2024

2024 Recap

amazing year for music and friendship

i did not get a new job or a new car or clear the music queue but i DID read more so fuck yeah

FAV ALBUMS:

1. pinniped - Crushed by the Thought of Never Getting to See You

2. Bleood - 22-24 (itll be on rym... eventually lol)

3. Viscera Infest - Teratoma

4. Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe

5. renamon - such sweet sorrow

FAV SINGLES:

1. bimby1 cats - Sunday R!ngtone

2. f5ve - UFO

3. OsamaSon - Withdrawals

4. David Shawty - Rick n Morty 2

5. Ghost Mountain - Dark Harvest

2024 lastfm:

OTHER MEDIA:

fav movie: La bête [The Beast] (yep 2024 fuck you) ok or Megalopolis

not a super great year for movies i didnt love a whole lot from this year that i saw, and it doesnt seem like much peak was even in my watchlist from this year... oh whale

fav book (yes i can do this category now!): tough to say, but probably 2001: A Space Odyssey (or Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls)

new years resolutions: fuck it lets roll for new job new car clear the music queue and then uhh dentist visits and more gym and less soda yeah

and uh yeah still no more monthly themes

December Recap

hey wtahat the fuck? oh yeah its just me recapping 🧢 the december ahh month.

exploding mind forces:

Not Negative Number frost icicle forest heart pains

Kiko Kostadinov 00072019 "Midnight Stripe", look 5 trve wvll...

Observer ❤️

oh yeah and I'll Never Tire of You wall music forever life is beautiful

No Content carpet (8000 ratings!)

3!bhs7371)/: keep an eye out ;)

王中王 [King of Kings] most chill competition

Fermented Intestinal Egesta fuck i love that slam

3+5 ear candy legendary comeback

Noise wtf imogen heap

Tour Promo grind forever pause

Tragedy as Catharsis welcome back skramz

Jaded EP welcome back jaded

What to Think About Again is there a single promise that you wouldnt break

Chaos Apocalypse brain mush nonsense

Déjà entendu beautiful and catchy and sometimes gay as hell

How We Learn to Forget more lovely core

30° Everywhere my everything and The Horse Latitudes

goodbye :(

Drugqueen and Angel and Les Drums AND My Life Is Just a Demo AND Infinity HARDSTYLE FOREVER

Pure dancing all night

and of course, 2024!

fav movie: i only watched like 2 movies this month Nosferatu

what else:

-hardstyle yep

-metalcore yep

-diary plugg yep

-silver mutha fuckin dove

-PRESENTS!!!

boom, everyone please make way for our 2024 recap...

Playboi Carti

2024 (2023) [Music video]

Trap

Pop Rap, Cloud Rap

triumphant, sampling, male vocalist, ethereal, boastful

dec24

what better way to start 2025 with a song about 2024 released in 2023

really chill production beat and his vibes for the first half of this are unmatched. so lax. im still not super crazy about deep voice carti but its undeniable he delivers even in the deep voice second half. 2024

3.5

Reizoko Cj

Deafening Blast EP (2014) [EP]

Mashcore, Electronic Dance Music

Complextro

dec24

fire lol. first two are really fun i love the complete commitment to the edm mashcore. second side is not as good and gets p boring.

3

wawawa

konatacore (2020)

Lolicore

dec24

random compulsive listen not worth it so derivative and hollow. i still believe in you though wawawa

2

odaxelagnia / Hymen

Split (2010)

Breakcore

dec24

odax side is honestly rly nice dsbc with some really charming programming and sampling. probably odax's best work outside of kawaiicore. hymens side is less tapped in to the ds vibe but is still a decent batch of breaking

3

Scanners

All I Want (1996) [Single]

dec24

im gonna go thru all their singles eventually but i liked the titles of this one. the vocals are so weird though just really strange lyrics choices and she flows so strangely and idk sounds clunky but i looove the synths in the verses really good melody. nothing is a fine track

3

Scanners

Pure (1995) [Single]

dec24

oh my god heard it off that comp this has to be like one of the best songs ever. the dance edit is chill puts the vocals in the backseat. impure was okay

4

Various Artists

Bit Music Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2012) [Compilation]

Makina, Hard Dance

dec24

real cute fun stuff. some songs kind of ass or just like boring rly but lots of neat little melodies and weird europe english lyrics

3

mercury.lamp

mercury.lamp v dj disturbing lucky star imagery//10.29.23 (2023) [DJ Mix]

Breakcore

dec24

just a mostly weak selection of songs. the goreshit/odax/goreshit section was tight tho

2.5

Rodeoglo

BLVCKHEVRT (2020)

Sigilkore, Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Tread, HexD

dense, chaotic, sampling, surreal, hypnotic

dec24

thanks for the rec rottingguest! sorry it took so long to listen, applogies for my weird priorities but i never forget...

not bad. probably the best and most consistently engaging sigilkore release ive heard. cool beats and good flows. its not hella my cup of tea but i respect it. makes me think of my girlfriend she likes random ass sigilkore artists lol

3

TisaKorean

In Silly We Trust (2024)

Pop Rap

Snap, Crunk, Futuristic Swag, Jerk Rap

sexual, quirky, rhythmic, playful, male vocalist

dec24

i should have just stopped at the first track but my curiosity got the best of me. beyond stupid, some really grating songs in here. i heard his other stuff is cool though so ill peep

2

Sugar Wounds

Sugar Wounds (2017) [EP]

Screamo, Blackgaze, Grindcore

noisy, male vocalist, aggressive, dense, energetic

dec24

honestly only reason i listened is bc i thought it was 2024 but its chill i just think im completely over this kind of music

3

Train Breaks Down

Train Breaks Down (2024) [EP]

Post-Hardcore, Emo, Midwest Emo

Screamo, Midwest Emo

dark, depressive, sad, bittersweet, passionate

dec24

not really a big fan of the guitar work or the vocals. songwriting feels lacking - nothing really sticks out

2.5

Girl of Glass

Girl of Glass (2024) [Additional release]

Deathcore

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy, aggressive, noisy, lo-fi, rhythmic

dec24

purely breakdowns, ridiculous 808s. the last track is stupid

3

Tears

Last Chance at Life (2023)

Progressive Electronic, Ambient Trance

Ambient, Uplifting Trance

ethereal, peaceful, dense, atmospheric, instrumental

dec24

nice synth stuff but its nothing crazy. the 3 or 4 track w the vocals is beautiful and massive as fuck tho

3

Brennan Heart aka Blademasterz

One Blade (2007) [Single]

Hardstyle

dec24

just dont rly care ab either

2.5

Vaenus & KenKoTaiji

The Devilman's Cousins (2013)

Breakcore

dec24

took me too long into the first track to realize it was a knife party remix. honestly v's tracks are so fun im sorry and k's tracks are just really sweet comfy break stuff idk who tf ryu is but i liked that song also

3.5

ღDJ魔女っ娘ミラクるんღ

MIR4CLEN 5 (2024)

Bass House, Nightcore

sampling, energetic, rhythmic

dec24

ok i may need to return to the one i gave a 2.5 this is some awesomeness. these drops are really cool, lots of exciting sound design, good flips too

3.5 fuck it

Urinary Tract Infection From Severe Pus Clots

Re-Regurgitated Vomitorial Analysis Over Disincorporated Suppurative Splattered Cavities (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

dec24

lovely little comeback or something ☺️ very straight forward blasting drums moreso than normal

3

bl⁕ss⁕ming

Today She Spoke to Me and in the Silences Between the Words I Heard Her Heartbeats Coincide With Mine (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

noisy, atmospheric

dec24

cute and comfy, but nothing noteworthy for me i think

3

Clima-X

Air Please (1996) [Single]

Makina

Acid Techno

sampling, nocturnal, party, playful, energetic

dec24

a side is good but the b side is so ass

2.5

Criminal DJ's

I'm Your Best Fantasy (2002) [EP]

Makina

female vocalist, repetitive, sampling, longing, playful

dec24

another situation with 2 good a side tracks and some boring as fuck b sides

3

Builder / Headhunterz

Headhunterz' Tribute To Saifam (2009) [Single]

Nustyle

rhythmic

dec24

saw xav 1c show with fullconcepts

ss3bby - weirdly one of the best sets of the night. absolutely infectious energy killed all his tracks was super hype and he had this acid souljah clone dancin with him the whole time was awesome

Glost - honestly not sure why he even played, they started the whole thing 25 min late and he was supposed to go before seb but he went second i just thought he wasnt going to play. did like 3 or 4 songs with zero energy or movement and you couldnt hear him at all

idkcap - fun set loved his energy he had some real fun tracks too but it seems like his set was too long, not even in a way where i got bored but there were real moments where bro looked like he was at his absolute limit. he was screaming the whole time tho so maybe thats it

MikeBrokeasf - i didn't realize he went as percosits. his set was cool not as fun as idkcaps and he kept tryna turn the crowd up but no one knows your damn songs mike im sorry. probably one of the first times a zatru beat has been played on a massive venue PA system. he seemed kind of scary

ksuuvi - fun but its so weird how it got boring since every song is like the exact same beat. he transitioned his set into xavs with the jiggy song

xaviersobased - always fun to watch him just move around but he felt lowkey not as hype as some of the other guys. maybe he was jus tryna chill. it was silly when he asked the crowd if we'd catch him if he jumped lol. hes silly. for some reason Backend came out with him for two of the songs.

first track: its fine

second: probably massive but its lost on me

2.5

The KGB's

Infinity (2006) [Single]

Hardstyle, Nustyle

Jumpstyle

anthemic, male vocalist, energetic

dec24

the technoboy mix is so massive. i dint hear the jumpstyle but ig i dont know anything about that genre yet

3.5

Builder

My Life Is Just a Demo (2008) [Single]

Hardstyle, Nustyle

dec24

another great one. impossible not to dance. the dub doesnt add much though

3.5

2 Best Enemies

Les Drums (2007) [Single]

Nustyle

dec24

cant get the synths out of my head. feels healing. i like the concept

3.5

Unknown Analoq

Blackout (2006) [Single]

dec24

neither was bad per se but there is literally nothing noteworthy here

2.5

Francesco Zeta

Fairyland (2008) [Single]

Nustyle

dec24

fairyland is okay the structure felt weird or maybe i just wasnt paying enough attention. second track is so ass tho

2.5

Restricted & Nik Sitz

Tunnel Vision (2024) [Single]

Hardstyle, Hard Techno

Psytrance, Rawstyle, Nu Style Gabber

dec24

wasnt suuper into it but its a pretty crazy blend of like a million hxc edm genres

3

Crypsis

Strike (2010) [Single]

Rawstyle

rhythmic

dec24

opens with a really good massive track then drops the ball further and further as it goes

3

The Nasty Boyz

Angel (2007) [Single]

Nustyle, Euphoric Hardstyle

dec24

when the vocals come in its heavenly as fuck so good job on the title. really fun.

3.5

K-Traxx

Noise Tool (2001) [Single]

Hardstyle

dec24

couldnt get into either. annoying sample that has nothing to do with noise or tools?

2.5

Technoboy

Next Dimensional World (Qlimax Anthem) (2008) [Single]

Hardstyle, Nustyle

dec24

honestly nothing notable about this. its a hardstyle song

2.5

DJ Ramon Sucesso

Sexta dos crias (2023)

Funk 150 bpm, Beat bolha

noisy, sampling, chaotic, party, raw

dec24

fuckcomments rec

first track is pretty ridiculous like never finds a groove and is a million different samples but idk i couldnt get into it, besides its totally overshadowed by the second track which has ppenty of nutty moments. great distortion

3

Loli in early 20s

黄色いチケット (2019)

Breakcore

Lolicore, Hardcore Breaks, House

female vocalist, manic, nocturnal, dark, dense

dec24

i heard track 7 in an instagram reel and ill be the first guy to say it: i liked it. cancel me all you want i dont even care. unfortunately nothing else here really sounds like it. lots of boring hardcore breaks stuff that is just lame as fuck

2.5

Defeated Sanity

Chronicles of Lunacy (2024)

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Progressive Metal

disturbing, technical, male vocalist, aggressive, complex

dec24

im sorry i still dont really get the hype. yeah its good and fuck it its even mh fav DS ive heard so far but like nothing sticks with me. it just feels like more of the same kind of hollow but still really impressive technical shredding nonsense. whats weird to me is that theyve been doing this for what seems like their whole career and they have 5 bolded albums?? at some point we have to stop being impressed by this right

3

The Hose

Drugqueen (2004) [Single]

Hardstyle

dec24

really love the dark atmosphere on this. the DO remix has a nifty little acid line that i like. just fuck

3.5

Criminal DJ's

Danger Sound (2001) [EP]

Makina

dec24

not sure if i wanna keep exploring early jumpstyle, everythng outside of this i tried was so lame, esp da tommy boy oh my god i just cant. but i really love the happy hardcore influence on the first two tracks here, super lovely melodies. thd second two idgaf about

3

Frontierer

The Skull Burned Wearing Hell Like a Life Vest as the Night Wept (2024) [EP]

Mathcore

Djent

heavy, male vocalist, dissonant, noisy, uncommon time signatures

dec24

the math tag is misleading honestly its really breakdown heavy not as technical and complex as their other. cool guitar stuff but otherwise not that notable

3

Builder

Her Voice (2007) [Single]

Nustyle

rhythmic

dec24

the concept is so weird. its cool though. i like the drop synths. not as crazy ab the b side

3

Dutch Master

Fly Like a Rocket / What Goes Around (2010) [Single]

Hardstyle, Nustyle

dec24

a is fine. good drop. b is very boring

3

Gigi Lav & Simon J. Bergher

Drugs and Techno (2011) [Single]

Hardstyle

dec24

back on track with the 3s. original >>

i like the concept

3

Builder

Doberman (2004) [Single]

Hardstyle

dec24

see last entry. also: more horrible samples

2.5

Bruno Power

Mandala (2008) [Single]

Nustyle

dec24

neither mix caught my attention. really boring

2.5

Blademasterz

Masterblade (2005) [Single]

Hardstyle

sampling, rhythmic

dec24

admittedly i kind of dont like the verses, but that drop is intense as fuck. feels so unstable, especially with the tempo change beforehand. wish the kicks were different

3

Roman Candle

Discount Fireworks (2022) [EP]

Screamo

Metalcore

energetic, female vocalist, angry, raw, uncommon time signatures

dec24

riding around in the car w gf this morning. she recommended this

its good. ridiculous drumming sometimes. wish the guitars were louder. good vocals. nice atmosphere

3

The Prophet

Recession / Morphed (2009) [Single]

Hardstyle

Nustyle

dec24

while i did like recession, the vocal sample is actually so grating. one thing these hardstyle guys definitely did not understand back then was samples. morphed was really boring

3

2 Best Enemies

Phases (2008) [Single]

Nustyle

Rawstyle

melancholic, uplifting

dec24

pretty good i just hate the lyrics. why are they abbreviated as tby

the harpless remix is kind of worthless since it removes arguably one of the nicest parts of the romantic mix.

3

Dark Oscillators

Stereophobia (2006) [Single]

Hardstyle

dec24

lets get it goin.

highlight here is fs the tnt remix - super dark feeling and really fat massive drops. the original is fine but it just doesnt check off the same boxes

3.5?

Juror #2 (2024)

dec24

spoiler: click to read

3.5

Technoboy

Technoboy @ Qlimax, Netherlands 2003-11-22 [DJ Mix]

Hardstyle

repetitive, nocturnal, party, energetic, rhythmic

dec24

i dont know what exactly came over me. but youre about to see a lot of hardstyle and related entries. major tw//kicks

pretty concise set, great energy. a couple really stupid songs though (that nasty jungle song sucks so much). i hate when the radio announcers speak over it

3

The Haar

dec24

last book of the year! putting me at a solid 12, about one every month. not bad at all if i do say so myself. hopefully i can keep up the same work ethic next year.

bought off a whim with some birthday money. liked the cover. its a pretty heartwarming story with some neat concepts, though i think the writing is definitely... very beginner level. i mean he knows how to hold himself and deliver the punches but you can tell he doesnt really have the right kind of romantic vocabulary for these cosmic horror bits or the stprytelling abilities to really pace and flesh out the different plots. then again, its a pretty short story though so i cant complain much. very lovely little ending. love all the people raging at the unrealistic actions of people in this story as is it isnt centered around an immortal human-eating cyclops goop.

3

Nosferatu (2024)

dec24

some post christmas with my girlfriend. we pregamed with burning rice and postgamed with chilis chocolate molten lava cake.

pretty awesome. one thing about eggers is he knows how to work some damn period piece atmosphere. always love how his movies look and feel, no exception here. super amazing lighting, manages to be very dark but not very dim? everything is very visible is what im trying to say i guess, but its a lot of super dark colors and lots of darkness/shadow play. i didnt know anything about nosferatu but its wild how similar it is to dracula (apparently its based off it). sad grooming tale as well, which i also wasnt expecting. some of the sfx kind of sucked yeah. but i can look past it. great acting from everyone too, though it took like 90% of my brain power to understand what nosferatu was saying most of the time since he speaks at like 2 wpm

3.5

The Joker

Sweet Violence (2000) [EP]

Breakcore, IDM

Breakcore, Power Noise

dec24

cool stuff, but i dont think it does enough over its short runtime to justify a higher score.

3

deadmau5

Brazil / Cat on a Leash (2009) [Single]

Progressive House

Fidget House

repetitive, rhythmic, atmospheric, instrumental

dec24

trying to find more beautiful synth mau5 songs like brazil but i guess the brazil single is not the right place to look. cats on a leash is fine, but i really really dont care about his fidget tracks at all. the repetitiveness gets so boring

3

Autechre

Live 96:02:15 Flex:Vienna (2002) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

IDM, Techno

Glitch Hop

repetitive, hypnotic, mechanical, rhythmic, instrumental

dec24

some post-xmas chilling while doing chores early in the rainy morning. basically: vibes

really exciting coolness. admittedly their early looping stuff im not huge on but it works so well in a live context, love hearing the constant evolution of these mechanical alien sounds, free of studio restrictions. the eutow here is so weird. really really cool though

3.5

Jshxwty

Running Off (2024) [Single]

Instrumental Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Plugg

Dark Plugg, Cloud Rap

avant-garde, heavy, repetitive, ethereal, sampling

dec24

yeah its ridiculous but its also fire as fuck and weirdly beautiful, those pads/synths are heavenly

3.5

I Built the Cross

Banish the Disconnect (2012) [EP]

Deathcore

Technical Death Metal

technical, heavy, male vocalist, aggressive

dec24

clicked for cover

pretty boring. writing this an hour after listening and i cant remember anything

2.5

As the Sun Sets

8949 (2002) [EP]

Mathcore, Grindcore, Sass

Post-Rock

chaotic, noisy, male vocalist, manic

dec24

didnt realize this was daughters adjacent. wish it was longer and there wasnt so many samples and post rock dumbass shit

3

Garden of Stained Graves

Black Empire (2009) [EP]

Deathcore

Death Metal

anti-religious, death, misanthropic, apocalyptic

dec24

pretty massive sometimes, cool atmosphere.

3

Murder the Frail

Murder the Frail (2008) [EP]

Deathcore

dec24

really didnt fw the vocals, and the real dry sounding djenty breakdowns felt so... lame.

2.5

Decontaminate

Cleanse and Burn (1999) [EP]

Metalcore

Death Metal

dec24

one thing im not big about with 90s deathcore is how close it still is to death metal. on here that lends itself to cool song structures and parts but like... thats not why i like deathcore? still its not bad. just not exactly what im looking for

3

As Blood Runs Black

Demo III (2006) [EP]

Deathcore

Melodic Metalcore

dec24

snoozefest. melodeath parts so boring

2.5

In Which Divides Us

These Skylights Mimic Our Freedom (2024) [EP]

Deathcore

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, dark, rhythmic, violence, male vocalist

dec24

not sure why angelhospital gave this a 1.5... its decent middling dxc bdm stuff. lyrics kinda suck when you can hear them. intro is cute. 808s go hard

3

Mourn the Sun

Demo 1998 (1998) [Additional release]

Metalcore

heavy, dark, male vocalist

dec24

strong opening but it falls off after the first track. some cool riffs here and there

3

Creation Is Crucifixion

In_Silico (1998)

Mathcore

Noise, Technical Death Metal, Dark Ambient, Deathgrind

chaotic, technical, heavy, aggressive, dissonant

dec24

dont let the tags fool you... this is not as cool as it looks...

noise/darkamb interludes and kind of weird sounding screamgrind stuff. i say weird because its mixed very oddly i feel, but i dont really think theres anything compositionally spectacular about these tracks. not bad though

3

Underground Resistance

Piranha (1992) [Single]

Electro, Acid Techno, Ghettotech

Ghettotech, Acid Techno

dec24

fun stuff, hard not to tap along. dont really know the difference in the mixes other than one being longer

3

Room Two37

Balance, Distance, Symmetry (2003) [EP]

Screamo, Metalcore

Emoviolence

female vocalist, aggressive, chaotic

dec24

fun. i like her screaming voice a lot but she does too much of the shouting that i dont think sounds so good here

3

Between Two Thieves

mp3.com Songs (2017) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Emoviolence, Screamo

Sass, Synth Punk

dec24

really really cute lol its sharper than your average screamo but what sets this apart is the super sweet keyboards going on the whole time. surprisingly works, even if its a bit novel.

3

The:Enclitic

The:Enclitic (2002) [EP]

Deathgrind, Mathcore, Deathcore, Sass

Mathcore, Sass, Emoviolence

raw, aggressive, lo-fi, chaotic, manic

dec24

their music was recommended to me on youtube

cool but nothing to write home about. maybe ill check out the totality of that comp

3

Sewerslvt

goodbye (2021) [Music video]

Atmospheric Drum and Bass, Breakbeat, Ambient, Progressive Breaks

Trancestep, Breakcore, Drone, House, Outsider House

ethereal, suicide, LGBTQ, love, atmospheric

dec24

:(

4

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

dec24

watched this with family. my sister said "we should all watch it again" but i literally do not remember ever seeing this before now.

i dont love love it but you actually have to be a spineless animal to not be moved at all by the story. really well made for what it is honestly.

3

The Promise Ring

The Horse Latitudes (1997) [Compilation]

Midwest Emo

mellow, melancholic, raw, uplifting, melodic

dec24

i think whats so enthralling about their pre-Nothing music is that its still the same super warm really awkward imagery-feeling lyric emo but it isnt quite as poppy or silly (both of which are good things but kind of take away from the magic that is this early material). tracks like "is this thing on" and "make me a chevy" are great but they are just too purposefully weird? i guess? you can tell theyre just throwing out ideas that seem quirky and sincere but feel more contrived than anything else. again, Nothing Feels Good is still an amazing album, but it doesnt even touch the stuff on this comp.

as for the new material here the longer track is sweet and comfy, the shorter is pretty fun.

4

The Promise Ring / Texas Is the Reason

E. Texas Ave. / Blue Boy (1996) [Single]

Midwest Emo

melancholic, raw, longing, male vocalist, passionate

dec24

promise rings track is perfect. nothing new there, but surprisingly TITR's is ALSO good! something about his vocals being buried and also not as annoying really helps the massive instrumental shine. super cathartic shitわ

3.5

The Promise Ring

Falsetto Keeps Time (1996) [EP]

Midwest Emo

warm, longing, male vocalist, bittersweet, autumn

dec24

probably the best song off 30° and then the best b side ever. warmest songs ever feels so massive and like a hug

4

The Promise Ring

Watertown Plank / Mineral Point (1995) [Single]

Midwest Emo

melancholic, pastoral, sad, raw, romantic

dec24

really stellar couple of tracks, but that second one... both amazing choruses, soaring shitわ, lovely lyrics

3.5

The Promise Ring

30° Everywhere (1996)

Midwest Emo

Post-Hardcore

poetic, melancholic, melodic, energetic, warm

dec24

overwhelming suburbia eating fast food with your best friends hot showers in the summer clocking out at 3pm always about to explode begging for a kiss carrying everything in cargo shorts too hot for blankets exploring eachothers ticking bomb bodies sunsets every hour talking all night magic in the air when you breathe cloudless skies every day or flash flood torrential downpour 2 am grocery store parking lots waterpark icecream catching you with arms wide open chilly sunrises and warm afternoon naps getting excited for snow rolling the windows down because your car is only blowing hot air walking through construction sites sunlight dripping on your bed in the morning traffic lights switching to blinking red tornado watch falling asleep in our jeans bug bites on your ankles holding hands for the first time hose washing the car holes in both shoes purple orange evenings riding in the bed of a truck i wish i saw you when we passed eachother

and im convinced you're from mars

4

Joshua Fit for Battle / Love Lost but Not Forgotten

Joshua Fit for Battle / Love Lost But Not Forgotten (1999) [EP]

Screamo, Post-Hardcore, Emoviolence

dec24

didn't realize these love guys did a split with Joshua so I decided to check that out and it's not bad but it's nothing to write home about I do think the second Joshua track is actually one of their better ones only recommended to hard-core fans of either band

3 sorry

Texas Is the Reason

Do You Know Who You Are? (1996)

Midwest Emo, Post-Hardcore

Post-Hardcore

passionate, energetic, raw, melancholic, bittersweet

dec24

very weird Midwest EMO morning but for some reason I was in the mood to revisit this and check out some other emo things that I was interested in I cannot imagine why exactly I praise this so much when I was younger because his voice is actually so annoying that it ruins the entire thing I think that a lot of the instrumentals are actually pretty good I think the drummers really confident and creative the guitars are usually kind of big which is surprising and they're always impactful there's always a really bittersweet melody or riff going on that I really like and it's evident that the singer sucks so much because the best song here is the only instrumental one

2.5

Brand New

Your Favorite Weapon (2001)

Pop Punk, Emo-Pop

Post-Hardcore

energetic, breakup, male vocalist, angry, hateful

dec24

really charming and also stupid so in a way it's kind of cute I didn't expect this to sound so much like taking back Sunday but it honestly could like alternatingly be sequenced with their first album and it would sound like one big cohesive super long email pop punk mess song was really dumb

also for these recent entries I'm having to use voice to text so if there are weird inconsistencies and typos you're just gonna have to deal with that

3

Words Like Shards

How We Learn to Forget (2004) [EP]

Metalcore, Post-Hardcore

Emo, Melodic Metalcore

heavy, anxious, dark, melancholic, aggressive

dec24

really awesome plenty of cathartic passionate melodies and also a good blend of really heavy headbanging death core metal core classic riffs really like the vocals I appreciate it brevity and I just like the aesthetic and atmosphere of this whole thing kind of like a breath a breath of fresh air binge in this recent binge I've done

3.5

Kulara

A Naked Landscape (2000) [EP]

Brutal Prog, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal

Noise Rock, Post-Rock, Screamo, Math Rock

anxious, complex, uncommon time signatures, manic, dissonant

dec24

really cool in theory but not as exciting as I was expecting it to be still it's kind of cool how seamlessly they weave together all these parts and how these songs don't feel massive because everything kind of makes sense even though they obviously are like really long drumming is top-notch and I thought the guitar was pretty good still not really a huge fan of vocals though

3

Love Lost but Not Forgotten

Upon the Right, I Saw a New Misery (2002)

Screamo, Metalcore

Emoviolence, Mathcore

anxious, manic, raw, aggressive, chaotic

dec24

A big step up from the other one not as bloated and more to the point I also thought it was a bit more violent which is always good and I don't know it's more brief so I think it has a little bit more impact

3.5

Love Lost but Not Forgotten

Love Lost but Not Forgotten (2000)

Emoviolence

Mathcore

angry, aggressive, heavy, manic, anxious

dec24

call me crazy but i just thought this was okay. nothing really wrong with it it just kind of overstays its welcome and nothing really stuck with me. still very good instrumentation good vocals all that

3

onefifth.

Demo (2001) [Additional release]

Metalcore, Emo

Screamo

melodic, passionate, aggressive, energetic, male vocalist

dec24

wish the choruses were more but this is still good, the prank at the end was so mean though 😭

3

Youtragedy

Youtragedy (2003) [EP]

Metalcore, Screamo

Melodic Metalcore, Screamo, Deathcore

passionate, sombre, dark, melancholic, hateful

dec24

really lovely. perfectly passionate. production makes this really impactful

3.5

/d/stolemybear / Front Page Story

/d/stolemybear / Front Page Story (2003) [EP]

Emo-Pop, Midwest Emo

male vocalist

dec24

really cute. feels like an emo 90s weezer kind of vibe, especially the little synths that pop up here and there. both sides so consistent with eachother. /d/ some terrible but weirdly charming lyrics. wish there was more strong choruses

3

Elysia

Demo 2004 (2004) [Additional release]

Deathcore, Metalcore

Melodic Metalcore

heavy, sampling, aggressive, raw, melodic

dec24

forgot about this band.

prob my fav from them, i think the worse production actually helps accentuate the heaviness theyre going for. always awesome when we get to the chorus of incinerate.

3

Neverending...

Demo (1997) [Additional release]

Emo, Metalcore, Post-Hardcore

Screamo, Emocore

lo-fi, melancholic, passionate, energetic, melodic

dec24

not huge on the vocals but its nice. good gatar

3

Brand New

Déjà entendu (2003)

Alternative Rock, Emo, Emo-Pop

Pop Punk, Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock

passionate, melancholic, introspective, breakup, male vocalist

dec24

been putting this off much too long. can you blame me though? that cover...

way poppier than i was ready for, love that. jesse can really write choruses. lots of really enjoyable tracks, a few really stupid lines, but hella consistent. kind of falls off after boy who blocked his own shot, but those tracks are still good.

3.5

Sewerslvt

We Had Good Times Together, Don't Forget That (2021)

Electronic Dance Music, Atmospheric Drum and Bass, Trancestep

Ambient, Trancestep, Hardcore [EDM], Breakcore, Trance

suicide, death, depressive, ethereal, dense

dec24

unanimously her best album. context aside this is just a really strong dnb release. a really strong sense of identity; a major flaw of most of her previous work in my opinion has been the constant inclusion of non-dnb edm genre tracks like house or gabber. these tracks almost always disappoint, kill the energy or just plain dont belong in their respective releases. it seems like she really nailed bringing in all of her diverse influences and ideas here. there is still plenty of genre hopping but it amazingly all works out. everything is drenched in this really hazy silky thick layer of real sorrow and despair - obviously. heavy solace highs and wallowing dragging lows. the end of goodbye hurts my heart

3.5

Majority Rule

Interviews With David Frost (2001)

Screamo, Metalcore

Emoviolence, Post-Metal

noisy, chaotic, political, manic, angry

dec24

lots of good violent bits but weigjed down by the slower "post-metal" parts that idrc about. good stuff tho

3

Phoenix Bodies

Raise the Bullshit Flag (2006)

Mathcore, Emoviolence, Screamo

Grindcore, Sass, Powerviolence

noisy, aggressive, chaotic, manic, male vocalist

dec24

wasnt into it at first but the vocals get better. pretty violent stuff. fun

3

Underoath

The Changing of Times (2002)

Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Emo

Melodic Black Metal, Emo, Screamo

introspective, Christian, melancholic, depressive, cold

dec24

keep seeing this around for some reason so ig its time

its fine. i think i like it a bit less than safety. not as clean production. what on earth possessed them to incorporate all those weird bubbly synth sound effects? seems so weird and out of place and they all only show up one time in a song

3

FALL

FallIsTheSeason (2006)

Screamo

Metalcore

aggressive, sad, melodic, male vocalist

dec24

are these guys really indonesia? nifty little release. very melodramatic. i wish there were bigger and more memorable choruses but this is still pretty fun.

