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Sacher Pelz - In Hoc Urbia Miazi ( Old Europa Café: OECD090)
Very few are aware of the beginning of Maurizio Bianchi's adventures. Before starting the complex and compelling production of many records and tapes in the early eighties under the M.B. trademark, Maurizio Bianchi was documenting the new music scene writing essays and reviews for independent magazines. It was August 1979 in Milan, Italy and his sound was strengthening when he felt the time had come to prove his desire for something new. So he started his first solo project, under the name Sacher-pelz. 28 years later, SP is back, though stylistically, his sound has remained firmly rooted in the late 70s-early 80s experimental era
.a blur of tonal exploration, hissing white noise and minimalistic drones, with strange vocals that barely make it into the audible spectrum. MB calls this a 'clotted' sound, which somehow sounds fitting. Man, really challenging material, though will find appeal to fans of the early Come Organisation releases. Reminds me a lot of ChopShop, for those that remember that late 80s project.. $14.25
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Sagentoter - Prayers to Othinn ( Ahnstern: Ahnstern14)
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A very fine folk album with some middle-age/Renaissance era instrumentation. Sagentoeter are members of Riharc Smiles (and sound very similar), which guarantees you a large variety of perfectly played acoustic instrumentsguitar, including Flamish Bagpipes, Recorder, Hurdy Gurdy, Nyckelharpa, Dalslandspipa, Flute, didgeridoo and percussion. Theres an authenticity and intimacy that you just cant find in the majority of neo-folk being released (just check out the amazing track 5 as a personification of this) The lyrics are strong and heroic and tell from a ancient nordic Wolfage, while the music is at times quiet and a touch minimal, but very well composed and very traditional in feel. In wooden box.. $8.00
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Sangre Cavallum - Patria Granitica ( Ahnstern: Ahnstern18)
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"Pátria Granítica - Granite Fatherland - is the long awaited new album from the northern Portuguese Sangre Cavallum. The album contains ten powerful songs combining heroic traditional music and beautiful Folk-ballads, sometimes even with a slight avantgarde touch. The artists perfectly play a large variety of early traditional instruments, blended with electrical sounds and mesmerizing psychedelic arrangements. Pátria Granítica is a pagan journey into the world of stones of their historical homeland Callæcia and its gods, giving voice to the traditional heritage of granite warriors. Their first album "Barbara Carmina" was released on Michael Moynihan's (Blood Axis) label Storm. $6.00
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Sangre Cavallum - Troadouro - Retrospectiva 1997-2007 2CD ( Steinklang Distro: F001)
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Presented in a 6 page Double Digipak, this ten year retrospective release includes 44 rare, unreleased and collectable songs from Portugals premiere ritual / folk act. An expedition to the world of pagan tradition with a contemporary interpretation.... $12.00
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Satanismo Calibro 9 - Orgasmurder ( Old Europa Café: OECD141B)
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First full length, non CDr project from this Italy based, black industrial project, who create some infernal, highly atmospheric and occult soundscapes, full of cryptic and obscured noises, grim, textural swirl, and some ritual stylings that ramp up the creep factor nicely. Doesn't necessarily sound like any of them, but this does fit the same niche as say a Steel Hook Prostheses, MZ.412, Defiler. etc. $14.33
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Sator Absentia - Exis Time ( Dark Vinyl: DV054)
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Existime is the 4th studio album by Sator Absentia. Pulsating, ritual soundscapes combined with dark, nightmarish sound collages. More rhythmic than previous releases, but still heavily atmospheric, aided by some haunting electric violine/cello and underlying cinematic timbres. SA has always been quite good at layering and Existime is no exception.. $10.00
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Satori - Kanashibari ( Cold Spring: CSR95CD)
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CD version of the 2007 album from UK Dark Ambient / Fortean Electronics act Satori - Neil Chaney (Pessary) and Justin Mitchell (Cold Spring boss), originally issued on LP by Dogma Chase, Japan. "Kanashibari" is the Japanese term for sleep paralysis (literally "bound or fastened in metal"). The album explores this phenomena, manipulating Fortean sounds and deep dark ambience. CD version contains a bonus track 'Pavor Nocturnus', not available on the LP version.. $7.00
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Secret Druid Society - Restless ( First Fallen Star: FFS006)
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A dark drone ambient album devoted to the life of abiocen, which goes on and on uninfluenced by the humanity and on time scales unfathomable by us. To those who did hear some SDS previously, this work is more abstract, more into drone than dark ambient. Think of a mix of late Troum and Lull.Comes in a digipak with 8-page booklet containing short poems illustrating the music.. $11.00
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Sect - Auctoritas ( Rage in Eden: Rage84)
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Latest material by the Polish project Sect, backed up by Lukasz Maj. Powerful and orchestral instrumentation, which Sect is famous for, enriched by Lukasz with new accents that have made Sect’s music ascend to a level higher. Pure neo-classical that's stirring and dramatic, though not necessarily heavy like a Sophia or Karjalan Sissit. This is more strings and brass than percussion, and at times, crosses into a sort of manic, stylized formation, almost in the Gae Bolg mold.. $14.33
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Sect - Auctoritas Boxset ( Rage in Eden: Rage84BS)
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Latest material by the Polish project Sect, backed up by Lukasz Maj. Powerful and orchestral instrumentation, which Sect is famous for, enriched by Lukasz with new accents that have made Sect’s music ascend to a level higher. Pure neo-classical that's stirring and dramatic, though not necessarily heavy like a Sophia or Karjalan Sissit. This is more strings and brass than percussion, and at times, crosses into a sort of manic, stylized formation, almost in the Gae Bolg mold.Special edition in a wooden box with additional 20-minute long portion of music on CDr. $32.00
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Sect - Babylon Rising ( Midnight Productions: MN022)
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Martial neo-classical project hailing from Poland, known for their previous release on Rage in Eden.This album is based on the themes of the rise and fall of ancient Babylon. Epic and flowing neo-classical with high tension martial elements. $5.00
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Sect - Imperative ( Rage in Eden: Rage69)
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With his second album Lukasz Maj, the man behind Sect, has returned with his strongest and most mature work to date. This time we get more bombastic and often militant orchestral and industrial music than on the debut. Sect managed to expand his ideas and turn them into classical orchestration, so with "Imperative" we get mature, powerful orchestral piece of music in the vein of Arditi, Sophia or Predella Avant. The majestic, threatening, dark and sometimes aggressive and fierce symphonic sounds arranged in a dark concept album with a brilliant balance of bombastic and melancholic fragments should satisfy both martial industrial fanatics and neo-classical orchestra enthusiasts.. $7.00
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Seelenlicht - Gods and Devils ( Cold Spring: CSR86CD)
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This stunning debut release from a project of Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R.) and Butow Maler (Kammer Sieben) contains 14 darkly satirical compositions that strip bare the mechanism of human nature and the madness of the contemporary world. Comprised of Gothic murder ballads, electronic, folk and neoclassical elements, this album is brimming with originality, enthusiasm and creativity. Guests: Herr Twiggs (Kammer Sieben), Maria Southgate (H.E.R.R.) and Eustacia Vye (Horologium).. $7.00
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Seelenthron - Wege ( Heimatfolk: Heimatfolk01)
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After their outstanding debut-album "Heimkehr" and the CD-single "Steingeworden", finally appears now the second fulltime-album of the two former Dies Natalis protagonists Norbert Strahl and Alex Meier. "Wege" is a classical Neo-Folk album in best tradition. Some songs mirror a sad, sometimes even gloomy picture of the world inside and outside of ourselves, other songs are just filigree Folk-balads, as beautiful and dreamy as one could imagine. Nevertheless all nine songs always stand strong and powerful, showing a path to the listener, never to turn back and never to lose his courage. Martial rhythms drum stirringly to neoclassical compositions, united with impassionate piano- and guitarplaying and electronic sounds. The challenging lyrics on "Wege" deal with the stages in one's life, our path through time and the questions for the meaning and the purpose of life. 9 tracks / 40 Min.. $8.00
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Seelenthron/Traum'er Leben/Trinithos - III ( Heimatfolk: Heimat02)
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"III" is a 3-way split album by the classic German NeoFolk bands Seelenthron, Traumer'er Leben and Trinithos. On this album each band interprets their favourite songs by the other 2 bands + one own new song by each artist. The finale of "III" is a bonus track by Alexander Meier (Seelenthron) - a fantastic, neoclassical coverversion of a Soulsearch/Sturmpercht song. The 3 bands are well known and highly recommended in the German NeoFolk scene, as they are all fantastic musicians and great live-artists. Seelenthron and Traum'er Leben have already released several outstanding albums, but for Trinithos "III"marks their official debut after some very limited CDR releases.. $11.50
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Sehnsucht - Wuste ( Cold Spring: CSR124CD)
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Former MAYHEM front man MANIAC, whose band SKITLIV has proved to be a surprising departure from the Black Metal genre for which he was best known for over 20 years, has formed a side-project with fiancé Vivian Slaughter, bass player/vocalist with the Japanese all-girl band GALLHAMMER, SKITLIV's guitarist Ingvar Magnusson and experimentalist Andrew Liles (NURSE WITH WOUND). Unlike SKITLIV, which is a noise/doom amalgam, with Maniacs vocals still firmly rooted in Black Metal, SEHNSUCHT is in the noise / darkwave / ambient genre, with any vestiges of Black Metal pared away. 6-panel digipak.. $7.00
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Sektion B - Free Speech Series 3inch ( L-White: LW027/7)
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Part 7 of the Free Speech Series., 5 new tracks from the ultra provocative Sektion B, who come fully equipped for battle here. Violent, lurching electronics and fat, penetrating frequencies with unparalleled vocals. Flat out, it doesn't get much more intense than this! As good a work as they've ever done. Presented in a glass clip frame and is limited to just 350 copies! When all 9 CDs are laid out together, they make one complete picture/poster.. $13.75
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Sektor 304 - Soul Cleansing ( Malignant: TumorCD43)
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Equipped with a frightening and impressive array of primitive instrumentation pulled from junkyards and scrap metal heaps, this Portuguese outfit has delivered an astounding formal debut – a heady mixture of truly old school industrial in the vein of Einsturzende Neubauten, Test Dept , and S.P.K , and the grinding, bass heavy dirge of vintage Swans and Godflesh . These are anthems to the past, but geared towards an apocalyptic and bleak future… a form of counter-culture using what is most evident in modern western society: the debris, the abandoned objects, the waste, the noise, and the interference. With a solid foundation of rusty, oil drenched percussion, Sektor 304 adds layer upon layer of squalling industrial clangor, hammering metallic noise, grimy atmospheres, heaving masses of haunted factory drones, and threatening tribal batter, with a strong and commanding vocal presence. The sound here is almost physical in nature – provocative, persistent, and demanding. No one is doing what Sektor 304 is doing right now. Anyone into TRUE industrial (and that includes not just the aformentioned old guard, but also things like Strom.ec , Militia, Negru Voda , and Knifeladder ) really should not miss out.In 6 panel digipak, mastered by Steel Hook Audio.. $11.00
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Sektor 304 - Soul Cleansing/Subliminal Actions Special ( Malignant: SektorS01)
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Buy both Sektor 304 CDs for just $17.00! That's a savings of $6.00!. $17.00
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Sektor 304 - Subliminal Actions ( Malignant: TumorCD53)
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The follow-up to the highly acclaimed Soul Cleansing CD finds Portugals Sektor 304 expanding on all aspects of their debut, once again channeling the essence of the old school guardians (Test Dept, SPK, Crash Worship), while simultaneously exploring new, uncharted territory.
