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Uboa ‘Jouissance’ DD 2013

3rd January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Digital, Heavy, Industrial, Jouissance, Noise, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Uboa

It took me some time to decide what to do about this record. I couldn’t review it straight away because

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Brutal Truth / Bastard Noise ‘The Axiom Of Post Inhumanity’ CD/LP/Digital 2013

18th December 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Bastard Noise, Brutal Truth, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jamie Grimes, LP, Noise, Relapse Records, Review, The Axiom Of Post Inhumanity

I suspect many reviews of this record will contain a similar disclaimer but if you don’t already know, this here

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Carne ‘Ville Morgue’ LP/DD 2013

5th December 20133rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2013, Carne, Digital, Kevin Kentie, LP, Noise, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sludge, Solar Flare Records, Ville Morgue

French duo Carne describes their music as sludge/hardcore/noise. Being a lover of all things sludge, they caught my interest, so

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Gog ‘Ironworks’ CD/DD 2013

10th November 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 2013, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Gog, Guy Nolan, Ironworks, Mike Bjella, Noise, Review, Season Of Mist

Headphones on, sit back and let me begin. Gog ‘Ironworks’ opening track ‘1870 – 1906’ is a gristled drone; it

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Ak’chamel ‘Pus Ch’en’ DD 2013

26th September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Ak'chamel, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Noise, Pus Ch'en, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released

If the jungle was given voice, Ak’chamel has successfully channelled it through their music. Suddenly and irreversibly, it is one

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Daniel Menche ‘Vilke’ LP/CS + DVD 2013

30th June 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Atmospheric, Cassette, Daniel Menche, Dark, DVD, Jamie Grimes, LP, Noise, Review, Sige Records, Soundscapes, Vilke

It’s as exhausting sometimes to listen to the work of Daniel Mench as it is to keep up with his

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Corephallism / Gnaw Their Tongues – Split 10″ 2012

28th February 20133rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Atmospheric, Corephallism, Drone, Gnaw Their Tongues, Lascivious Aesthetics, Mories, Noise, Power Electronics, Review, Split 10", Todd Robinson

What a disturbing little 10” this turned out to be, split between Corephallism (featuring a member of Boston based noise/grind

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JK Flesh / Prurient ‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ Split LP 2012

14th December 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Chris Moore, Dominick Fernow, Dub, Experimental, Industrial, JK Flesh, Justin K Broadrick, LP, Noise, Prurient, Review, Split, Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination

‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ is a collaborative release (and more than likely Hydra Head’s last ever it

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Dull Knife – S/T – LP/DD 2012

13th December 20123rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes Atmospheric, Debacle Records, Digital Download, Drone, Dull Knife, Experimental, Jamie Grimes, LP, Noise, Review, Self Titled

As someone who enjoys the genre, I still sometimes feel there’s something vaguely derogatory about the term “Noise”. That may

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Drug Honkey ‘Ghost In The Fire’ CD/DL 2012

15th October 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Diabolical Conquest Records, Digital, Drug Honkey, Ghost In The Fire, Heavy, Industrial, Noise, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge

Just like the proverbial bad pennies, those twisted perverts of sound Drug Honkey have returned to ruin everything and everyone,

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Swans ‘The Seer’ CD/LP/DD 2012

21st September 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Country, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Michael Gira, Noise, Review, Swans, The Seer, Tom McKibbin, Young God Records

The return of Swans has to rank among the least cynical of comebacks/reunions/rebirths of any band in recent years –

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