3

Skycamefalling

Skycamefalling (2003) [EP]

Metalcore, Alternative Metal

Emo, Post-Hardcore, Mall Screamo

heavy, nocturnal, death, aggressive, energetic

dec24

decent. better than what i can remember of their othef stuff ive heard

3

CG5

Fallen Kingdom (2019) [Single]

Musical Parody, Chamber Pop, Pop Rock

Post-Britpop

parody, lush, energetic, anthemic, alienation

dec24

saw a chudjak animation with this cover and i cannot stop listening to it. addicting how he says words, his stupid vibrato is actually really awesome and the way he kills the end of the second chorus sends chills down my spine. i weirdly dont like the original as much as the sped up version, i think the things i said i like are way more emphasized there. weird how little impact the chorus has but it kind of works? its cool

3

Undying

This Day All Gods Die (2001) [EP]

Melodic Metalcore

Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal

heavy, aggressive, raw, energetic, rebellious

dec24

a new day a new string of worthless to okay albums that im crate digging for a current obsession. metal core msaturday

kind of expected more bad assery but its pretty boring. didnt like vocals

2.5

NeverLastStanding

Your Friend (2017) [Single]

Happy Hardcore

dec24

randomly remembered this song. so fun. really hapy. love the tempo switch. heart

3.5

C/id

⭒☆━NEO420KEI━☆⭒ (2021) [DJ Mix]

HexD, Shibuya-kei

Picopop, Indie Pop, Noise Pop

male vocalist, happy, melodic, female vocalist, energetic

dec24

just 100%ing the discog. if you like shibuya kei and hexd here you go. otherwise :|

2.5

Hopesfall

No Wings to Speak Of (2001) [EP]

Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Emo

Post-Rock, Midwest Emo

passionate, bittersweet, melancholic, sombre, atmospheric

dec24

also in the mood for some metalcore.

really good choruses, good production. need some more time with this. not huge on the harsh vocals

3

Explorers of the Internet

Dave Blunts Fails to Put Down The Cup and Becomes One With the Universe (2024) [Single]

Ambient, Drone

Regalia

sampling, ethereal, dense, atmospheric, drugs

dec24

nice progression, very relaxing. RIP

3

Kulara

5 Pieces Songs (1999) [EP]

Screamo, Brutal Prog

Math Rock, Noise Rock, Post-Rock, Emoviolence

manic, chaotic, progressive, aggressive, dissonant

dec24

interesting stuff. theyve definitely got an amazing song somewhere in them, but its not here. superb drummjng though

3

Antiempyrean Diverticuluum

Games of My Own Choosing (2023)

Harsh Noise

Gorenoise

dec24

back to nuclear throne.

really really weird, even for gorenoise. i dont think anything sounds like this. not even sure what to say. cool?

3

Abyssic Hate

Suicidal Emotions (2000)

DSBM

suicide, depressive, lo-fi, pessimistic, self-hatred

dec24

and nkw mhsic i read to. seemed like a vibe.

its fine. exactly what you would expect. drums sojnd weird

2.5

Propagating the Abomination

Chaos Apocalypse (2010)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

heavy, rhythmic, raw, dark, abstract

dec24

oh my god this is so awesome i cant believe ive put it off this long. feels like melodic enmity the way that its all really obtuse programmed nonsense and its so sloppy but still gridded. the vocals are just ridiculous especially on the first track. really brightened my mood

3.5

Pooh

Pooh's House (2012) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

dec24

cute. im not crazy about the texture it feels weirdly stereo separated? maybe its not but idk there was something strange about it to me. still a bit comfy tho

3

Bermuda Run

Demo (2003) [Additional release]

Melodic Metalcore

Emo

anxious, longing, melancholic, sentimental, lo-fi

dec24

now for chores music.

lovely little demo. im not crazy over the harsh vocals but i like the clean ones.

3

whyhaze

hvb, Vol. 1 (2024) [EP]

PluggnB, Emo Rap

Asian Rock, Regalia

dec24

decent collection of tracks. good cohesion, most people do a fine job on their songs (except 1sadboii the more i hear his voice the more i hate it). opening two are the best though and ssve this from 2.5 territory

3

cashricardo

Snow Bunny (2023) [Single]

Jerk

dec24

this one isnt even plugg but glad i checked it out. really soft pleasant beat and the first verse fits perfectly. second verse comes in a bit too strong and i dont like it as much but its not bad. some silly bars also drag this down but its still good. revisits

3

kynlary

The Diary (2024) [EP]

PluggnB

dec24

kynlary is a name i see a lot so i kind of expected something more from this but its more throwaway forgettable. the hosts tag sucks ass

2.5

@nooniefromhell

shedding my pain (2022) [EP]

Plugg

Cloud Rap, PluggnB

dec24

playing nuclear throne its my day off and i want diary plugg so more worthless diary plugg forever

except some of this isnt even damn plugg. too all over the place, monkey nuts is a buttcheek ass song bro

2.5

Ova!

Memoir of My Diary (2023) [EP]

PluggnB

Trap, Emo Rap

sampling, longing, breakup, love, bittersweet

dec24

woops fell behind in diary again lol time for a million tiny entries

worthless only checked for cover

2.5

xaviersobased

Bag It Pt. 2 (2023) [Single]

Jerk, Digicore

Lowend, Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

LGBTQ, male vocalist, bisexual, dense, hedonistic

dec24

xavs part has been praised up and down which is deserved fs but we need to talk about davids verse because that shitわ is legendary. line after line hes actually such an amazing lyricist and freestyler and its ridiculous that he doesnt do this shitわ more. feel like him and yungster jack got the same problem where they can spit such crazy heat when the vibes call for it but when they get to the studio and get serious its like everything that makes them fire kind of disappears. not always the case but thats just how it seems to me.

3.5

Miscarriage

Imminent Horror (2019)

Death Doom Metal, Sludge Metal

Goregrind, Drone Metal

scary, disturbing, dense, apocalyptic, dissonant

dec24

was kind of expecting more... its good though. vocals are insane esp on the last couple tracks. really weird atmosphere...

3

drifting away

snowy crosses (2024)

Ambient, Breakcore

sampling, dark, forest, alienation, atmospheric

dec24

i thought this was gonna be all ambient (which is fine!) but i was so excited when i realized it was another break release :D love their programming, lovely crossroads between basic drum and bass breakbeats and oldschool sometimes gridless idm stuff. beautiful samples/instrumentation. love the noisy last track ❤️

3.5

Current Value

Dream Noire (2024) [EP]

Neurofunk

Techstep, Darkstep, Techno

repetitive, energetic, raw, instrumental, mechanical

dec24

wanted to like this so much more... the first two are pretty solid love the sadder atmosphere, but then it totally loses the plot and goes off rails with the... psytrance? 11 minute track in the middle, and the other two continue to stray further from the neuro/dnb world. just really cant bring myself to care ab this too much

2.5

angel//vessel

Vessel Enamored With Moonlight (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

decent harsh/amb. other releases look appealing but also too long

3

pinniped

I Missed You So Much Without Even Knowing (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

dec24

lovely. feel like its kind of harsh in a way, if you turn it up really loud.

3

Speed Dealer Moms

Speed Dealer Moms w/ John Frusciante & Venetian Snares (2024) [DJ Mix]

IDM, Drill and Bass

Breakcore, Acidcore, Acid Techno

rhythmic

dec24

wanted to like this more but its got a lot of the kind of meh acid stuff that has plagued most recent funk. still there are highlights like some of the beautiful melodics+classic snares programming, and the freetek ending was really cool.

3

hpsb & Jackzebra

熔化 (2024) [Single]

Contemporary R&B, PluggnB

female vocalist, male vocalist

dec24

jacks part is really nice. the rest is okay.

3

hpsb

偶像剧 (2024) [Single]

PluggnB

female vocalist, melodic, male vocalist

dec24

not bad. hp>jz

wish the prod was more notable

3

CV

Redshift 7 (2024) [EP]

Neurofunk

Techstep, Skullstep

manic, energetic, mechanical, technical, futuristic

dec24

saw experimental and techstep was hoping for more mothman but nope its just ok tech neuro stuff. last track was really boring though

3

ss3bby

Push Pop (2024) [Mixtape]

Jerk, Pop Rap, Trap

nonbinary vocalist

dec24

its not *that* bad funconcepts..

his voice kinda eh but i like his flows and production on this is pretty nice and consistent. it does leave me wishing that this was like a xav ep or something but thats every album really

3

Hooligan Lou & Nettspend

Third Knock (2024) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk, Trap

Chicago Drill, Lowend, Cloud Rap

dissonant, male vocalist, rhythmic, drugs, boastful

dec24

wouldve been an easy 3 if it was just nett like even the first two tracks if you just take his parts sound really nice but who the fuck is hooligan lou and why does he fucking sound like that ☠

2

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Demo (2023) [Additional release]

Emoviolence

Screamo

aggressive, energetic, noisy, melodic, passionate

dec24

didnt like as much as lp but tis still good. may be in the minority here but i thought the longer more traditionally-emo song was actually the worst here

3

Ted Williams

Demo (2024) [Additional release]

Sass, Mathcore

Emoviolence, Deathcore

heavy, aggressive, chaotic, lo-fi, androgynous vocals

dec24

chickenviolence is not dead yet :D fun stuff. needs to be fatter

3

away with words

What to Think About Again (2024) [EP]

Metalcore

Mall Screamo, Melodic Metalcore, Sass

heavy, dark, energetic, dense, rhythmic

dec24

<3 really love this. vocals are soo good love how many vocal lines they have going on. some real classic 00s metalcore riffing and beautiful memorable sometimes soaring choruses. easy topster material

3.5

Twenty Knives

Live Fast and Die With a Broken Heart (2005)

IDM

Breakcore, Electronic

dec24

DISCLAIMER I DID NOT LISTEN TO "Iforget" SORRY I DONT THINK IT WIL CHANGE THE RATING THOUGH

cool idm stuff i only know ab this bc of the 2nd track being big on osu. that song is really great. he should stick to more linear straightforward dnb/break stuff. the idm drill is cool but its either too middling or too much to make an impact.

3

Viyah

music (2023)

PluggnB

Cloud Rap

dec24

amg, stuck and the last one are highlights. its not bad.

3

User-177606669

Despite Everything, It's Still User <3 (2023)

Hyperpop

Digicore, Trap, Electronic Dance Music, Power Noise, Fidget House, Breakbeat, UK Garage, Deep House, HexD

quirky, androgynous vocals, LGBTQ, humorous, playful

dec24

oh my god so stupid. weirdly boring production despite trying to be ZANY AND HYPER POP and the fucking lyrics oh my god :sob: fuck that stupid 100 gecs interpolation

2

deadmau5

HR 8938 Cephei (2011) [Single]

Progressive House

Ambient House

hypnotic, space, atmospheric, instrumental, melodic

dec24

so lovely. cant believe ive never heard of this before and its bolded too. perfect atmosphere. up there with strobe jaded and i remember

3.5

odaxelagnia

Music Sucks. (2009)

Harsh Noise, Lolicore

dec24

lots of random "HARSH NOISE" stupidness.

2.5

odaxelagnia

The Chiptune Album (2009)

Chiptune

dec24

cute and stupid. an undeniably fun cover of smooth criminal as well (what cover of that song isnt, though?)

2.5

composition booklet

The Semi That Left Me Mutilated (2024) [EP]

Mathcore, Screamo

Grindcore

dec24

cool. not a lot to write home about tho. i like the cover

3

3776

The Birth and Death of the Universe Through Mount Fuji (2024)

Art Pop, J-Pop, Progressive Pop

Indietronica, Spoken Word, Neo-Psychedelia, Educational Music, Indie Rock

concept album, dense, apocalyptic, space, female vocalist

dec24

fun but kind of feels like an intense exercise for my brain. lots going on but not a lot stuck with me. flies by really fast but you can def feel the 70 min length. cute choruses sometimes

3

sul

Confused (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

dec24

lovely raw emotion collage. beautiful cover

3.5

deadmau5

Jaded EP (2024) [EP]

Progressive House

Tech House, Ambient House

ethereal, instrumental, rhythmic, party, repetitive

dec24

first time hearing of this jaded track. so lovely. but re_jaded might be even fucking better. beatuful stuff. i like the ambient mix as well, and i think volaris' remix fits nicely here. great little ep

3.5

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Tragedy as Catharsis (2024)

Emoviolence

Mathcore

raw, aggressive, energetic, rhythmic, manic

dec24

holy... thank you mattqt for putting me on as always you never miss!

really good trveskrvmz love the jerome esque vocals and all these orchidworship riffs. great drumming. insane stuff. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

3.5

fallingwithscissors

the death and birth of an angel (2024) [EP]

Metalcore

Mathcore, Breakcore, Electronicore, Cybergrind

noisy, aggressive, chaotic, dissonant, manic

dec24

high hopes but this was just okay. could do without the hardstyle. good vocals. will keep an eye on them

3

Catalyst / Knumears / vs self / Party Hats

4-Way Split (2024) [EP]

Screamo

Midwest Emo

melancholic, depressive, sad, raw, melodic

dec24

god i do not care about any of this. even party hats left me feeling empty. maybe im too old for this shitわ now

2.5

elliebell

Moth (2024) [Mixtape]

Trap, Emo Rap

Plugg, Cloud Rap, Indietronica, Pop Rap

female vocalist, depressive, melodic, atmospheric, winter

dec24

she 100% needs some vocal procesding but this is cool i fw the slightly experimental edge it has.

3

hpsb

Oleander (2024) [EP]

Singer-Songwriter, PluggnB

female vocalist

dec24

cute. i dont care about the singersong first and last tracks but they are sweet. the plugg tracks are good.

3

Sunk Cost

Sunk Cost (2024)

Harsh Noise

dec24

another one that wasnt on rym so i waited. cool stuff but its in one ear out the other. i liked the last five minutes

3

iLiner

Sew My Heart (2024) [EP]

Pop Punk, Emo-Pop

dec24

listened to this a million days ago didnt rate cuz it wasnt on rym yet but now it is gf asked me to listen its fine but idrc about it. i thought it was gonna be cloud rap

2.5

hpsb & Jackzebra

掌心 (2024) [Single]

PluggnB

melodic, female vocalist, ethereal, dense, male vocalist

dec24

love her voice and jacks part is insane bro kills it every time

3.5

Hydrocephalus

Death Inquiry - Prt. 1 (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

dec24

fun. love the warbraiepg;drm

3

anteater

Tomorrow Will Be the Same Perfect Shade of Grey (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

repetitive, lethargic, depressive, noisy, atmospheric

dec24

more cold. cover looks like rothko. comfy

3

蟻獸

first winter (2024)

Ambient, Ambient Noise Wall

repetitive, cold, winter, forest, atmospheric

dec24

cold walls. nice. doesnt stand out too much to me though

3

anteater

Slow Death (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

death, noisy

dec24

beautiful. anteaters ambient always reminds me of the bandcamp ambient i would listen to as a kid (especially gives me 暗い自然 [Dark Nature] and emotion x) so its just lots of warm as fuck feelings thanks. love

3.5

myrmecophagidae

Under Summer Rain (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Field Recordings

dec24

ok ayeah and its also anteater day so we are listening to all anteater

lovely stuff. silly cover

3

ss3bby

ss3bby tape yuhhhh (2024) [Mixtape]

Cloud Rap, Jerk

Experimental Hip Hop

nonbinary vocalist

dec24

awesome shit. when the shit drops on pretty n pockets bro. fun

3.5

TDF & BenjiCold

Death Note (2024)

Plugg

Experimental Hip Hop

male vocalist, sampling, energetic, hedonistic, rhythmic

dec24

yep. just another miss from fuckcomments! *counter goes up to 165...*

fooled ya and bhsd make this worth it

3

Lurko

MurderTown (2024)

Dark Plugg

Power Noise, Industrial Hip Hop

dec24

going through moots 2024 ratings and knocking out ones i missed that look good.

awesome like terror plugg? just like chillest shit ever except the 808s are suiciding

3.5

Fake Dust

Tour Promo (2024) [Additional release]

Grindcore, Deathgrind

aggressive, angry, male vocalist, heavy, dense

dec24

thank you for the rec ZinestheticLuminescence! sorryu it took so long to get to...

huge major steps up from their first demo. this is insane. some of the best grind ive heard all year. production is also perfect for this. feels like 5 minutes in a good way?

3.5

Zookraught

Vida Violet (2024)

Noise Rock

Post-Hardcore

female vocalist, anxious, noisy, angry

dec24

played a show with these guys like months ago and they sounded dope. had to check out the new LP

its fun. not as exciting as watching them live but its still cool. im not a huge fan of the vocals, nothing wrong with them they just arent really my vibe which is okay. really cool guitaring and really creative drumming. the last song made me chuckle even though its kind of dumb

3

Incorrigible Mechanophilic Evisceration

Exploitation of Junk Machinery for Ideal Full-Body Mutilation (2024)

Glitch, Gorenoise

aggressive, chaotic, noisy, violence

dec24

im in nicethailand camp with this one. so fucking cool. most unique gore sound (bar wall) that ive ever heard. the glitching is so weird, like its folding over itself all the time. very awesome stuff.

3.5

Blenncardichromodacryexgenitohaemgene

Demo 2024 (2024) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

dec24

not as comfy mixing more straightforward its chill

3

Blenncardichromodacryexgenitohaemgene

13 Tracks of Vomiting Pus With Maggot Sessions (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

dec24

lovely. comfuy mixing

3

Malignant Hyperthermia

Swine Biopsy (2024)

Goregrind

Cybergrind, Gorenoise

dec24

will hopefulyl be seeing him and vomir and wiese in january so i had to knock this out. SUPER BORING!

2.5

Althru

Nidar Effigy (2024) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

Goregrind

aggressive, dissonant, dense, noisy, raw

dec24

interesting. very different. will be keeping an eye on them.

3

pinniped / anteater

Comfort in Knowing It's All Over, Longing for What Is Yet to Come (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

dec24

really lovely. the signals breaking through anteaters songs like another universe. pinniped classics cant go wrong. i wish that 10 min track was longer though!

3.5

Genophobic Perversion

Loss of Vitality (2024) [EP]

Goregrind, Slam Death Metal

dec24

honestly sucked a lot and i cant exactly pinpoint why but it was pissing me off. hate the drums

2

Barbed Wire Maggots

Sporadic Fever Visions (2024) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

Free Improvisation

dec24

fun, doesnt do much for me though

3

Jackzebra & User116

拾 [Shi] (2024)

Cloud Rap, Plugg, Pop Rap, Trap

Pop Rap, PluggnB

urban, melodic, rhythmic, male vocalist, ethereal

dec24

as a whole its just a usual jz project its fine but that first song is some <3

3

Jackzebra

3 Songs (2024) [EP]

Cloud Rap

Plugg

repetitive, sampling, ethereal, rhythmic, male vocalist

dec24

pretty boring. that last beat is actually so stupid lmfao

2.5

Imogen Heap

What Have You Done to Me? (2024) [Single]

Industrial Rock, Art Pop

Darkwave, Futurepop, Glitch Pop, EBM, Grebo

ominous, dense, progressive, mechanical, cold

dec24

somehow missed this when it dropped. im not crazy about it but its fine. its imogen so i cant hate

3

Imogen Heap

Noise (2024) [Single]

Noise, Epic Collage, Musique concrète, Post-Industrial

Field Recordings, Glitch

dark, noisy, chaotic, surreal, ominous

dec24

holy fuck and ITS WITH FLESHLICKER?>?!?!?> fucking insane lol. i hope the next few singles are similar to this. i love how her vocals just barely break through sometimes

3.5

Melt-Banana

3+5 (2024)

Noise Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Hardcore

Art Punk, Glitch, Hardcore Punk

manic, noisy, playful, quirky, chaotic

dec24

played a show as part of a massive festival at some house venue. people seemed to r3eally like us and thers a video of me drumming on youtube now. i didnt stay for any other bands because im a bad person.

call me fucking crazy but this is actually awesome as fuck. seems like a lot of moots thought it was underwhelming or just ok but idk i really loved this. i love the super super bright and sweet guitars, i love how melodic they are sometimes it gives this a really unique look in melt bananas discog. very cool drum ideas too. really really fun

3.5

Necrotic Infibulation

Fermented Intestinal Egesta (2024)

Slam Death Metal

death, disturbing, violence, vulgar, sexual

dec24

fuck yes. really fun stuff. great riff and slam writing, really standout drumming too. not too complex and not too slow and sparse. also i like the mixing

3.5

Jackzebra

Mainland Characters (2024) [EP]

Cloud Rap, PluggnB

Emo Rap

ethereal, melodic, male vocalist

dec24

lovely features especially hpsb this might be 3.5 in the future

3

Hackle & Buckshot

Wicker Men (2024) [EP]

Chicago Drill, Hardcore Hip Hop

Witch House, Cloud Rap

misanthropic, drugs, male vocalist, rhythmic, violence

dec24

honestly not as bad as i was expecting but still just like... why does this exist. does nothing new and poor buckshot had to hella carry here. best track is probably dopesick but thats only because the chorus is literally just biting bladee so hard

2.5

f5ve

Underground Remixes (2024) [EP]

J-Pop, Electronic Dance Music

Hands Up, Happy Hardcore

female vocalist, party

dec24

i think the original is still def the best but these are all cool in their own way. teddyloid rmx is some osu. i actually heavy fw the doss remix yall are sleeping too hard

3

Kazumoto Endo

At the Controls (2024)

Harsh Noise

chaotic, dense, technical, noisy, instrumental

dec24

fun. cool laser stuff. doesnt stand out as one of his better releases though

3

Paysage d'Hiver

Die Berge (2024)

Atmospheric Black Metal

winter, atmospheric, nocturnal, dark, male vocalist

dec24

was expecting a chart topper but this just doesnt compare to im wald and das tor. i think the distinct lack of nature recordings and black ambient makes this a lot less exciting to sit through, but also it feels like the real bm writing is just kind of weaker? no riffs really caught my attention. still it goes by pretty quickly for an almost 2hr album so points there. cant say its bad, i think this negative entry is just my disappointment

3

Charli XCX

Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat (2024)

Electronic Dance Music, Electropop, Bubblegum Bass

Dance-Pop, Alternative R&B, Pop Rap, Electro House, Hyperpop, Alt-Pop

party, female vocalist, introspective, male vocalist, playful

dec24

cool stuff. i like more tracks here than i do on the original.

3

Blood Incantation

Absolute Elsewhere (2024)

Death Metal, Progressive Metal

Space Rock, Progressive Rock, Berlin School

progressive, space, atmospheric, complex, heavy

dec24

holy canoli those prog synth parts are so gay im sorry yall 😭 the actual dm here is fine even pretty good sometimes but i really dislike the super melodic stuff. they should just go back to normal weirdo metal

2.5

Xiu Xiu

13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips (2024)

Neo-Psychedelia, Experimental Rock

Post-Industrial, Psychedelic Rock, Industrial Rock, Indietronica

nonbinary vocalist, noisy, dense, psychedelic, surreal

dec24

interesting cool stuff but irdc about this loud synthy rock kind of xiu xiu. nothing strikes me as very replayable. except common loon that one is good

2.5

Jackzebra

Young Powerful Run Mixtape (2024) [Mixtape]

PluggnB, Cloud Rap

Emo Rap, Pop Rap, Asian Rock

melodic, ethereal, lush, male vocalist, lethargic

dec24

his least exciting tape thus far. still good, but i dont think im cing badk to it.

3

SOPHIE

SOPHIE (2024)

Electronic Dance Music

Bubblegum Bass, Ambient, Dance-Pop, Techno, Tech House, Electropop, Acid Techno

minimalistic, eclectic, repetitive, atmospheric, cold

dec24

kind of a trainwreck that i dont have the time or energy to write out everything i feel about it. leaves so many more questions than the closure she deserves. feels so weird...

any song with "forever" in the title is a highlight

2.5

Jackzebra

弓长张 [Gong chang zhang] (2023) [EP]

Trap, Cloud Rap

Plugg, Regalia, Chicago Drill

lethargic, urban, male vocalist, ethereal, cold

dec24

lovely. not as impactful as whang but its not bad. first track is the best i think

3

Smiling Broadly

for a moment i saw myself as inexorably beautiful (2024)

Noise Pop, Indietronica, Power Pop

Midwest Emo, Shoegaze, Post-Hardcore, Twee Pop, Shimokita-kei

dense, melodic, female vocalist, noisy, eclectic

dec24

cool. interesting stuff. was a bit uneasy about the vocaloid vocals but they grow on you. i like when the instruments are super dense and loud. will be keeping these fellas in mind ...

3

Kota Hoshino

エヴァーグレイス [EVERGRACE] (2000)

Video Game Music, Folktronica, Neo-Psychedelia

Tribal Ambient, Avant-Folk, Neoclassical New Age, Psychedelic Folk, Gamelan, Post-Rock

polyphonic, psychedelic, surreal, avant-garde, pastoral

dec24

shave rec finally getting around to it sorry for always being slow but thanks for always finding it in your heart to still stand by me and love me despite my flaws

not at all what i was expecting super obtuse and lots of really weird choices and ideas. its really cool, love all the weird singing. not to be that white guy but it does remind me of some anco! i wish i loved it more though most of this was just cool but i wouldnt come back to. the shopping theme tho...

3

The Aches

Heart Machine (2024)

Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock

dec24

always love playing w these guys so i was kind of excited to see that they dropped this and it was NOT an hour long live album from a venue i dont really like playing at!

but sadly i just couldnt get into it. mixing reeaaaally hurts this for me especially how sterile the vocals sound on everything. i do like the more wandering structure super heavy tracks though, they need to lean into that more fs.

2.5

.357 Homicide

Immutable Lethality (2024)

Slam Death Metal

heavy, war, bouncy, rhythmic, violence

dec24

im just so over mainstream slam like this. at least in 50 minute packages this is just too much brain mush of the wrong kind for my mind. ultra boring songwriting and literally nothing interesting to set this apart from every other slam release ever. drums sound good though good snare

2.5

Swagtastic666

Shark Week (2024)

Bop, Trap

Chicago Drill, Digicore, Plugg

female vocalist, melodic, boastful

dec24

we gotta pack up camp on the glo beats yall. every track sounds exactly like every other swagtastic track ive already heard. feel like shes always got the exact same flow and energy on every song. shits draining. still its a quick listen and theres a handful of verses/choruses i thought were good

2.5

meth.

SHAME (2024)

Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Avant-Garde Metal

Dissonant Death Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal

dissonant, male vocalist, noisy, aggressive, disturbing

dec24

recd from greentop.

its fine stuff but idk didnt really like the mixing and i felt that the songs just went on and on. the last third ish is a bit more exciting though which saves this from really sucking

3

Lucy Bedroque

Fête de la vanille (2024) [EP]

Digicore, Indietronica, Art Pop

Cloud Rap, Digital Fusion, Alternative R&B, Glitch Pop, Shibuya-kei, Alternative Rock

androgynous vocals, ethereal, eclectic, melodic, lush

dec24

really cool. cant imagine ill ever come back to this but i appreciate it. some really sweet satisfying melodies and quality wise this sounds very good. curious to see where her career goes in the future

3

Yungster Jack & Safeguard

Yalmabridge (2024) [EP]

Trap, Cloud Rap

New York Drill

introspective, surreal, nature, lush, psychedelic

dec24

yawn artsy fartsy shitわ its always kinda gay when yj does this but i understand why he lowkey has a penchant for it and hes certainly got visions he sees thru even if i dont fw them so thats cool but he needs to jerk more. some song had an eminem ass flow which was just ridiculous to hear.

2.5

Jackzebra

王中王 [King of Kings] (2024) [Mixtape]

Trap

Cloud Rap, Asian Rock, Plugg, PluggnB, Regalia, Pop Rap, Chicago Drill

ethereal, melodic, male vocalist, lethargic, urban

dec24

lovely as fuck. so easy to listen to and addicting. love these really emotional and super candy-sweet beats, jack always sounds good and his voice is perfect for this shitわ. all the features are good too, even acid souljah!

3.5

Faust, Part Two

dec24

woopsies this took over a month to read (laziness) but now im done and that concludes my books for 2024 i think!

much different from part 1 in a lot of ways. way less focused on faust (less emphasis on the 'personal'), episodic rather than very linear, and a LOT of ancieng greek culture. huge sprawling sections of dozens of ancient greek gods and myths and figures and stories, as well as many different sections being written in classic greek style (no rhyming). lots of magical realism, like so much. and plenty of time skipping and super fast paced scene changes (i guess since its not really about fausts singular experiences). i cant say i enjoyed all of that as much as the first book - its definitely its own tour de force kind of vibe but idk it loses me way more than id like. the final chapter is beautiful as fuck though

3

younotsupposedtobehere

Christian Boultan (2024) [EP]

Trap

Rage

male vocalist, repetitive, heavy, dense, noisy

dec24

awesome. only mid track was kkutup. second track is so peak.

3.5

slaywitme

Cupcakes.mp3 (2020) [Single]

Digicore, Sigilkore

Horrorcore, Experimental Hip Hop, Electroclash, Sigilkore

violence, dark, aggressive, energetic, scary

dec24

pretty stupid. needs more distortion.

2.5

Nettspend

Kickdoor (2023) [Mixtape]

Jerk, Trap

Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

drugs, repetitive, surreal, urban, playful

dec24

mejh. wish morre tracks were as fleshed as u told us quit. its not horrible though. a few good songs seometimes.

3

Шумоизоляция [Shumoizolyatsiya]

Без названия (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

hes back..<3

lovely harsh crunch stuff. perfect for doing chores to.