Comparatively speaking, Subliminal Actions is a more complete and focused album, with an even better flow than Soul Cleansing and more attention paid to detail, unleashing a cacophonic whirlwind of buzz saw grind, loops, power tools, and scraping, junk metal debris, clashing head on with exertive tribal percussion, clanging oil barrel rhythms, and industrial clamor resonating over a sprawling, post- apocalyptic wasteland. Some tracks, such as the opener, “A Carving on Metallic Flesh”, heap on the scorching noise, while others, such as the resounding, rhythmic driven “By The Throat”, “A Vessel of Guilt”, or “Vultures” are delivered with factory-line precision, laced with grimy layers of bass-heavy dirge, bleak, reverbed squall, and distortion filled, atmospheric drone. Among the many highlights, is the albums closer, “A Prismatic Sun”, a 10 + minute epic excursion into a nightmarish world, populated by whispered vocals and uneasy drift that slowly rises and grows in intensity, climaxing into a blissfully dark and sweaty orgy of low slung bass, ominous, ceremonial drumming, and suffocating darkness.
Subliminal Action not only compliments Soul Cleansing, but takes the Sektor 304 sound to new heights, delivering yet striking record sure to solidify their standing as one of premier, truly industrial acts in operation today.
10 tracks, totaling 63 minutes, in 6 panel digipak, mastered by James Plotkin.. $11.00
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Sektor 304/Hypsiphrone - Subliminal Actions/And the Void... ( Malignant: SektorS02)
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Someone requested this, and I thought it was a great idea. Buy Sektor 304's "Subliminal Actions" CD and Hypsiphrone's "And the Void..." for just $18.00. That's a savings of $3.00.. $18.00
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S.E.T.I. - Baikal ( Power & Steel: PAS31)
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The aural world of Baikal evokes a crystalline landscape full of huge and breathtaking images, guiding the listener to arcane places, lakes and steppes.This new output of Andrew Lagowski aka S.E.T.I. is the result of the examination with the idea of old and sunken crafts being hidden in lakes while surfacing through the water in abandoned areas where only few people would live and survive. Calm and smooth soundscapes and atmospheric synth waves loaded with digitized voices and textured layers of noises and samples. Baikal is another step further in S.E.T.I.'s history of deep sounding ambient music. An evolving, moving and skittering masterpiece!. $13.77
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S.E.T.I. - Corona ( Power & Steel: PAS24)
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Being active in the fields of electronic music since 1982 Andrew Lagowski started to work with his deep space sound project S.E.T.I. in 1992. Now with the fifth album and numerous other releases inbetween a connection is made with the first highly anticipated album Knowledge released in 1994. The new album Corona unfolds an atmosphere that lies with the heart of the cosmos. Deep and slowly moving waves of cosmic drones, harmonic oscillations, NASA recordings and snippets of radio broadcasts creating a spectrum of pulsating and ever-evolving sound. This is research into extra-terrestrial intelligence in it's purest form. If there is something out there it may sound like this!. $15.33
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Seven Pines - Le Cri ( Le Cluricaun: CL004)
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After three long years of silence "Le Cri" marks the return of this great project by Eric Roger ( of Gaë Bolg ) delivering 70 minutes of new and intense music which continues where the last regular album "Nympholept" left off. "Le Cri" is a collection of 8 dark and psychedelic mad songs, composed by Eric Roger during 3 years of despair and personal troubles. The album features guest appearances by Karl Blake ( Sol Invictus, British Racing Green ), Omne Datum Optimum, Silver Lady, Pilori, Othila, the Cynfeirdd Chorus and many others !. $6.00
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Sewer Goddess - Disciples of Shit: Live Waste ( Black Plagve: Infect08)
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Having sold out of last year’s With Dirt You Are One CD within a few months span, supreme, Boston based cultists Sewer Goddess return to Black Plagve with Disciples of Shit: Live Waste, a fetid and raw collection of live audio crimes committed over a two year period from 2009-2010. Anyone who has witnessed Sewer Goddess live will generally know what to expect here, which is a more structured take on the death industrial, squalor filled atmospheres they’re known for. A more traditional band format adds layers of distorted and skuzzy bass, crashing percussion, and discordant guitar and meets head on with terrifying, blood curdling screams and the requisite churning mass of post mortem, electronic dirge. 5 tracks, most previously unreleased, that represent Sewer Goddess in the most raw, unclean, and unpolished of states….as if you’d want them any other way! In 6 panel digipak, designed by Andre Coehlo (Sektor 304).Track listing: Condemned Are the Unborn, We Ate Their Eyes, Mother Agony, Chained to the Edge of Existence/A Lifeless Dreaming, Slavepiece.. $11.00
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Shibalba - Memphitic Invocations CDEP ( Nihil Market: Naught09)
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Dark ambient side project from Greek black metallers Acherontas, inspired by ancient Egyptian culture. There was a time when metal offshoots of this nature usually equated to some tinny, keyboard noodlings, but I don't think that's the case anymore and it's not the case here. Dark, ritual incantations and flowing synth ambience with some richly textured atmospheres falling somewhere between the early Cold Meat Industry sound (Morthound, Raison d'Etre), Profane Grace, and Karl Sander's (Nile) "Saurian Meditation" CD.. $10.66
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Shift - Bulk ( Unrest Productions: UNPRCD05)
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Monolithic crunch here; a thick, bulldozing wall of distortion and steady static roar with sharp edges. Dense and hypnotic!. $11.00
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Shinkiro - Way of the Gods ( Athanor: Athanor036)
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Athanor is proud to present the second album by Japanese artist Manabu Hiramoto as Shinkiro. While the first album was urban and influenced by the deep dark atmospheres of the futuristic city of Osaka, Shinkiros new album focuss on a more personal path influenced by Shinto, Bouddhism and Manabus relocation by the country side. The sound of the new album is made of dark soundscapes mixed with percussion, soundsources of rain, winds, sea, trees, waves and birds. Though the album is dark ambient and ritualistic in essence, it also has a meditative and contemplative touch which may please fans of Steve Roach, Robert Rich or Alio Die. Certainly fans of Herbst9 should also consider this.. $16.50
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Sigma Octantis - Dislocations ( Divine Comedy: DC059)
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The music by Sigma Octantis is hard to describe, but it is certainly very obsessive. A crossing path between ritual and harsh ambient music, deeply rooted in the experimental films and music of the 80s. Definitely one of the most abstract acts from a label that never really turned mainstream. This brand new release comes with a collage by Fab (founder of Divine Comedy) which tries to decipher the disincarnated but structured dimension of Sigma Octantis' musical realms. Influences remain the same (Morthound most noticeably but also, MB, Militia, Megaptera and perhaps the quieter side of BDN), but this opus presents a more melodic touch than its predecessor. It captures the same feeling but in a more bombastic, cruel and complex way. It is, dare we say, a bit unnerving?!. $8.00
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Simon Kolle - Res Dej Inte! ( Neuropa: NRP24)
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An original motion picture soundtrack composed by Simon Kolle of Abnocto and Za Frumi fame, who of course was already making some pretty suberb cinematic music as is, just not offically part of a soundtrack like this is. According to the press release, the film is a dark, realistic story, following three youth gangs, their lives, and their time spent on the streets. Over a relatively short span the characters deal with paranoia, pain, violence and more. The film is powerful and grim, with the last scenes totally unforgettable. The plot comes to a sudden end and there are no truths about what really happened. More than a film, Res dej inte! is a comment about the ongoing violence in society. Suitably, the music is dark suspenseful, broken up into short segments and spanning a broad array of sounds. Mostly though this is heavily atmospheric and ambient, with occasional outbursts of a more violent and dramatic nature, as you might expect based on the plot. As it draws to an end, there's a series of rather structured, folky songs that I assume are important to the plot, though they're slightly out of place here. Easy to overlook in an otherwise strong piece of work.. $6.00
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Sinke Dus - Akrasia ( Cyclic Law: 19th Cycle)
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New project on Cyclic Law, fitting nicely in with the rest of their catalog. Swelling drones and cascading washes of textural darkness that move in slow, liquidous patterns. If you like Cyclic Law releases (and who doesn't?), you'll like this. Features the dude from Kammarheit on the last track.. $12.99
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Sistrenatus - Division One ( Cold Spring: CSR61CD)
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Powerful debut of the Canadian noise project. 'Division One' is harsher and more bombastic than Harlow MacFarlane's project Funerary Call. A true onslaught of Black Ambient, Power Noise and Death Industrial (even reminding me of Propergol in parts). This is the much anticipated album, after the well received track on the Swarm complation. $13.66
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Sistrenatus - Sensitive Disturbance ( Cold Spring: CSR108CD)
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Blurring the lines between Dark Ambient, Industrial and Noise, Sistrenatus storms forth, shifting between oppressive aggression and unsettling atmospheres. "Sensitive Disturbance" is the third offering from this now legendary Canadian act, whose debut "Division One" was issued on Cold Spring in 2007. An aural journey through the urban decay of abandoned factories, scorched landscapes and underground passageways. "Sensitive Disturbance" is an abrasive rendition of the industrial revolution in its darkest phases.. $13.33
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Skin Area - Rothko Field ( Malignant: TumorCD52)
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3rd full length release from this acclaimed Martin Bladh (IRM) project(in conjunction with Magnus Lindh), following 2002's New Skin CD and 2006's double CD Journal Noir/Lithium Path, both on Cold Meat Industry.
