days (2007) 

#281) Ghast - May the Curse Bind (2008) 

#282) Sun Devoured Earth - I Wish I Would Never Wake Up (2011) 

#283) Circle of Ouroborus - Cast to the Pits (2010) 

#284) Botanist - I: The Suicide Tree (2011) 

September 11 - 20 (#255 - 264)

#255) Tenhi - Kauan (1999) 

#256) Billy Crystal Meth - Meth Metal (2008) 

#257 - 259) Text of Light - Metal Box (2006) 

#260) rRope - We Are You There (2012) 

#261) Science Heroes - Transmission Zero Hour (2010) 

#262) P.H.O.B.O.S. - Tectonics (2005) industrial doom

#263) Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire - Songs of Ill Hope and Desperation (2010)

#264) Moss - Sub Templum (2008) occult doom

September 1 - 10 (#245 - 254)

#245) Millions - Gather Scatter (2008)  hardcore from Chicago

#246) SSS - The Dividing Line (2008) 

#247) Deterior - Cleanse (2009) 

#248) Sockeye - Barf On a Globe (1999) 

#249) Tenhi - Airut:aamujen (2004) neofolk from Finland

#250) Vektor - Black Future (2009) 

#251) Artortured - Dimensions of Suffering (2012)  

#252) Atavist - II:Ruined (2007) drone doom

#253) Circle - Miljard (2006) 

#254) The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, the Lord Has Left Us (2006) 

August 21 - 31 (#234 - 244)

#234) Pinkish Black - Pinkish Black (2012) 

#235) The Blind Shake - Carmel (2007) 

#236) Death in June - The World That Summer (1986) 

#237) Keuhkot - Toimintatapoja Olioille (2005) 

#238) Captain Ahab - The Great Disappointment (2006) 

#239) 16 Volt - Demography: The Basement Tapes (2000) collection of old tracks and demos

#240) Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors (2008) 

#241) Captain Ahab - The Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (2010) live tracks

#242) Captain Ahab - The Sex Is Next (2004) 

#243) The Phantom Carriage - Late Comers (2005) 

#244) Ramona Falls - Intuit (2009)  

August 11 - 20 (#224 - 233)

#224) Brutal Truth - End Time (2011) 

#225) Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Angles (2008) 

#226) Nesseria - Nesseria (2010) blackened hardcore

#227) Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV (2009) 

#228) Assault Squad Safety Scissors - The Children Are Our Future and So Are Flying Cars (2007)  

#229) Captain Ahab - After the Rain My Heart Still Dreams (2006) 

#230 - 232) Merzbow - Another Merzbow Records (2010) collects various tracks off splits and comps released between 1991 and 2001

#233) Great Falls - Fontanelle (2010) 

August 1 - 10 (214 - 223)

#214) Dreamend - And the Tears Washed Over Me, Wave After Cowardly Wave (2012) 


#215) Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs (2008) 

#216) Hair Police - Certainty of Swarms (2008) 

#217) Richard Cheese - Live at the Royal Wedding (2011) 

#218) Verse En Coma - Rialto (2008) 

#219) Old Silver Key - Tales of Wandering (2011) 

#220) Noism ± (2008) 
 
#221) Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) 

#222) KEN Mode - Mennonite (2008)  

#223) Blood of the Black Owl - A Feral Spirit (2008) 

July 18 - 31 (201 - 213)

#201) Hammers of Misfortune - The Bastard (2001) 

#202) Emo Summer - Land of Emotional Plastic Furniture (1999) bad. not for me

#203) George Holdcroft - The FP Soundtrack (2011) 

#204) Disunicorps - Try (2011) 

#205) Disunicorps - Re:Try (2012) 

#206) Sutekh Hexen- Larvae (2012) 

#207) Panopticon - Social Disservices (2011) 

#208) The Paper Chase - Cntrl-Alt-Delete-U (2001) 

#209) Richard Cheese - Dick at Nite (2007) 

#210) Trust - Trst (2012) 

#211) Antigama/Drugs of Faith split (2007) 

#212) Nadja - The Bungled & the Botched (2008) 

#213) In Defence - Into the Sewer (2009) 

Gnaw Their Tongues/Sick to the Back Teeth - Constructing Enochian Temples/Mary Magdalene

#197) Gnaw Their Tongues/Sick to the Back Teeth - Constructing Enochian Temples/Mary Magdalene (2008)

Gnaw Their Tongues - Constructing Enochian Temples
 1. Constructing Enochian Temples
2. Glossolalia
3. And Mighier Are Your Voices Than the Manifold Winds
4. They Gathered Themselves Together and Became...