3.5

phreshboyswag

What I Need (2024) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

Industrial Hip Hop, Noise

dense, noisy, hedonistic, boastful, male vocalist

dec24

actually insane. sounds liek a fucking wall. crazy that this was just a month before autumn diary

3.5

Nettspend

What They Say¿ (2023) [Single]

Cloud Rap, Ratchet

Lowend, Jerk, Nightcore, Ratchet, Experimental Hip Hop

male vocalist, party, ethereal, rhythmic, sexual

dec24

really fun. love his vibe here. sounds like a xav prod track how it speeds up at the end

3.5

Nettspend

Bad Ass F*cking Kid (2024) [Mixtape]

Trap

Rage, Cloud Rap

drugs, hedonistic, rebellious, male vocalist, energetic

dec24

about what i expected. sad that none of this is his old jerk sound nor does it come close to nothing like uuu (im guessing its not here bc of rights issues). still, tracks like shut up and say please stick out to me but i think that comes down more to the fact that ok is actually the hardest. i think nett got a good release in him eventually tho

3

Vice Wears Black Hose

Lines of Black Nylon and Red Cut Throats (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

first track is great had me excited but the other two kind of suck honestly. wish it was a bit more enveloping

3

Ken Estes

Burial Ground (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

dense, noisy

dec24

not why i like ken estes but its good pureharsh

3

Willowbrook, She Walks Crooked & Dosis Letalis

Static Wreckage (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

really wanted to like this more but its just good. harshness. 2>1

3

Ken Estes

Dimmitt (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

dec24

really breadthy harsh. amazing textures. tornado warning

3.5

daiba datta

i'll still love you without the interference of flesh, is what i thought. but the time has passed since then, how did i materialize a touch that could never exist? but then it was just another touch with you. [...] (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

dec24

so loud and bright. makes me think of those insane feedback power electronics tracks. lovely

3.5

Ken Estes / pinniped

...As the Light Bends (2024)

Lowercase, Ambient Noise Wall

Field Recordings

dec24

really love the progression. kens side is like sitting watching the world go by feeling that distance and then pinnipeds is close your eyes and just listen to your heart and be alone. actually hte quietest music ever

3.5

Ništavilo / Cosmic Silence / Charles Razeur

The Great Void (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall, Drone

dec24

lovely quiet and alone. should be considered essential in the space/drone wall sphere

3.5

Vomir

Back Up Restraint (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

regular vomir. physical is pretty interesting though

3

bleood

3!bhs7371)/: (2024) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop

Digicore, Trap

chaotic, dense, ominous, lo-fi, quirky

dec24

fuck yes his best so far. love how he sounds on the first one. he needs to basically do this but for like 10 tracks

3.5

bleood

IDK I Cant Say (2024) [EP]

Hardcore [EDM], Glitch

Gabber, IDM

instrumental

dec24

for completionist purposes

2.5

bleood

You Dont Need Your Skin (2024) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

Glitch

male vocalist

dec24

ok yeah here we go the shit i love from him so frantic and i love the crzy melodies and stuff. both tracks sogood

3.5

defficile

Zombie (2023) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop

Jerk Rap, Dark Plugg

androgynous vocals, male vocalist

dec24

more not bad. idk why he always be pickin some like just okay ass songs to make eps out of.

3

defficile

Shake It Up (2023) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk

Sigilkore

dec24

not bad. stealth ass nett verse

3

defficile

ewwwww.co (2023) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap, Jerk

Cloud Rap, Emo Rap, Dark Plugg

male vocalist

dec24

heart plunder the only thing here that worth anything. acid souljah sound so bad here cant imagine why he was even asked to hop on

3

defficile

Chapter 2 B (2023) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop

Cloud Rap, Jerk

dense, ethereal, chaotic, noisy, psychedelic

dec24

1st is actually peak cloud rap liek should go down in history with deletee

2nd is okay

3.5

Vomir

No Content (2009)

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

8k ratings wahoo celebrate with vomir long. been meaning to get to this for a while good excuse to finally.

really soft i think. and sometimes it feels like thunder - sitting on a hill and night but the lightning keeps everything visible and the storm is just over the horizon. cold on your clothes but its warm inside

4

Xul

valentines day bleedout (2020) [Single]

Digicore, Emo Rap

HexD, Trap

noisy

dec24

so cute. really 2020 brings me back. the wah synth is awesome

3.5

bleood

Seal of Memories (2023) [Mixtape]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

Jerk, Dark Plugg

noisy, dense, surreal, dark, avant-garde

dec24

behind the scenes some deep bleood going down. iykyk. but lets talk about his real releases.

consistent but weirdly not the sound i really love him for. its good though but he has much better songs

3

Silver Dove & tabby cat diaries

I'll Never Tire of You (2024)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

Drone, Ambient

heavy, ethereal, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic

dec24

really bright and everything warm. feels like a swansong idk why and that makes me tear up dont leave lamo and tcd

3.5

Silver Dove

sunken (dreaming) (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

interesting ideas but idk doesnt do much for me. wish some tracks were longer

2.5

Silver Dove / Whore's Breath

Silver Dove / Whore's Breath (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall, Drone

Ambient

repetitive, ethereal, cold, noisy, lo-fi

dec24

comfy. sd>wb

3

ELEKTR0BATH / Silver Dove

Elektr0bath / Silver Dove (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

repetitive, sampling, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic

dec24

nice always good to hear some real proper harsh dove. elek side is fine too

3

Silver Dove & Kafka Semyavin

Silver Dove & Kafka Semyavin EP (2023) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

dec24

comfy. quiet. shhhhhh. interesting variations

3

Silver Dove

🕊 (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

dec24

strange folding sounds. sometimes reminds me of weird necrotik. lovely drones

3

Yungster Jack & David Shawty

#NovaJackDavid20 ✰ (2020) [EP]

Trap, Digicore, Pop Rap

Experimental Hip Hop, Tread, Pop Rap

energetic, chaotic, drugs, androgynous vocals, male vocalist

dec24

more of that sweet novajack glitch sound from this era. writing this now to get it out of the way but honestly this might grow on me expect a 3.5 sometime soon. 3 for now just cuz im not crazy ab either track

3

Yungster Jack x David Shawty

Battlebus (2020) [Single]

Digicore, Trap

hedonistic, quirky, melodic, playful, drugs

dec24

never knew dylan brady and them collabed outside of that one gecs track. super cute fun beat they both sound good here, cant believe i havent heard this till now. wouldve been an instant on repeat during quarantine

3.5

Yungster Jack & David Shawty

Nitemare 3 (2020) [Single]

Trap, Experimental Hip Hop, Digicore

Experimental Hip Hop, Dark Plugg, Cloud Rap, Ambient Plugg, Drill

avant-garde, chaotic, drugs, hedonistic, surreal

dec24

working on some nitemare yungstershawty shit...

too long for its own good but its fun and interesting.

3, one star for every nitemare

David Shawty & Yungster Jack

Spawn Camping (2020) [Single]

Trap, Digicore, Experimental Hip Hop

Pop Rap

playful, surreal, futuristic, manic, vulgar

dec24

slept on this shit so hard when i was younger. its not as flashy or wild as kiss my own dick but its def same lane vibes. beat is ridiculous.

3.5

Silver Dove

Observer (2022) [Single]

Harsh Noise Wall

Ambient

dec24

really oh so good so heavenly. a cs of this and suicide pact would be grail as fuck. so warm.hhmmhmhtjnhkjhnrthnroiunhroiunrdthiudrtugrth09g87hg-098e45jug-0945eyvhnw5e4-978 hnyw5ert-p9h9 wrhuwp9ehgpewi4u5hps98edh gp9s8eruhgypr9eto8dhbfgdioluh dprt98hgu nsrp9uh ntrs0p98 hg5w 0n9ghrseutnyh g9pserh oirtwugh jm-9erspt8 ghnserp98h8jre8i 7owe5oh gp98ser ghn0we9sr gywn y8g7ohiuoyeakrsvb likuserj bvnrk

3.5

Charlotte Braun

Happy Being Sad (2015)

Ambient Noise Wall

noisy

dec24

yes its more soft quiet sad walls (bittersweet this one m,aybe?). lovely opening several minutes

3.5

Runway

Kiko Kostadinov 00072019 "Midnight Stripe", look 5 (2020)

Ambient Noise Wall

dec24

so much better than i was expecting. really comfy texture. perfect analogue (ithink). the ending was five stars (dont read any comments or reviews spoilers)

3.5

Yungster Jack

KISSNTELL (2023) [Single]

Pop Rap, Jerk

rhythmic, melodic, love, male vocalist

dec24

he really does love sampling pop songs. its fine. i like yhapo verse

3

Ken Carson

Delusional (2024) [Single]

Rage

psychedelic, boastful, male vocalist, manic, hedonistic

dec24

some damn good ken. the slave line is crazy 💀 love how he sounds on this

3.6

Yungster Jack

Fa11ing (2024) [Single]

Pop Rap, Emo Rap, Jerk, Experimental Hip Hop

Cloud Rap, Emo-Pop

rhythmic, romantic, melodic, love, drugs

dec24

actually addicted to his verse on u told us quit so im scraping his spotify for any other jerk tracks hes done.

this is cool very very weird and not sure i love it but who knows it may grow on me. conjures such weird colors in my head when i listen

3

Nascitari / Necrotik Fissure

Not Negative Number (2016)

Harsh Noise Wall

dec24

nascitari track actually beautiful in the most crushing way. lamo says lovely wooden twig sounds and the progression of the track is perfect. ending 1000 stars

necrotik fissure very locked in perfect harsh. essential split

4

Yoyi

路上 (2024) [Single]

Trap

female vocalist, male vocalist

dec24

really really lovely love both verses i like her voice a lot

3.5

Yungster Jack & Safeguard

Yengelbrekt (2019) [EP]

Trap, Pop Rap, Cloud Rap, Emo Rap

Digicore

hedonistic, longing, psychedelic, breakup, atmospheric

dec24

wanted to like this more but the drain gang influence is like... almost distracting its so overbearing. not the sound i love them for but theres some nice flows and stuff. cohesive. wish davids verses stood out more

3

nicky

i cry abt u (2024) [Compilation]

PluggnB

dec24

better than i was expecting. i like the first two tracks. features tracks are decent

3

xaviersobased w/ ss3bby

Hating??? (2022) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap, Lowend

Jerk

repetitive, rhythmic, sexual, drugs, male vocalist

dec24

brain mush rap i like that they placed the tags so that it sounds like acid souljah said the n word

3

2Slimey

Ssoslime (2024) [Single]

Trap

Rage

male vocalist

dec24

we need a whole yhapslimey tape honestly

great beat lets slimeys rapping shine and yhapo flows like budda onnit

lovely

3.5

Jovan

cuteshit (2023) [EP]

PluggnB

dec24

production keeps this interesting. last track is fun

3

ovanni

Soulcial (2024) [EP]

Plugg

longing, ethereal, sad, breakup, love

dec24

boring. second one was kind of good though

2.5

xaviersobased

XavRemixes (2024) [DJ Mix]

Jerk, Nightcore

Cloud Rap, Gangsta Rap, Lowend

male vocalist

dec24

first two i rly dgaf about but the nothing like uuu remix is fire

2.5

Nettspend

#dude (2023) [Single]

Trap, Lowend

dec24

cover is killing me why would anyone take that picture for getty images

actual song is like some nothing he just spits on a lowend beat idk

2.5

luvpurp

Purp & Friends Vol.2 (2023)

PluggnB

dec24

cute. easy listening. i like the cover

3

David Shawty

Tren (2023) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk

rhythmic, male vocalist

dec24

so lovely wasnt expecting to like this so much and also had no idea him and phresh even collabed but they both kill it esp david. psb vocals sound p good here. lovely instrumental

3.5

david shawty x zootzie x xaviersobased x yungster jack

Dream Mode (2023) [Single]

Plugg

dec24

kind of mid output from everyone its fine though i didnt even realize it was xav at first lol

3

Silver Dove

Makeshift Bandage (2023)

Drone, Ambient Noise Wall

dec24

weird warbly sounds... watching sidewalk infront of u stretch forward forever

3

November Recap

birthday and eating food so much kpop and 3ogtlskjejrgnsapoue rgfh0owseighseoiuyghwose98gyw30897geao ilbserg emotions

YES!:

Flex Musix w/ Osama Season always dancing

I Remember the Day 10 Years Ago When I Fell in Love With You. cold permafrost overdose suicide

No One Ever Missed Him warm escaping hiding and noose marathon

氷床 Earth and Blur children killing children

Six Pieces Throughout Detachment wall of void between everyone

And I LOVE YOU XAVIER!

'a paper cut on your translucent wrists' / live at 7:69PM blanket

Lospaziocannibale eyes wont open drywall

Performante randomly got 150 scrobbles on them for no reason

Woman Worldwide dance smile

Black Rope of Suicide WTF?! MORE SUICIDE?!?!

𝒾𝓃𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 ... bones

long way home nothing left to say.

ゴアボックス 〈GOREBOX〉 Longgore:D

Disco Biscuit i like him

I Hope You Get Swallowed vore #sounddesign

Nausea cool unexpected

Sunday R!ngtone keep ur eyes peeled she's prob gonna drop peak sometime soon

The Xul Tape, Vol. 1 #13 13 13 ⚜️⚜️⚜️ fr brain mush

SsoMe im michael crying gif you dont even know

Self Titled EP the cuteness

KiCKDOOR ++++ and my boy mr spend

Movies:? Ya Private Sky when i close my eyes and Les chambres rouges [Red Rooms] when i open them

what else uhhhhh idk not much else

Nettspend

U Told Us Quit (2023) [Single]

Jerk

Cloud Rap, Lowend

vulgar, playful, ethereal, rhythmic, male vocalist

nov24

forgot to rate this yesterday but fr a top song for both artists. beat goes ridiculously stupid and netts verse is so good, then yungster jack got that super subdued flow like bro is right up in your ear shits fire

3.5

bimby1 cats

Dnd Mode (2024) [Single]

nov24

thanks to whoever added all her other singles i forgor to add ^\^

this one i didnt like at first but it grew on me its cute lovely gatar

3.5

violet

september2023 (2023) [DJ Mix]

nov24

last one today. some cute plugg snippets. nice to work to. the beats are only $20 each maybe i should buy one and hop on!

3

emorave

Near Death for Euphoria (2024)

Ambient Plugg, Cloud Rap

Emo Rap

cold, drugs, female vocalist, atmospheric, depressive

nov24

doesnt rly need to be 30 minutes long but its fine. i def like these vocals more than the constant grating vocals of polyaddict

3

xaviersobased

Bath & Body Works (2023) [EP]

Plugg

Dark Plugg

hypnotic, surreal, humorous, lethargic, dense

nov24

weirdly like his least experimental album ever. kind of just okay though nothing really sticks out to me except maybe static saying the hard r lmao

3

#2003

Her Interest (2023)

PluggnB

nov24

actually rly liked some of these, esp the wokeups tracks. this may have earned itself some relistens!

3

1sadboii

Dear Journal, 1-12-24 (2024) [EP]

PluggnB

melodic, male vocalist

nov24

theres 100% a future for scene plugg but as it is now we either aint ready for it or we gotta keep workshopping it. i respect the effort

2.5

Meat Computer

Social Distancing From Reality (2020)

Trap, Digicore, Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

Tread, Emo Rap

sampling, quirky, existential, androgynous vocals, male vocalist

nov24

morbid curiosity. gen cannot stand the vocals and the stupid prod tag its amazing that these are all somehow different songs

2

Woody

Dear Diary, (2024) [EP]

PluggnB

Emo Rap

passionate, male vocalist, melodic, lethargic, love

nov24

funny as fuck how low qual the cover is. seems like usual woody stuff though theres much less lisp

3

1oneam

One Death (2024) [EP]

Trap, Cloud Rap

Cloud Rap, Pop Rap, Plugg

ethereal, boastful, soft, male vocalist, hedonistic

nov24

chill prod but hes very unconvincing here so its kind of all in one ear out the other

3

(Facy)

(Facy) (2024) [EP]

Emo Rap, Cloud Rap

atmospheric, melodic, drugs, male vocalist, bittersweet

niv24

love the first track but the rest is just facy doing facy. cant say im confident ill be thinking about this too much after today

3

KingSlimeYN

Alienman (2023) [Single]

Dark Plugg

nov24

only listened for that cover 💀

production is weird but cool but i dont like his voice at all

2.5

﴾◣.,,.◢﴿

Slim Thick Parasite (2024) [DJ Mix]

Experimental Hip Hop

Glitch Hop, Cloud Rap, Epic Collage

dense, noisy, quirky, male vocalist, rhythmic

nov24

its fine. not a fan of the dariacore ass outro sounds so out of place.

3

Nettspend

KiCKDOOR ++++ (2023) [EP]

Jerk, Cloud Rap

Trap, Experimental Hip Hop

vulgar, repetitive, playful, hedonistic, quirky

nov24

first two tracks gotta be the peak of all music. i like a lot of his lyrics here

3.5

David Shawty & Yungster Jack

Gossip™ (2018) [Mixtape]

Pop Rap, Trap

Digicore, Cloud Rap, Emo Rap

hedonistic, quirky, longing, sexual, party

nov24

fun. they've got a knack for hooks sometimes. really dug the last track. not sure why they felt the need to make an x/ski mask track. cover is ridiculously bad.

3

Yungster Jack

Diancie Story (2022)

Pop Rap, Trap

PluggnB, Digicore, Art Pop

calm, romantic, love, passionate, melodic

nov24

ok silver dove saturday is over now its souundcloudsaturday (notrly)

been listening to some david shawty tracks w him and that nettspend song he did and just remembered this existed so

way too damn long and its all really like not my vibe. cant say he isnt trying or it isnt a serious effort but i just dgaf about any of this. davids tracks are fine ig. cant imagine hes still with whoever this was supposed to be about lol

2.5

Silver Dove

autopsy (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

deep thought staring into fireplace warming up and remembering old mistakes

3.5

Silver Dove

captive (2022) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

nov24

warm sand falling through fingers watching the wind blow in front of you and trains on far away tracks

3.5

Silver Dove

Crippled Saturn (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

ufffghhhhhh pulled apart by gravity explosions between every nerve and walking on snow

3.5

Silver Dove

thoughtless (2022) [EP]

Ambient, Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

chilly relaxing crumpling

3

Silver Dove

Here (2023) [EP]

nov24

sil;ver dove satuirday quick entries go

psychedelia washing rumble flipping through photo memories

3

Tape (2001)

nov24

had some extra time today so quick movie.

not at all what i was expecting. nifty little setup/concept - i love my chamber films! great example of what good acting looks like, really everyone does a stellar job here. such unique exploration of gender sex friendship and power/consent. you think you have it all figured out until uma thurman comes in. feels strangely female empowering (ala Ex Machina?). the way they navigate their collective emotions together felt really painful in me. like i was there. sometimes i forgot i was watching a movie lol.

3.5

The Edge of Sleep Season 1

nov24

randomly saw this on my firestick home and its p short so like fuck it

didnt expect much and it doesnt do much but its a fun time. kind of cool concept that honestly couldve been done in way fewer episodes but they pad it out hella with flashbacks and weird dream sequences. hate the characters all of them. i know theyre tired and irritable but oh my god there is no reason to be that rude like why are you so pressed about getting an answer right everyone is dead bro 😭 also strange that no one thought to check social media about this whole ordeal. weirdly markiplier was the best actor here.

perc40

[untitled] (2022)

Plugg

nov24

besides the oneam track nothing here is really worth anyones time especially the damn smokingskul ones why is he yelling like we aint gonna be able to hear him on these beats

2.5

Instagram Filter

Self Titled EP (2020) [EP]

Bedroom Pop

Trap, Emo Rap

nov24

rly cute and sweet feels super sincere and weird kind of lightning in a bottle you cant capture the same feelings anymore. love the instrumentals, lots of little details. second track is silly but stil good. great cover.

3.5

xaviersobased

Expensive Coffee Is So Damn Bitter .. (2022) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk

Cloud Rap

hypnotic, avant-garde, surreal, playful, male vocalist

nov24

kind of wish the longer chopped and screwed ones just like werent so long because they rly drag down the ep. love the lsst track though

3

Cartier'GOD

Strawberry Moon (2024) [EP]

Plugg

Cloud Rap

sampling, androgynous vocals, male vocalist

nov24

first song actually had me on my knees what went through his head to interpolate funee monkee gif for an ep in 2024

not sure how much i love pitched up cartier but the rest of this is chill

3

Instagram Filter & i.v.

#Life Is Strange (2024) [Mixtape]

Plugg, Emo Rap

depressive

nov24

ehhh im still not convinced on his vocals. building on fancompliments' observations i guess id say its like a harsher yet even more mumblely delivered tek lintowe. kinda wish there was more happening with the beats but theyre cute

3

Brand New

(Fork and Knife) (2007) [Single]

Piano Rock, Emo, Indie Rock

Post-Britpop

male vocalist, melancholic, melodic, rhythmic, mellow

nov24

very nice, the piano is a really interesting addition that works pretty well. i forgot how much i like his voice. i need relisten to dissect lyrics though

3.5

Instagram Filter & i.v.

#ivfilter 2 (2024) [EP]

Plugg, Emo Rap

bittersweet, male vocalist

nov24

well if you couldnt tell its fuckcomments friday which means i snipe like 264 of his ratings and rate them all different than him because we disagree on everything except this one

its fine. wasnt expecting that voice

3

DOMD

Ima Bite Her Neck (2020) [Single]

Emo Rap, Hypnagogic Pop

Synthpop, Nightcore

nov24

really sweet lovely warm such a strange sound he captures here

3.5

2Slimey

SsoMe (2024) [Mixtape]

Dark Plugg, Experimental Hip Hop

Power Noise, Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop, Rage, Trap Metal

avant-garde, chaotic, noisy, heavy, manic

nov24

YES its finally here and so much better than i was expecting. weirdly i think this style works better as an album than as singles. but also this is not only terror plugg! actually a really surprising amount of variety - and some of the best moments arent terror plugg. he does great on the ok beat, draco talks has a really fun beat, and of course yhapo's track is just heavenly and lowkey might be the best track here. all this to say that hes really establishing himself as a rapper with presence; its probably easy to dismiss a lot of this as producer-carried but i think the fact that he can shine thru and make highlights out of these less terror sounding tracks is a testament to his evolution as an artist (which is something i did not expect to be saying about 2slimey this year). and of course the terror plugg tracks are just ridiculous, some real jaw dropping stuff it never gets old hearing that shitわ. my only complaints are So Far and Shrimp: the former is just kinda boring, the latter id rather have had tmz as the closer, but i do understand why he chose shrimp since its his most popular song.

3.5 easy top 10 aoty

Silver Dove

long way home (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

Lowercase, Drone

nov24

one day we wake up and the stars completely disappear out of the night sky; the clouds stop moving, the wind gave up. dogs that crawl under the porch to die - life lays its tired head down softly and sighs its last breath. it rains in every memory, flooding and spilling out of my brain all over the floor where i slip and my head and heart burst into gray dust fireworks when they hit the ground. in the time it takes to recall a memory its already been one month. in the time it takes to blink its already been a year. all i carry now are questions and regrets - all i will ever carry are questions and regrets. theres so much i wish i could redo. maybe just to turn back the clock and talk one more time. before life flashbang slowed to a drip - but i dont know what that would change. everything happens exactly how its supposed to happen. air conditioning units humming in harmony feeling every particle of dust fall onto my head; a gray sky cloud-blanketed horizon to horizon - the sun is hiding. lights that wait - arent fast enough - so when you flip the switch theres a brief period of tense, quiet, lifeless darkness. time frozen in a brief moment where nothing is visible and the electric pulses of senses have nothing to send back to you. a period of inactivity and black-black gradient room temperature floating. when the light peaks through the blinds and dances fire across the walls all i can see are different outcomes - alternate universes where it doesnt happen.

i imagine it was probably at a train station.

the quietest crackles, spaced out with miles inbetween them: soft ghost scratching at your ears trying to get your attention spread across your whole life. somewhere somehow the crushing hum of loss creeps up onto your shoulders and hugs your heart until you fall over, then vanishes as if it was never even there.

thank you, lamo, for always putting your heart and love first.

4

Risk of Rain Returns

nov24

ive been playing risk of rain, ror2 and modded ror for literally almost half of my life, the original is one of my favorite games in the world so i was SO EXCITED to see they had remastered it ON MY BIRTHDAY (actually one day before but im gonna count that anyway)

ive been playing it for a few weeks now - ive got about 30 hours in it, and i just finished unlocking all of the characters, so i think im ready to discuss my thoughts on it.

obviously, of course, this is THE definitive version of this game. bonus content aside, i think that even from a purely gameplay standpoint this is much better. the combat feels way more streamlined and friendly, movement isnt as clunky, and they did a stellar job with the balancing (much harder to go "god mode" (i.e. less extreme of a learning curve that makes longer playthroughs less exciting). but the bonus content... oh my loard where to even start...

love the new characters. even if i dont prefer them over any of the older ones its always fun to get new choices. theyre fresh and unique but still feel close to the "true" vision of the original game, something that i was worried about (something i didnt love about the Starstorm mod...). i do have some problems with them (artificer is too weak - drifter is kinda op?) but that convo is not crucial to this entry. i also really dig the alternate skills and skins - while i still mostly prefer all the original builds there are a few characters i have customized permanently - acrid and sniper have really useful alt primaries. i also like how pink miner looks :3

i really dig the lore expanses as well. one of my favorite things to do as a kid was just sitting at my computer reading every single item and enemy entry and building this intergalactic world in my head - i was SO STOKED to see that we got CHARACTER info too now! that and the environment logs which are kind of annoying to get but i think are another cool way to flesh out the world and make 100%ing more rewarding. also its really refreshing that each stage has 6 variants, feels way less repetitive than the original game with like only 2-4 per stage. the providence trials are really cool too. some are way too hard or way too easy but they are a valiant effort that i respect and add an extra layer to the game that i really appreciate. its also a great way to test out new characters or skills, or if you dont have the time for a full run you can work on some of the shorter trials. love all the new items as well - lots of really cool exciting ones.

and i LOVE the new visuals. everything looks so much nicer and more detailed but doesnt lose the original games simple and charming designs. plenty of new mobs that fit right in with the older ones. i never cared too much about the music but it is a bit unfortunate they didnt get a remaster/remake of those. not a big chip off my shoulder though.

worth it? absolutely - this is the only version of this game anyone needs (its better than ror2 sorry). perfect? no but nothing is. plenty of flaws and things to complain about here but its nothing i cant overlook - the actual core of this is one of the best games ever.

The Northman (2022)

nov24

fun stuff. raised my hopes for nosferatu - i forgot how good eggers is at making period pieces. very sigma sometimes. love the magical realism

3.5

xul south pacific trading co. est 1918

The Xul Tape, Vol. 1 #13 13 13 ⚜️⚜️⚜️ (2022)

Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk

nov24

im starting to think bro doesnt care about anything.

really doesnt need to be 99 minutes but its always at least a little fun or silly. features go hard love xav. some really good beats here. slogs for the last 10ish tracks

3.5

xul south pacific trading co. est 1918

1300 #3arc (2024)

Experimental Hip Hop

Jerk

nov24

him looping the same 9 lines for most of every song makes his actual bars hit like crazy. slurtome's mic is insane. beats on this one better than caution tape

3.5

xul south pacific trading co. est 1918

caution Tape (2024)

Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk

Industrial Hip Hop

apathetic, abstract, hedonistic, male vocalist, lethargic

nov24

ridiculous that this is his New style. actual like real mumble rap trve kvlt mvmble shitわ this is kind of the only tape where im okay with every song featuring a slowed down version of itself in the second halves

3.5

bimby1 cats

Sunday R!ngtone (2024) [Single]

PluggnB

nov24

so good. love the barrage of vocals and the lovely guitar sample

3.5

bimby1 cats

Choking on Soap Bubbles (2024)

Alternative R&B, PluggnB

Pop Rap

nov24

actually listened to this a few days ago just didnt feel like adding it to database.

she needs to stick to the jerk stuff the little bedroom r&b whatever idk just sounds like pinkpantheress stuff but stuff like ily and i <3 me are really good

3

Krewella

Get Wet (2013)

Electropop, Electro House, Brostep

Complextro, Drumstep, Big Room House, Festival Progressive House

party, female vocalist, hedonistic, energetic, sexual

nov24

not nearly as good as the ep. sounds like every festival ever. i used to listen to come and get it and this is not the end a lot back in the day. they should just make more stuff like alive.

2.5

Krewella

Play Hard (2012) [EP]

Brostep

Moombahcore, Complextro, Electropop

party, aggressive, energetic, dense, hedonistic

nov24

2013's Carrie featured a track by Krewella, which reminded me that they existed so i decided to do some listening. i used to like this ep when i was a kid (or the songs id heard from it). Killin it, One Minute and Alive were always on loop when i was younger, but especially Alive. while a lot of this doesnt hold up all these years later, i think Alive is still a really solid track. vocals are heavenly and they arent plagued by the really stupid lyricism of most of their music. could be 9 minutes and id still love it. the rest is poorly aged brostep, but they have a knack for pleasant-ish drops and some neat drums. i kind of like the original version of one minute more than the remix, but theyre both pretty good

3

THECHEESEBURGERPICNIC

Nausea (2024) [EP]

Mathcore, Grindcore, Sass

Noisegrind

female vocalist, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic, noisy

nov24

really awesome. super fun inclusion of deathslam stuff and i love the tracks that are just nonstop shredding

3.5

Bear1Boss

Super Boss! (2024) [Mixtape]

Pop Rap, Rage

Plugg, Digicore, Experimental Hip Hop

nov24

awesome as fuck. more sound effects please. super fun and i like his voice lol

3.5

Protect

All on Me (2024)

Plugg

Trap

male vocalist

nov24

fun beats but he kinda doesnt deserve to be on them; another unconvincing rapper.

3

qiqiu

Reptilian Bitch Encounters Penis W Larua Nic n Tg (2024) [DJ Mix]

Experimental Hip Hop, Ambient Plugg

Glitch Hop

sampling, ethereal, dense, quirky, rhythmic

nov24

starts off really strong but gets a bit boring as it goes on

3

Brennan Jones

Brennan Jones 1 (2024)

Trap

Dark Plugg, Rage, Experimental Hip Hop

raw, male vocalist, aggressive, boastful, ominous

nov24

dont rly like his vocals and hes got a very unconvincing presence on most of this. i think he needs better beats really because shitわ like fashiontrappin is actually really good.