Like previous works, Rothko Field is a highly charged and visceral auditory experience...mind bending and turbulent sonic explorations that are grainy and tense, where uneasy frequencies intersect with caustic drones, infected, insectile buzz, swelling drifts, and intense, slow motion percussion driven sludgery. Further comparison reveals Rothko Field to be less schizophrenic, less challenging, and more structured than in the past, coming off as both spacious and yet suffocatingly claustrophobic (and ultimately closer in style to IRM), suggestive of a spiral downwards into mental decay and degradation, and further enhanced by Martin's uniquely distressed and provocative vocalizations.
9 tracks total, broken into two "mirrored parts", with track 5, "Void"acting as the actual mirror itself. In digipak, with full color 24page booklet. Not to detract from previous releases, but this is easily the best Skin Area work to date, and a must for all things Martin Bladh!. $11.00
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Skincage - Things Fall Apart ( Spectre: SpectreS28)
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Six years later, the second CD for Skincage. Mainly created with broken or somehow manipulated selfmade instruments, this has a contextual style that brings to mind Coil or later-day Shinjuku Thief. Skincage treats us to a dense pallet of electronics, exploratory noises, found sounds, acoustic samples, and electrical glitches. This constantly stays in motion, and demands your attention at every turn. $11.00
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Skinwell - Tunnels ( Angle Rec: AR0506)
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On Skinwell's Tunnels, Christian Corvellec and Martin Dumais serve up an hour-long exercise in industrial ambient-noise dronescaping, with the emphasis more on the ambient than noise side of the equation. “Orcvent” proves that the two are eminently capable of working up an apocalyptic roar when the mood strikes, but the track eschews the harrowing screech of a prototypical Merzbow assault for something less obliterating. Likewise, the cyclonic “Theodolite” churns relentlessly for nine minutes without ever reaching a pain-inducing pitch. Dumais (multi-slab processing, analog melodic extractions) and Corvellec (initial templates and layers, digital processing) ensnare the listener with cycling patterns and machine-like pulsations, much of it smothered in foggy textures and gnarly noise. A steady pitch of controlled squalls and unearthly industrial rumble opens “Floor” but gradually a bruising, indomitable throb moves to the forefront to eventually overpower the other sounds. In “Dissiminate,” a careening ghost-like specter hums at the center of cyclonic thrums and ear-piercing pitches, while the comparatively gentler “Fissionned” stretches its piano-like streams through softly crackling whooshes of static and hum as synthetic swoops ring out in the distance. Skinwell saves its deepest plunge, “Grim Coast,” for last, at which point the duo works up a steam-shop factory sweat for a good seventeen minutes. Textura.. $4.00
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Skm-Etr - Screwdriver City 3inch CD ( Freak Animal: FreakCD32)
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Another rip roaring ride through Skm-Etr country. 5 fat tracks of ultra crushing walls of heavy electronics with lots of warm distortion and wet, fluctuating frequencies. Noisy, but not noise! Good, strong, processed vocals and proper use of samples completes the picture. This got back to back listens almost immediately. No frills, no fillers, just fucking good old fashioned power electronics.. $11.33
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Skm-Etr - The Rugged Meat Cleaver ( Eibon: SKM049)
The first full length CD from this rising Canadian p.e. outfit. Full on aggression and uncompromising on all accounts, yet strives to maintain a musical sensibility, even as it beats you senseless and leaves you in the dumpster . At times monolithic, but very gritty, grimy, and urban sounding, this should most definitely appeal to fans of Navicon and Slogun (especially since track 5, the classic Break Your Face includes vocal contributions from John Balistreri). Sick of the filth and human dirt that permeates North American cities? Heres your cathartic release.. $11.00
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Skullflower - Fucked On A Pile of Corpses ( Cold Spring: CSR151)
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Re-stock. The most remorseless, brutal Skullflower ever! Alternating between granular lo-fi primitive rock and granular lo-fi primitive Power Electronics, this taut disc is a chain mail glove of hate to any lazy minds who've tainted the air with describing Skullflower as 'psychedelic'. But that's not to say this is an all out total assault. There are also moments of tender acoustic balladry, its just that they don't exist. The remorseless brutal sound is primitive, but as detailed and rich as a blood soaked medieval canvas, somewhere betwixt The Rita and Clandestine Blaze, but more brutal! Long live the New Flesh! Kether is in Malkuth, Malkuth is in Kether, but in a different way.... $12.66
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Sleep Chamber - Sacrafice Vol. 1 CDr ( Inner-X Musick: XXX65)
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This Sleepchamber release is an anthology of their 30th years of music, and part one of a three part series. A nice perspective on the early Sleep Chamber years, complete with some pretty classic songs, including Victimm, Twenty Three, Fetish, Warm Leatherette, The Light Pours Out of Me, Babes ov Babylon (with Michael Moynihan, now of Blood Axis) and many more. Sure, some of it sounds dated, some of it a bit primary and most certainly cheesy (Red Panties in particular), but then, a lot of still stands the test of time and brings back some pretty good memories.. $5.00
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Sleep Chamber - Species Interruptus - Live from the German Tour Vol #1 ( Inner-X Musick: XXX-02)
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Long thought forgotten, Sleep Chamber has dipped into the vaults to bring us 15 tracks from their 1997 German tour. Crystal clear, near studio quality recordings of dark electronica, mixing the more rhythmic stylings of the latter years, with the darker, ritual works of the early years. Includes the tracks: Snakebite, Way ov the Flesh, The Moons Darker Side, Monkeyman, Submit to Desire.. $6.00
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Sleep Chamber - Stolen Sleep ( Inner-X Musick: IX-001)
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Stolen Sleep marks a triumphant return for Sleepchamber. Nearly every song on the CD revolves around the theme of a mummy stolen from his "Sleep Chamber". The only exception being the hard driving track "Nightsuit". Interestingly enough "Nightsuit" is basically a Zewizz solo track with only the kick drum added by Avakian. "Nightsuit" also happens to be my personal favorite on the release. Other strong performances can be found on the epic "Tomb" with its driving base line and clocking in at 12 minutes it is a tour de force that begs a dance mix. Also, surprisingly enough there are two instrumental on the release. "Temple Ov Isis" and "Cult Ov Anubus" both capture the feel of a ancient Egypt, but with a Sleepchamber twist. Lastly the CD comes with a blast from the past. "Kum Kleopatra Kum" originally from 1985s "Submit To Desire", has been revamped and modernized and a perfect fit on the new release.The new line up of B Avakian and Gimmie Sparks along with Zewizz pull together a masterfully crafted release. And perhaps the best surprise of all is Zewizzs voice has improved with age. The whispery style he once used has been replaced by a growl. What once seemed to be an invitation to decadence, now seems to be a command. My hope is this line up stays together for more musick in the years to come. If you loved Sleepchamber before, this is a must have! Theebradmiller. $6.00
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Sleep Chamber - Stratocast CDr ( Inner-X Musick: XXX68)
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Recorded live on WBRS/FM 1 on 1.1.10. Excellent stereo broadcast! Recorded under a 'Sirkle Moon' (Blue Moon). Featuring John Zewizz, Gimmie Sparks, Bob Avakian, Tick, & Zora. With tracks from "2012", "Stolen Sleep", "Siamese SuccubiI" and all new material never heard before.. $6.00
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Sleep Chamber - Striptease CDr ( Inner-X Musick: XXX59)
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Reissue and Re-vamped version of the classic "Greatest Hits" release Seduction. Part of the 30th year anniversary releases, this one features the tracks Snakebite, Site ov Pain, Site ov Pleasure, That's Romance, Seconal Shuffle, Silvermoon, and many more. Some electro and rhythmic stuff here, but also a few of their darker, ritualistic, and more surreal moments, which I always found to be John's best work.. $9.66
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Slogun - Free Speech Series 3 ( L-White: LW027/5)
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One track. Starts off rather unassuming with samples and a lone burning frequency, with the vocals then roaring forth in the classic Slogun fashion and the frequencies starting to build ov erthe 15 minute time frame. . On a whole, a bit more minimalist than what I normally associate with Slogun, but that's not a bad thing. The intensity is very much intact. Part 5 in the Free Speech Series. $13.75
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Slogun - Visit Revisit 2CD ( Autarkeia: ACD070)
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Two CD set; Visit containing 12 all new tracks, Revisit containing a collection of tracks previously released in very small quantities, and representing the initial straight brutality Slogun is known for.