Sick to the Back Teeth - Mary Magdelene
1. Penance
2. Mary Magdalene
3. The Seven Powers of Wrath
8. She Knows Love

i talked about Gnaw Their Tongues in a previous post and my opinion of the band is no different. the music is dark, massive and suffocatingly oppressive. great tracks.

Sick to the Back Teeth is another prolific one-man project. this record is on the drone/doom side of things but i've read that he dabbles in a lot of different genres. this is definitely a band i'm going to check out more of.

Uw Hypotheekadvies - Nature or Nurture

#191) Uw Hypotheekadvies - Nature or Nurture (2008)

 1. De Magneet
 2. -8 Doublures (Part Two)
 3. Bela
 4. (D. Turpin/B. Rogers)
 5. De Kandidaten
 6. Helmut Wagner
 7. Rennen Ruud!!!
 8. -8 Doublures (Part One)
 9. Zonder Laura
 10. De Hit
 11. Iedereen Moet Wel

noisy as hell experimental rock from the Netherlands. in the cd case it says that "all songs and improvisations" were recorded in September/October. i don't know if that means the tracks are all improv or if some stuff was written and some improv-ed or what the deal is but the results are pretty sweet. limited to 400 copies, it's definitely worth checking out if you can get your hands on it.

Korperschwache - Brotherhood of the Bowl

Dead Flowers on the Welcome Mat

#170) Korperschwache - Brotherhood of the Bowl (2008)
         
 1. Brotherhood of the Bowl
 2. Dead Flowers on the Welcome Mat
 3. "Drink the Gold Water, Woman!"
 4. Menace of the Feminizing Soybean
 5.Superanaleverything
 6. Slavery = Bacon = Freedom
 7. In the Kingdom of the Blind (Wise Men Carry Sharp Sticks)
 8. Fear of a Black Metal Mustache
 9. "Fire is the Answer To Everything"


noisy sludgy guitar drone and feedback. this stuff is dark and heavy as hell.

Sissy Spacek - California Ax

Smoke My Blood

#166 - #169) Sissy Spacek - California Ax (2008)

Disc 1 - Tinsel Dripping Ink

 1. Bootleg
 2. Spider Mama
 3. Casual Cassette
 4. Lunar Eclipse Was Boring
 5. Return to From
 6. Sepsis (Version)
 7. Suction Cup
 8. Pollex
 9. Tyburn
 10. East East STL
 11. Fortnight
 12. Shovel Up On Us
 13. Secretary
 14. Smoke My Blood
 15. Polled
 16. Index
 17. Gon
 18. Purple Trouble
 19. Acoustic Sepsis
 20. Look At My Hand
 21. TV Bra
 22. Test For Color D
 23. Senso Destructo Hat
 24. Gutter Bird
 25. Pulse Pounding Torment
 26. Live at The Smell

Disc 2 - Police

 1. SOJBX
 2. Grandmere
 3. Cake Solo
 4. Ottake
 5. Magma Earings Pt. 1
 6. Eaudoxia
 7. Rapid Fire
 8. What Else Can Be New
 9. Dneiper
 10. New Pillowcase
 11. Magma Earings Pt. 2

Disc 3 - Abreq Ad Habra

 1. Psychotechnics
 2. Bongo

Disc 4 - 13-Tet Los Angeles

 1. First Set
 2. Second Set

California Ax is a 4 disc set that contains mostly new tracks, a couple old tracks and a few live sets.

Tinsel Dripping Ink is a lot like the Gore Jet comp in that the tracks are all over the place genre-wise. grind, noise, experimental, whatever, it's all here. most of the tracks are new but a couple are pulled from live sessions, one all the way back from 1998, and Bootleg says it was recorded in 2001. the live tracks are:
10. East East STL from St. Louis in 2002
23. Senso Destructo Hat from St. Louis in 1998
24. Gutter Bird from St. Charles, MO in 2000
and 26. Live at The Smell from LA in 2007

all the other tracks are newly recorded. this shit is intense.