2.5

fakemink & Mag

Wild One (2024) [EP]

Jerk, Cloud Rap

Pop Rap

playful, male vocalist, quirky, repetitive, ethereal

nov24

awesome stuff, but chinchila is the track that ill walk away from this with forever

3.5

Mario Judah

Endure (2024) [EP]

Trap Metal, Rage

Horrorcore, Emo Rap, Rage

male vocalist, aggressive, energetic, violence, misanthropic

nov24

believe the hype.

i think he has potential but weirdly phones this whole thing in despite no one on earth begging for a new mario judah ep. pretty awful mixing and generally really boring or straight up bad vocal parts; very very repetitive and simple lyrics that sometimes just feel like what someone copying mario judah would try to make, and it seems like there was really no effort to work with the beats - it just sounds like he picked beats he liked and did whatever vocals on top. that said, Today It Ends is actually insane. he just needs to make an emo album lol

2

﴾◣.,,.◢﴿

I Hope You Get Swallowed (2024) [DJ Mix]

Experimental Hip Hop, Ambient Plugg

Epic Collage, Cloud Rap, Chopped and Screwed, Glitch Hop

atmospheric, aquatic, sampling, male vocalist, surreal

nov24

lol really awesome super cool sound design love the qebrus sounding bits and lots of cool transitions awesome sound pallet

3.5

Cade Parker

Stained Glass (2024)

Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

HexD, Wave

surreal, ethereal, cold, dense, lo-fi

nov24

cool flows and i like some of his beats but it leaves a lot to be desired

3

Concrete Winds

Concrete Winds (2024)

Death Metal, Deathgrind

War Metal

aggressive, heavy, noisy, technical, dissonant

nov24

fun but kind of turns into black metal mush and i dont like the pounding groovier sections so much

3

Ken Estes

Wichita Falls (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

Field Recordings

nov24

couldnt rly get into it i like concept and field recs cool but texture just weird didnt feel nice

2.5

nov24

if youre reading this before the other entries are written yea sorry illl write them soon patience i just have to write this down before it leaves me

didnt have the time to rewatch all of it but i ran through some of my favorite scenes in tracey fragments today and idk want to kyllmiself all over something about this quiet boring life and the slow steady hum of everything all in resonance and dissonance and you have to put your ear to someones heart to hear the faint crackling and whispering that goes unnoticed every day because everything is high octane and dramatic and polar. sometimes i want to cry when i think about kids that grow up in houses right on a highway interchange and how every day hundreds of people they will only see once in their life pass by them while theyre playing catch in the back yard or raking up bags of dead orange autumn leaves with their parents and their little sibling wont stop cross-falling into them and making a mess and how theyre hands get cold from being outside but their bodies are so warm from all the playing. how heavy the silence of midnight is when everyone is sleeping and there are no traveling headlights to illuminate their windows and sidewalk. a feeling that is both relieving and uncanny. the other day i walked through a building on my way back from an event at my university on a saturday so i could both use the restroom and buy a pepsi. before i walked out i stopped and realized it was completely empty - no students, teachers, janitors, pedestrians, the street was empty outside despite it being noon, and i couldnt even hear the usually vibrant background radiating orchestra of machines - no vending machines, no ac units, no fans or television screens. i felt truly weightless.

Les chambres rouges [Red Rooms] (2023)

nov24

pornography pornography pornography, how close can you get? really, how much closer can you possibly get? obsessions turn into reality and theres no longer a difference between consuming and experiencing.

chilling third act. love the overall atmosphere and the attention to realistic details. lovely camera work, especially on the court room and computer scenes. there is randomly an Ada Rook track in here that caught me way off guard lol.

4

SG5

Firetruck (2023) [Single]

Trap [EDM], Pop Rap, J-Pop

Wonky, Bubblegum Bass, Hybrid Trap

mechanical, energetic, female vocalist, noisy, quirky

nov24

probably would hit harder if it was like 2019. fun tho. umru remix is weird but cool

3

Carrie (2013)

nov24

another movie bogged down by "style" - mass produced horror shitわ your uncle buys you tickets for to go see in theatre on the opening week and you forget about it entirely except for one or two FUCKED UP scenes in about a week. i dont like a lot of the acting.

na

Me Before You (2016)

nov24

girlfriend read the book so she wanted to watch the movie. i did laundry while watching.

lots of emotional depth potential but stuck in this grating pandering style and weirdly lacks dimension to a lot of its characters and the plot. a happens b happens c happens causing d to happen so e happens and it ends up as f. mind numbing. choosing that ed sheeran song was insane

na

nov24

feels like my head is going to explode cant understand what this gravity pulling me down is so many different universes are bleeding into eachother and the dissonance is just a consequence every extentsion of me is fucking up at the same exact time in slightly different ways

Silver Dove / Volovec

Silver Dove / Volovec (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient

noisy, winter, atmospheric, natural

nov24

massive nothing hole in my body today feeling so silver dove my beloved it is

love sd side really great rumble distance slight warmth <#######3

volovec side better than i expected and the harsh textures synergize well with the slightly rough textures of sd side

3.5

The Bringer of Everything

The Bringer of Everything (2014)

Death Industrial

nov24

i ate a nice little bagel sandwish thing and relaxed in some chilly sunny weather at school while i listened to this. i didnt know what it was (i had saved it probably years ago) so i went in blind. it starts off really nicely, this weird room recording, feels like some strange surveillance and the quiet shifting and noise is like listening to something breathing near you. but it "picks up" and goes down some really boring and worthless standard death industrial paths that youve probably heard a million times before.

2.5

New Rose Hotel (1998)

nov24

im not really sure what to write. you should probably read fuckcomments review.

i think im still a bit lost on ferrara's style. i think the worlds he makes and the stories within them are always compelling and interesting, i love the weird post-capital sexual transaction stuff, it doesnt seem so far from the pornography of today - real dystopia is being built all around us, it doesnt need to be in simulations or in space or in some walled city. i really dug the opening sequences, and i love total film-vomit of the last act, using everything they possibly have to create this super unique memory-tracing event. but im lost on everything between. it feels more style over substance i guess, i was just kind of bored for a lot of this. im coming to appreciate more and more, though, as i continue to reflect on it.

3

Ya Private Sky (2001)

nov24

as if that wasnt enough he has to ruin my life again in the same night.

white dwarf pulsar no blinking no breathing no living just heat energy liquid information battery volt current nerve signal heaven opening igniting and combusting neon fluid vomit all over the floor past-life migraine curling up bled out into your own private world

i really liked the noise.

The Dante Quartet (1987)

nov24

gorgeous. love the speeding up and slowing down of frames. like moving through a stream and then paying close attention to individual bubbles, time stops for just a second. when the figures break through at the end it feels really uplifting. cant stop thinking about cross-dimensional transmissions - your alternate life breaking through. something vibrates so deeply the veil is lifted

na

Detention [Let's Be Friends With Benefits] (2011)

nov24

randomly picked this out scrolling through tubi with fuckcompliments.

not at all what i expected. super absurd and i love the style of it. its very fun; somehow manages to not be gay at all which is awesome - some combination of being so up its own ass and the perfect balance of not really caring but also being a bit genuine when it needs to.

3

emorave

Want to Feel Like Im There (2024) [Single]

Trap

Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap, Digicore

heavy, female vocalist, melancholic, depressive, melodic

nov24

probably never gonna think ab this again. boring.

2.5

fakemink

Disco Biscuit (2024) [EP]

Cloud Rap

Jerk, Emo Rap

sampling, male vocalist, sexual, hypnotic, rhythmic

nov24

really awesome love his flows and these upbeat instrumentals so dancey. hes actually saying some emotional ass shitわ if you even give a fuck to listen.

3.5

Princesse Isabelle d'Évreux

Prostitution in North Korea (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

Noise

dissonant, aggressive, atonal, mechanical, noisy

nov24

yes very digital (MASSIVE bass) and yes quite wall though i thought it was a bit lovely reminds me of some old walls ive made. this project should be more active

3

f5ve

Lettuce • レタス (2024) [Single]

Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B, J-Pop, Pop

Trap [EDM], Hyperpop

female vocalist, quirky, playful, mechanical, rhythmic

nov24

i wanted more from the chorus it was kind of in one ear out the other but the song sounds fine

3

FACES OF GORE

ゴアボックス 〈GOREBOX〉 (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall, Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

a collection of pretty good walls, more or less, but its track 2 that really won my heart and i wont spoil why. you'll just have to listen and see for yourself ;)

curious to me that its such a violent theme but the music is really only barely harsh enough to match. the gore is also quite obscured on the cover, adding to that incongruence. that isnt a bad thing though. just my observation

3.5

f5ve

Underground • アンダーグラウンド (2024) [Single]

J-Pop, UK Hardcore, Electropop

Hands Up, Hyperpop

female vocalist, energetic, repetitive, anthemic, playful

nov24

meh idk its cute and fun ig but it doesnt do much for me. cool to see a jpop group tap into this stuff tho. count baldor this time apparently

3

emorave

zZzombie (2024) [Single]

Trap, Cloud Rap

female vocalist, melodic, self-hatred, drugs

nov24

yes! i like this! why couldnt we get an ep of zzzombies?! the 808 distorted vocals never get old to me. a little much on the tags/fx but its fun

3.5

f5ve

UFO (2024) [Single]

Electropop, Bubblegum Bass, J-Pop

Pop Rap, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Deconstructed Club

female vocalist, energetic, futuristic, uplifting, quirky

nov24

fuck my life this is so good and its fucking ag cook how could i not have seen that before

best chorus ever

3.5 for now

tripleS

### (2024) [Single]

J-Pop, Dance-Pop

K-Pop, Pop, Yakousei

female vocalist, energetic, rhythmic, happy, melodic

nov24

whole time im waiting for them to say "tag" but they really are just singing about hash 😭 drc ab this

2.5

Forever United

Glass Cannon (2024) [Single]

Ambient Trance, Makina

Ambient

sampling, ethereal, rhythmic, atmospheric, male vocalist

nov24

dont really care at all about mc stretch's vocals (actually they really suck fuck him) and i wish FU cared more about putting his vocals on stuff because i love his voice. wasted potential not making the first track transition into the remix. could honestly have been one large song.

2.5

Silver Dove

Remote Viewing (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

nov24

locked inside a box too small to lay down too short to sit up and sunk to the bottom of a river where i - ironically - pass away from dehydration

WHY IS THE IMAGE BROKEN!

3.5

emorave

Polyaddict (2024) [EP]

Trap, Cloud Rap

Digicore, Plugg

female vocalist, melodic, drugs, transgender

nov24

everything is fine it all makes sense and it "works" but she needs to mix it the fuck up! really boring same delivery every time and her lyrics just keep getting more and more vapid and uninteresting. still, its not bad, and i guess its the perfect length for what it is.

3

Gonococcus

Session #7 (2016) [Single]

Harsh Noise, Gorenoise

Gorenoise

nov24

vocals only era gono meh also why was this pressed to vinyl :skull:

2.5

Transgresia

Is Dead (2018)

Ambient Noise Wall

nov24

very cold muted colors you can only see through your eyelids when you sleep

3.5

Ken Estes

Theory of an Empty Playground (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

ominous, noisy

nov24

would make for an exciting live set but as a listening experience its just okay. lots of good textures but it moves through them too quickly

3

Gravure Girls

Saki Akai (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

nov24

weird crackle. strange digital small subtleties i think. fine

3

୨୧

𝒾𝓃𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎 (2023)

Noise

Drone, Dark Ambient

nov24

really lovely. lots of really fantastic noises and small little contained worlds in these songs. a huge amount of diversity makes this constantly engaging and it kind of flies by. so hard to pinpoint in words why this is so exciting for me specifically though i just love this really genuine amateur noise/darkamb stuff thats like so obviously post-10s internet in aesthetic and execution but its not meme joke like "Aanyone can make this!" this feels like real sincere attempts using the limited tools and skillset one has to make something so good.

also tho i dont rly think this is wall at all i didnt rly hear any

3.5 for now, i think if i continue to listen to their stuff and revisit this i may bump

Knurl

Mesosoma (2009)

Harsh Noise

nov24

morning freezer calls for morning harsh FUCKING NOISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

only really dug the first and last tracks but its a decent contact mic falling down the stairs album

3

Various Artists

Music of the Bahnar People from the Central Highlands of Vietnam (2016)

Hill Tribe Music, Southeast Asian Folk Music

ritualistic, repetitive, tropical, forest, acoustic

nov24

yeah just reconnecting with my ancestors idk its chill no opinion on it rly. these mfs need some drums

2.5

Enjoyable Music / Syoiqz / エロ同人 [Erodoujin]

3 Way Split (2019) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

syoiqz track rly sticks out to me lovely sprieidufhehdudueewwehehe and then the wall tracks were comfy

3

Sleep Column

Black Rope of Suicide (2015)

Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

nice crushing harsh slow moving kill uourself :D

3.5

Justice

Woman Worldwide (2018)

French Electro, Mashup, Electro House

Electro-Disco, Nu-Disco, Synth Funk, Electropop, Electroclash, Synthpop, French House

dense, melodic, energetic, mashup, progressive

nov24

woohoo! way better than i thought it would be. theres still annoying songs i dont like the vocal line on safe and sound i hate when they bring it back BUT this is still a super exciting consistent release. really fun seeing how they reinvent their old material, i can also only imagine how cool a live show must be hearing these things happen in real time. its super cool how well the higher fidelity smooth production fits surprisingly well with their first album's really rough production. lots of exciting ideas. i may try out hyperdrama

3.5

I Want to Be Dead

tears (2014) [EP]

Breakcore

Atmospheric Drum and Bass

chaotic, complex, dark, disturbing, atmospheric

nov24

not sure why but ive found myself revisiting this a lot recently.

the first track is untouchable. probably my favorite breakcore track ever. if you get it you get it. no words.

the other two ive always been less familiar with. theyre good. the second track is pretty fun, and the last track is just a bit too long but is still nice

3.5

tripleS / Visionary Vision

Performante (2024)

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap

energetic, rhythmic, female vocalist, playful, melodic

nov24

i speak to early, they actually f_ck*ng did it.

some usual triples affairs no doubt but whats great about this is theres a ton of stand out songs. songs like hit the floor and love soseol have really excellent vocal hooks, they really tapped into something greater for that shit, while others like eclair and bionic power are more instrumental focused (or specifically i like them more for their instrumentals). perhaps this is all thanks to the fact that this is not one of their gimmick subgroup releases

curious to see whats next for them.

3.5

tripleS

ASSEMBLE24 (2024)

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B

Synth Funk, Future Bass

female vocalist, urban, playful, passionate, uplifting

nov24

they unfortunately continue to be the most 3.0 kpop group of all time with yet again another batch of nothing-less-than-or-greater-than good purified loona synth future r&b tracks. +midnight flower

3

tripleS / EVOLution

 (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B

Electropop, Future Bass, Contemporary R&B

female vocalist, uplifting, lush, energetic, rhythmic

nov24

heavy metal wings and oui stick out to me.

theyre kind of like a distilled loona? like if we isolated all the really distinct future bass/r&b/edm elements of loona and dropped the studio/industry filler (ballads, brostep and festival trap) you'd end up with tripleS. very locked in producers with a very cohesive vision for sure. i just wish the instruments were a bit louder or were mixed more complimentary to the vocals.

3

tripleS / LOVElution

 (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B

Future Bass, UK Garage, Nu-Disco

female vocalist, eclectic, optimistic, energetic, rhythmic

nov24

though its up in length that also means more songs i want to keep revisiting. the run from black soul dress to speed love is pretty good (bar cry baby). i dont care about anything else here though

3

tripleS / +(KR)ystal Eyes

AESTHETIC (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B

New Jack Swing, Synthpop, Future Bass

female vocalist, warm, rhythmic, lush, melodic

nov24

its weird to me how the concept of this group is that its like a "different group" everytime so they are always "exploring new ideas" but they might be the most consistent kpop group ive ever listened to. again, more risk-free candy-sweet stuff

3

tripleS

ASSEMBLE (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B

Future Bass, Electropop

female vocalist, playful, energetic, melodic, passionate

nov24

another one that continues to play it too safe, but is saved with one or two songs worth relistening to. love the chorus on Colorful

3

tripleS / Acid Angel From Asia

ACCESS (2022) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Future Bass, Contemporary R&B, Synth Funk

female vocalist, urban, playful, energetic, rhythmic

nov24

needed more kpop to fill brain droubt so im raiding lunpluvias ratings mwahahaha now i will binge tripleS

i dont know ab this one, its not bad but its just so... it plays it so safely its hard to feel any which way about it. the production is good but its so balanced that nothing really sticks out. i guess i like some of the melodic stuff on dimension.

2.5

Justice

† [Cross] (2007)

French Electro

French House, Electro-Industrial, Nu-Disco

party, noisy, energetic, sampling, rhythmic

nov24

its kind of ridiculous how influential this is and that im only now realizing it. i hear a lot of the rough mixing and experimentation of skrillex in here. also reminds me so much of feed me lol, feels like he basically just copied them note for note on some of these.

shame on me for dismissing it all these years - a 2 is just ridiculous. thats not to say its not without its flaws - theres plenty of boring or straight up annoying (dvno) songs here that i couldnt sit through on a relisten, but enough strong or at the bare minimum intriguing content that its definitely deserving of the attention it has. some really genius sampling and flipping, very good sense of rhythm and dance, some really unique melodic ideas, and i love the whole really rough and messy mixing/production on it. its cool how skeletal some parts feel but it doesnt actually hurt the music.

3 for now

cignature

Sweetie but Saltie (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Alt-Pop, Electropop

female vocalist, longing, playful, sentimental, energetic

nov24

was hoping this would be way better since the cover is nice seems like a return to form mostly but its more boring whatever. theres a bit more personality i guess

2.5

cignature

그해 여름의 우리 [Us in the Summer] (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Nu-Disco, Contemporary R&B

happy, summer, female vocalist, optimistic, spring

nov24

really boring disco shit. yawn

2.5

cignature

My Little Aurora (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Electropop, Future Bass

melodic, female vocalist, repetitive, rhythmic

nov24

this one is nice. very removed from their original image sadly but the songs are a lot better. aurora and palace specifically i really like.

3

cignature

Dear Diary Moment (2021) [EP]

K-Pop, Pop

Contemporary R&B, Future Bass, Trap [EDM], Adult Contemporary, Dance-Pop

female vocalist, repetitive, romantic, melodic

nov24

i randomly remembered this group the other day so now i have to listen to all of their releases.

its fine i guess but it doesnt have the same fun bubbly attitude of their debut that i liked. faux "matured" style and aesthetic, kind of annoying

2.5

Sewerslvt

IRLY (2020) [EP]

Atmospheric Drum and Bass

Hardcore [EDM], Jungle, Tech House, Liquid Drum and Bass, Schranz

atmospheric, ethereal, eclectic, psychedelic, hypnotic

nov24

kawaii razor blades (a title worthy of genuine divine punishment) is actually really really good. great melodies and i love the acid line in the second half. good sense of progression and great break juggling. the last one is similar, though i dont like it nearly as much. its still good. the other two tracks are really stupid. not sure why theyre on here, they really weigh the entire thing down

2.5

Weeekly

Love(위클리 X 김이나 프로젝트) (2022) [Single]

K-Pop, Pop, Dance-Pop

Nu-Disco

female vocalist, longing, love

nov24

kind of fun and pleasing to my ears

3

Weeekly

Good Day (Special Daileee) (2023) [Single]

Pop, K-Pop, Pop Rock

Festival Progressive House

nov24

eh kind of stupid

2.5

Weeekly

텐션업 (7days Tension) (2021) [Single]

Pop, K-Pop

Kawaii Future Bass

female vocalist

nov24

the future bass bits are actually kinda nice. really candy-sweet stuff

3

Weeekly

Play Game : AWAKE (2022) [Single]

K-Pop, Trap [EDM], Pop

Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap

noisy, female vocalist

nov24

jesus. this festival edm stuff is just not the sound for them. and why is the last song even here gives me whiplash

2

†新感覚獣姦魔法少女☆マジカル褐色ロリエルフ† [New Sense of Bestiality Brown Magical Girl Loli-Elf]

The Ecology of Magical Brown Loli Elf (2016) [DJ Mix]

Lolicore

Hardcore [EDM]

nov24

honestly a really boring selection of songs, couldnt get into it for a majority of the runtime. but it has the best floppie song ever so

2.5

More ?Sugar

Green Star (2017) [EP]

Nightcore

Bubblegum Bass

sampling, energetic

nov24

the first and last i dont care so much about but i actually know the second songs original track and its a very good track and as a hyper nightcore song its also really good :D

3

bruhcore

Kawaii Metal Pipes (2023) [Single]

Atmospheric Drum and Bass

instrumental

nov24

its actually really interesting how good this sounds for what it is. i think the metal pipe sound has like the exact same notes or the notes are in the same key as the song so it honestly adds a really cool higher frequency layer to the whole thing. reminds me a lot of that one We Choose You break that popped off a while ago, since that uses like weird note-y cymbal hits.

We Chose You

3

Weeekly

Play Game : Holiday (2021) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Electropop

Contemporary R&B, Trap [EDM]

female vocalist, happy, melodic, playful, summer

nov24

i played a noise show. dont really feel like recapping it but it was fun and we sold some cds

i dont care about like any of this but i love the first song. really sweet vibe and the autotune bits are super cool. everyone praising la luna and yes its different and thats cool i guess? but holy crap it hurts my head. the cymbals are mixed so weird and the triangles hurt my ears

2.5

hkmori

Unrequited Love (2022) [EP]

Breakcore

Atmospheric Drum and Bass, Drill and Bass

sampling, melancholic, rhythmic, depressive, love

nov24

very unspectacular 2020s atmo dnb the kids are calling breakcore. for the most part. the short interludes are actually really special, major tears vibes. there are some interesting choices here that keep this from being a 2.5 for me.

3

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

nov24

girlfriend really REALLY wants to watch ALL of the harry potter movies and i HAVE to be there for each one. starting at #2 was the best deal i could get.

never really noticed how awkward a lot of acting in this is. especially that last fight with tom riddle. so weird how little is happening and hes just like, standing there the whole time. clearly he cant fight, why doesnt harry just take his wand back? idk. i used to love this one the most as a kid because i loved the snake.

n/a

Nascitari

Lospaziocannibale (2016)

Drone, Ambient Noise Wall

Noise

nov24

i want to kill myself and i believe in ghosts we're all humming and breathing and the lights from cars on the overpass look like shooting stars and everyone melts away

so much heart and depth i could write novels extracting information out of this. i love the live feel of it with the weird movements. feels cold the way a neglected blanket does

4

Spooked

Equestria Calling (21 Mix.1) (2022) [DJ Mix]

Electronic Dance Music

Nightcore, Glitch Hop, Drum and Bass, Happy Hardcore

happy

nov24

listenedcuz it has that mlp remix i rated the other day. its cute. some questionable transitions and the last half is kinda boring. first part is great tho

3

_snd

無題 (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

lethargic, instrumental, noisy

nov24

been meanin to listen to this for a while. not quite as good as i was hoping, the first track is a bit irritating almost, but the last one is nice. good rumble

3

drifting away

I'll Go Home Dreaming Again (2024) [EP]

Ambient

Noise, Sound Collage, Plunderphonics, Drone

ethereal, depressive, existential, instrumental, atmospheric

nov24

needs relistening but i loved the first track. always good to hear drifting away noise and i love the sample. the rest is kind of usual sample bient stuff, the last track also sticks out to me.

think i may try to get a tape...

3

dashie

Throwaways (2022) [EP]

Digicore, Electronic Dance Music

Dariacore, Pop Rap

sampling, internet, energetic, eclectic

nov24

throwaways indeed. some real duds here - but in general its just very boring. skeletons of ideas

2.5

Weeekly

We Can (2020) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Pop Rock

female vocalist, playful, energetic, happy, melodic

nov24

not bad. the pop rock aspect works for them better than whatever the fuck they were doing with all the brostep electronic shit on colorise was.

3

OsamaSon

The Whole World Is Free (2024) [Single]

Trap

Rage, Experimental Hip Hop

rhythmic, sampling, uplifting, male vocalist, repetitive

nov24

happiness as fuck i wish the beat was louder but otherwise its great. love how he sounds here. the vocal chop sample is cool as fuck

3.5

f(x)

Pink Tape (2013)

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Electropop, House, Contemporary R&B

quirky, female vocalist, eclectic, melodic, energetic

nov24

usual problems that plague massive k releases. inconsistent, reeks of 2013 (the zedd influence is ridiculous) and some songs are really insufferable (the ballad feature that dude sucks) but theres a couple really good ones that i keep coming back to that keep this above water. cool cover

3

dj oblivion

'a paper cut on your translucent wrists' / live at 7:69PM (2023) [DJ Mix]

Ambient Noise Wall

nov24

amazing selection <3 perfect aesthetic too this is such a good starting point for ANW i 100% rec this to anyone who wants to get into it or who loves it. most lovely tracks ever

3.5

Bustmonsters

Weedhead E.P. (1992) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Noisecore

piercing

nov24

seemed interesting. a bit too aimless and raucous to be effective, but i do see the vision.

3

emotion x

VM Guest Mix (2017) [DJ Mix]

Vaporwave

Ambient

nov24

thought this would be dreamy thoughtful vaporbient stuff but its actually ass as fuck a ton of songs that are really beat/instrument heavy with no real atmosphere (not even mixed, also; i think this is just like a playlist lol) and then the last third is just an ambient track. all over the place and either very boring or stupidly grating

2

Tentacle Takanashi Takayasu

Misogynistic Samurai (2022) [Single]

Goregrind, Slam Death Metal

nov24

boring. somehow has like 30 different parts despite being less than 2 min. the gurgle vocals were cool ig

2.5

Izaya Tiji

Typhoon (2024) [Single]

Cloud Rap, Trap

male vocalist

nov24

fine only listened cuz cover. i like when he does his high pitched voice more but he still sounds chill here

3

uglyy

angel* (2021) [EP]

Cloud Rap, Plugg

Digicore, Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk

nov24

fine tracks. cast a spell almost makes it into lit territory but it feels like its too idle; just on the cusp of doing something really good but not quite there

3

dashie

Dashie Gen 1 (2022)

Dariacore, Electro House

Digicore, Jersey Club, Colour Bass, Hybrid Trap, Nightcore, Kawaii Future Bass

noisy, sampling, mashup, energetic, chaotic

nov24

just being honest i like it. i think the samples are bit more inspired here than most other dariacore ive heard, and i think dashie has a really good ear for interesting rhythms and melodies and structures. its very fun stuff, though it doesnt have anything to do with ponies... not sure why thats the theme.

kills me that they just hard transitioned from dariacore to phonk like literally 70m streams on some of their phonk shitわ on spotify 💀 mf sold out

3.5

Weeekly

We Are (2020) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Electropop, Contemporary R&B, Pop Rock

female vocalist, playful, energetic, happy, warm

nov24

similar situation to we can, only this time the saving grace of this is Tag Me. love the rhythms of the chorus

3

C/id

Eqestia Girl DVD (2021) [Single]

Drum and Bass, Nightcore

Happy Hardcore

rhythmic, female vocalist, repetitive, energetic

nov24

cute. reminds me of the first couple of lolicore tracks i ever made when i was like 15/16

3

BEP)))

Boom Boom Pow (2009) [Single]

Pop Rap, Dance-Pop, Electro Hop

Drone, Miami Bass, Techno Bass, Electropop, Jook

futuristic, party, repetitive, male vocalist, boastful

nov24

its honestly a really weird song. i know drone meme but inarguably the synth does drone for a good portion of this and for such a commercially big hit that feels really weird. not to mention how all over the place it is, the trance breakdowns, the super stripped back minimal instrumentation during some of the verses, that weird ass microtonal solo ar the end?? credit where credits due, #JustSayin

3

[unknown artist]

LEGO® White Noise (2021)

ASMR, Field Recordings

Musique concrète, Noise, Lowercase

noisy, repetitive, concept album, calm, atmospheric

nov24

its finally time.

first three tracks really tested my patience. i know its lego bricks but oh my god the thin plastic sound was just killing me. the first one is like, okay i guess its kind of a stupid concept without a video but its not horrible. the second one though is so bad, idek how theyre getting that sound it just kind of hurts my ears. such a weird concept (wind from legos??). the third one is also really stupid without a video but might even be stupid with one. shuffling for a little, picking up a brick, placing it, and repeat. real mind numbing stuff. luckily though the last 4 tracks pick up in terms of quality. 4 is quite pleasant, kind of like super plastic-y erratic ANW. the waterfall though might be the best track. in concept its much stronger than track 2 and it also sounds WAY better. an excellent application of the lego sound pallet. big hearted bricks seems like a similar idea to track 1? but i found it to be much easier to listen to, not a lot of stopping or any annoying page flipping. the last track is also a building one but it sounds like it is layered on a faint field recording (presumably somewhere at night) and therd are actually quite relaxing moments occasionally.

3

fromis_9

To. Day (2018) [EP]

K-Pop, Electropop, Dance-Pop

Synthpop, Kawaii Future Bass

female vocalist, playful, optimistic, mellow, energetic

nov24

this actually does tap into that lovebomb sound a bit more which is nice, but nothing here is as fun or exciting as it should be. very boring, actually

2.5

fromis_9

From.9 (2018) [Single]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Electropop, Contemporary R&B, Future Bass

female vocalist, love, energetic, uplifting, melancholic

nov24

lovebomb is a classic love it but ive never set aside time to hear the other tracks. dgaf ab the second one but the last one is better. wish they tapped into the electronic-pop sound of lovebomb

3

Weeekly

Bliss (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

female vocalist

nov24

first two: yeah fine good twenties is fun

oh my god what happened to the last three 😭 classic is insane idk how that shif was even written. how would they perform that live? feel like the bpm change would be so hard to nail perfectly. also it sounds like dogshit

2.5

Weeekly

ColoRise (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B

Nu-Disco, Synthpop

female vocalist, rhythmic, melodic

nov24

eh in one ear out the other prob needs a relisten my coworker was talking to me for like half of this about some tomorrows lessons today youtube channel idk. its not bad though

2.5

Weeekly

We Play (2021) [EP]

K-Pop, Electropop, Dance-Pop

Contemporary R&B, Trap [EDM], Future Bass

female vocalist, happy, playful

nov24

each track is fine not bad decent choruses etc nothing offensive but this is a 3 because after school is literally the funnest song of all time

3

Izaya Tiji

Alexandria (2023)

Plugg

Cloud Rap, Ambient Plugg, Trap

ethereal, nocturnal, drugs, crime, violence

nov24

good album consistently good production and he always sounds nice but theres very few real highlights for me so it feels wrong to rate it high. mac and cheese, i eat humans, infinite freestyle stick out in my head

3

XG

AWE (2024) [EP]

Contemporary R&B, Pop, K-Pop

Pop Rap, Dance-Pop, UK Garage, Trap

female vocalist, energetic, boastful, rhythmic, eclectic

nov24

on the topic of kpop releases being all over the place... jfc

intro, trap song, skit, 2 uk garage songs, and 2 r&b songs with a 6 minute fucking all male trap "remix" of one of their worst songs to date between them. WHAT

amazing that this probably had to get greenlit by multiple execs thru several meetings. humans are capable of anything.

i do like the last track

2.5

ARTMS

Dall (2024)

K-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop

Future Bass, Synthpop, UK Garage, Alt-Pop, Alternative R&B

lush, female vocalist, eclectic, melodic, uplifting

nov24

lots of hype im seeing. well its definitely good. its nice that its so committed to a specific sound and aesthetic, the problem with a lot of big kpop releases is that they try to do a little bit of everything to kind of reach the widest audience possible and it rarely ever works, so i really appreciate the consistency on Dall. that said, though, i dont actually love a lot of these tracks. theres lots of cool production and songwriting ideas, but i just cant get into them, whether it be weak choruses or grating instrumentals. the Air Force One sample was cool but again i couldnt get into it. really liked sparkle and virtual angel, and birth deserves a mention as well.