At any rate, I really love the direction John has been taking between this release and the last release, We Human Animal. There's more diversity here, and overall, it's less harsh, and yet equally as intense, the wall of noise replaced by something cleaner but more precise and definitely more atmospheric. In other words, you'll find more similarities to European p.e. than what you'd normally associate with Slogun, but there's no denying the power and fervid, aggressive energy on display. The vocals are even more up front and play an even more integral part in the overall sound. In top notch packaging wrapped in Autarkeia labeled slip case box including cover and informative 20 page booklet.. $24.00
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Slogun - We Human Animal ( Circle of Shit: COS25)
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A welcome release of new material from Slogun in quite some time, and what a beast it is. We Are Animal is a scathing attack on humanity, delivered with precise, focused energy and contempt. Musically, it strikes me as a darker release, with a more restrained approach. But let's get this straight, that's strictly in comparison to some of John's other works. In reality, this is incredibly intense and sonically violent - swirling textured distortion and turbine charged electronics, with screamed, in your face vocals delivered in the classic Slogun style. Still, there's more variation here than a lot of previous works (John told me he "really layered this sucker", and it shows), with claustrophobically atmospheric passages that make for a very complete release. Killer....but then, what did you expect? Lmtd 300, in 6 panel digipak.. $11.33
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Smell & Quim - A Sod's As Good As A Wank To A Blind Arse ( Industrial Recollections: IR_SQ02)
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Re-issue of a cassette originally released on SFCR with all studio material. As with all work from the notorious S&Q this balances on the edge somewhere between of genius and retard.Obscure aesthetics mixing culture, art, sleaze, humor, collaged weirdness, and noise actions into a unique mix that can be only from S&Q! Compared to Christmas album, this has a harsher feel, with more junk metal noises and crunch. Re-issued with artwork following the original ideasand sound re-mastered by band with slightly more clarity... $7.00
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Smell & Quim - Powerfuck CDr ( L-White: LW056)
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S&Q's triumphant return, after 10 years of inactivity. Suffice to say, they haven't lost a step and come off as twisted and deranged as they ever were. 10 tracks of whacked out s/m lo-fi noise, psychedelic industrial, incessant, pulsating loops and dirty rhythms, and cut up sounds like only they can deliver. Sick vocals, with a sense of humor (ya hope).Welcome back!. $7.00
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Smell & Quim - The Christmas Album ( Industrial Recollections: IR-SQ01)
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Re-issue of a cassette originally released on SFCR and includes studio and live material. As with all work from the notorious S&Q this balances on the edge somewhere between of genius and retard.Obscure aesthetics mixing culture, art, sleaze, humor, collaged weirdness, and noise actions into a unique mix that can be only from S&Q! Re-issued with artwork following the original ideasand sound re-mastered by band with slightly more clarity.. $6.00
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Somatic Response - Pounded Mass ( Hymen/Ant-Zen: Y741)
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For those rubberheads who consider Somatic Responses to be idm - thanks in part to their melodically brilliant 2002 album for Hymen, Touching the Void - take heart: Pounded Mass stylistically name checks your idm and experimental electronic icons like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, and Lee Norris. Somatic Responses' John Healy and Paul Healy also have a message for these folks: rethink that tag. Pounded Mass is one acerbic noise assault after another, the kind that will make most fans of twee synth tunes soil themselves. "We've taken a harder stance for this lp, as the title suggests," says John. "I think that we were categorized as idm for a bit, which we never really understood...so we've applied a few good measures of distortion, et cetera to this release. there's much more of a mixed bag in this release..." on the tripadelic "Bathrobe Brawl v1," Somatic Responses infuse the psychotic turntablist scratching effervescence of DJ Spooky with breaks and bass worthy of a depth charge or DJ Shadow cut. One track later, on "Go Off," the Welsh brothers crank up the Somatic Responses style of electro-mechano breakcore ferocity that would otherwise plant Pounded Mass firmly in the realm of Xanopticon or Orphx. Then there's the aptly-titled "The Day idm Crawled Up its Own Arse," which John says is "a simple statement of what we think of the elitist and good old-fashioned cock-head idm producers." Hymen sincerely hopes you "feel the love" on Somatic Responses' Pounded Mass.. $5.00
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Somatic Responses - Adverts 2CD ( Component: COM112)
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Two CD's packed with the sharp contrasts that the Healy brothers are known for. Aggressive, harsh processed drums thunder as gorgeous pads float overhead. Frequency modulated melodies seem right at home with dark ambience and alien percussion. As always, delightfully complex.. $7.00
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Somatic Responses - Concrete Glider ( Hymen: Y796)
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Still pushing the envelopes of genre with their unique, rigorous approach to electronic dance music, the Welsh brothers deliver a truly fine assortment of gloomy ambient, breakcore, drum'n'bass, idm, hardcore techno and industrial, all thrown through the somatic responses blender and spread throughout the album's 13 tracks. expressing a wide range of emotions and atmospheres ranging from the icy melancholic 'ReplicantLoss' and the academic crystal clarity of 'Science and Emotion' to furious distorted monsters like 'Fryday'.
Although the idea of building a concrete glider sounds like an oxymoron, the album title cuts to the core of the matter: a collection of skillfully designed sonic explorations where force and facility are utterly inseperable.. $14.66
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Somatic Responses - Digital Darkness ( Hymen: Y764)
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A new sign of life from Wales - John and Paul Healy, well-known as Somatic Responses produced a new full length work of electronic sound wizardry. Almost two years have passed since Giauzar and itseems the brothers used their time not only for the exploration of new tonal and atonal scapes, they also went for a re-analysis of their roots. The digital darkness described here is a dry, drawn out universe of distorted chromatic bass, straightened heavy beats and swirling filter pulses, establishing ties from the times when the tb-303 took over technoid music up to the nineties where speed increased andrhythms became dodgier. Stylistic classifications were never Somatic Responses' aim, nevertheless, Digital Darkness might be rated as one of their most straight-lined works since years. $10.99
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Sonne Hagal - Helfahrt ( Luftschutz: Luft013)
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Finally! The re-release in a blue six-panel digipak of this CLASSIC album! Sonne Hagal, a neo-folk formation from Germany, now delivers its first regular debut album: twelve perfectly crafted neo-folk pearls, that compete with the best acts in this field. Helfahrt includes contributions from OF THE WAND AND THE MOON and FORSETI across tracks including acoustic guitars, fine strings and pleasant vocals. Sonne Hagal plays traditional, melodic neo-folk reminding of classic Death In June.. $16.66
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Son of Eris - Kallisti ( Rage in Eden: Rae76)
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Latest CD from this lesser known, but quality German neo-folk act, last seen in 2005 with their CDr on War office Propaganda. Very dark. emotive, and somber, with clean guitars, glitchy industrial infusions and manipulated noises on the lighter scale. Melodic, yet slightly atonal at times, which totally works in it's favor, and puts it a step above (or beyond) normal neo-folk fare. Nowhere near as quirky as Novy Svet, yet sharing some similar traits.. $7.00
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Sophia - The Collective Works 2000-2003 4CD ( Cyclic Law: 31stCycle)
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We are pleased to present and make available once again some of the most seminal and marking Industrial albums of the last decade. Formed in 2000 by Peter Bjärgö of Arcana fame as a need to explore a harsher sonic terrain, Sophia was to become a very singular mix of pounding Martial like drum patterns mixed with orchestral arrangements and deep atmospheric passages, which later revealed to be part of the foundation and inspiration to many of today's contemporary industrial artists. We've compiled Sophia's earlier work from the years 2000 till 2003 which saw 3 full length albums and 3 eps released over a 3 year period. Included in this unique 4CD set is the albums Sigillum Militum, Herbstwerk, Spite as well as the Aus Der Welt, The Seduction Of Madness and Death Dumb And Blind eps, the whole is housed in a 6 panel A5 fold out cover with an 8 page booklet. This is the chance to be introduced to this very unique act or to rediscover these long out of print classics. Limited edition of 1000 copies.. $34.00
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Spanxti - Dheghom ( Autarkeia: ACD068)
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Debut album from this Lithuanian project. 6 tracks, each based on ancient, archaic rituals. Takes a little while to get going, with the first two tracks mostly peaceful, meditative synth drones, but then it kicks in nicely, getting more ominous, adding percussion and ceremonial vocals. Hard to pigeonhole this one though - some Ordo Equilibrio sounds, maybe some older Allerseelen. Lmtd 200 copies.. $9.00
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Spectre - 10 Pezzi Facili ( Old Europa Café: OECD119)