Police features all new studio material. it's more on the electroacoustic improv/concrete side of things. this type of music has never really been my thing. it just sounds like people fucking around with things and recording it. at least that's been my experience with the genre. it's not all bad, there are occasionally times when everything comes together to form something rad and that's the case with this disc, a few cool tracks but overall it didn't really do it for me.


according to a (very) brief internet search "Abreq Ad Habra" is Hebrew and means something like "hurl your lightning bolt even unto death". it's a fitting title. the 2 tracks on this album are live sets. "Psychotechnics" is was recorded on KXLU 88.9 in LA in 2007. it's 40 minutes of face ripping audio terror. any radio station that lets someone do this on air is ok in my book. this is seriously brutal stuff.
"Bongo" was recorded at Radio Cherokee in St. Louis in 2002. it's another 20 minutes of destruction. really rad stuff, this was a great disc.


13-Tet Los Angeles features 2 live sets recorded at the Smell in 2007. the big difference between these and other live cuts is the fact that for these performances the band featured 13 people. the cd booklet also states that these performances are based on a score written by Wiese. most of Spacek's sonic palette was represented. there are a lot of cool things going on here. while not as intense as discs 1 and 3 it's still a rad album. it would've been cool to see this live.

Scott Hull - Audiofilm I & II

#146a) Scott Hull - Audiofilm I (2008)

 1. Audiofilm I

#146b) Scott Hull - Audiofilm II (2010)

 1. Audiofilm II

the Audiofilm series finds Scott Hull venturing off into experimental electronics territory.
each installment is a single 12 and a half-ish minute track on a 3" cd and both installments were limited to 1000 copies apiece.

the 1st disc is a track of creepy ambient/soundscape work. weird voices float in and out of strange  noises and drones. very unsettling stuff that creates an atmosphere of tension and claustrophobia. it's a really rad track.

the 2nd disc is a bit more on the noise side. not quite as harsh as his work with Japanese Torture Comedy Hour but a lot nosier than the 1st Audiofilm. it was a cool track but i don't think it was as good as the 1st album.  still very cool though.

overall i think this is a really cool series and i hope Hull does more in the future.

Cynic - Traced In Air & Re-Traced

Are You Expected Here?

#141a) Cynic - Traced In Air (2008)

 1. Nunc Fluens
 2. The Space For This
 3. Evolutionary Sleeper
 4. Integral Birth
 5. The Unknown Guest
 6. Adam's Murmur
 7. King of Those Who Know
 8. Nunc Stans

141b) Re-Traced (2010)

 1. Space
 2. Evolutionary
 3. King
 4. Integral
 5. Wheels Within Wheels

Cynic's 2nd album came out 15 years after their debut, Focus. thankfully it sounds nothing like the Portal Tapes. it's pretty much what you'd expect their 2nd album to sound like. it's a little less world/fusion-y and a little more progressive. for the most part they also got rid of the vocoder vocals, with Paul Masvidal doing a more natural high pitched falsetto thing. i really dug this album. it has a great flow, the vocals sound great and there are tons of great riffs. glad they went back to metal.

Re-Traced is 4 "re-interpretations" of tracks off Traced (tracks 1 - 4) and 1 new song.
they weren't kidding when they called them re-interpretations. they're very different, not only from how they originally sounded but from the Cynic sound in general.  i don't really know what genre they fall into. despite the fact that i'm unsure of how to classify this i really enjoyed it. 
Wheels Within Wheels goes back to the more metal sound and is a pretty cool track. it feels a little out of place after the other tracks but that's a pretty minor complaint.

overall i thought this was a great ep. if you dug Traced i'd definitely recommend checking this out.

04/25/12: Serengeti - Dennehy (Lights, Camera, Action) (2008)

04/25/12: Serengeti - Dennehy (Lights, Camera, Action) (2008)

1. I Don't Know
2. Dennehy
3. Teenager
4. Go Paint
5. Under the Underground
6. Weber Grill
7. Caucs
8. Juelie and Me
9. Don't Talk to Jueles
10. Love You But
11. IPOD
12. Ozzie Guillen
13. Lights Camera Action
14. Lehas
15. New Dodge
16. Newer Dodge

     When Serengeti released Dennehy in 2006, it was not released anywhere near as he intended it. There isn't a ton of info on this version, but he rereleased the album again in 2008 as a digital download. The story told in this album is based off of a screenplay that he wrote. The Main Characters are Kenny Dennis and Emo Kid. This version of the album is incredibly different than the original. This version has the tracks in the originally intended order with 7 new tracks that weren't on the first version. The original had the wrong track order and included a bunch of tracks that weren't even a part of the album. This has the 7 new tracks, and most of the songs that are on both versions are pretty drastically different on this version. Sometimes there will be a small change in the production but in most cases here there are a bunch of additional skits and interludes to help the album to flow and actually tell the story. I highly recommend listening to both versions because there is a ton of variation and hidden bits of gold within each version. Serengeti is doing some quite interesting shit in hip-hop right now. I wish I got on his train much earlier.(116)