3

No Death & 暗い自然

Signals of Unknown Futures (2016)

Ambient, Vapor, Dreampunk

Drone, Dark Ambient, Dreampunk

mysterious, atmospheric, nocturnal, calm, cold

nov24

drc ab no death. fine, boring vw stuff.

really enjoyed dark natures side though, felt much more encompassing and cold. very lovely

3

ILLIT

SUPER REAL ME (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B

Future House, Electropop

female vocalist, melodic, love, rhythmic, playful

nov24

amazing this is 9 minutes lol.

magnetic is fine but the star here is midnight fictions. drc ab the other two

3

xaviersobased w crunchy

With 1.5 (2021) [EP]

Jerk

Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

male vocalist

nov24

very silly and i can see why he chose to release this as a sort of a transitionary With.

3

xaviersobased

With (2021) [Mixtape]

Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

Plugg, Jerk

avant-garde, male vocalist, surreal, lethargic, hypnotic

nov24

really awesome kinda drc ab the first two tracks but after that its super consistent fire love assist

3.5

xaviersobased

And 3 (2023) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap, Cloud Rap

Plugg, Jerk, Cloud Rap, Chicago Drill

psychedelic, dense, male vocalist, avant-garde, rhythmic

nov24

wish i liked this more its more in line with and1 but tracks like u dk how to hoop just make me forget about everything else

3

xaviersobased

And 2 (2022) [EP]

Trap, Cloud Rap

Experimental Hip Hop, Plugg, Lowend

rhythmic, male vocalist

nov24

huge step down from and1 and also not at all similar in sound but Honor is good

3

xaviersobased

And (2021) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap, Cloud Rap, Jerk

Jerk, Digicore, Cloud Rap

noisy, melodic, surreal, chaotic, dense

nov24

fucking insane needs to be archived in the library of congress

4

xaviersobased

Who Are You? (2022) [Mixtape]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap, Digicore

Nightcore, Cloud Rap, Plugg, Jerk

boastful, ethereal, energetic, quirky, futuristic

nov24

xav binge short entries GO

really awesome why would they give the cure kind of loses me just a little in the mjddle but its bookended by some goated tracks

3.5

Necrotik Fissure

Six Pieces Throughout Detachment (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

listened on/around my birthday. easily one of my favorite long necrotik fissure releases; its really consistent in feeling (i want to say sound, but there is a bit of diversity in terms of texture here) i guess. the first track is some really lovely glitching warbling folding stuff - he does this sometimes and it can get really annoying (if its too invasive) but its done so perfectly here, its like i cant stop turning it up no matter how loud it gets. kind of the case for most tracks here; i just want to bury myself in them and float in the dark. little lights dancing under my eyelids. the last two or three i think are these really breadthy distorted droning walls. feels so powerful. i didnt love the second track so much, it gets the closest to boring that a lot of other nf finds itself being, but its not bad. feels all really distant. maybe thats why i kept turning it up

3.5

Dripping

Echoes of Interplanetary Disturbance (2024) [Single]

Slam Death Metal

Technical Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

sampling, aggressive, energetic, dissonant, chaotic

nov24

YAY and its actually really good? doesnt top their old stuff ofc but like this fucking slams yall. fuckcomments doesnt like the vocals but i think theyre nice :)

3.5

回路 [Pulse] (2001)

nov24

said fuck it why not

its cool, i like the story a lot, i fw the rules this plays by. like the mechanisms of ghosts and stuff. theres a handful/light frequency of amazing ideas/scenes but theres a lot of kind of dumb really boring things between them. i didnt like some of the cg

3

Cure (1997)

nov24

not really sure what to say. not what i expected... really great filmmaking i love the atmosphere and vibe of everything. the story is really awesome it starts off seeming like itll be some detective vs supernatural but you live for the reveal fye shitわ and some of these shots are really gorgeous also some of the editing theres like a flashback/vision scene that is so fuckjng good. no one rly talks about the sound design being the best part of this, i love when droning noises randomly take over in scenes its amazing

3.5

NMIXX

Fe3O4: STICK OUT (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Pop

Pop Rap, Trap [EDM]

female vocalist, boastful, rhythmic, rebellious, love

nov24

i first thought this would be like a more bad ass ktrap half of iron oxide series with the first two songs but then it isnt. red light and beat beat are synthy pop things (red light is so fucking goated) and then randomly move on is a pop rock song. hate how kpop producers do those "live" drums, they sound really sterile but also pillowy, like an ugly plushy. last track isnt rock but is very similar sounding to move on.

3

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

The Dark Forest 最も暗い夜 (2015)

Ambient, Drone

Ambient Techno, Dark Ambient

repetitive, nocturnal, atmospheric, lush, hypnotic

nov24

not bad, but it seems like dark nature hadnt figured out what it is they "do". taking their own name literally, forest and nature imagery and sounds with dark ambient/light ambient techno stuff (something tells me its also more solar fields?). its not bad, its kind of nice even, but its nothing special. a lot of these tracks have the vinyl crackle on them for some reason. extra layer of creppy i guess

3

OsamaSon

Osama Season (2023)

Trap

Rage, Plugg, Cloud Rap

dense, noisy, vulgar, repetitive, surreal

nov24

i was required to listen to this on my way home.

feels like i still gotta unpack it on relistening but this is fire as fuck. another super consistent project (and it came out the same year as flex musix?? thats ridiculous) where theres not really any weak songs. i like that its also pretty short, gets a lot done in very little time. some real great beats here i was stank facing a lot

3.5

In a Violent Nature (2024)

nov24

unfortunately we just kept playing mid.

it feels like he watched a few slow movies and thought yeah i could do this. the most impressive part to me is how ugly this looks, the lighting and shots just look so bad. the gore feels really weak and misguided, too. hated that ending.

2

MadS (2024)

nov24

went over to fuckcomments house and we ate pizza and did best friends things

he said this looked dope so we put it on. honestly very stupid movie. lets get this out of the way now: idgaf if it was one take. technically impressive? sure, kudos to the cameraman for having that kind of endurance, but like thats not why im watching movies. the actual camera work is never anything special. handheld stuff of course, i guess there are some weird crane shot vibe things iirc? but its a very neutral camera most of the time. makes sense given the context, but idk it just ends up feeling like a hollow gimmick. Climax, and even something like episode 6 of Haunting of Hill House, are examples in my mind of good uses of long shots.

also really tired of hysterical girl laughing IM SO FUCKED UP HAHAHAHA really takes me out of it. story is really dumb too.

2

Current Value

Bravery / Echolot (2009) [Single]

Darkstep

nov24

fun. very bass. bravery has cool timewarping for melodic elements, but it overstays its welcome a bit. echolot is just right though

3

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

Soul Drainage (2020)

Dark Ambient, Drone

dark, mysterious, minimalistic, meditative, atmospheric

nov24

its okay. mood piece. i like it but its not as good as blur, despite what that one reviwer thinks

3

Dave Phillips

Waterfall (2010) [EP]

Nature Recordings

nov24

i wish it was more cathartic the constant restarting really takes me out of it but the individual recordings are quite nice

3

Necrotik Fissure

Asbestos Exposure (2017)

Ambient Noise Wall

peaceful, noisy, instrumental, disease

nov24

really unique, im not entirely sure how to feel about it... like droning wind, turning the volume up its like this withstanding note cluster tone throughout the whole thing. so weird, especially given that its NF.

3

仮想夢プラザ [Virtual Dream Plaza]

仮想夢プラザ (2023) [Compilation]

Ambient, Slushwave, Vaporwave

Drone, Field Recordings, Mallsoft

ethereal, hypnotic, soothing, atmospheric, surreal

nov24

all done.

i can see why this is the holy grail of vapor/ambient for some people but i personally am beyond that point in my life. i think there is some good mood pieces and this is honestly one of the easiest 15 hour listens of my life: a testament to its noninvasive and relaxing sound. that said, a lot of tracks are kind of just dumb or boring? theres only a very small few id say are outright bad, though.

the first several will always be special to me though, theyre the only ones i remember from when i was younger and i first bought this comp (i would fall asleep to it a lot, i only ever actively heard the first few tracks lol).

2.5

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

The Sounds of Life (2015)

Ambient, Drone, Nature Recordings

natural, forest, warm, atmospheric

nov24

eh. kind of too loud and the weird gating takes me out of it. its got good foundations and the drone is nice sometimes but its honestly really cheap sounding with the (more than likely) stock bird samples being so reverbed and delayed and just non stop. still, it fit todays weather vibe pretty well.

2.5

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

Blur (2018)

Dark Ambient, Drone

cold, mysterious, ominous, lonely, atmospheric

nov24

so cold. kind of exactly the ambdrone im looking for. really love the thin crackling. shut off the whole world

3.5

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

Burns (2015) [EP]

Dark Ambient, Drone, Ambient

cold, cryptic, dark, atmospheric

nov24

kind of pointless and a bit noisy.

2.5

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

氷床 Earth (2016)

Ambient

Drone, Dreampunk

cold, atmospheric, lonely, melancholic, winter

nov24

doing geology stuff again fuck this old ah planet bruh

first two thirds is like really really pretty i totally get the hype its just super soft spoken very subtle but not invisible i love. last two tracks kinda sucks i didnt like the massive resonance it hurt

3.5

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

古草 (2017)

Ambient

Drone, Dark Ambient

cold, atmospheric, mysterious

nov24

kind of weird relationship with this artist when i was younger i got so into acid medical and without realizing it i just loved all of their projects (except 2047, i think i missed that by a year or so, just never tapped in there). listening to them all of the time emotion x dark nature medical star girl and i loved everything acmed put out. im still torn about their hasty teardown, so much missing stuff that i yearn to revisit all the time and it irks me to no end how misrepresented the label is on this site but theres really nothing i can do about it. its strange to me too how geographically close 2047 and i have been my whole life, i think we're the same age too. all this sounds kind of creepy reading over it but i dont mean any of this in a parasocial or stalking kind of way, just like interesting to me that i was listening to some other kids music and it meant something to me. its humanizing i think.

more comfy. still cold

3

暗い自然 [Dark Nature]

Bleed (2016)

Ambient, Vapor

Dark Ambient, Drone, Dreampunk

cold, dark, lethargic, instrumental, suite

nov24

kill myself every minute im regressing right now listening to old vaporwave i liked in highschool

feels really weird. cold to the touch but warm on the inside. i love both halves equally, seems some people only like the second though.

3

Joli

No One Ever Missed Him (2020) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

nov24

really lovely harsh stuff but holy fucking suicide last track is probably top 15 wall tracks ever just cut me up and hang me from the tree in your backyard

3.5

Tripis / NeuroKontrol

Prostitution Sonore 05 (2010) [EP]

Frenchcore

Hardtek

nov24

kind of stupid. just plays it way too safe this kind of music either needs to do something risky or i can only appreciate it in a larger mix context. more saw samples

2.5

69db

Jupiter Late Mix (2001) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

nov24

bumpin freetek. lowkey a lot of mixing mistakes lol kind of takes me out of it. also just not a whole lot of consistent highlights. still fun listened in the freezer at like 8am

3

Various Artists

Hidden Music: Equador · Colombia · Peru

Indigenous Andean Music

Huayno, Field Recordings

lo-fi, ritualistic, female vocalist, repetitive, a cappella

nov24

first half seems to focus on individual/small group performances, lots of playing around with rhythms and such. second half is heavenly huge group folk chants and stuff, very very warm. i hate to be the whitest guy in the world but it does remind me of anco

3

Siberian Solution

I Remember the Day 10 Years Ago When I Fell in Love With You. (2017) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

nov24

more cold sobbing waste drizzle asleep on the linoleum floor shoot up and die.

raw

3.5

John Frusciante

Smile From the Streets You Hold (1997)

Slacker Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Experimental Rock, Avant-Folk, Tape Music, Psychedelic Rock

drugs, lo-fi, raw, alienation, disturbing

nov24

fucked up. way more abrasive and obtuse than Niandra. love the filtered vocals. why is no one talking about the nirvana "cover"? evil drug sadness

3.5

Axolotl

Object Phantom (2005)

Drone, Noise, Ambient

nov24

the last half is kind of whateverness seems like probably usual axolotl but the first track is so pretty so lovely just want to lay down

great cover seems like japanese oof cloud whatever reissue

3

Genocide Lolita

The Mirroracle (2016)

Power Electronics

nov24

pretty boring doesnt have any of the bite that F*ck E*uali*y had and i wish it was more tapped into the alien skeptic shit but it kind of isnt. i got up to use the bathroom at one point so i turned the volume up so i could hear it from across my apartment and full blast that fucking porn sample started up and oh my god my neighbors probably loathe me lol

2.5

Self Deconstruction

Wounds (2016)

Grindcore, Powerviolence

Thrashcore, Powerviolence

technical, angry, chaotic, aggressive, manic

nov24

the description says "Free" style grind, but this feels very composed imo. i think i saw a fun ass live vid of them which is why i wanted to check this out. its fine. good energy i guess

3

Neos

Hassibah Gets the Martian Brain Squeeze (1982) [EP]

Hardcore Punk, Thrashcore

lo-fi, male vocalist, manic, aggressive, noisy

nov24

i think i saved this to hear one of the first thrashcore releases. its boring just like more metal-y punk

2.5

NMIXX

Fe3O4: Break (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Pop, Contemporary R&B

Dance-Pop, Trap [EDM]

female vocalist, eclectic, energetic, uplifting, rebellious

nov24

fucking hate this group but somehow they manage to continually make themselves relevant enough that i have to keep listening.

its actually pretty good not as stupid as everything else theyve done but the star of the show for me is passionfruit what a great track the only reason this is not a 2.5 from boredom

why iron oxide? what does iron oxide have to do with any of this

3

aespa

Whiplash (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Pop, Pop Rap

Contemporary R&B, Trap [EDM], Pop Rap

female vocalist, rhythmic, mechanical, nocturnal, futuristic

nov24

had my hopes up with the first two tracks, seemed like an evolution to their debut sound; lots of flare and energy against very abrasive off-kilter-synth melodic elements. falls off fast though... it definitely is in line with their earlier sound but it feels more like an unenthusiastic retread of ideas rather than a furthering of them. i fear we may never top Savage... still its a decent ep, like i said the first two are pretty good

3

STAYC

...l (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop

love, female vocalist, playful, romantic, longing

nov4

dot dot dot L??? why is that the title???

gpt is fine i guess sounds good but i dont care too much and then the other track is actually worthless like posthumous studio session b side

3

OsamaSon

Flex Musix (2023)

Trap, Rage

Hardcore Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

noisy, dense, energetic, drugs, heavy

nov24

the wait is finally over.

ridiculously consistent. i think the biggest problem with longer studio trap rage albums (even AGC to an extent) is just that the production can kind of be all over the place, which makes sense, it isnt all one producer or one session. not flex musix tho. feels like everything is a perfect continuation of whatever came before it. super locked in sound pallet and vibe; every track is fire you can always dance to this. love his more emotional lyrics here, too. i honestly wasnt big on the last track, i think the whole put-the-rapper-on-a-pop-punk-alt-rock-inspired-beat schtick has kind of worn out its welcome and it just feels like a cheap way to make that shit more emotional when it doesnt rly need it. still a good song though none of the criticism is on osamason specifically just in general

3.5 fornow

Genocide Lolita

Fuck Equality (2005)

Power Electronics

hateful, misanthropic, noisy, violence, raw

nov24

not as violent as the imagery would imply but its definitely intense. death industrial with the distortion turned up to the fucking max, some of the bass is just ridiculous lmao. didnt pay attention to any of his lyrics they were probably stupid

3

Disordered

Within the Mind of a Mortician (1994) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Death Metal

nov24

didnt realize id heard these guys before. the weirdness i liked from their full length isnt totally present here but its still interesting death metal.

3

Monde Bruits

Irresponsibility (1991)

Harsh Noise

nov24

the rip quality so poor :( but from what i could tell its some more of his mediocre earlier output that isnt as choppy or violent.

3

OsamaSon

Withdrawals (2024) [Single]

Trap

Cloud Rap, Rage

rhythmic, male vocalist, drugs, energetic, dense

nov24

both them sound so good here but lowkey nett might have the best verse. production is literally immaculate

3.5

Celer

Coral Sea (2018)

Ambient, Drone

calm, aquatic, peaceful, meditative, atmospheric

nov24

floating and translucent

one of his best

3.5

Axolotl

Telesma (2005)

Drone, Ambient, Noise

ethereal, dense, noisy, lush, meditative

nov24

rly rly rly pretty perfect music for current mood. love the textures. second half is a bit boring but first half makes up for it

3.5

🦊 / 🐰

🦊 / 🐰 (2024)

Ambient, Electronic

Drone

lo-fi, atmospheric, ethereal, instrumental, noisy

nov24

lamo

very cute

felt seamless

both sides good

3

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

Sketch (2023) [EP]

Ambient, New Age, Singer-Songwriter

Nature Recordings, Contemporary Folk, Impressionism, Minimalism

soothing, female vocalist, calm, peaceful, ethereal

nov24

more geologying and im dressed up as a mime for a haloween party in november

very calm relaxing and pretty even if i will not think about it much. i like when shes just playing piano not singing

3

7038634357

703 Edits (2018)

Mashup, Deconstructed Club, Epic Collage

UK Bass, Weightless, Ambient Trance

heavy, female vocalist, sentimental, chaotic, dense

nov24

listening while geologying its good nice vocals cool drum processing but nothing special or crazy

3

Terror Cell Unit

Dedicated to All Spree Shooters (2019)

Power Electronics

Death Industrial

crime, misanthropic, violence, hateful, death

nov24

lol i see your reflection

more nothing but kind of more worthwhile i guess but still its pretty boring given the subject matter

2.5

Demon Star

Great Demon (2021)

Power Electronics, Black Metal

nov24

OUGHH YEAH NOTHING BUT BLZCK METAL NOVEMBER 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🦶🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘really ass honestly idg the bm tag wouldnt this be black noise. nothing happens

2

October Recap

a bit of a slower month in terms of entries but thats okay cuz it was a great month regardless :")

LOVED:

And When except yhapo song

Halophilic Arousal Collection GO BUY A COPY AND SUPPORT ME!!!!

Water skullcrush i need you foprever

Voice, Books and FIRE 3 weird asmr

Owleyes more salem month of salme

I Hope the Thunder and Lightning Kill You sass

Weathering unexpected weather wall

Emanations of Unconscious Luminescence brvtality is saved once again

Teenage Hallucination: 1992 - 1999 he signed my First Four at FLAW :D

Unblind Discipline Power Annihilate Survive some dud discs but overall good so glad we got all these easily accessible now

Soma cool reminds me of my girlfdrinedf

Dark Harvest yea

Burusera Shop Maniac / Live at Ochiai Soup, Tokyo fucked up

Lebanon for Lebanese why doesnt veloficish like it its awesome intense

May All Be Dead cool crass

Waiting Forever perfect as the weather gets grayer and cooler

Mothman / Evac wtf

The Dance of the Moon and the Sun more weather perfect music too soft

WATCHED LIKE NO MOVIES BUT I LIEKD Suspiria

what else:

-went to ohio for FLAW fucking awesome

-read lots of books like 3+ or something

-i was domo for one day this month and then a mime with my gf for the other day this month

Suspiria (2018)

oct24

capping off our halloween festivities with a movie we were supposed to watch a month ago but we just never ever got around to it 😭

a few of my friends really dont like this, and im not sure why! its honestly incomparable to the original, their totally different movies that just both take place in a dance studio run by witches. i loved the dream sequences and just how ridiculous the third act is. some really cool lower frame rate shitわ going on. super abstract and i love that it doesnt try to spoonfeed you or hold your hand. love the depth of the subtext that i dont fully understand but i respect.

3.5

黒皇帝 [Kurokotei]

Galaxy Collapse (2015) [Single]

Speedcore, Freeform Hardcore

melodic, instrumental, aggressive, mechanical, rhythmic

oct24

another thing i just kind of get halloween vibes from. i used to listen to this so much as a kid, id kind of forgotten about in entirely until recently. its fun, someone made a comment that its definitely hurting from the mix which is true but its kind of its sound so.

an ep of this and scattered faith though that would be peak

3.5

Peter Christopherson

Time Machines II (2014)

Drone

Progressive Electronic, Dark Ambient, Drone

repetitive, hypnotic, bittersweet, ominous

oct24

does not appear to be very halloween-y at first glance but i assure you, this thing will terrofy you to the bone!

i just always get weird evil spooky vibes from time machines I, the synths seem like they would go perfectly in a really tense horror movie. II feels like it doubles down on that though the music is way more engaging and active as opposed to the very slow cooking movement of the first one. a few tracks were a bit boring though but overall really enjoyed this

3.5

Sematary

5150 (2024) [Single]

Plugg, Horrorcore

Jerk, Witch House, Trap Metal

male vocalist, violence, repetitive, lo-fi, raw

oct24

seems hm is really back on track with gms return, sem coming out of his slump and finally doing something different with his music. silly ah tags love his little singing. shits loud as fuck too

3.5

Chief Keef

Back From the Dead 2 (2014) [Mixtape]

Experimental Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, Chicago Drill, Drill

Cloud Rap, Sequencer & Tracker, Dungeon Synth

surreal, crime, aggressive, dark, martial

oct24

not gonna ljsten to bftd1 just feel like its not hella necessary idk yall let me know in the comments if i fucked up i fucked up i fucked up i fucked up i didnt realize faneto was on this thats so awesome. i kind of wish it wasnt so long could honestly have been cut to like 50 min or smth. would be goated. some ridiculous silly production on this no ones ever gonna recreate this sound

3

Natural Snow Buildings

The Dance of the Moon and the Sun (2006)

Drone, Psychedelic Folk, Avant-Folk

Ambient, Free Folk, Post-Rock, Ritual Ambient

ethereal, atmospheric, cold, winter, hypnotic

oct24

of course, halloween is a day of pagan ritual origins, so what better way to celebrate that than with some french avant folk! this one has a huge focus on more traditional singersongwriter style folk than the droning long post rock free folk kind of music im used to from them. and honestly i love this so much more. they are actually really good songwriters and all of the singing tracks are just heavenly, so beautiful. the drone free ones are good too, but they just pale in comparison and feel like interludes to me. idk. also this doubly fits the day because they randomly have a song named john carpenter :)

3.5

Current 93

The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (TheInMostLight ThirdAndFinal) (1996) [EP]

Dark Ambient, Poetry

Lullabies, Spoken Word

disturbing, dark, male vocalist, apocalyptic, surreal

oct24

but the festivities today have only just begun

no album so far has been as dark as this one,

prepare for chills, suspense and some frights

as we listen to the third and final in most light

its okay i think im still coping with his voice but the dark ambient elements are actually really good especially in the second half. i wasnt paying much attention to his lyrics but when the other vocalists start speaking the rhythm of their dialogue felt like some kind of conversation, like hes talking with a spirit or his conscious im not sure. maybe im super far off base. i liked the lullaby at the end

3

Pressterror

Drrrrrrrressurection of Suizidcore EP! (2013) [EP]

Splittercore, Speedcore

Extratone

oct24

more scary tunes with the king of drrrrrr and saw pig masks.

one of his more boring releases, it feels like the tempo was turned down a bit on this, and theres a lot more traditional sounding speedcore sections. samples arent used as creatively either. still a fun listen though

3

Coil

The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser (1987) [EP]

Dark Ambient, Industrial, Horror Synth

Horror Synth, Jingles, Neoclassical Darkwave, Film Score, New Age

dark, mysterious, nocturnal, ominous, anxious

oct24

today is the REAL day of frights though, and what better way to cause a scare than INDUSTRIAL MUSIC!!! sort of. not that any of this isnt good its actually got a handful of really well written things and i love the sound pallet, perfect for hellraiser, but its just kind of a silly little release idk not something i feel like id return to too much ever. just for the season. cover art is unbelievably beautiful though wtf

3

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

oct24

last movie of the night. this one was my pick :)

coming back to this i appreciate it a whole lot more. its so weird how this was even greenlit and shot and released, everything about it seems like a financial failure. ridiculously slow, super cold and alien (for obvious reasons), the soundtrack is super abstract electronic weirdness, and the story feels really obtuse. i think a lot of these things though are reasons i really like it. its kind of in its own realm and theres not really anything else like it. also love how its shot, surprisingly really great cinematography. just really cool aesthetically too

3.5

Evil Dead (2013)

oct24

round two. we left and got 3 pizzas for this one, and a few friends also dropped out. not for the feint of heart, heh......

points i guess for the violence in this. some real wince inducing painful things and like endless amounts of blood and pain. worthless and stupid everywhere else though i also hate how this looks most of the time, that overproduced streaming service vibe ig this isnt that exactly but ykwim. ridiculously dumb plot.

2

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

oct24

happy halloween! but if youre reading this, hallow's eve has already passed us... but im writing it late so whatever

the spooky celebrations start here. went over to a friends house with some others and we all carved pumpkins together, then we wrote three movies each onto little pieces of paper and drew them from a bucket. our first movie was sleepy hollow.

kind of rolled my eyes at this and i wasnt expecting much but honestly... it could have been worse i guess. the visuals are actuslly pretty awesome, i fuck with the color grading and gross ass gloom forest vibes. its kind of a worthless story, it feels like a kids movie but its not? also weird oedipus vibes from the main guy, and johnny depps acting is kind of cringe as fuck sometimes. we did have many a joke during this which is always great 😊

he was supposed to be vomir skull 😭😭😭

2.5

Minoru Sato (m/s, SASW) + ASUNA

Texture in Glass Tubes and Reed Organ (2007)

Ambient, Drone

oct24

sounds like healing music. also more thanks to lamo

its nice, though i will probably not think about it so much i predict

3

The Hototogisu...

Floating Japanese Oof! Gardens of the 21st Century... (2001)

Drone, Ambient, Neo-Psychedelia

Free Folk, Post-Rock

hypnotic, mellow, repetitive, instrumental, calm

oct24

thanks lamo :) really peaceful kaleidoscope swirling warmth ebbing and flowing perfect vibe. somehow isnt boring for most of its run time. dont like the drum machine parts though at least i think i heard some

3.5

Faust Part 1

oct24

kind of didnt have anything else to read before the year ended and i remembered i picked this up a while ago (actually exactly a year ago lol) so fuck it lets faust.

i kind of kept up with the cliff notes on this as i read, just because some information isnt so immediately obvious since its all in stanzas and theres some older-english writing style stuff. but it definitely helped my appreciation. i really dig the themes and how goethe's idea of religion isnt so black and white cut into neat little boxes. someone like faust who doubts his faith and does not prefer to "worship" in the traditional sense is seen by God as one of his finest students, and someone like spoiler: click to read. also just really enjoyed the story, especially the bits with gretchen. tragic for sure.

3.5

Last Rape

Maimed Left Arm (1995)

Harsh Noise

oct24

a bit crazy with the blistering synth and feedback and some old school power electronics style effects but it overstays its welcome i think.

3

Current Value

Mothman / Evac (2010) [Single]

Skullstep, Darkstep

mechanical, repetitive, sampling, dark, aggressive

oct24

mothman jesus christ ridiculous track. cant even imagine how he came up with that shit. i think its really fast kicks. love the high droning melodic elements that add this really blurry and dark atmosphere to it. evac i could live without its fine

3.5

Gregory and the Hawk

The Boats & Birds EP (2006) [EP]

Indie Folk

Indietronica, Singer-Songwriter

female vocalist, acoustic, optimistic, soft

oct24

yeah only listened for the last track thanks for putting me on drifting away.

everything else i could leave but that last track.......... fuck my life its so good. love the synths the drums and that vocal chop section at the end just all love

3

drifting away

Waiting Forever (2024) [EP]

Breakcore, Nightcore

Ambient

oct24

so good really really love this. looking at the sample list had me kind of worried seemed like it would be some rymbreaks or whatever but im here to tell yall dont judge a book by its cover! its really amazing to me how diverse the samples seem but how consistent in atmosphere this is, every track fits really well. and i want to say thats honestly just a skill drifting away has in everything ive heard from them. even though only two tracks from that untitled ep are noise the breakcore ones fit really well, same with the new full length how the sound collage and dnb tracks feel so perfect with all the ambient stuff.

3.5

Unsustainable Social Condition

Limited Target Set (2021)

Harsh Noise

oct24

high end frequency ripping stuff. wish there was more breadth but its chill

3

Brighter Death Now

May All Be Dead (1999)

Death Industrial, Power Electronics

noisy, dense, dark, atmospheric, male vocalist

oct24

i much more prefer this kind of style of "depressive" power electronics over NTTs stuff. feels so sick and gross. I DONT LIKE THE SONG PAY DAY! but everything else is really great. the last track so fucked

3.5

drifting away

Falling in Love Every Autumn (2023) [EP]

Ambient

Noise, Field Recordings

oct24

comfy tiny ambient. cute

3

Fake Dust

Demo 2022 (2022) [Additional release]

Grindcore

Deathgrind

raw, aggressive, manic, chaotic

oct24

thanks for the rec zinestheticluminescence!

fun grind. vocals and mixing remind me of insect warfare. the feedbacks between songs is cute

3

Navicon Torture Technologies

Fuck You, You Never Loved Me (2003)

Death Industrial

Tape Music, Drone, Harsh Noise, Sound Collage

sampling, longing, atmospheric, depressive, lonely

oct24

yeah its emotional and cathartic i just couldnt get into it though. i like some of his screams

3

Koufar

Lebanon for Lebanese (2015)

Power Electronics

Glitch

war, political, nationalism, male vocalist, serious

oct24

some classic ah pe stuff which is fire but the highlight for me here is the last track which just rips the sky in half bro so fucking sick

3.5

FFH

Make Them Understand (2013)

Power Electronics

noisy, disturbing, violence, heavy, death

oct24

eh worthless. every aspect feels neutered, which is unfortunate, because the cover is very confrontational and provocative.