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Second solo album for Marcello Fraioli, aka Spectre, better known as the Ain Soph singer and guitarist! Minimal orchestral experimentations, rock ballads, folk, Italian cabaret, singed poetry and spoken word.Includes one Ain Soph and three other very strange / suprising covers ...This is best "Italian / Mediterranean Sound" in perfect "Spectre style".. $5.00
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Splinterskin - Wayward Souls ( Cold Spring: CSR114)
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Caught in the oblivious borderland, Splinterskin unveils his spell after years of solitude and hermetic isolation, in the form of a harsh, dark folk music. His tales are told using an old classical guitar accompanied by haunting vocals, violin, and soothing whispers cradled in the delicate atmospheres of autumn. With simple yet mystically riddled lyrics that beckon, Splinterskin taunts the listener with hidden meanings, allegorical concepts, nearly indescribable deep feelings, and a sense of universal understanding only a spirit as Splinterskin could possibly weave together as music.‘Wayward Souls’ is a collection of tales blending life and death, entities & creatures, hidden wisdom, unknown places, pain and suffering, folklore, possession, insanity, nature and the dark world that surrounds.With tales such as 'Dancing Dead Men,' 'The Thing that Wasn't,' and 'Chanting Bells Call Shadows', one can only suspect the moods are of a dark, moody and nightmarish nature...yet, there are no words to truly describe Splinterskin's message or music. $12.33
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Spreu & Weizen - Gott Erhalt's CDr ( Reminiscence Prod.: RPO02)
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Re-stock! Debut release from this side project of martial-Industrial-artist Hagalaz.Different from the main project, Spreu & Weizen does not concentrate on wartime scenarios and dark sound sceneries, but on tradition, transcendence, nature, belief and force. Emotive strings and melancholic neo-classical mixed with some samples military percussion. Lmtd 200. $12.00
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Spreu & Weizen - Gott Erhalt's Roman Edition CDr ( UFA Muzak: UFA37)
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I'm guessing this is a companion release to the Gott Erhalt CD released on Reminiscence Prod, with this one being dedicated to The "Sacrum Romanum Imperium & Julius Evola". Like that CD, Spreu & Weizen does not concentrate on wartime scenarios and dark sound sceneries, but on tradition, transcendence, nature, belief and force. Emotive strings and melancholic neo-classical mixed with some samples military percussion. $10.99
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Spreu & Weizen - Gott Vergelt's ( Lichterklang: LK004)
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Not to be confused with the other titles of the almost identical name - this is a brand new album released in June, 2011
"Gott vergelt’s", the second full-length album of Munich's SPREU & WEIZEN is a conceptual album concerned with the fall and second rise of the Roman Empire.The album's title is an allusion to a Southern German expression for "thank you", but is to be understood, as was the case with the first album's title "Gott erhalt's", as a play on words calling on God to retaliate against the decline of the Roman Empire.SPREU & WEIZEN's "Gott vergelt’s" features collaborations with Von Thronstahl, Art Abscons, Rose Rovine E Amanti and Karma Marata. As opposed to the aspiring Bavarians' first album, this CD can no longer be classified as purely neoclassical, which is mainly due to two new members who have had a strong impact on the project's sound. Apart from powerful slogans and fiery guitars, we are presented with an enticing melange of melancholic neoclassicism and gloomy Christian folk that has a decent Italian touch.. $12.00
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Spreu & Weizen/Der Jager - Split CD ( UFA Muzak: UFA31)
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Split between the promising Germany military-pop project Spreu & Weizen, and Der Jager, a Russian dark ambient/field recording project with sampled voices. Lmtd 111.. $10.88
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S.Q.E. - Rise of the Vulcans ( Old Europa Café: OECD080)
Quite a surprising release for this project, and not necessarily a bad one. Its been a while since I listened to SQE, but they seem to have moved from a sort of lo-fi cosmic drone band, to a eclectic electro, dub, space ambient, neo-folk hybrid. Sounds terrible, right? Nope
it aint. Its surprisingly well produced and slick sounding (relatively speaking), finding a nice balance between being ominous and beautiful, melodic and discordant. Features contributions from Ure Thrall, Tone Wakeford, Kris Force (Amber Asylum) and others.. $12.00
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Squaremeter - 14id1610s ( Ant-Zen: Act98)
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This is an extremely great example of cutting edge sampling and studio trickery, creating astounding glitch-orientated soundscapes (created, manipulated, de-constructed and assembled by the artist panacea). Taking 89% of sound samples from Ant-Zen releases, most are only fleetingly recognisable due to the scattergun approach to melding them together. Static burst of beats, blips, bleeps and other random sounds spit and gurgle from the speakers housed and delivered in a crystaline sound production. The breath of sound exploration ranges from scattered hyper beat-driven atmospheres to minimalist electronics, and represents a fantastic cornerstone of appropriately descriptive words solidify, the sounds of the cd have already surged off on a totally different tangent. However this is not to say that this lacks focus, for it is a very engaging listen. Not quite digital abstraction (due to the many beat-oriented samples), this is also not flowing enough to be able to be played in a club. Rather, it is more appropriately viewed as a digital canvas masterwork to be appreciated by connoisseurs of experimental digital soundworks. The packaging also deserves special mention with its minimal print, transparent cover and inlay card housed in a clear jewel case creating a very nice visual effect. Lastly, referencing the title, the cd equates to 14 tracks (14id) and an astounding 1610 samples (1610s). To even imagine collating that many samples into a cohesive and listenable whole is an astounding feat within itself. Spectrum 4, Richard Stevenson. $7.00
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Squaremeter - War of Sound ( Ant-Zen: Act148)
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The latest from Squaremeter and another new highlight in what has become a pretty awesome catalog of material. Ghostly modulations and beautifully fluid textures with minor glitches and exotic, almost Middle Eastern intrusions. Purely hypnotic and dynamic music that propels itself forward with periodic beats and grooves.. $14.77
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Sshe Retina Stimulants - Margini Sonori II CDr ( Show Me Your Wounds: Lesion001)
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From Judas Kiss Magazine "On 4th March 2008 P.NG5361.B set up his live assault in Barrio's, Milano, Italy. His Super Sound High Energy platform was shared by a number of artists who performed that day: Limbielettronici; Madame P; Nufenen and Analog Suicide. Approximately twenty-two and a half minutes comprises P.NG5361.B's segment relative to this CDr release. The CDr is presented in card form, along with a four page booklet and a small quantity of iron filings. Happily, unlike the iron filings the recording is not merely a by-product of an industrial process. A low course feed open proceedings before exploding suddenly in a caustic cauldron of noise turbulence. From here on P.NG5361.B construct his sound walls with pulse-effects and electronic subversions before attempting to bring them down with a barrage of roaming frequencies and noise traffic that are further manipulated through alternating volumes and strength patterns. Stratified noise pockets expand before collapsing into low-fi plateaus while blistering pitches are cranked up and held. P.NG5361.B also bothers the foundations of his sound walls by introducing detuned electronic strings and looping keys, all shot through with scorching and abrasive manipulations that climb steadily, scaring the upper levels of the acute power noise threshold. Only several instances of dropped noise assault and brief drone offer any semblance of respite from the crushing distortions unleashed over the course of twenty-two minutes. A release burgeoning with P.NG5361.B's corrosive style being listless throughout, and as a subtle nod towards the expansion of the genre's norms it represents a competent ambassador.. $7.00
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Stahlwerk9 - 1905 ( Achtung Baby!: ABCD007)
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Re-stock! New recording from Stahlwerk 9, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Russian revolution. Solemn, flowing symphonic atmospheres and orchestral movements that create a densely brooding, post industrial soundscape, punctuated by martial elements and relevant samples. A quality release, like a lot of the more recent S9 output. For fans of Toroidh, ACOH, Predominance, etc. $7.00
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Stahlwerk9 - Der Tod Nagelt die Augen Zue ( Steinklang: SK37)
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Standout new album from this up and coming act. Der Tod is certainly their heaviest and noisiest recording to date, with strong, scourging drones and slow, doomy pulsations. The vocals are deep and drugged, very reminiscent of earlier Predominance. In fact, the whole recording definitely takes its cue from that project-
gloomy, oppressive and ominous. Recommended!. $7.00
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Stalhwerk9/Rasthof Dachau - The Final Resistance CD ( Steinklang: AP005CD)
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CD version of the LP.Oh so nice
.exactly what you want (or at least what I look for) in a heavy electronics release
. uneasy drones (classic analogue style), throbbing rhythms, and ultra antagonistic vocals, balanced out with some dark and unsettled atmospheric passages. On a whole, just balls to the wall, in your face, old school shit. There is no resistance to this mofo, so step up.. $12.33