04/19/12 and 04/20/12: Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I, II, III and IV (2008)

04/19/12 and 04/20/12: Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I, II, III and IV (2008)

1. 1 Ghosts I
2. 2 Ghosts I
3. 3 Ghosts I
4. 4 Ghosts I
5. 5 Ghosts I
6. 6 Ghosts I
7. 7 Ghosts I
8. 8 Ghosts I
9. 9 Ghosts I
10. 10 Ghosts II
11. 11 Ghosts II
12. 12 Ghosts II
13. 13 Ghosts II
14. 14 Ghosts II
15. 15 Ghosts II
16. 16 Ghosts II
17. 17 Ghosts II
18. 18 Ghosts II
19. 19 Ghosts III
20. 20 Ghosts III
21. 21 Ghosts III
22. 22 Ghosts III
23. 23 Ghosts III
24. 24 Ghosts III
25. 25 Ghosts III
26. 26 Ghosts III
27. 27 Ghosts III
28. 28 Ghosts IV
29. 29 Ghosts IV
30. 30 Ghosts IV
31. 31 Ghosts IV
32. 32 Ghosts IV
33. 33 Ghosts IV
34. 34 Ghosts IV
35. 35 Ghosts IV
36. 36 Ghosts IV

     I pretty much only did that tracklist due to all of the copying and pasting. I am ridiculously behind on my writeups. I only have time for a couple right now despite the fact that i have a list of about 20 or more to do. I am not gonna spend a lot of time on this one. You know the deal. I hadn't truly given this album a full listen. I knew I liked a lot of it but I wasn't able to give my undivided attention to it until recently. It really is a great collection of recordings. It was an experimental endeavor in so many ways. The way it was recorded, the way it was distributed and the way it sounded were all out of the ordinary. I really enjoy this group of recordings. it is varied has moments that remind you of many different Nine Inch Nail albums. Really a solid late career Reznor album that to me serves as a precursor to his film scoring career. (110 & 111)

Stratvm Terror - This Is My Own Hell

No Redemption Nor Remorse

#127) Stratvm Terror - This Is My Own Hell (2008)

 1. ...
 2. In Oblivion
 3. Unveiled Is My Skin
 4. In God We Do Not Trust
 5. Walk With Fire
 6. No Redemption Nor Remorse
 7. My Hell
 8. Now Ever Sleep...

Stratvm Terror is the industrial noise project of Peter Andersson and Tobias Larsson. the project has been around since the early 90s. noise releases are hard to describe. they're noisy. sometimes loud, sometimes quiet. sometimes rhythmic, sometimes free form. high pitched, low pitched, seething darkness, all these things can describe this album but none of them give you an idea of the power of it. this was a very cool album, unfortunately i can't find the proper words to describe it. noise isn't even a good description, this is more like a soundtrack to the album's artwork, particularly the 3rd pic above. all the art is done by Mia Makila and it's stunning. it reminds me of Hieronymus Bosch. 
very rad stuff

04/15/12: Geotic - Eyes (2008)

04/15/12: Geotic - Eyes (2008)

This is a first for me. There is no cover art.

1. Evening Hot Spring (Fanfiction)
2. Dirt (Lonely in Big Bear)
3. Middle School Sleepaways (Yosemite)
4. Wind (Trip to Coachella)
5. Dew (Yosemite When No One's Looking)
6. Nighttime Aquatics (Catalina)
7. Wildest Motions (Youth)
8. Light (Waiting on Iceland)
9. People Watching (Halloween Parades)
10. Greenery Beyond Clouds (The Ooccas' City in the Sky)

     Wow, I am way behind so these may all be very speedy reviews. This is the first album made by Will wiesenfeld under the moniker of Geotic. It is his more atmospheric minimal project as opposed to his other moniker Baths. I had listened to a couple of his Geotic albums but I had (have) a couple to go. Like I said, this is the first Geotic release. I enjoyed it a lot as it is quite unfocused in a good way. Some songs are minimalist piano or guitar pieces, some are electronic loops, and some are a bit more fleshed out ambient electronic music. He even works in his unique singing voice a bit as well. The album is well structured and quite enjoyable despite inconsistent production. One of my favorites by him yet. (106)