2.5

Torturing Nurse

Eerie (2007)

Harsh Noise

noisy, lo-fi, infernal, chaotic, avant-garde

oct24

not bad. kind of weird, not what i was expecting even though i knew it would be a bit obtuse. weird feedback working. the third track is great wide harsh though. love that review talking about chairs falling or something

3

Monde Bruits

Purgatory (1992)

Harsh Noise

apocalyptic, improvisation, infernal, raw, complex

oct24

early morning freezer harsh yeah lets go listening day

its fine its just like weaker version of the stuff on selected 93-94. i hear a rainbow machine which is inspiring because thats a pedal i use :)

3

Genophobic Perversion

Delicacies Under the Skin (2024)

Goregrind, Slam Death Metal

oct24

not sure i get the hype. i wasnt expecting slam but its fun. good drums

3

drifting away

Fawn Kisses, Dandelion Wishes (2024)

Ambient

Drone, Field Recordings, Sound Collage

oct24

really lovely and comfy and just perfect atmosphere. everything is warm when you live in a freezer. the last track <#<#<#<#<#<#<#<#<#<#<#3

3.5

Congenital Interior Defects / Acid Offal / Hyperemesis / Trabecular Hepatocellular Carcinoma

4 Way Hemangiopericytoma Split (2011)

Goregrind, Gorenoise

oct24

cid: 2.5

ao: 3

hyp: 2.5

thc: 2

overall kind of stupid

2.5

Among the Devoured

Among the Devoured (2008) [EP]

Deathcore

Brutal Death Metal

oct24

perfect brutalcore stuff <3 that last track was so good, some great stanking here. lovely instrumentation

3.5

CDR

Kuso-Disk (2017)

Lolicore

Mashcore

chaotic, sampling, manic, dense, noisy

oct24

yeah would probably love this moer if i heard it when i was like 17 but its fine still. fun

3

Monde Bruits

Selected Noise Works 93-94 (1994)

Harsh Noise

oct24

more amazing noising. not quite glitch but the pedal orgy feels like it. really amazing

3.5

Venta Protesix

Burusera Shop Maniac / Live at Ochiai Soup, Tokyo (2016)

Harsh Noise, Glitch

oct24

such massive and insane stuff. really violent and outwardly aggressive unlike his studio stuff ive heard. love his screams buried in this too.

4

Anaal Nathrakh

In the Constellation of the Black Widow (2009)

Black Metal, Grindcore

Metalcore

chaotic, apocalyptic, aggressive, dense, melodic

oct24

so conflicting. on the one hand, this is actually some of the most extreme metal i feel like ive heard in a while, the ridiculous blitzing drums and the tornado vortex of fucked up vocals circling around them, shits next level, but then songs will transition into the gayest clean vocal choruses of all time like real theater kid shitわ i just cannot get behind.

3

XÄCKSECKS

Cartoon Netcore (2008)

Breakcore, Gabber

Speedcore, Nerdcore Techno

anxious, sampling, aggressive, energetic, rhythmic

oct24

about what you might expect from a mid 00s mashcore album. listening without a tracklist makes this feel like one giant track which is fire has any mashcore artist done that yet

3

Tenkay

Shine Back (2024) [Mixtape]

Trap, Jerk

Jerk, Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

male vocalist, urban, playful, energetic, dense

oct24

fun and i like his voice but i dont think im gonna remember any of these

3

Necrotic Disgorgement

Documentaries of Dementia (2013)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

misanthropic, vulgar, sexual, violence, technical

oct24

pretty run of the mill brutal tech. some solos sounded like rings of saturn to me. the drums are nice though

3

Eths

Soma (2004)

Nu Metal, Metalcore

Groove Metal

female vocalist, heavy, energetic, dissonant, uncommon time signatures

oct24

honestly just the perfecf nu metal album. none of the silly bullshit or pandering studio decisions that plague a lot of core us nu metal bands, there seems to be a real degree of artistry and creativity here which i really appreciate. lots of great riffs, tight drums and really stellar vocal performances; i dont love her clean singing but her aggressive screams are top notch. fun djent inspired bits too. also love how they did the bonus track, even if the bonus track sucked, way more interesting than just silence

3.5

Ghost Mountain

Dark Harvest (2024) [Single]

Witch House, Trap

Cloud Rap, Emo Rap, Horrorcore, Chicago Drill

male vocalist, autumn, melancholic, nocturnal, melodic

oct24

❤️❤️❤️ yeah even tho apollon was great i was still kind of on the fence hesitant to say gm is totally back but like holy shitわ this is amazing. and the craziest part is that sem actually has the best verse. love their melodies and this return to grave house/emotional hm sound, the synths are really smart and perfect too. seems like we got big things on the horizon for hm

3.5

666 Volt Battery Noise

Unblind Discipline Power Annihilate Survive (2024) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise

Sound Collage, Noise

lo-fi, raw, eclectic

oct24

amazing comp all things considered. im willing to overlook discs 6-8 (really just the 666vbn 1&2 tracks...) because honestly most of the material here is just stellar. some of the best harsh noise ever. the live track was cool, its more in line with the earlier self titleds' sounds but its not so aimless since its live stuff. also its kinda weird how 666vbn2 and the remastered was broken up across two discs, but i chalk it up to runtime? surely we could have cut a minute or so off of the 47 minute track and no one would be the wiser...

im seriously contemplating the boxset just for the additional stuff...

4

666 Volt Battery Noise

Another Weapon in the War Against Music (1999)

Harsh Noise

oct24

yes thank fuck more glorious harsh era 666 cassette awesomeness. last two tracks ❤️❤️❤️

i feel like this could have been mixed louder? maybe im crazy idk

3.5

666 Volt Battery Noise

A Brief History of the Unstoppable Power of Negative Energy (1994) [Compilation]

Noise, Harsh Noise

oct24

remastered versions of songs ive already heard on the comp thus far. they do sound better, but i still dont really love these tracks. the reworked version of exterminators is cool though

3

666 Volt Battery Noise

6v6b6n² (1993)

Noise

Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient

oct24

honestly the first side is not that bad. its really just a better sounding version of the same kind of stuff on the first 666vbn. but holy fuck the second side is beyond worthless. and he just keeps looping that stupid interview clip oh my god

2

666 Volt Battery Noise

6v6b6n (1993)

Noise

Harsh Noise, Musique concrète

oct24

oh boy. yeah i could feel it in my gut that the early vbn stuff was ass, looks like i was right. just really boring quirky tape noise improv stuff. its not offensively bad its just stupid. i dont exactly know the difference between the two mixes but neither side caught my attention so

2.5

Effluence

Stillborn Eucharist Psychosis (2024) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Free Improvisation

Gorenoise

dissonant, complex, chaotic, scary, avant-garde

oct24

smal vbn break because fcommies asked me to.

its fine considering its throwaways for his new album. the mixing kind of sucks for this kind of stuff. also jusg kind of random tracks the flow of this as a 'release' doesnt feel nice

excited for the full length tho

3

666 Volt Battery Noise

New Wall of Bruise (1997)

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

oct24

jesus christ these guys were unstoppable. was gonna hesitate on that 4 but the last track was perfect. definition of harsh noise

4

666 Volt Battery Noise

Psychic Self Defense Sound Improvisations (1996)

Harsh Noise

oct24

yea back to ripping also one of my fav 666vbn covers. the first track is so fucking good

3.5

Blood American Style

Blood American Style (1998)

Harsh Noise

oct24

first dud. not really though.

i wasnt aware of this side project at all until now. its cool i guess, its just very very weak noise compared to the discs that came before it. its not bad though

3

666 Volt Battery Noise

Exercises in Negative Energy (1996)

Harsh Noise

oct24

we're off to such a good start another one that just fucking goes. ill be restraintive and say its not as good as blunt objects but its still so killer

3.5

666 Volt Battery Noise

Blunt Objects vs. Sharp Things (1996)

Harsh Noise

oct24

starting unblind discipline.

FUCK this is so fucking awesome definition of ripping actually so insane so fun how have i never heard this before fml

4

Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls

oct24

thank you so much for the book, jckmd. a gift from the FLAW adventure!

really enjoyed this. gradient kind of writing that shifts from memories to myths and fiction to history; one long string connecting everything together. its a really unique piece of feminism too, this whole psychokiller angle. not necessarily about serial killers or murderers at all even. i dont know, its a bit tough to explain. i dont think any kind of description would do it enough justice. highly recommend though

4

ITZY

GOLD (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Pop

Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Trap, Trap [EDM]

female vocalist, energetic, uplifting, quirky, sentimental

oct24

yeah i already knew from the preview i wouldnt like title track. weirdly wants to be this power pop rock anthem but also slay trap sassy kpop vibe it just doesnt work at all comes off so grating. i only really care about five, which is really lovely, and maybe supernatural. the final versions are worthless to me.

2.5

Phroq

We Will Shiver With Fear (2006)

Noise, Glitch

Harsh Noise

oct24

listened while reading. i expected a bit more dynamics but its honestly... wall? not really but these tracks have a lot of static ideas they linger on. its kind of cool. a bit boring though

3

John Wiese

Teenage Hallucination: 1992 - 1999 (2005) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise, Noise

oct24

so fucking amazing. i love his style and i love that young wiese was so unrestrained and messy. the first half compiling all his one offs is fantastic, brain stabbing rapid glitching noise sketches. the second is quite interesting, working reverse-chronological through some old unreleased tapes he made. not as exciting, but still interesting and i like some of the more ambient tracks here.

4

David Gilden

Depress-Regress (1996)

Harsh Noise

chaotic, dense, noisy, lo-fi, raw

oct24

sorted into the washes-over-you kind of harsh noise, where bits and pieces of action briefly break through the indistinguishable mesh of waves and chaos every now and again. its fun, love gildens style, but i wish i liked this particular release more. perhaps it needs some revisits.

3

GAPED

Fever (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

lo-fi

oct24

pleasant and actually really warm. perhaps to invoke the feelings of a locker room packed with sweaty men...

3.5

非常階段 [Hijokaidan]

Romance (1990)

Harsh Noise

noisy, romantic, chaotic

oct24

so blistering. its insane they can keep this stuff up for so long so frequently.

oh yeah last night played a noise show with friends really fun we sounded really locked in i think we plan on doing some kind of tape or cd of stuff soon exciting.

new band My Lice opened. knew it was free improv but wasnt expecting like EAI kind of vibes. sort of. really cool droning violin sections and lovely microphone feedbacking from drummer, but both players still did a lot of traditional noodling improv throughout. i think they need to work on their synergy, often felt like they were just playing totally separate, which is fine sometimes, but for the atmosphere it seemed like they were going for it kind of took me out of it when the drummer would shred or when the violinist would run through rudiments. speaking of which, it seemed like the violinist wasnt able to be so freely expressive. perhaps skill or just not being used to a free setting, but her playing felt really static sometimes or a bit too rigid and melodic. the drummer i think had the opposite problem though, perhaps dialing it back would help their sound more. still, it was a pleasantly surprising set that i enjoyed.

i believe the next act was W.R.M. (i dont even feel like checking rym for these artists rn). he played a very (very) short and violent table-noise set. his gear included a rusty short-chain mace. it was a bit quiet which was disappointing for what it was, but otherwise it was pretty fun. hard to hate on a one minute set of anything i guess!

touring act (if you can even call it a tour, he just drove up from austin i believe) Fierce Deity played third. probably the loudest set of anything ive ever seen in my entire life. genuinely felt like an earthquake. i think his sets coherence was a bit whack; it opened with a curious live vinyl manipulation/collage thing and then kind of anticlimactically switches into this ridiculous contact mic(?) harsh noise stuff. otherwise probably the best set of the night.

lastly before us was Jacyie Carver, who did this homemade industrial dark ambient stuff with metal scraps, kitchen utensils and a swathe of pedals and synths. aurally very cool and interesting (despite a couple of obvious improv-fumbles and equipment setbacks), but i think its the kind of thing id rather hear than watch. that isnt to say Jaycie wasnt doing a great job, i just like the disembodied aspect of these kinds of sounds when im listening without visuals. my girlfriend loved the set, so maybe im in the minority here. would love to get even more feedbacking and more concise DIY improv stuff.

3.5

Various Artists

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Album (2003) [Compilation]

Film Soundtrack, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal

Industrial Metal, Nu Metal, Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge

heavy, rhythmic, misanthropic, existential, melancholic

oct24

yeah doing homework needed something stupid and its october

really only listened for the meshuggah, which is stupidly titled something different even though its just the same song. everything else is mid or miss, but there are surprisingly interesting bits of songs every now and again that didnt make this a complete waste of time. really i just dont like this kind of 2000s alt metal meets industrial metal meets groove meets nu meets whatever kind of metal/rock. my gf likes this stuff tho maybe ill show her a few tracks. also has nothing to do with the movie.

2.5

Necrotik Fissure

Permanent Drowsy Mood Forever (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

oc24

nicethailand inspired me to do more necrotik so i will be doing that on and off for a while ^_^

1 kind of stupid texture wind but idk feels desolate and curledintofetal faceinknees sadness listening to dust fall on your head.

2 harsher abrasive more in line with usual nf texture; waterfall.

3 indifferent more usual abrasive. very digital. feels more like rain than waterfall.

4 more. the dust comes back. like sprinkles. raising the volume did not reveal anything new. from far away i could hear a slight higher tone.

5 loudest one so far i think. the rockiness of these digital textures feels more apparent here. concrete.

6 nicest smoothest texture here. wind tunnel. dust -> sand particles

7 more abrasive. this one feels a bit thrash-y.

8 the first real departure in style from this release. very digital, white noise higher band frequencies; constantly folding in on itself.

9 did not like this one at all. while some of the other tracks here just flirt with ac-core this feels like the only one that actually totally commits to it. grating. boring.

10 last one is classic abrasive yeah. good for doing homework to. sounds roomy a bit

3

Prophecy

Foretold...Foreseen (1998)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

misanthropic, vulgar, apocalyptic, pessimistic, technical

oct24

my girlfriend's friend's dad played guitar in this band. he killed himself at some point in the 2010s i think.

its cool. quite elegantly written songs sometimes, i honestly expected something way more simple and mindless, so that was a pleasant surprise. they play a bit slow, which hurts on the brutality meter but works in their favor to help showcase some of the technical skill and songwriting abilities.

3

Scathing / Parasite Nurse

Scathing/Parasite Nurse Split (2022)

Harsh Noise

oct24

yeahhhhh fuck yess s cut upppp both sides super violent and chaotic i love it. parasite nurse is a bit more spastic, scathing feels more wall-of-sound.

3.5

Theurgy

Emanations of Unconscious Luminescence (2024)

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Progressive Metal

space, technical, complex, uncommon time signatures, aggressive

oct24

thank you for the urging me to check this out today, flatcondoms, because this is awesome as fuck.

the singles had me a bit hesitant, while they were certainly good i just expected a way dirtier and more straight ahead bdsl album, and was take aback at the very clean and sometimes aimless tech-ing. despite my fears though, this thing fucking delivers. some of the most impressive and weirdly sensible? playing ive ever heard in a bdm album. a very skillful juggle of fat brainless chugging and breakneck complexity. i love that it doesnt rely on either purely downtuned slams or purely clean note shreds - it playfully mixes both with a lot of success. shoutout to the amazing drumming as well, initially i was kind of disappointed that Polwach was in this band but was not drumming, but i figure that he may not have the kind of technicality required for some of these songs (not to diss on Polwach at all, hes one of the best drummers ever, i just think this kind of thing requires a different kind of drummer). and speaking of Polwach... those fucking vocals! sharing the mic with one of the Mohler brothers, they both just fucking preach brutal scripture for 30 minutes. while Mohler's more traditional gutturals are very good, its Polwach's alien cricket gurgles that are the real highlight of this thing. not only are they awesome as fuck, but they are mixed and recorded so nicely! they sound so fucking clean!

hoping to come back to this a lot more, and also hoping that these guys can figure out how to release more often. another W for brvtality in 2024...

3.5

julie

My Anti-Aircraft Friend (2024)

Slacker Rock, Noise Pop, Shoegaze

Noise Rock, Grunge

female vocalist, male vocalist, heavy, noisy, alienation

oct24

someone said this was awesome and i like the cover

its cool i respect it and maybe 5 or 6 years ago this would have been an easy rocktime 3.5 but im just over this kind of guitar music. i think some songs drag on hella and i cant stand that bros lyrics; he sounds a little too much like kevin shields to me, anyone else? theres some compelling instrumentation with the drums and noisy guitar screechings/feedbacks, and some decent riffs and choruses that are pleasant, but i cant say anything is memorable at all. i wouldnt be surprised if they put out something great in the future though; ill keep my eyes peeled.

2.5

zxjkcblhchjbsd

Sincerity (2024) [EP]

Drone, Noise

sentimental, bittersweet, soothing, instrumental

oct24

cover

really warm

kind of space ambient vibes i get idk

love the deep scrape harsh quietly in the background

3.5

La Goony Chonga

Dimen5ion (2019)

Trap, Neoperreo

Hyphy, Dancehall, Pop Rap, Cloud Rap, Neoperreo

female vocalist, rhythmic, boastful, urban, nocturnal

oct24

i really only listened to this because her name is funny and the cover is nice but i kind of honestly enjoyed it. its stupid yea but some songs are fun the beats and her flows are head bobbing and its awesome that her vocals are mixed like marjories. they should do a collab ep would be peak as fuck probably. wasnt expecting a kray song

3

Bizarre Uproar

Mother (2011) [Compilation]

Power Electronics, Harsh Noise

Drone

heavy, repetitive, sampling, dark, aggressive

oct24

mother one: holyt fucking crap so insane. peak power electronics. magma core pressure

mother two: continues with the ridiculousness and taps into some violent tape and some eerie drone...

mother three: id already heard this one, but i relistened anyway. its the weakest, but is still a decent slab of wailing electronics and vocal assault.

3.5

Blod

Romantic and Deranged (1999) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

female vocalist, nocturnal, dark, aggressive, cold

oct24

so nice. if you have ever watched Bionicle: Mask of Light there is a scene where the characters fall into this mid-air-suspended horizontally-flowing water tunnel so they can reach some other destination. i imagine falling into that feels like this.

3.5

Macronympha

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1995)

Harsh Noise

noisy, lo-fi, instrumental, mechanical

oct24

ripping rhursday today i guess more ripping more furnace skin melting harsh noise onslaught!

second half drags too much for me to rate this any higher but the first couple of tracks are <$3

3

Kakerlak

Obdormition (2024)

Harsh Noise

Sound Collage, Harsh Noise Wall

heavy, lush, dense

oct24

very cool! love the little wall interlude sections - bro is a master at crafting really compelling in-between-space textures that transport you from place to place in these constantly shifting tectonic slabs of crrrnnggghtttdddxxxcccc. will dig more!

3.5

Unsustainable Social Condition

Disparate Strata of Humanity (2021)

Harsh Noise

Dark Ambient

oct24

definitely rips for the most part, but i found that sometimes the textures werent so exciting, and the dark ambient sections are cool but not really anything id say was worth remembering. will def check out his other stuff though.

3

Kjostad

Frost Cracking Trees (2018) [EP]

Harsh Noise, Nature Recordings, Tape Music

cold, noisy, natural

oct24

thanks for the rec jckmd.

lovely. very winter indeed. i love how he treats his field recordings, and i love this very loose attachment to an idea this project takes on. after reading the paper that my Weathering cd came with its given some nifty insight into his other releases, makes listening through this stuff way more exciting and engaging.

3.5

Henrik the Artist

Collective Dislike (2024) [EP]

Bubblegum Bass

oct24

cute. i didnt realize this dude has been inactive since like 2016. i wonder what made him decide to release 11 minutes of music. fun production stuff sometimes. sounds like it came straight from the pc music inception era

3

Merzbow & John Wiese

EKA Varna (2024)

Harsh Noise

oct24

"its definitely not as intricate or spectacular as their studio stuff but for me personally i will never not love an hour of that kind of harsh ripping" -rocktime yesterday

3.5

Scathing

I Hope This Weapon Finds You Well (2024)

Harsh Noise

chaotic, dense, noisy, violence

oct24

one of the buddies i stayed with at FLAW hes cool so decided to look into his stuff :)

ridiculously fun love the slight cut up/glitch edge this has. damn good blistering harsh!

3.5

aespa

SYNK : PARALLEL LINE (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Pop

Trap, Pop Rap, Alt-Pop, Dance-Pop

female vocalist, melodic, urban, passionate, boastful

oct24

not bad i just dont really care about any of these songs. not really much else to say.

2.5

ルックバック [Look Back] (2024)

oct24

friend really wanted to watch this with fuckcomments and i so we watched it.

its good. i think im honestly so fucking over annoying dramatic anime-isms maybe if i was like 19 again i would love this more but i cant get into that skipping shit and all the over-reactive voice acting. the story is cute. i like the spoiler: click to read. a lot doesnt really make sense to me though like spoiler: click to read. i thought her 4 panels were funny af

3

Kjostad

Weathering (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

oct24

one of the cds i picked up at flaw. really great packaging, love the gatefold and the little paper it comes with - i need to read it!

this is such a cool and amazing release. i was not expecting it to be wall! but it is! but thats a bit misleading. it feels like the sources were the usual junk and field recordings, but i guess the title gives us a hint at the methods here: using these sources to build up a big wall of texture and slowly weathering it away - super slow dynamics! gonna need to relisten hella. awesome stuff

3.5

The Cardigans

First Band on the Moon (1996)

Indie Pop, Pop Rock, Indie Rock

Twee Pop, Neo-Acoustic, Lounge

female vocalist, playful, longing, bittersweet, melodic

oct24

literally cant tell you why i listened to this.

i was unsure what the lounge influence would be like but it actually sounds really nice here. theres lots of cool technical/artistic flares they do on every song that kind of makes this transcend very straightforward indie/pop stuff which is cool. i liked never recover. the black sabbath cover is cool even if it was kind of annoying

3

Nine Inch Nails

The Downward Spiral (1994)

Industrial Rock

Industrial Metal, Electro-Industrial, Art Rock, Noise Rock

suicide, misanthropic, dark, angry, depressive

oct24

might as well right.

definitely better than fragile; way darker and more abrasive which i like - this also makes his vocals a lot more bearable, they just fit this stuff better. theres some cool ideas here too. i dont like the cover. its nothing id ever really come back to but its cool. deserves the bold

3

XG

IYKYK (2024) [Single]

2-Step, Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop

Pop Rap, Deep House

female vocalist, sampling, energetic, rhythmic

oct24

more post-newjeans kpop. its fine, candy sweet chorus and the 2step drums are always fun, right? but im kind of getting more and more over this stuff with every new single. for some reason i blame pinkpantheress

3

Hayworth

I Hope the Thunder and Lightning Kill You (2008)

Sass, Mathcore

Grindcore, Deathcore

technical, raw, chaotic, uncommon time signatures, androgynous vocals

oct24

kind of ridiculous as fuck. the vocals are awesome (see: Friangle) and the whole thing is jagged as fuck. really love the deathcore bits. will dig through them later. good title

3.5

Hannah Diamond

Reflections Hard Drive (2020) [EP]

Art Pop, Bubblegum Bass

Bubblegum Bass, Adult Contemporary

female vocalist, ethereal

oct24

ough and yeah one mroe i listened fo the superstar cover. which is pretty good btw i liked it. the other two idc the heaven one is fine i guess probably really cool when it dropped but im over it and yeah i hate concrete angel and this version is more annoying

2.5

Hannah Diamond

Reflections Remixes (2020) [EP]

Bubblegum Bass

Deconstructed Club, UK Bass, Alternative R&B, Vocal Trance

female vocalist, playful, breakup, love, quirky

oct24

and yeah while im at it REmixes. i still only care about the bladee one. YS one is comfy though

3

Hannah Diamond

Reflections (2019)

Bubblegum Bass, Electropop

Vocal Trance, Synthpop, Glitch Pop, Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Alt-Pop

lonely, love, breakup, bittersweet, sentimental

oct24

kind of been in a hannah diamond mood so i thought id revisit this. the last 2 tracks are amazing, everything else though i could live without. sometimes cool stuff but it just feels like theres not a lot to grab onto. still its not bad. i hate concrete angel though.

3

Nine Inch Nails

The Fragile (1999)

Industrial Rock, Art Rock, Alternative Rock

Industrial Metal, Post-Rock, Ambient

dark, depressive, sombre, angry, introspective

oct24

dont really know why i got the urge to listen to this. i really really love the cover.

its fine i guess. hes a good songwriter, he knows how to make interesting instrumentals, but i just dont like his voice or his lyrics lol. i guess they arent offensive or anything its just kind of grating after a bit. this was more melodic than i was expecting.

3

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

oct24

i watched this on my flight back.

feels kind of hard to rate in a way its literally just the events leading up to UBL's assassination. didnt really feel a whole lot of artistic interpretation or anything, and not that thats bad just makes this feel more like a documentary than anything. i do appreciate the unbiased camera and hardly any soundtrack to speak of.

perhaps im just a Guy but the ending sequence with the soldiers infiltrating the house with all their gear and nightvision shit is just cool af to me. i think its interesting how the military has gotten breaking in to basically a science. i think the nonverbal communications are really cool, and its dope as fuck that its intense and theres action but its not loud or flashy. just coolness and dudes

3

The Pennikurvers

The Pennikurvers (1995) [EP]

Noise Pop, Midwest Emo, Slacker Rock, Cuddlecore

Twee Pop

lo-fi, melancholic, female vocalist, noisy, autumn

oct24

had a really amazing time in cleveland the fest was so much fun even if it was very exhausting. i also really loved the city; perfect weather and i loved walking around with my friends :D spent my last day just hanging in the art museum there, its so huge. got a ton of physicals which im excited about, and shoutout to jckmd for pulling up with a lit ass book that im currently reading!

i listened to this while eating in a vietnamese cafe. its good. cuteness. last song >>>

3

FLAW Day 2

oct24

PART ONE

Heat Signature - perfect face melting awesome. mix of cool feedback techniques and cut up cd stuff. went on a bit long but still fun

Perfected Grave Vault - more face melting. seems like one channel as opposed to HS' two; bounces starkly between screeching feedback and nauseating (literally) low end earthquakes. very good

Hypertrophy - coed body building themed noise. first half of the set was some whiplash insane stop start stuff that was just brutal. the second half seemed more methodical and slow moving which i didnt like as much. wildly inconsistent in terms of volume but when it was loud it was fucking LOUD

FLESHLICKER - one of the acts i was looking forward to the most. but was not what i was expecting at all. performance art wall, started and he wasnt on stage then revealed himself shirtless in the audience doing evil twisted laughs. when he walked on stage the wall started and he spent the duration contorting his arms and spitting on himself, laughing or sobbing. kind of cringe but the wall was nice

PART TWO

Unsustainable Social Condition - really fun walling feedback stuff. uber short - extra points for that

Knifedoutofexistence - slow and brooding death industrial stuff. started with lots of screeching and moved into unbelievable rumble bass synth. not super exciting. update: probably the longest set of all time, i actually ended up napping during it.

Parasite Nurse - my first time hearing them. really fascinating cut up glitch stuff. i didnt get a look at the gear, but it sounded like it may have been a complex setup. kind of went on a long time though. eventually evolved into this very encompassing drone thing

Form Hunter - really fun head banging junk stuff. they wailed on something with baseball bats. and i think there was a saw somewhere

PART THREE

Leah P - sadly missed this because i thought there would be a break but there wasnt. apparently it was really great, with a mosh pit and everything!

Body Carve - really interesting and head hurting frequency range. very strange sound for junk noise. kind of meanders. not the worst

Black Leather Jesus - crazy how the entirety of the quintets set up just becomes this ridiculous massive wall. very organic sounding though, you can feel all the movement from everyone even if you cant pick out individual parts.

Paranoid Time - heard their set from outside. fun feedback harsh.

PART FOUR

Kakerlak - grinding junk. randomly ended with 2 minutes of beautiful anw crackle for no reason loved that

Shredded Nerve - not nearly as violent as the name implies. very boring. industrial/dark ambient vibes

John Wiese - ridiculous. sometimes it sounded like sophie. insane panning

Skin Graft - very heavy crunching slightly glitching. its nice, but at this point im very fatigued and kind of just want to get the night over with, so i sat on the ground and just listened. i think i heard the sound of clattering metal at some points.

PART FIVE

OVMN - way better than i expected, just pure 1000 layers of feedback wall. he was violent wifh his set but it didnt translate into the noise , which i actually kind of liked. just perfect energy for the sound i guess.

The Rita - oh my god so amazing. my expectations were already high and he somehow blew those the fuck out of the water. his noise absolutely ripped - fucking building rumbling walls and so much dynamics when he switches to like harsh field recording mode so intense and just like transcendant. i think the recording he was using was like, someone in a forest just shooting a gun? using a power drill too? no idea. the model was so cool, she actually ended up walking through the crowd and posing, doing her makeup, and at the end when she returned to the stage she ripped up all of her nylon and drew on herself.

Psywarfare - kind of seems like a flaw industry plant, my first impression at least. maybe im wrong tho because it was pretty nuts. i unfortunately - i think? - decided to sit down for their set, and right when i did all i could see in the crowd was sparks flying literally everywhere, followed by a smell of burning that filled the whole venue. the noise was impressive and fucked up.

Aaron Dilloway - another one i sat out on. but i still heard. it didnt seem as audibly exciting as the last show i caught him at last year, but it was still sprawling and fun. perhaps it wasnt as good because i wasnt watching the process up close. or maybe it wasnt mixed as well. good note to end the day on though.

FLAW Day 1

oct24

preshow

Lina - missed the set up and first couple minutes, but then there was a large technical issue and they had to stop playing for like 5 min before it got sorted out. good little wall though

Blading - pretty ridiculous harsh collage danger music stuff, lots of broken glass and scrap metal junk stuff. wrestling themed. kind of silly should not have been second band bc the time between the next set was even longer thanks to having to clean up so much trash. but fun

Infectants - heavy wall vibes i liked the textures a lot. they played to drone footage of beautiful mountain. they didnt have a lot of stage presence, moreso listening music than watching music.

meketa p.e. - silly liquid modulation running around in crowd power electronics. not fun to listen to, but fun to watch. very short, bonus points for that.

impact initiative - off to a poor start since it took like 40 minutes to set up and we still have 5 bands after them. really crushing wall-territory harsh though. i didnt catch a good glimpse of the setups but they seemed elaborate. i now realize the very long set up was so the next three acts could play very rapid succession. i guess thats good?

weakened - didnt even realize they were playing until after the set, i thought it was a second part to impact initiative. i remember it being awesome junk metal harsh

october prowler - great crunch wall. super fucking heavy

shanked - very fun feedback wall junk madness. goes on a bit long tho. btw the last 4 acts were all the same several people so it makes sense why they all set up together for so long. i think this is the "Tag Team Initiative"

Slit Throats - i believe hes standing in for action discipline? im not sure. awesome jp wrestle distortion.

Action/Discipline - ok so slit throats didnt stand in for them he just played anyway. really amazing feedback wailing fist pumping harsh. from where i was standing it looked like they were masturbating a lot. for all i know, they might have been...

Vice Wears Black Hose - master stuff really great. ramirez sound source was mic feedback and rita was like waves crashing idk sounded like that. great synergy, lots of very slow moving. at the end they hugged. ❤️

Aloha (2015)

oct24

tonally a mess all over the place and i hate bradley coopers face but it is sometimes funny and cute or heartwarming so points for that. the ending is amazing though. makes no sense why thats in there but god damn. literally no words just pure feeling

kind of plays out like a tv episode of something where like there problems that arise but through some lessons the main character has to learn from they come to a resolution and everything is happy again

3

The Employees

oct24

read on the flight and at my hotel while i listened to Nostromo.

structurally similar to The Freedom Factory, which i read earlier this year: psuedo-connected/disconnected blurbs and perspectives that paint a large picture of a situation rather than a single linear story or event. and it's generality and ambiguity also reminded me of something id read in the addendums of SCP files. it kind of pales in comparison to both of these things though because it just meanders and chugs along without ever sinking its teeth into anything truly compelling or exciting. there were small sections about the humanoids that kind of touched on what it means to think for an android, but they were few and far between. i dont know, it didnt really speak to me. at least it was quite the easy one day read.