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Steel Hook Prostheses - Atrocitizer ( Malignant: TumorCD34)
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As long time admirers of this Texas two piece, it seemed only a matter of time before Steel Hook Prostheses would find a home with Malignant. While Atrocitizer will probably not be considered their most aggressive release, it is unquestionably their most unsettling and creepy. 10 tracks in total and close to 50 minutes of death industrial in its purest form, dripping and oozing with sinister intentions, and full of grim electronics, unnerving pulsations, and cold frequency spasms that swarm from a fetid pit of malevolence. Add in a steady stream of ultra menacing , processed vocals and nightmarish samples, and surely you have one of the more disturbing releases ever to be released on Malignant. Steel Hook Prostheses formed in 1999, and since then have amassed an impressive discography of limited CDR releases. Atrocitizer is just their second full length non CDR release following 2005's Light Reflected From A Cold Cutting Table. In 6 panel digipak. $9.00
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Steel Hook Prostheses - Cut Off the Nose to Spite the Face 2CD ( Szymic Records: Syzmic08)
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After many years of planning and development Steel Hook Prostheses - Cut Off the Nose to Spite the Face is unleashed. This 2-disc Anthology spans the first eight years of SHP's ultra limited 3"cd-r releases, rare cuts from the 2006 Texas 3xLP released on RRRecords, tracks from 2002's Open Wound compilation "Fresh Blood ... Volume 1: "Violent Cutting Motion" and previously unreleased live material. All re-mastered by J. Stillings with artwork and layout by L. Kerr, packaged in this elegantly sickening gatefold digipak. Rediscover these under distributed gems from the pioneering, cult, Texas Death Industrial power house Steel Hook Prostheses.. $19.33
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Steel Hook Prostheses - Exploring the Outer Lesion ( Clinical Records: CR04)
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A collection of compilation tracks spanning 2002-2008, most of which are long out of print, were under distributed or never came out at all. 11 tasty cuts of blood splattered, pus dripping, ultra grim power electronics. So dark you can taste it. Includes a cover of the classic Schloss Tegal song, "Hunting for Humans". Lmtd 300. $10.00
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Steel Hook Prostheses - Light Reflected from a Cold Cutting Table ( Pain Compliance: PCP02)
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More great death-industrial from this perhaps under rated project. .11 cuts of cold, very dark, clinical electronics influenced by medical phobia and fetish, and the frailty of the human condition. From catatonic atmpsheres to surgically sharp power electronics, Light Reflected from a Cold Cutting Table has lots of deeply pulsating death vibes and thick, writhing frequencies amidst a semblance of structure. Cool, highly processed vocals too. Very good intensity and lots of layers make for a very complex, entertaining listen, even as it disturbs. The soundtrack to your next desperate stay in the infirmary. Should find immediate appeal among fans of Ex.Order, Navicon, etc.. $8.00
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Steel Hook Prostheses - Torturous Anxiety ( L-White: LW028)
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Finally back in stock! From Scott Candey/Wormgear: This is a new 10 song CD release in an oversized plastic bag and color sleeve package with some great grindhouse style cover art. Steel Hook Prostheses has always adeptly combined numerous elements of Dark Ambient, Death Industrial and Power Electronics, and this release shows them developing that concoction further. "Shrine Of Mutilation" opens the disc with about three minutes of nice droning ambience before the cycling distortions and processed vocals emerge. The vocals are delivered more in a exaggerated speaking manner than relentless full blown screams and it works well with the remaining ambience at the foundation of the track. "Dismemberment" uses gritty deep synth tones, throbbing noise abrasions and a venomous vocal attack to slowly build into a heaving beast. "The Masochist" begins with some minimal drones and a sample that gives rise to a ragged loop of distortion and swelling noise. The vocals on this track are lower in the mix and behave more like additional sound layer rather than a obvious vocal tract. "Parasitic" has a churning Death Industrial flair with some nice analog electronics sounds, and crispy distortions against a heavy tonal low end, and again the vocals are there but within the mix rather than on top of it. Tracks eight and nine are remixes by Control and Azoikum respectively, and fit nicely into the context of the album while still showing the fingerprints of the remixers. The things I really like about this project include their use of noise and atmosphere in unison, it leads to deeper and more sinister moods that build detail and allow for different ways to listen to the tracks. They consistently change up the processing on the vocals and the way the vocals are delivered so as not to get redundant and to actually match the tone of the sonics rather than just spitting them out methodically over whatever is there. This is a project that has improved with each new installment to their discography and definitely worth investigating if you are still unfamiliar. Lmtd 200 copies. $13.99
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Stein - Haldor ( Heimatfolk: Heimatfolk11)
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STEIN was founded in 2005 as the solo-project of Norbert Strahl, the singer of SEELENTHRON and NOTHING ENDS, who was also basic member of the famous NeoFolk outfit DIES NATALIS. Norbert's aim with Stein was, to compose songs for the poems of Georg Thom (his grandfather), written between 1911 and 1936. In the beginning of the band, Norbert worked with Jens Vetter of GRÃœNLAND, who also was ex-Dies Natalis member, but due to the intense work on Seelenthron, Stein stopped in the fledgling stage, until in 2009 the project finally grew to a real band. Finally in summer 2010 the first album "Haldor" was recorded in the Studios of Alexander Meier. "Haldor" is a mix of romantic-paganism and apocalyptic visions, packed in real handmade, classical NeoFolk. The album is dedicated to Lorenz Klinger, Norbert's little son, who fights against leukemia with the power of a tiny rock. "Haldor" is Norse and means "Thor's rock". 10 songs / 40 min.. $6.00
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Stem Cell Research - Charnel Houses ( Szymic Records: Syzmic09)
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Five songs inspired by death and post-mortem rituals with each passage delving deeper into the stygian abyss. "Charnel Houses" is profoundly imbued with feelings of despair brought forth with field recordings of actual autopsies taking place. Somber moments layered with metal percussion, white noise and rhythmic drones that envelope the listener like a lead blanket. SRP is J. P. Whetzel of Welter In Thy Blood and Deathstench. Mastered by John Stillings of Steel Hook Prostheses. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.. $10.66
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Sten Ove Toft - Lit de Parade ( Vendlus: Vendlus)
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Sten Ove Toft is one of the leading artists in the Norwegian noise scene.Apart from being an active solo artist, Toft has also validated himselfthrough such significant projects as Ryfylke, Röyskatt, Waffelpung andothers. He's also worked with Lasse Marhaug, Anders Hana, Stian Westerhus,Serena Maneesh and The Low Frequency In Stereo. Toft has performed over 200concerts and has participated in over 50 releases, on labels all over theworld.Toft's compositions have a brooding, organic feel, like witnessing somegargantuan organism that heaves slowly and is ready to unleash a world ofdarkness on the listener to succumb to. The songs grow to an unnervingpresence either by a monotonous, deafening tone, or through more organic,pulsating soundscapes, like heavy breathing or a bellow slowly igniting asoon-to-become raging furnace. As these build ups reach their climax, Toftdispels the minimalism and revels in shorter spans of crackling andall-encompassing, sinister noise, richly structured, incorporating foundsounds and samples provided by other key artists on the same scene, such asthe notable Lasse Marhaug.. $7.00
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Steve Severin - Blood of a Poet ( Cold Spring: CSR135)
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Acclaimed solo artist and founding member of the legendary Siouxsie and the Banshees, Steven Severin’s debut album for Cold Spring Records is titled "Blood Of A Poet (Le Sang d’un Poete). This album is his entire soundtrack to Jean Cocteau’s 1930 black & white surrealist classic and is the second in his ongoing series of "Music For Silents". "Blood Of A Poet" received it’s premiere at the Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood in January this year and this October sees Severin embark on his first ever solo tour of the UK hosted by the Picturehouse chain of cinemas. Digipak.. $7.00
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Stormfagel - Eldvakt ( Steinklang: SK51)
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Following two well received CDs on CMI, Steinklang now finds a new home at Steinklang, and delivers perhaps their strongest material yet - an incredible mix of early Derniere Volonte and Rome with a strong touch of new Blood Axis. Pure Martial PowerPop at it's very best. $8.00
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Stormloop - Snowbound* ( Glacial Movements: GM012)
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Stormloop is Kev Spence from Leeds, England who has been making electronic and ambient recordings since 1999. Snowbound* is his first recording on a record label, and the ambience is in perfect harmony with the icy themes of Glacial Movements.
Snowbound* is a collection of tracks that were recorded in late December 2009. Deep snow had fallen and stayed for over two weeks. Composing usually late into the night and watching the heavy snowfalls was the inspiration for these tracks, and the feeling of being lost in some remote cabin, safe but warm, with good food and drink, staring out at the depths of winter snow that covers the land..
These crystalline soundscapes, take us from the cold winter nights, then out towards the bleakness of space. Snowbound is an authentic full-immersion into the cold.. $13.99
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Storm of Capricorn/Paranoia Inducta - Jama ( Beast of Prey: BOP3.0)
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Split CD between this French project Storm of Capricon and Polish project Paranoia Inducta. Based around a poem entitled Jama, written by murdered Croatian Resistance fighter Ivan Kovacic. A very solid mixture of dark atmospheres, martial sounds and emotive folk-lore inspired soundscapes. Impressive stuff all around, especially from Storm of Capricorn, who deliver some of the best stuff I've heard from them. CD issued very originally in A5 format, folding cover with two additional postcards and photography, with the usual high quality design work from BoP. 45 minutes of music issued on CD, all in atypical graphic style. $13.00
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Stratvm Terror - Genetic Implosions ( Old Europa Café: OECD29)
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Re-stock! 7 studio tracks plus 3 live tracks recorded in 1998 during the Nursery Injection Festival in Stockholm! Harsher and more powerful than ever before, with mass eruptions of tumultuous noise and churning, deformed sounds ripped and torn (with ragged metallic teeth) straight from the infested bowels of the machine. Ferocious and unrelenting material thats sure to leave scars. A must!. $13.99
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Stratvm Terror - Pain Implantations ( Old Europa Café: OECD118)
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Re-issue of the Malignant CD from 1998. Though, why you would drastically change the artwork is beyond me...I always thought that was one of the cooler looking CDs I did. No matter, it's all good. Pain Implantations, comparatively speaking, is a more subdued listen than some of the other Stratvm Terror CDs, but still delivers quite a punch. Shimmering, corrosive, and highly dynamic atmospheres surging and churning with tension and volatile distortion, with the tracks reaching incredible heights of intensity. This re-release from Old Europa Cafe, totally refurbished from the original master and added with two more songs, is presented with complete new artwork.. $8.00
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Stratvm Terror - This is My Own Hell ( Existest: EEXI)
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Welcoming the return of Peter Andersson(Raison D'etre, Necrophorous) and Tobias Larsson (Ocean chief), ExistenceEstablishment and Reverse Alignment present "This is My Own Hell"with over an hour's worth of the darkest, bleakest industrialsoundscapes these artists have delivered. Spanning minimalist darkambience to doomed industrial passages Stratvm Terror portrays anabsolutely hopeless atmosphere of pure desolation. With artworkfeaturing the paintings of Mia Mäkilä, "This is My Own Hell" mayjust be your own pleasure. Limited to 1000 copies in 4 panel fullcolor digi-wallet.. $8.99
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Streicher - Der Sturmer/Hammerskins ( Industrial Recollections: IR-STR05)
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5th part of Streicher collection presents two full tapes: "Hammerskins"and "Der Sturmer" as well as all his compilation appearances from the90´s except War Against Society. C. 70 minutes of material are a guaranteedStreicher skins hatefuck! Original master tapes used for maximum sonicdamage!. $9.00
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Streicher - Legion St. George/Gnadelos ( Industrial Recollections: IR-STR-01)
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Cult material from the darkest depths of power electronics void. Nastiest and filthiest PE ever churned out. Unedited, uncut, hardly mastered (merely volume levels, no tape hiss cut! no EQ!), with all the original artworks re-printed. It goes beyond the usual standard in sound and presentation. Be warned! Official Zero Cabal re-issues by INDUSTRIAL RECOLLECTIONS. $9.00
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Streicher - Oi Terroristen/Blood & Honour ( Industrial Recollections: IR-STR-02)
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Cult material from the darkest depths of power electronics void. Nastiest and filthiest PE ever churned out. Unedited, uncut, hardly mastered (merely volume levels, no tape hiss cut! no EQ!), with all the original artworks re-printed. It goes beyond the usual standard in sound and presentation. Be warned! Official Zero Cabal re-issues by INDUSTRIAL RECOLLECTIONS. $9.00
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STROM.ec - Divine Legions Beyond Psyche ( Malignant: TumorCD32)
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With their fifth full length CD, Finlands STROM.ec continue to further explore the far regions of power electronics, challenging the confines and stretching the boundary of the genre, sculpting new and innovative creations that are uniquely their own. Having been under construction for over seven years , Divine Legions shows STROM.ec with a majestic control of their craft, offering 8 tracks (including one 21 minute epic to close the CD out!) of powerful and explosive industrial music, full of volatile frequencies, brain bending, enigmatic atmospheres, hallucinatory noise, and the trademark vocal assault that few acts can rival. Presented in a luxurious 8-panel DVDigipak, designed by Jerome Nougaillon, Divine Legions Beyond Psyche represents STROM.ec at their finest, most creative form, having reached a pinnacle in an already illustrious discography.. $11.00
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Strom.ec - Free Speech Series 3 inch ( L-White: LW027/3)
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Strom.ec is back, pissed off, and ready for a fight! 3 tracks. Hyper- aggressive (!!) vocals framed by a swirling bombardment of burning frequencies, rhythmic elements, and deep electronics. They never disappoint. Part III in the Free Speech Series, packaged under glass!. $13.75
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Strops - Strops ( Raubbau: Raub003)
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A lonely atmosphere
a forest on a misty autumn day
constructed by heavy drones, pulsating beat-like structures and lyrics in aunfamiliar sounding language
Strops are taking us out of the comfort and warmth of our hiding place called life, guiding us on adark and also mysterious journey like they did last year on 'Likuma Burts'.The breath of wrecked machines seeps through the album, transported by amphoric sounds created through heavy manipulation of the sound of steel drums. The artwork reflects the music perfectly: arranged hexagonal nuts on a rusty background, referring to a beehive (being thetranslation of strops into english) as well as the origin of the sounds. Clear repetitive structures versus threatening drones andtangible metal sounds; gained out of rusty steel. As simple as the structure of a beehive is, as complex is the formation of what is transported to the listeners mind. every friend ofnon-easy listening and frowning sound-scapes will be fascinated by this new release on Raubbau.. $8.00
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Sturmfuhrer - Niemals Bergessen ( Audial Decimation: ADR013CD)
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CD version of the LP. Dark, doomy and militant martial industrial of the highest caliber. Two side long tracks on this third full length offering from this enigmatic entity and hailed by all followers as the absolute best recording. Highly controversial...proceed at your own risk, especially if you're in Germany. If you get caught with this release, you are fucked. Lmtd 500 copies.. $10.50
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Sturmpercht - Sturm ins Leben Wild Hinein ( Percht: Percht02CD)
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New edition of the long soldout first Sturmpercht album. This album is pure weird Alpine-Folk music with martial drinking-songs, alpine battle-hymns and strange fairie-tales out from the deepest Austrian and Bavarian forests, all embedded in a breath of black Monty Python humour. a pearl of pure Alpine Folkmusic!. $8.00
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Subklinik - Musik for Dekomposition ( Fall of Nature: FN06)
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Re-stock! Subklinik is Chad Davis (Torturecide, Mortuor). Since 1996, Subklinik has continued to create some of the darkest Death Industrial / necro-soundscapes in existence. Enter "Musik For Dekomposition", the latest full length from Subklinik, featuring six torturous expressions that convey a foreboding atmosphere abundant with feelings of death, and isolation, manifested through a sonic vortex of analogue filth and decay. Lo-fi, unsettling, and ultra grim, this immediately takes me back to the early-mid' 90s and the heyday of the Slaughter Productions cassette scene. CD re-issue of the cassette on No Visible Scars that came out in 2010.. $12.66
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Surma - Allocutio ( The Eastern Front: Front019)
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Brand new album from this very young Ukrainian project, Surma. Martial ambient sounds are mixed with industrial elements and nostalgic old samples. File next to A Challenge Of Honour, Toroidh, Ardit etc. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies in a gatefold outsized folder. $5.00
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Survival Unit - Fentanyl Martyrs 2CD ( Autarkeia: ACD020A)
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An amazing swan song for Survival Unit, in the form of an elaborately packaged 2CD, dedicated to the Chechnyan underground extremist movement. With SU, its never really clear whether he's exposing atrocities, or glorifying them. Is he for the bad guys, or against them? Hard to tell. Maybe somewhere in between I suppose. Provocative and confrontational, SU has never been something you'd be able to listen to without raising some sort of hackles, and he certainly delivers that with Fentanyl/Martyrs. Violent, incendiary power electronics, full of burrowing frequencies, saturated manipulations of noise, and a vehement vocal presence, all wrapped up in raw, lo-fi sound quality that only adds to to the intense, guerilla feel that permeates this release. All I know is, the fuse is lit, SU is here to add the fuel. Completely uncompromising, as always. Comes in in special 3-part digipack, with a 20-page booklet full of grisly photos and amazing collages, 2 golden CDs and a special manually-made box will spit into the face of those mocking underground and the truth. Cultural Terrorism at it's finest AND most extreme. Way expensive, but top notch packaging. $36.99
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Survival Unit - Free Speech Series 3inchCD ( L-White: LW027/2)
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I'll just state the obvious right off the bat
this kicks ass. One 17 minute track of heavy, burrowing drones, grinding, mechanized loops and processed vocals. Builds to a highly intense, penetrating climax. Old school, unsettling, and just plain killer. For fans of the slower style p.e. a la Anenzephalia, Ex.Order, etc Part II of the free Speech Series, packaged under glass!. $14.33
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Survival Unit - Murder for the Mission ( Autarkeia: ACD034)
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Although the cult album Fentanyl Martyrs signified the death of Survival Unit , they remain toxic even while buried. Murder for the Mission represents volume 1 of old and very rare, almost unobtainable retrospective recordings of this Swedish cult project. It includes both released and unreleased tracks from several sessions: Vemod label's tape Murder For The Mission, a concert in Paris and the CDR Utan Fana released as a very limited edition. Extremely aggressive psycho-powerelectronics full of hatred and insane samples, with intrinsicly frantic and maniacal energy.. $14.50