2.5

SleepResearch_Facility

Nostromo (2001)

Dark Ambient, Drone

Space Ambient

calm, space, atmospheric, minimalistic, concept album

oct24

tried to listen on the plane but it didnt work out so well; i need better noise cancelling headphones for flights.

i listened while i read. its good for that, but its also very compelling dake ambient stuff on its own. really love the concept and just amazing execution. the last track is awesome

3.5

Earl Sweatshirt

I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside (2015)

Abstract Hip Hop

Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap, Hardcore Hip Hop, Illbient

depressive, lonely, misanthropic, dark, nocturnal

oct24

comfiness. the first four tracks are really nice as im just like walking around outside in a new place. i dont care a lot about the tracks after that though. just not super exciting. i dont like any of the features

3

Joker: Folie à deux (2024)

oct24

last minute decision before i leave for ohio.

really just a boring mess. a lot of ideas but i respect it for being kind of a fuck you sequel. i actually enjoyed the musical bits. i dont love gaga's acting but shes a great singer. its very silly sometimes which makes it hard to enjoy for me, even if i can appreciate what its trying to do.

2.5

SALEM

Owleyes (2007) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Witch House, Darkwave

Juke, Footwork, Dream Pop

sampling, surreal, nocturnal, cold, lo-fi

oct24

just been on a salem kick lately. i dont think i want to ljsten to every comp tho i want to maintain the amount of salem songs i havent heard so i can keep "discovering" them for a long time.

pretty great collection though, i really love their sketches here and the more complete songs are just amazing. stuff like oftentimes and ohk and burninupbitch. love the entire vibe. great cover

3.5

2001: A Space Odyssey

oct24

finished this so quick.

honestly amazing, arguably much better than the movie, though they kind of serve different purposes. i think it deserves a rewatch obviously, but, as one goodreads user puts it, the book "fills out" the hollow space left behind by the movie. up for debate, but there is definitely truth to this having some meat. i love the breadth that it takes a lot of these scenes i now realize i only knew superficially, such as the prehistoric opening sequence. Clarke proposes a profound, radical and honestly terrifying theory about humanity's trajectory that i really loved exploring. the Discovery sections were great flexes of Clarke's skill in science fiction writing. he doesnt really dangle shiny objects in your face, it all comes off very neutral, natural and straightforward. these sections also reminded me a lot of Moby Dick (which, curiously enough, is mentioned by name at one point... perhaps i hit the nail on the head?) since they kind of juggle task-specific technical jargon and human contemplations paralleling the scenes. of course, the star of the show is the last portion, which without spoiling, is just pure magic. though i do think having seen the movie helps here, as its such a visually important section, Clarke however is totally able to hold up with language alone.

masterpiece, considering raising the score but ill sit on it. gonna try to read the other books in the series at some point.

4

SALEM

Till the World Ends (2011) [Music video]

Witch House

Chopped and Screwed

hypnotic, surreal, ethereal, ominous, lo-fi

oct24

so fucked up and nihilistic. perfect music video.

4

Keith Rowe

The Room Extended (2016)

EAI

Sound Collage, Reductionism, Western Classical Music

avant-garde, sparse, sampling, noisy, improvisation

oct24

listened to some while reading, some in class.

on the whole im pretty unimpressed by most of this. definitely more focused and realized than the original The Room, but still chalks up to just meandering and being a bit boring. the radio transmissions are fun though, and they give way to the best part of the entire album, the end of the second track (and i guess the 4th).

3

Child Remains

The Complete and Utter Absence of Light (2024) [EP]

Technical Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

oct24

thanks for the rec fudgecommands

pretty fun ag tech death, love the eclectic instrumentation. excited to see what else they do

3.5

Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist

Voir Dire (2023)

Abstract Hip Hop, Drumless

Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop

sampling, male vocalist, introspective, mellow, poetic

oct24

bored impulse listen. seemed interesting.

earls rapping is always nice, i dont care a lot for the instrumentals here but they are nice, not very in your face quite subtle and background sometimes. earl is a good lyricist though his stuff these days doesnt strike me as compellingly as his older stuff. i like the cover

3

Ensemble für Experimentelle Musik 2006

Voice, Books and FIRE 3 (2008)

Modern Classical, Choral, Reductionism

sparse, atmospheric, soft, mysterious, avant-garde

oct24

really crazy, not at all what i was expecting thought it would be piano strings nonsense but its like all vocal work. feels like asmr sometimes. the croaking gore vocals are fucking awesome

3.5

SALEM

Water (2008) [EP]

Witch House

ethereal, nocturnal, female vocalist, male vocalist, urban

oct24

kind of amazing what theyve done for music and no one is really talking about it. basically completely predicts all "ethereal"/"dreamy"/"cloud" modern music everyone listens to these days. just kids listening to music they like putting elements together we love goth aesthetics and dream pop and hip hop. most important musical experiments ever

skullcrush forever

4

Public Enemy

Fear of a Black Planet (1990)

Political Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop

Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Plunderphonics, Sound Collage

dense, sampling, political, protest, angry

oct24

i listened to this a really really long time ago while i played mario kart at my friends house. in like highschool. randomly deciding to revisit it today. i wanted to listen to this on july 4th but decided not to.

its fine. i dont think this kind of music really speaks to me, but its technically impressive. i like the turntablism/sound collage bits lol. i wonder why the f word is censored but not the other word. some good verses.

i actually own the supreme shirt and poster for this lol. for some reason.

3

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace (2003)

Post-Grunge

Hard Rock, Alternative Metal

male vocalist, anxious, hateful, pessimistic, lonely

oct24

they honestly had a lot of potential. the instrumentals are actually really good, guitars sound great and they write some compelling riffs, plus i love how much fun it sounds like the drummer was having (and damn that drum sound is amazing). lots of good drum parts. goentier is actually a pretty talented singer but his raspy grunge vocals get pretty grating over the course of 45 minutes. while there is certainly praise for the sound, the actual music isnt all that good (shocking i know). as some others have said, it comes down to repetitive pop formulas and childish lyrics/amateur themes.

apparently gontier just this last week rejoined them and they have new music being worked on. it may be time for a discog run... nah im playin lol

love the cover a lot

2.5

Keith Rowe

The Room (2007)

EAI

Noise, Radio Broadcast Recordings

improvisation, instrumental, mechanical, mysterious, noisy

soct24

its cool but feels like it wanders and fumbles around kind of. not a very large statement. the random snare drum was weird?

3

Halophilic Arousal

Halophilic Arousal Collection (2024) [Compilation]

Noise, Goregrind, Avant-Garde Metal

Free Improvisation

oct24

my label got cds of this pressed :) you should buy one

the art pete did for this is just wonderful, love the back and cd tray picctures. really amazing

3.5

Kaevum

Kosmos Erwache (2013) [Compilation]

Black Metal

oct24

nice demos couldnt think of anything else to put on in the freezer. one song like 45 mjn in had awesome melodic trenolo guitar

3

Lou Reed

Metal Machine Music: The Amine β Ring (1975)

Noise

Drone, Tape Music

noisy, instrumental, avant-garde, dense, dissonant

oct24

not at all what i was expecting! i thought itd be like distortion abuse amp drone but its wailing tape feedback heaven?! beautiful and washes over you so much its awesome. at least the first track is. drags on a lot tbh and by the last track im a bit over it

3

Fall Out Boy

From Under the Cork Tree (2005)

Pop Punk, Emo-Pop

sarcastic, energetic, male vocalist, bittersweet, longing

oct24

terrible titles. sugar is the only good song. just really really boring not even bad. sounds like less theatric patd

2.5

Keith Rowe & John Tilbury

Duos for Doris (2003)

EAI, Reductionism

Drone

improvisation, suspenseful, sparse, instrumental, ominous

oct24

way better than i anticipated. couldnt believe the hype but i totally get it now. super ominous, and god just glorious textures. feels totally detached from "performance" and seems to exist as its own real moving breathing piece. 2>1>3

3.5

A.G. Cook

Britpop (2024)

Bubblegum Bass

IDM, Synthpop, Deconstructed Club, Alternative Rock, Progressive Electronic, Glitch Pop, Dream Pop, Utopian Virtual

eclectic, futuristic, dense, progressive, energetic

oct24

mm

i actually really liked the first disc. kind of addressed my main concern about Apple in that its very very consistent, not really any filler, and its generally way more exciting. at the same time though it still feels a bit weak, it felt kind of hollow to me and seemed less like an evolution of cook's sound and more of a refined continuation. i praised the multiple disc aspect of 7G, and i still think it has some merit, but sitting through that a second time just isnt rewarding or enjoyable. not only that but the other two discs here are so beyond boring its ridiculous.

i can see myself coming back to disc 1. i hate the cover

2.5

Bullet for My Valentine

Tears Don't Fall (2006) [Single]

Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Metal

Thrash Metal, Emo-Pop

energetic, melodic, male vocalist, heavy, melancholic

oct24

really do not want to listen to the entire album so im just rating the single. first of all, that cover of domination is boring and worthless.

id be lying if i said the chorus of this wasnt stuck in my head 24/7 for the past like 4 days. his voice is weirdly awesome, it sounded off putting at first but its grown on me. the thrash part is actually so fucking stupid sounds like a really stupid if metallica made this kind of skit. i like the clean guitars in this though.

3.5 yeah fuck you

Neural Indent

Rapid Spread of Rotting Tissue (2024)

Gorenoise

Brutal Death Metal, Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde Metal

surreal, disturbing, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic

oct24

his best release this year. didnt realize until after i listened that it was all piano thats insane. really love the mixing on this

3.5

Three Days Grace

One-X (2006)

Post-Grunge, Alternative Rock

Hard Rock, Alternative Metal

male vocalist, angry, lonely, melodic, introspective

oct24

didnt realize how many of these songs i know. my mom used to play this a lot i guess.

his voice gets grating after a while, at least the raspy grunge delivery he usually does. hes honestly a talented singer when hes just doing clean melodies. the guitars on this are also honestly good. theres a lot of potential for something really awesome, but they sadly just stick to the tried and true formats.

2.5

VICKI LEEKX

Vicki Leekx (2010) [Mixtape]

Experimental Hip Hop, Baltimore Club, Hip House

Deconstructed Club, Political Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop, Electropop, Moombahton

political, female vocalist, futuristic, energetic, surreal

oct24

a bit silly sometimes and i cant stand how mia raps or does lyrics on a few of these but its pretty inventive and unique for its time. crazy how she was doin all this shif in 2010 and no one talks about that. the brostep song was killing me

3

SPVCXGHXZTPVRRP (SpaceGhostPurrp)

Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6 (1991) (2011) [Mixtape]

Experimental Hip Hop, Memphis Rap

Cloud Rap, Horrorcore, Chopped and Screwed, Memphis Rap, Dirty South, Crunk, Phonk, Trap

lo-fi, sexual, lobit, vulgar, surreal

oct24

plenty of good and fun songs but it definitely is too long, or at least its only really engaging sometimes. hes got good beats though.

3

xaviersobased

And When (2022)

Cloud Rap, Jerk, Experimental Hip Hop

Experimental Hip Hop, Plugg, Jerk, Lowend

boastful, psychedelic, drugs, surreal, atmospheric

oct24

its fuckcomments friday jr

pretty solid except for that stupid fucking yhapo song holy headache 😭 some really amazing lower key feeling melodies and beats but zav sounds amazing here. last song is so fucking good

3.5

Atari Teenage Riot

Live at Brixton Academy 1999 (2000)

Harsh Noise

Power Noise, Digital Hardcore

chaotic, urban, noisy, apocalyptic, dense

oct24

pretty ridiculous. super colorful and fun; its weird to me that they never released anything like this before or after doing this. maybe itd harder to market this on studio releases. you can 100% hear the merzbow worship though lol, absolutely that 98 show alec did with him changed him

3.5

Vomir

Reject Principles (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

chaotic, dense, noisy

oct24

took geology test and spent time outside after. started 2001 while listening to this.

very nice quite different than he usually does but its not bad. i agree with lamo all songs should be longer :)

3.5

Crown Town

Crown Town (2022) [EP]

Bubblegum Dance

Europop

female vocalist, fantasy, humorous, playful, happy

oct24

one of his truer 5s. its silly. i didnt realize this was nanobii. i dont like the voice he does but her voice is fun. the physical has so much soul put into it for no reason lol like really 8 pages of lore and illustrations??

2.5

Kee MacFarlane

oct24

finished this in one day. its a really quick and easy read, but i also just really enjoy his writing. i realized reading this what exactly i find so lulling about his style. he writes in a way that is both ambiguous and intently precise, confusingly. he is presenting specific, very tangible concepts, but only figuratively waving his hand in the direction hes looking, from the comfort of his own seat. frustrating, but only because it kind of forces you to engage and dissect. hes intense and merciless, but wont spoon feed you. tracing the outline, setting the scene, but its up to you to color and move the pieces. thats how i read it, anyway.

so its a critique on Vanessa Place's "You Had to Be There: Rape Jokes". sort of. its really more of a wider critique on the media coverage and feminist reaction towards rape, "as a concept", and porn, intertwined with Place specific criticisms and some classic Sotos autobio. probably about as best as i can describe it without literally spelling the entire book out, so if you have a copy just give it a read. he does some lore dumping too which is awesome.

3.5

Venetian Snares

Horse and Goat (2004) [EP]

Breakcore, IDM

Flashcore, Noise, Glitch

uncommon time signatures, avant-garde, chaotic, complex, futuristic

oct24

insane. some songs drag a bit and dont hit super hard, but the highs here are high. unfortunate about the cover, feels like it kind of buries the release in his discography, or at least makes discussion a bit more difficult

3.5

Eliane Radigue

Jetsun Mila (1987)

Drone, Acousmatic Music

meditative, hypnotic, instrumental, cold, repetitive

oct24

i just prefer her longer works. this is fine, but yeah too dynamic. the movements are interesting but im left wanting more.

3

The Freedom Factory

oct24

been hella in the mood to read lately, finally got through this. not that its difficult to read ive just been lazy with it.

its pretty cool though. very woven narrative structure, obviously on the whole, but also within each segment. the oftentimes lack of proper quotations, punctuation or the heavy anonymity make it especially hazy in details but concrete in subject. sort of like listen through the wall to strangers' conversations. also a unique glimpse into a part of russia i havent been exposed to before. the translator also did a really good job, im guessing, as there is a lot of humor and subtlety that seems quitd difficult to translate out of a language into another.

3.5 (using storygraph now so i have half stars yay)

Eliane Radigue

L'île re-sonante (2005)

Drone

Tape Music, Electroacoustic, Acousmatic Music

minimalistic, repetitive, instrumental, soothing, hypnotic

oct24

its nice. a bit more dynamic than i was expecting.

3

The Radio Dept.

Pulling Our Weight (2003) [EP]

Dream Pop, Indie Pop

Shoegaze, Noise Pop

bittersweet, melancholic, sentimental, warm, mellow

oct24

sunny day so its about time i get to this. sniped from another user who loves this band.

idrc too much about it. thecdrums kinda suck a lot. the first and last ones

are good, nice moods, but nothing id ever come back to.

2.5

September Recap

anothjer fffffffuuuuuuuuucking month and yeah.life

music if my fucking life

Xièxie Tapes

Dissolved in Substance ordered cass hasnt come in yet probvabvly sdcammed :D

Mind Your Head

my autumn diary 🍂📚 sommeone should make continuous mix of this

La Free Techno n'a pas dit son dernier mot

Island: Eine Sinfonie in 10 Sätzen <3<3<3<3

Modular 01

1-3

Adnos I-III

The Garden of Eternity

Drifting Autumn and My Life to the Fullest

fav movie The Tracey Fragments

notes:

-one billion silver dove albums love lamo

-also one billion freetekno love free party

-uh idk what else

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Suspiria (1977)

sep24

last activity of the month. watching suspiria with her for first time so we can watch the newer one since her friend recommended it to her.

kind of awesome how its like... elevated horror? am i using that term right? like its all about mood and atmosphere and lighting and visuals and sound but theres not really anything traditionally horror about this. idk. cool. love the theatre-stage vibe with some of the effects and lighting.

3.5

John Coltrane

Live in Japan (1991) [Compilation]

Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz

spiritual, passionate, avant-garde, improvisation, dissonant

sep24

kijnd of a different vibe for longtember but a necessary mood switch. really great collection though. mixed really well and these are some of his most soulful performances ive heard. love the slower more melodic stuff, and god damn that piano is beautiful. the highlights are obviously the longest tracks, but ill be damned if 1.2 isnt the best damn jazz song ever!

3.5

Michael Pisaro / Greg Stuart / Patrick Farmer / Joe Panzner / Toshiya Tsunoda

Continuum Unbound (2014)

Nature Recordings, Musique concrète

Drone, Bird Sounds, Indeterminacy, Rain Sounds

forest, meditative, instrumental, tropical, soothing

sep24

first track is beautiful perfect. just a plain nature recording. sounds amazing.

second is cool. i wish the field recordings and "fog" drone were switched in terms of volume; the fog being more of a backdrop then a center stage thing would have just sounded a lot nicer i think.

the last track i just could not get into at all. again, its cool, but the fact that it is just 3 minute recordings one after another constantly takes me out of it, because as soon as one ends it goes quiet, before the next quietly creeps in. just too stop start-y!

3

Eliane Radigue

Adnos I-III (2002)

Drone, Acousmatic Music

meditative, hypnotic, instrumental, ethereal, ominous

sep24

really lovely. just perfect sounds and exists perfectly in the space between unconscious noise and foreground sound, moving in and out of attention. i need more eliane

3.5

SpaceGhostPurrp

Veneno (2015) [Mixtape]

Chopped and Screwed

Contemporary R&B, Gangsta Rap, G-Funk, Memphis Rap, Trap, Rain Sounds, Hypnagogic Pop, Vapor

nocturnal, hypnotic, atmospheric, lo-fi, psychedelic

sep24

since we're just knocking out 2+ hour albums i suppose its about damn time for the ne no

totally justifies that runtime tho always entertaining and i love the atmospheres here. really dig the evil as fuck tracks, but the r&b flips are a super awesome contrast really beautiful wholesome awesomeness.

i wish someone made tapes of this...

3.5

4g

Cloud (2005)

EAI

Drone, Reductionism, Glitch

avant-garde, anxious, instrumental, rain, sparse

sep24

also in some eai drone highbrow modern classical vibes this week so more of that

first and last track were really pretty, not at all what i was expecting lol. just really lovely very small guitar melodying and shifting little insect background noises, its quite nice. the second track focuses more on nakamura's no input stuff, as such its of course the weakest track. also a bit unpleasant. cool i guess but idrc about it.

3.5

3 Chairs

3 Chairs (2004)

Deep House

Detroit Techno, Downtempo

sampling, urban, rhythmic, nocturnal, mellow

sep24

been in the mood for some electronic techno 4/4 tyype shit feel like i dont give house enough of a chance so yea

really strong opening handful of tracks, the first third of this would be an easy 3.5, but it kind of falls off heavy towards the middle, and the last disc is just mediocre to me. wish i liked it more. its definitely good background noise though

3, one star for every chair

Basic Channel

Quadrant Dub (1994) [EP]

Dub Techno

Deep House, Ambient Techno

hypnotic, minimalistic, repetitive, atmospheric, rhythmic

sep24

ok, young rocktime, a 2 may have been a bit harsh... you were probably just having a bad day?

i randomly got the urge to check this out again, this is like the third time ive revisited it, and honestly its good. its at least not bad, or as bad as i originally thought. its very calm. i like thd synths a lot, the vocals in track 2 are cool too. perhaps in another 4 years itll be a 4

3

Supersilent

1-3 (1997)

EAI, Free Improvisation

Free Jazz, Noise, Glitch

improvisation, chaotic, instrumental, avant-garde, suspenseful

sep24

kind of in a long album mood since i really liked the Nitsch album so more long albums yay but not wall not in a wall mood sry

honestly wasnt expecting to enjoy this as much as i did. super creative, so many different and well executed ideas, i kind of thought it would be wall of sound style improv but i fw the more beat-centric moving-sketch kind of improv it goes for. the EAI/noise elements are perfect, lots of super cool and honestly stank-facing textures/rhythms. i just really like the atmosphere/aesthetic of the whole thing. thats not to say there isnt some missteps - the first track being split between the left and right like that is grating as fuck, and theres definitely a handful of tracks that overstay their welcome or are just boring, but its still a really impressive collection nonetheless

3.5

FKY

Modular 01 (2000) [EP]

Freetekno

sep24

really good, need to spin a few more times but i love the future sounds and bounciness of it. classik

3.5

Hermann Nitsch

Island: Eine Sinfonie in 10 Sätzen (1980)

Drone, Modern Classical, Symphony

Sonorism, Alpine Folk Music

ominous, infernal, repetitive, ritualistic, dissonant

sep24

cojld not think straght and just needed to stop braining so 4 hour drone symphony

totally insane. actual very intense and horrfying stuff. feels like demons. somehow totally deserves the 4 hour run time. lots of amazing ideas and some really heavy shitわ. 1980 is ridiculous lol

4

Human Artifacts

The Principles of Sickness (2007)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

sep24

death metal fest happening next year with encenathrakh, dripping and devourment and this band also for some reason. so i had to peep

and its insane they are on the bill bro. so fucking boring. most uneventful slam ive ever heard

2.5

Terrorizer

World Downfall (1989)

Deathgrind

aggressive, political, energetic, raw, heavy

sep24

in a random grind/deathgrind mood. a long time ago in a grocery store far far away a young rocktime listened to this and was bored by it. coming back its definitely not bad, but it isnt anything to really write home about. everyone is right though that theres plenty of amazing drum performances here - something noteworthy about this is the creativity theyre able to display within the grind framework.

3

Picture Me Broken

Wide Awake (2010)

Post-Hardcore, Metalcore

Melodic Metalcore, Emo-Pop, Mall Screamo

female vocalist

sep24

girlfriend loves this album; we went to the gym and she forgot her airpods so we shared mine and listened to this together.

its pretty good, i like her vocals a lot, but i think theres a distinct lack of standout riffs or parts that make me want to come back to this on my own. doesnt feel very catchy i guess, or at least i wasnt able to catch it.

3

Hyperemesis / Archagathus

Hyperemesis / Archagathus (2014) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise, Mincecore, Deathgrind

heavy, repetitive, disturbing, death, aggressive

sep24

just listening while i do dishes. pretty boring. i guess i liked archagathus side more

2.5

Assück

Anticapital (1992)

Deathgrind

anarchism, aggressive, heavy, male vocalist, pessimistic

sep24

not quite as good as the followup, doesnt feel as intense or dark. the drumming is still top notch though.

3

The Tracey Fragments (2007)

sep24

just like millions of emotions splattering criss-crossing cutting the screen lifetime of memories and experiences really really special and so much love and heart. opening sequence had me in tears and the spoiler: click to read so yeah basically the best movie of all time. sometimes elliot's voice was kind of annoying but i like how lax and kind of comedic it is sometimes. the same vibes as Ett hål i mitt hjärta [A Hole in My Heart] for me

4

Ghost Mountain

Apollon (2024) [Single]

Witch House

Synthpop, Emo Rap, Coldwave

bittersweet, mythology, melodic, sentimental, autumn

sep24

nothing but love just glad hes back. the drums are mid af but if thats what it takes to get these beautiful ass verses i cant complain. really stellar video too bros film school payin off

3.5

Amelia Street

Demo (2003) [Additional release]

Metalcore

heavy, anxious, melancholic, sentimental, dissonant

sep24

cute. i like the vocal style, sounds like just his normal voice sometimes. very dynamic song structures too. probably needs a relistening in the future

3

Hereafter (2010)

sep24

watched with bro.

grapples with some amazing themes and imagery and emotions but can never quite handle them in the right way. hes too focused on these people and what theyre doing, if that makes any sense. its just boring as fuck. powerful opening sequence, though.

2.5

m4ri aka defficile

Backology (2022) [EP]

Jerk, Experimental Hip Hop

Cloud Rap

party, energetic, chaotic, noisy

sep24

insane shit. feels kind of indecipherable. bass goes nuts. i love how quiet xavs tags are compared to these beats.

3.5

Heroinsick & xaviersobased

TWIN PEAKS EP (2020) [EP]

Trap

Cloud Rap, Digicore

male vocalist

sep24

dont care so much about the first track, its fine, but the second one is so good. they both ride the beat like its a damn horsey and xav sound good as fuck. intro kills me why is that even there

3.5

System F

Together / Spread Your Wings (2003) [Single]

Vocal Trance

sep24

so hard to find vocal/uplifting trance that i actually really love. seems like a lot of slop to sort through. this was really nice though. not sure if i want to check out his albums or not. i used to not love Spread Your Wings' vocals but ive come around to them. Together is quite amazing though

3.5

Organic Noise

Vacuum Tube (2000)

Psytrance

sep24

couldnt think of anything else to listen to while doing homework so fuck it just put this on since ive been meaning to listen forever.

basically organic abstract psy heaven. energetic, dark, and feels super alien. love it.

3.5

Anti Cheese Alliance

Far Too Fast! (1997)

Freetekno

Acid Techno

rhythmic, repetitive, aggressive, energetic, manic

sep24

freetek continues to be perfect music for the gym. super energetic. i guess when people made these mixes they just started recording whenever and stopped when the CS ran out of tape, none of these mixes ever really start or end. the rave goes on forever yeah

3.5

xaviersobased

Pretty Songs (2021) [EP]

Cloud Rap

Jerk

mellow, surreal, sampling, ethereal, male vocalist

sep24

wasnt super into this except for the last track. great prod. i do like xavs one-take quick-shot style of eps that are just simple beats and some freestyles. its nice, shows how crazy his work ethic is

3

The Farewell Chapter

Desensitizing Your Arrogance by Giving You a Run for Your Fucking Money (2002) [EP]

Mathcore, Emoviolence, Sass

Grindcore, Metalcore

dissonant, lo-fi, chaotic, aggressive, manic

sep24

just some damn good skramzmath. intense combustion then disappears without a trace

3.5

Encenathrakh

Encenathrakh (2014)

Brutal Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde Metal, Technical Death Metal, Dissonant Death Metal

chaotic, noisy, dense, complex, manic

sep24

just righting my wrongs here. needed this shit for the freezer.

dont really need to write a whole lot; if youve seen the I Can't Believe It's Not Encenathrakh entry then you can guess what this one should be. undisputed reigning king of all of free death, i dont really think anyone will ever top this, as pessimistic as that sounds. they have a really unique - even in the free-death sphere - sound pallet, like some reviews are saying it almost feels like a parody on brutality, the mixing pays special respect to the riffing and vocals, which is something that i find to be quite rare in today's free death, given the evolved emphasis on the "free" and less on the "death". the drums are also unbeatable. i could probably listen to weasel walter forever and not get tired. not very pingy, but this is one of the few albums that doesnt need ping. the slightly orchestrated improv structures are also something you dont see much outside of like maybe effluence sometimes, but even then the results are totally different. i really love the vocals, too.

4.5

Spiral Tribe

Acid Haardcore (1996) [DJ Mix]

Acid Techno, Acidcore, Freetekno

sep24

one more mix for today. trying to familiarize myself with acid a bit more so this seemed like a good idea.

probably takes the cake for lowest quality freetek mix ive heard so far. plenty of times where it sounds like someone stepped infront of the mic and everything gets hella quiet, or like sooo many transitions that were just begging for beat sync. pretty sloppy, but i dont think that necessarily detracts from the subjective value of it. its quite fun. the second half i really liked.

3

69db

Don't Know Mix

Freetekno

sep24

also listened at work and enjoyed way more. a lot more tracks that play around with crazy laser synths, and the fucking bass is insane in some songs, totally distorting and crushing the entire mix for sections at a time. i like the cover too

3.5

69db

Fuck Le Pen Mix (1997) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

Breakbeat Hardcore

hypnotic, repetitive, instrumental, lo-fi, noisy

sep24

FUCK LE PEN!!

good freetekno. kind of just on in the background while i worked.

3

Technoboy

Rage (2008) [Single]

Hardstyle, Nustyle

heavy, party, energetic, rhythmic

sep24

apparently the holy grail of hardstyle. its good, but i cant say im totally sold. perhaps i need to dig deeper, or check out some mixes. the songwriting is interesting, kind of all over the place which is weird for a rave genre. but its cool. i like that.

3

69db, Person Unknown & Warlock

Unknown Source (1996) [EP]

Freetekno

sep24

first track was pretty good. everything else is fine freetekno.

3

Megalopolis (2024)

sep24

insane, and probably impossible to talk about, so im just gonna throw words at this entry and maybe yall will get something more concise when i rewatch it.

was lucky enough to get tickets for the special imax showing of this. they had a livestream of an interview with coppola and some other directors before the movie, but the stream kept cutting out for minutes at a time. this dude next to us would laugh so hard at the most abritrary shitわ.

truthfully yeah its really the only movie ever that is like this. post-hollywood. post-story? a movie about itself. i really love the concept of using wildly different (chronologically) props/costumes/set pieces to create a fable that is vague and timeless. representing conservativism with ancient roman/european culture, "progressivism" with a very organic and flowing italo-futurism, libertarian right with fascist/nazi iconography, its a really cool clash on the screen. amazing use of cg, some honestly beautiful sequences that are heavy or just pure cg work. say what you will about the spoiler: click to read. i also wasnt expecting this to be so silly at times. and very clunky, in a good way.

i guess in a way its closest relative is southland tales. people are saying babylon too?