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Survival Unit - Thought Trigger Target ( Autarkeia: ACD040)
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Here is one more masterpiece of Swedish cultural terrorism supplemented with new material and re-released in the golden collection of cultural terrorism series. A rather nice companion to Will to Zero, in that it's a generally more atmospheric and gloomy release. Relatively speaking that is. f Still, plenty of subversive sounds delivered here and plenty of aural violence to satisfy all.. $14.33
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Survival Unit - Tied Down for Survival ( Autarkeia: ACD038)
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At the times of global crisis, the zombies of cultural terrorism strike again with the fire of new toxic power. Tied Down For Survival is a old/new blow from the Scandinavian cult project Survival Unit to the rotten cancer of Western civilisation and the second collection of rarities in the golden collection of cultural terrorism series. This is an exceptionally suggestive, psychedelic power electronics with deeply terrorising implications. Here you will listen to unreleased live records, passages from limited edition Utan Fana and the controversial conspiracy theory of Rolf-Peter Andersson, where the Swedish monarch family, Indira Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev practice cannibalism. Outstanding...maybe even more so than usual.. $14.33
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Survival Unit - Will to Zero ( Autarkeia: ACD039)
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Will To Zero is the third part in Survival Unit's golden collection of cultural terrorism series, actually meant for crippling as many people as possible with little hope for recovery. A particularly aggressive and deranged outing even by SU standards, with a more straightforward sound built around writhing pulsations, power drones, grimey noise, samples, and red blooded intensity. Fucking great. In 6 panel embossed digipak with yet more amazing collaged artwork. Sorry, these are creeping up in price as the dollar gets weaker.. $15.77
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Sutcliffe Jugend - With Extreme Prejudice ( Cold Spring: CSR143CD)
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Harsh extreme electronic pioneers Sutcliffe Jugend return with an album of all new material. Three years in the making, and with numerous reworkings, "With Extreme Prejudice" finds Sutcliffe Jugend at the top of their game. Forcing the listener to question their own prejudices and taboos, as modern man struggles to confront and control his inner demons. Musically and lyrically this is SJ's most varied album to date, ranging from harsh electronic onslaughts to a new kind of musical oblivion. Production and sound values are closer to industrial music than ever before, creating a very different feel to their previous filthwork "Pigdaddy". Enter if you dare, the very twisted and real world of Sutcliffe Jugend as they execute With Extreme Prejudice. 6-panel digipak.. $12.00
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Sutcliffe Jugend/Satori - Split CD ( Cold Spring: CSR83CD)
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Split release from these two British acts for their Japanese Tour in April 2007. Sutcliffe Jügend continue to fuck with your brain with this 28-minute diatribe against those who choose the path of least resistance, and suggest not only that they face their demons but embrace them. A collage at turns ambient, experimental and explosive. Satori arises with its first official release after 12 years of silence. 3 tracks of prime Fortean Electronics and Death Sonics, exploring the Noise side of Satori. Inspired by the Ringu trilogy, these tracks probe the hidden world of dead channel transmissions and unseen realms of the ether. Limited to 500 copies only with all-exclusive studio tracks.. $13.50
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Svaixt - Virsme Versme ( Autarkeia: ACD022)
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Meditative and transcendent sounds from copper percussion. 4 long tracks of resonant drones and ritual sounds capes that gently change and evolve over an extended period of time.. $6.66
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Svalbard - Heimkunft ( Lichterklang: LK001)
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Combining the military precision of Strength Through Joy with the melodic edge of Leger des Heils, Svalbard reveals a new image of Military Pop: straight forward with powerful martial drums and a hymn-like character. A new Derniere Volonte, perhaps?. $6.00
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Svarrogh - Temple of the Sun mCD ( Ahnstern: Ahnstern27)
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Welcome to Svarrogh's "Temple of the sun", a collaborative mini-album with Allerseelen and Sangre Cavallum. "Temple of the Sun" is a decadent and transcendental journey with mandoline, tamboura, mighty synths, Bulgarian folklore, deep balcan voices and European ambience as well as blizzard guitars and several elements from the black metal past of Svarrogh. This mini album is a macrocosmic European theme - although still mainly Bulgarian and Balcan - a gathering of pagan culture with fragments from the modern world. Wine and honey will flow through grey streets, through cities of glass, weeping giants cry out in sorrow - welcome to Svarrogh's temple of decadence!. $5.00
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Svarrogh/Defiles des Ames/Arnica - South European Folk Compendium ( Ahnstern: Ahnstern37)
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This triple-split CD is a unique compendium of South European folk music, inspired by Balkan, Catalan and Hellenic traditional culture. The sources and the stylistic devices of the three artists are quite different and descending from three different cultural regions, but there is just one intention and one deep mythological spirit, that unites the musicians to build up an axis through the mediterranean sunlit landscapes. On this album you will drown into the ritual, Alpine-Folk shamanism of Árnica, using a wide range of traditional instruments and the spirit of Catalunya - Svarrogh drags you to the deep and dark forests of Bulgaria by slavic chants, where you will meet the god Veles in his wooden shrine and you will waft through a droning and apocalyptic haze to the powerful and emotional hellenic spheres of Défilé des Ames from Greece. - 10 songs / 60 min.. $8.00
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Svartsinn - Elegies for the End 2CD ( Cyclic Law: 26thCycle)
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The 4th by Norwegian dark ambient act, Svartsinn, shows a more melodic yet rather obscure side of the artist. 2009 is the 10th year of Svartsinn's existence and it has inspired Pettersen to try a different approach and to experiment with some new ideas. This new musical journey deals with sadness and melancholy, about not knowing one's place in this vast and at times uninviting world, how it can become a daily torment to not be able to find one's reason to exist. And it's also about finding one's personal path, finding ways to endure and hopefully transcend these engulfing life challenges.The Double CD includes a unique collaboration track with Dahlia's Tear and a 10 years anniversary bonus disc containing exclusive remixes by Triarii, Kammarheit, Letum, Life Toward Twilight, Gustaf Hildebrand, Tenebrious, New Risen Throne, MGriffin, Visions and Hovmod. All acts giving very interesting perspectives on some of Svartsinn's previously released tracks, making this second disc a very special homage to the singular world of Svartsinn.Edition of 1000 copies in 8 panel foldout cardboard sleeve.. $12.88
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Svartsinn - Of Darkness and Re-Creation ( Cyclic Law: 5th Cycle)
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First in a series of collaborations between Cyclic Law and Ewers Tonkunst, this is a re-issue of the long sold out second Svartsinn album from the year 2003. “Of Darkness And Re-Creation” is a “collection of stories based on heavy mind struggles, emotional complicity or elegies which either leads to emptiness or dark places for a re-creation of the self image. Darkness is all around us or inside each and every one of us, let¹s not fear it.. Prosper in darkness...” (from the original edition release notes). Maybe the most hopeless and desperate music ever done by Svartsinn’s mastermind’s Jan Roger Pettersen, it is definitely one of the classical works from this “new” generation of dark ambient artists that were gathered around Cyclic Law in the first decade of 2000. This edition has completely new artwork and new mastering, it is limited to 500 copies and comes in a stylish monochrome mini LP-like cover with inner sleeve, both with silkscreened elements. .. $12.66
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Swanika - Hotel ( Pflicht: Pflicht45)
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Can't say I saw this coming out of the Pflichtkau camp, who are usually known for their electro/technoid releases. I don't even know where to start here, and chances are, my brains going to shut down before I come up with anything remotely accurate. Saturated heavy electronic drones and scuzzy hypnotic noise-swirl, punctuated by some highly processed vocals, looped rhythms and fuzzy drum machine percussion (a la Loop I suppose).. $6.00
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Synapscape - Traits ( Ant-Zen: Act267)
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Since their debut album, Tim Kniep and Philipp Munch have consistently impressed world wide audiences both on stage and with a wide number of high-octane releases combining distinctive vocal treatments, experimental electronics and rhythmic industrial with a touch of the unexpected - executing their own blend of both pounding beats and complexity. Synapscape's layers of sound reveal themselves in a number of different ways on repeated listens, often with unforeseen results and this mixture of the basic and the detailed has been a constant characteristic on this project's work from day one. On previous albums they mixed in complex idm flavors and technoid beat structures in order to create new points of interest - 'traits' continues this fusion of harshness and subtlety in a most brilliant way.
The album takes the listener into a varied world of rhythmic textures ranging from the complex to straight energetic beat blasts accompanied by a multitude of synth treatments. The moods range from claustrophobic and ice-cold up to a peak of fiery fierce aggression, intensified by tim's versatile use of vocals. Influenced by straight upbeat rhythm-based industrial, electro-clash, intelligent dance music and dark ambient, Synapscape always maintain their own authentic style - from the cold ambience of 'Conditio Sine Qua Non' and 'Hiller' to the pounding bass sequences and disturbing high frequencies of 'Slowdive' and 'Deerstalker', from the crystal clear sequences confronted with distorted beats on 'host' to the fevered singing and sulphurous body sequences on 'Authority's My Son'.
The journey that started 16 years before now, once again finds a remarkable and unique way of continuing on. listen well, and forgive us for worshipping the intellectual mind!. $14.66
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Synapsis - Materia ( Zoharum: IYHHH02)
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Second part of the IYHHH series showcasing new artists, courtesy of Poland's Zoharum label. Synapsis is new project of Dawid Chrapla (Nojens / Antibiotix) and Andrzej Turziak (:Wulgata: , Multipoint Injector). Musically, this is layered, and heavily atmospheric...dynamic synth beds and deep ambience overlayed with reverbed factory din and mechanized dirge, like the sounds of metal on metal ringing out over a large, cavernous space. Recommended!. $6.00
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