3.5 for now

A-Tension

Angels (1996) [Single]

Happy Hardcore

sep24

cj b uh gy og mix is fine i prefer the hardcore one lowkey not sure if i heard the right dub edit but i doubt it would affect the rating much

3

Fade & Bananaman

A Dreams Surprise / Trippin' (1996) [Single]

Happy Hardcore

dense, female vocalist, repetitive, surreal, nocturnal

sep24

rly dont care about B but A is pretty nice. weird cool color atmosphere vocals and synths feel processed weird in a good way

3

Chichester Bell

Disc 4 – 287920 (1884) [Single]

Poetry

male vocalist, poem, poetic

sep24

awesome

3

DJ Kenn, Capo, Black Kray, Bladee, Jusglo & SEEDA

Hottest in the City (2015) [Single]

Chicago Drill, Cloud Rap

posse cut, male vocalist, ethereal, rhythmic, boastful

sep24

kinda mid verses from everyone which is shocking the beat also neutered asf idk potential is way more than delivery

3

Oneohtrix Point Never

Nobody Here (2011) [Single]

Eccojams, Vaporwave

lonely, repetitive, sampling, nocturnal, ethereal

sep24

feel like the hype is just becausd its the first vaporwave its pretty boring

2.5

First Days of Humanity

Remains (2019) [EP]

Goregrind

Gorenoise

noisy, raw, male vocalist, disturbing, aggressive

sep24

good mindless gore i like the longer sogs

3

200K Views • 6 Months Ago

The Ending of San Junipero Explained | Black Mirror Season 3 Explained (2019) [EP]

Drone, Onkyo

Onkyo

calm, instrumental, hypnotic

sep24

like basically silent drone

2.5

BBPUTIN

Noah (2019) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

Sigilkore

scary

sep24

2 > 4 > 1 > 3

i feel like sigilkore secondary but idk

3

Drippin So Pretty

Rock Wit U 4evr (2024) [Single]

Trap, Pop Rap

Plugg, Emo Rap

sep24

potential but the beat feels like a limp dick and dsp seems like hes really not tryin with his lyrics

2.5

Peckette DKLé

Fuck le Star 6tem (2000) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

Gabber, Freeform Hardcore

energetic, repetitive, lo-fi, sampling, rhythmic

sep24

yep and you know theres nothing else in the world to listen to except french freetekno mixes so lets just listen to one more PECKETTE mix.

again, not as good as that bootleg but still really good. hes got an amazing selection of tracks, a good ear for these really intense high energy freetekno sets. i disagree that B > A, i think both are equally fun

3.5

Peckette

Let the Girls Do Their Job (1999) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

Gabber

urban, playful, repetitive, lo-fi, energetic

sep24

a step down from that last mix, but still quality freetek.

3.5

Peckette DKLé

La Free Techno n'a pas dit son dernier mot (2012) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Freetekno

Gabber

sep24

so yall just werent gonna tell me about the most awesome freetekno mix of all time.

like constant nonstop no bullshit 100mph head bouncing tekno. no breaks, no grating samples, no weak points. i just wish it had a tracklist!

4

Current Value

Into the Light / Deep Digger (2005) [Single]

Techstep, Darkstep

sep24

much better. first track is so lovely, surprisingly atmospheric. i wish the second one had the same kind of light and airy vibes, but its more in line with the skullstep stuff from that ep. still, its a good track that managed to get stuck in my head for like an hour

3.5

Current Value

Revealing the Concealed (2007) [EP]

Skullstep

heavy, dark, aggressive, noisy, rhythmic

sep24

very very one dimensional, but undeniably intense and fun. i just wish there was a bit more experimentation, its all rather predictable after the first drop.

3

Congenital Lipodystrophy Abuse

Irregularity in Menstrual Period Due to Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

sep24

awesome vomiting. fun stuff. lasagna

3

Spiral Tribe

Tecno Terra (1993)

Freetekno

Acid Techno, Breakbeat Hardcore

rhythmic, instrumental

sep24

definitely more exciting than Forward the Revolution, a bit more dance/rave focused, but i still couldnt totally get into it.

also i dont think their second album thats listed on this site even exists. at least i cant find any trace of it anywhere else...

3

Spiral Tribe

Forward the Revolution (1992) [EP]

Freetekno

Hip Hop, Breakbeat Hardcore, Bleep Techno

repetitive, party, political

sep24

its fine yea idrg the hype ig tho. feels too meditative and closer in spirit to like, goa stuff. hopefully i dont sound like a stupid worthless animal making that comparison but thats just how i feel

3

6.3

Broken Life... (2008)

Freetekno

Breakbeat

sep24

takes a bit to get going, some questionable production, but god damn does a lot of this bounce. super fun stuff, lovely use of breakbeats as well. quite a colorful album i felt like.

3.5

Acid Pouring

Death Soon (2022)

Goregrind, Gorenoise

sep24

crazy like ultra thin free gore. hard to imagine these are programmed drums but ig the proof is in the fucking pvdding.

3.5

Organization XIII

FAIRYODDnb! (2024)

Comedy Rap, Novelty, PluggnB

sep24

crazy how this wasnt on rym.

basically any song that is about dinkleberg is good, luckily that means more than half the songs here are good so positive score. its crazy they made timmy's dad antisemetic at the end

3

Ix In Da Mix

Better Get This Into Your Head If You Think Techno Is Dead (1998) [EP]

Freetekno

sep24

not bad. first track though is kind of boring but the b side of this is pretty fun

3

Crystal Distortion

Our Weapon Is Noise (2000) [EP]

Freetekno

sep24

i can always count on crystal distortion to pick me up when im feeling down.

even though i dont love everything hes put out, hes definitely the most consistent and im finding i can rely on any kind of release by him to scratch my tek itch. theres a really healthy amount of experimentation here without being super outsider. very fun

3.5

Anti Cheese Alliance

Atomic Cheese (1999) [EP]

Freetekno

Breakbeat

sep24

so boring like bordering headache and had my eyes rolling idgaf at all cant tell you why i even sat through all of this

2

SP 23

Ekat Sgurd (1996) [EP]

Acid Techno, Freetekno

instrumental

sep24

really interesting. wish it was a bit louder. not sure how much i love the acid stuff but it had my head bobbing. love the cover

3

Ubik

Wobule (1997) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

sep24

another great-to-work-to mix. starts off a bit thin and kind of weak, which had me worried, but this evolves so magnificently. also cuts off on each side abruptly - maybe thats just a common trope in freetek mixes. also like crazy amateur so many sloppy mistakes but i hella fw it just seems like really genuine not really worried about how polished just get out there and party. side a > side b but both are great

3.5

UFO

Sound of Teknival (1997) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

sep24

perfect gym music. tons of energy. def rough around the edges but i like that. i dont like that sides end kind of abruptly but i guess they were just going nuts and not worried about flipping the cassette

3.5

phreshboyswag

my autumn diary 🍂📚 (2024) [EP]

Cloud Rap, Trap

Emo Rap, Plugg, Jerk

drugs, male vocalist, atmospheric, urban, vulgar

sep24

we so back with this one fresh boys

spider 2 is beautiful af and also love that he followed up spider i really like that song. tell me is a xav diss he sounds real torn up on that one and i love the strings in the last song. not super crazy about the second but its still good. sounds like hes finally being super sincere and vulnerable; his lyrics are getting a lot better. i like hearing him on a not jerk beat

3.5

Thee-O

Psychedelia (1996) [DJ Mix]

Acid Trance, Goa Trance

Acid Techno

rhythmic, psychedelic, party, instrumental

sep24

most awesome bad ass fuycking shit ever in the freezer cutting shapes makes me feel high and unstoppable

idk how acid it really is it just sounds like regular goa to me i need to hear more acid really

3.5

Surgical Suppression of the Extremities by Abnormalities on the Basic Mechanisms of Sanguine Coagulation

Degeneration of the Muscular Tissue in Human Decomposition (2013) [Additional release]

Gorenoise, Goregrind

sep24

lovely little gore. the physical looks awesome

3

Why Must Stars Fall?

Why Must Stars Fall (2003) [EP]

Emo, Melodic Metalcore

hypnotic, autumn, melodic, love, melancholic

sep24

fine metalcore emo. i agree with the comment about the piano in the first track. for some reason the cover sucks to me

3

1naya

I Could Take On the Taliban (2021) [EP]

Glitch

Plunderphonics, Breakcore

chaotic, sampling, manic, noisy, quirky

sep24

so it looks like all the hate is from them being a groomer but the music is honestly fine. if being able to recognize a gross beat is really triggering then this may not be the release for you but i kind of got over after the first song. yeah low effort but idrc

3

Viscera Infest / Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis

Viscosas Voces Desde La Necroorgia / Gastroduodenalulcerfollicularadenoma Fuliminanthepatitishydrocefacialspammyxomatosis (2010)

Goregrind, Brutal Death Metal

heavy, raw

sep34

viscera infest side is classick. leans more into goregrind than bdm like they usually incorporate elements of.

paracocjrjfken side is actually good too. surprisingly. still porn samples but theyre short and have effects so i guess they arent like totally soulless or whatever. good grinding too pause

3.5

Bled Across Miles

Hats Off to the Good Guys (2005) [EP]

Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore

sep24

usual metalcore things. seems like they always get so close to writing a great riff or section but they never quite meet the mark.

2.5

Assück

Misery Index (1997)

Deathgrind

aggressive, heavy, anarchism, pessimistic, raw

sep24

actually pretty cool and not at all what i was expecting. the atmosphere is so oppressing and dark, i fw it. drums are great too. wasnt expecting those vocals. will need some relistens though, not majorly impactful or anything on this first listen

3

Dehydrated Tissues

Feast on Infected Virulency (2010) [EP]

Goregrind

Gorenoise

sep24

i really dont give a fuck about maggard's composed stuff, and like yeah this isnt any different its so boring, but holy fuck that last track. is a god damn good time. i may need to download this just to listen to that song again

2.5

Secret Abuse

Naked (2008)

Drone, Harsh Noise

Ambient

sep25

HOW IS ALREADY NEXT YEAR

nah im playing. its still 2024 lol

first track super lovely melo drone harsh, second is similar but i dont like it as much.

3

Z

Violence Action (1986) [EP]

Hardcore Punk, Noisecore

noisy, political, aggressive, war, raw

sep24

noisecore because of mixing, not actually playing. you can barely make out the songs. idk its crazy for sure esp for the 80s but its somehow boring and like idgaf

2.5

ZyanosE

Insane Noise Raid (2012)

Crust Punk, Noisecore

D-Beat

noisy, aggressive, male vocalist, angry, dissonant

sep24

the false noisecore tag strikes again... this time 5 years in the making, since i saved this in like 2019.

yeah typical j dbeat hardcore stuff. a tad noisy though which is fun.

3

Black Paper Diary

Demo 2000 (2000) [EP]

Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Emo

Melodic Metalcore, Screamo

aggressive, angry, lo-fi, sad, passionate

sep24

got a ton of shitわ random metalcore gore rave you name it queued for today so lets get em knocked out

really sincere and cathartic awesome. great guitars, amazing drumming (shitわ has a deep ping) and the fucking quality is so crazy. love instrumental <3

3.5

Suburbass

The Sound of C23chtek - Freetekno (2003) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

sep24

while there is undoubtedly some amazing freetekno in here, i just cant with the damn sample loops! genuinely starts to get so grating and ruins the enjoyment of the entire thing for me. as soon as one lets up another rolls in and i just belgh. but yeah underneath the samples is some real good freetek

3

Genophobic Perversion

Gutbiomes (2024)

Goregrind

sep24

mthabsk fot the recomwndation fivecommas

more awesome ping i dont like it as much as the other i heard but its still really awesome and also surprising to me nicethailand hasnt heard this or his others. last track goes dick hard 🥤🦫

3.5

Arsedestroyer

Teenass Revolt (2001)

Noisecore, Noisegrind, Grindcore

noisy, chaotic, manic, raw, lo-fi

sep24

taken me way too damn long to tap into this.

yeah tho agreed with everyone its a noisecore classic no doubt. the drums are actually pretty well composed but man the quality is just fucking dookie /pos.

i always get this band and assuck confused with each other

3.5

Tears of Avarel

Demo (2001) [Additional release]

Emoviolence, Deathcore

Mathcore, Sass, Deathgrind

raw, lo-fi, manic, heavy, chaotic

sep24

chicenviolence...

awesome quality. vocals++++ and i like the emo guitars on track 2 just like mattqt said :)

3.5

Les Boucles Etranges

Untitled (1998) [EP]

Freetekno

sep24

plenty of weird melodic experimentation, quite a thin overall sound, but eh doesnt really do anything for me. B1 is kind of nice, and i like the pew sounds on B3

2.5

Gotek

Ding Sing / Squeech (2005) [Single]

Freetekno

sep24

in one ear out the other. some fun squeaky sounds but idrc for this

2.5

Crystal Distortion

Mind Your Head (1999)

Freetekno

Breakbeat

sep24

just insane nonstop bumping. plays a bit like a dj mix thats just crazy consistent. wasnt really payijg attention to specific tracks but its all really great. im shocked no one else has heard this here!

3.5

6.3

Humeur & Molecules (2001)

Freetekno

energetic, mechanical, aquatic, sampling, repetitive

sep24

feels a bit more tight in terms of impact, not as wide or bass-y. a bit frenetic, super freeform (obviously since its all live). interesting, though i cant say i want to really come back to it ever again.

3

Pseco

Mamut No. 3 (2000) [EP]

Freetekno

sep24

super banging. loads of energy, love a lot of the "melodic" elements here.

3.5

Crystal Distortion

Labrat Audiochemicals 1998 (1998) [EP]

Breakbeat, Freetekno

sep24

even more breakbeat freetek. pretty fun also, though most of it didnt stick so well with me im def gonna keep revisiting this. i like the other cover thats on discogs

3

Zone-33

Voodoo Box 01 (2004) [EP]

Freetekno

sep24

got this from a pack of vinyl rips on slsk. fun stuff, some breakbeat inspired sections/songs. liked the first track the most. production is actually pretty good for a vinyl rip. guess im just used to the 90s vinyl rip youtube upload quality for this kind of music.

3

Train Cemetery

All Alone (2017)

Ambient Noise Wall

noisy, lonely

sep24

quiet study day calls for quiet wall wednesday.

another masterful crackle from the king of ANW. "fireplace" is a bit too cliche of imagery, and this is actually rather cold feeling... but it pops and sizzles with the same kind of heat-transfer flow-of-energy something like that would have. it feels like theres movement, but i cant really tell...

3.5

KI²

Full Bass 05 (1999)

Freetekno

sep24

not sure what compelled me to do some more freetekno digging but now its the only thing i will listen to for 100 days

pretty awesome, the first track is a crazy sprawling 10 minute tekno epik, but the highlight for me is B1. just killer. B2 is also good but its hard to follow up a track like B1

3.5

Gorevent

Fate (2020)

Slam Death Metal

heavy, aggressive, ominous, rhythmic, male vocalist

sep24

god damn cant believe i ever gave this a 3. another record thats all about the grooves, though i applaud gorevent for keeping it a bit rough around the edges in every department. doesnt feel as plastic or packaged as other modern slam (even that Sensor Motorik suffered from this). yeah production could use some work, the drums especially sound kind of lame, but it doesnt really matter that much when the riffs are this killer.

3.5

Sensor Motorik

Percentage of Death Rate (2021)

Slam Death Metal

sep24

groove fuckin city. and also finally a car accident themed slam project!

i really appreciate how to the point these guys are (barring the silly intro). 2 second samples, nothing but great bouncing rhythms and riffings

3.5

Neuropsychosis

Scourging Homicidal Premonitions (2024)

Brutal Death Metal

sep24

its not the greatest and isnt even super noteworthy but the vibes and aesthetic remind me a lot of late 00s/early 10s bdsl and i really like that so <3

3

Malignancy

Ignorance Is Bliss (2001) [Compilation]

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

sep24

kind of just put this on because i was bored at work.

music we've already heard but demo quality. its fine, but no reason to check it out (besides the bonus tracks i guess - which really arent much to write home about) over the studio stuff.

3

Power Trip

Nightmare Logic (2017)

Thrash Metal

Crossover Thrash

aggressive, heavy, energetic, male vocalist, rhythmic

sep24

just wanna go on record here and say that i tried to listen to another powerviolence album that was 14 minutes in length and i couldnt make it past the first track so it looks like 7 minutes is the longest i can take pause

tuesday sunny weather always got me in the mood to try something new and some buddies in a server im in were discussing this band in light of the recent announcement that they were touring with pantera which is controversial to power trip fans for a number of reasons. not my convo tho.

its a lot simpler and more straight forward than i was expecting, even in terms of thrash i feel like (not that im a thrash expert or anything). the drums feel very stripped down, often times feeling like theyre doing the bare minimum to outline the riffing, which is head nod-able at best and filler chug slop at worst. weirdly enough, the vocals were actually the most enjoyable aspect of this for me. not overly theatrical or abrasive, they actually sit really comfortably in the mix. i tried to actively not listen to what his lyrics were because being able to hear them and trying to follow the narratives of songs always takes me out of the music and like i just cant unhear shit it starts getting distracting idk hopefully yall understand where im coming from. but yeah i didnt get much out of this, wish it was busier or heavier.

2.5

Crossed Out

Crossed Out (1991) [EP]

Powerviolence

angry, aggressive, raw, energetic, heavy

sep24

this actually isnt too bad for some old ahh pv! maybe its just the 7 minute runtime but yeah this is nice. i kind of get the hype

3

Vulnus

Promo 2008 (2014) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

sep24

fine little promo. listened to this in very nice sunny weather love the day

3

Disgorge

Chronic Corpora Infest (1998)

Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind

disturbing, aggressive, sampling, male vocalist, raw

sep24

yeah definitely the most boring of the disgorgemex albums ive heard. apparently this is viscera infest's (the entire bands') favorite album ever?? idk its a lot slower paced then anything else ive heard from them and its just got this really off kilter vibe. its cool sometimes i guess

3

Emily Aideen

Every 40 Seconds (2021) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Spoken Word

female vocalist, noisy, suicide, disturbing

sep24

sadness this is a great format. the texture feels so cold. i like that the dialogue is quiet enough that it sounds like someone near you but not loud enough to always make it out

3.5

Yung Oogway

Adolf Hitler Is My Nigga (2024) [Single]

Trap, Comedy Rap

Hardcore Hip Hop

hateful, humorous, aggressive, violence, vulgar

sep24

beats kind of annoying but the song is pretty self explanatory. not really ns material at all he just says that adolf hitler is his buddy nothing else in the song is even related to that.

2.5

Neuropsychosis

Indulging the Depraved (2023) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

lo-fi, heavy, raw, dark, aggressive

sep24

eh i dont really care. i dont get releasing a promo single and wasting like 1/12th of it on an american psycho sample. just take the sample out and put it in the album version idk. good cover.

2.5

The Partisan Turbine

Surgical Assault (2006) [EP]

Deathcore, Brutal Death Metal

Dark Ambient, Slam Death Metal

heavy, dark, death, aggressive, rhythmic

sep24

really boring and totally forgettable. the noise/dark ambient tracks/parts are stupid but i guess its cool to hear a band like this do that

2.5

Defeated Sanity

The Sanguinary Impetus (2020)

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Progressive Metal

technical, uncommon time signatures, heavy, chaotic, death

sep24

as with most Defeated Sanity releases, im both mildly impressed but ultimately unsatisfied. sure, i love the headspinning structures, dissonance, sheer display of technical prowess (always love paying special attention to their drums) but nothing strikes a particularly strong chord with me. it feels like its music that reveals itself on lots of repeat listens, but it doesnt really do anything to make me want to relisten to it at all. this all sounds really negative but this is definitely a good album no doubt. i guess i just still dont get the DS hype

3

Xome

Blind Frenchies and Pork (2000)

Harsh Noise

Sound Collage, Drone

psychedelic

sep24

another one im surprised almost none of my mutuals have heard, seeing as Party was so popular.

although after patiently sitting through all of this, i can kind of see why. just kind of goes nowhere and is hella boring as fuuuuck. not thje most interesting textures or ideas really. there is a weird like... breakcore...? element that randomly shows up for like half a second or less sometimes idk yhou have to hear it to understand what i mean

2.5

Misericordiam

Ten Days In Catalina (2005) [EP]

Deathcore

Melodic Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Melodic Metalcore

sep24

leaning more towards dcore and less toward bdm, doesnt even come close to their material on Unanimity and the Cessation of Hostility. productions pretty bleh and the melodeath shit is just so gay

2.5

Vulnus

Vessels of Throe (2015)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

sep24

not bad, though its not very memorable or noteworthy. a couple of nice riffs.

3

腐败新星 [Obsoletenova]

Malfunction in Sensory Illusion (2017) [EP]

Slam Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Dissonant Death Metal

technical, heavy, aggressive, male vocalist, manic

sep24

prog slam from china is correct. very obtuse... cool though. ill keep my eye on them

3

Genophobic Perversion

Seismic Cerebral Collapse (2023)

Gorenoise, Goregrind

sep24

ping perfection. surprised more of my moots havent heard this yet. need to dig thru their discog later

3.5

victimblamed

Not Your Last Blood Oath (2024)

Deathcore

Downtempo Deathcore

heavy, aggressive, rhythmic

sep24

love the djent inspired grooves but knock it off with the damn "insightful" ass chill sections so stupid. bangs at times tho so positive score

3

Dead Infection

A Chapter of Accidents (1995)

Goregrind

Deathgrind

disturbing, aggressive, death, heavy, dark

sep24

yea its gore. fun at times. goes by fast. not much esle to say

3

Skin Tension

Celebrant (2023)

Avant-Garde Metal, Black Metal, Dissonant Black Metal

Black Noise, Brutal Prog, Mathcore

dissonant, dark, energetic, manic, surreal

sep24

i like it quite a bit more than their 2024 release. i prefer this much darker atmosphere; theres not as much lighter/"melodic" playing here which is just a more suiting sound for their style. i also heavily appreciate the tight runtime. great cover to top it off

3.5

MASSIVEPANICATTACK / Wallmaster

Hellish Static Noise (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

emily side :)

jason side :/

2.5

Revenge

Triumph.Genocide.Antichrist (2003)

War Metal

war, aggressive, raw, chaotic, hateful

sep24

gym

yeah i was really pumped for this i remember loving one of their albums but this kind of sugged really was not fw his vocals and i wish the production was better it just comes off as really boring and not as violent as i was hoping for

2.5

Disgorge

Gore Blessed to the Worms (2006)

Brutal Death Metal, Deathgrind

Goregrind

heavy, manic, death, chaotic, vulgar

sep24

really great stuff. love the riffs and i love how frenetic these song structures are. always engaging asf, thank you disgorge mex 🙏 beautiful ah cover

3.5

Blood

Impulse to Destroy (1989)

Grindcore

Deathgrind

aggressive, lo-fi, raw, heavy, violence

sep24

ehh... i just dont know... i guess i got filtered? yeah its crazy for 80s but like its just too difficult for me to engage with i really was just not fw any of it.

2.5

Autumn!

##R3 ##R3 (2018) [EP]

PluggnB, Pop Rap

Cloud Rap

melodic, energetic, happy, male vocalist, boastful

sep24

fun stuff. i really like how shoet and to the point it is, you cant beat the 8 min ep format 💯 what was he thinking with that cover tho 💀

i liked the last song and illustrations, but as im writing this i cant remember much else about this. ill have to relisten regardless though because fuckcomments currently has me ball-clamped until i give this a 3.5

3

Malignancy

Intrauterine Cannibalism (1999)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

technical, aggressive, energetic, heavy, violence

sep24

im surprised by fuck comments' 3 stars rating, this is pretty good! crazy swirling song structures, the vocals are really good and it just sounds amazing overall. 100% wormed owe like 60% of their swag to these guys

3.5

Scattered Remnants

Destined to Fail (1998)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Death Doom Metal

aggressive, heavy, male vocalist, disturbing, rhythmic

sep24

this honestly wasnt bad at all but my coworker stood next to me for literally the entire 30 minute runtime of this and just talked so im honestly just gonna have to come back to it later. i do like the dungeon synth interludes they do make for a very goth-y vibe that most DM doesnt have

3

Monolithic Torment

I Should Have Died Sooner (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

its nice. the second side seems like a slight variation on the first, its a bit more ... stuttery? goes by quick for 2 hours.

3

War 88

White Aryan Resistance (1995)

Black Metal

sep24

so boring sorry just really dont care for anything here. cant say it was terrible though its at least tolerable

2.5

Magical Girl Reassembly Program

Eternal Feminine (2022)

Harsh Noise

sep24

good morning harsh noise. very digital, as ive come to expect from Leviathan's projects.

3

Liza N. Eliaz

Reptiles in Space Mix (1993) [DJ Mix]

Hardcore [EDM]

Freetekno, Gabber, Acidcore, Industrial Hardcore, Acid Techno

psychedelic, repetitive, rhythmic, party, dissonant

sep24

had to basically drive around the entire world while i was listening to this which sucked but its okay because this is awesome as fuck

lots of really intense moments and surprisingly colorful sound pallets, way more variety than i was expecting, and i just love the vibe of the whole thing. bangs like fuck. the end is really awesome, though i do prefer side a

3.5

Aborted Christ Childe

Aborted Christ Childe (2010)

Black Metal

Grindcore

lo-fi, male vocalist

sep24

kind of just stupid but its not bad. no idea why something like this is on that metal filter chart, doesnt sound anything like the other bm ive heard from it, and it isnt even really experimental or challenging its like just really amateur.

2.5

Naegleria Fowleri

Bouffée Délirante (2024) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

sep24

a good batch of the real-drum gore stuff, its closer to grind than noise, and its not quite as obtuse as their last one.

3

Shawn DropStackss

Fast Twerk Pt1 (2013) [DJ Mix]

Jersey Club

energetic, chaotic, party, sampling, rhythmic

sep24

so insane and like none of the transitions use beat sync he'll play like 3 songs at the same time its just so craxy and so many bpm changes but its still hard as fuck and danceable like crazy

3.5

Naegleria Fowleri

Dissolved in Substance (2022)

Goregrind

Gorenoise

chaotic, noisy, raw, vulgar, manic

sep24

really really good. the drums obviously steal the show and are why you should listen to this, but the guitars and vocals are pretty crazy too. infinite fun though could never get tired of this

3.5

Dark Fury

Synningthwait (2014)

Black Metal

sep24

just decent black metal. feels kind of in the vein of the kaevum album i heard earlier.

3

OsamaSon & boolymon

Still Slime (2024) [EP]

Plugg

Dark Plugg

male vocalist, noisy, hedonistic, playful, energetic

sep24

amazing 808 work here lol. like a bit of a neutered 2slimey at times. he sounds hella like ken carson on a lot of these but he definitely got his own unique style. i was kind of just whatever to this whole thing until the last 3 songs which all absolutely blew me away especially creek fucking love creek man

3.5

Skin Tension

Prolegomenon (2024)

Avant-Garde Metal, Dissonant Black Metal, Brutal Prog

Noise Rock, Mathcore

manic, raw, dissonant, chaotic, technical

sep24

i liked it, but that last track kind of hurts the score for me. i didnt like his tremolo playing, it got kind of grating

3

Shoot the Girl First

They Have Clocks, We Have Time (2011) [EP]

Electronicore, Melodic Metalcore

Symphonic Metal, Deathcore

heavy, female vocalist, aggressive, energetic, melodic

sep24

gf rec

pretty trashy and hella forgettable, but its tolerable and doesnt overstay its welcome really. lots of stupid electronic bits and so much alesana worship

2.5

Witches Bitches

Winter Issues (2023) [Single]

Drone, Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient, Harsh Noise Wall

Reductionism

noisy, suspenseful, dissonant, scary

sep24

not really sure i quite get the hype. i liked all the stuff before the 'wall' section, but yall know im not really crazy about that droning kind of wall

3

Skibidi Toilet

Boss Baby♠︎ (AGGRESSIVE BLACKED GAMING PHONK MIX) (2024) [Single]

Drift Phonk, Power Noise

sep24

awesome and the chinese melody had me dying

3

Bilskirnir

Wotansvolk (2007)

Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal

pagan, triumphant, nationalism, raw, lo-fi

sep24

so boring and stupid. instantly forgot everything about this after it ended. fuck that review saying this is sdre black metal.

2

goreshit

my love still feels all wrong (fucktarded shitmix) (2014) [EP]

Breakcore

Lolicore

sep24

basically no point in ever checking out the full album when this exists (except for oujia boards). really fun and trims like 99.5% of the fat down. also awesome title

3.5

The Sundays

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (1990)

Jangle Pop, Indie Pop

Dream Pop, C86

soothing, female vocalist, bittersweet, melodic, autumn

sep24

sunny ahh day and i got out of class early so i just put this on like ###whatever... yeah its whatever these songs kind of just fumble around for the most part, not crazy on her vocals, wish there was just some more going on rly, but track 6 is actually kind of good, love the vocal line. i kicked a boy sounds bar for bar like a smiths song, even has her british accent peaking through

2.5

Kaevum

Natur (2011)

Black Metal

pagan, passionate, anti-religious, hateful, raw

sep24

probably gonna start going through The Metal 'Tourist Filter' chart over the next however long, infrequently probably, for some reason.

good black metal. the riffs are strong enough that even when its not super engaging its still enjoyable. some of the songs are interestingly written. i like the vocals.

3

Scattered Remnants

Procreating Mass Carnage (1994) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Death Doom Metal

heavy, ominous, death, anti-religious, rhythmic

sep24

ill be honest i just... dont get it? maybe its the production or the doom elements but like this was just so weird. not in a super upfront way its just very obtuse bdm. ill listen to their other stuff who knows if a relisten is in the future

2.5

Reverse Abortion

Demo 2019 (2019) [EP]

Slam Death Metal

aggressive, male vocalist, violence, heavy, death

sep24

whats with the hate? this is fun. bro needs to just make more, and also dont fade out tracks tf is up with that

3

Solar Opposites Season 5

sep24

definitely the weakest season, but its still good. i liked the yard story, but the silvercops one just feels so half assed and pointless, like they seriously do not give it any time at all to flesh itself out. it also just like, is kind of stupid? like with the wall/the yard it feels like youre really looking into this whole world with its own community and politics and culture, but silvercops just feels like another shitty space war story. the end of the yard arc this season was also really whiplash and i didnt like it that much. they should make the yard or silvercops into like a comic or something that would be fun, i dont know if i would read it though... maybe like, it can be a comic that fills in the space between episodes of the yard/silvercops but you dont *need* to read it for those episodes but it does help. idk.

Tanner Garza & Vomir

Give Up the Ghost (2013)

Harsh Noise Wall

Ambient, Tape Music

peaceful, minimalistic, atmospheric, noisy, nocturnal

sep24

ocean waves crashing and flooding my mind and looking out at the never ending horizons and sun setting longing yearning but everything goes black when i close my eyes and drown

most special ever will never get tired of this. i love the oscillating of vomirs noise and i never realized how upfront garza's tape is but its mixed so perfectly. you can never play this loud enough ❤️

4.5

Striations

9/11 (2023)

Sound Collage

Harsh Noise, Field Recordings

sep24

🙏

the first half is pretty good, just interview/newsclip back to back until it gets to these clips of the actual attack and it so naturally transforms into this classic pe sounding harsh noise. feels like its the towers falling as noise. the second half im less big on, its more of the same style of collage but ends with these long recordings of the rescue crews and streets and stuff

3

Å

Staring at Wall (2010) [Single]

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

lol love hearing everyone around him its like wall+fieldrec

also i feel like this is more anw but i guess it is a bit harsh

3

Bug Catcher Matt

Bug Type (Tribute to h POKéDEX) (2019) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

aggressive, dense, noisy, raw, instrumental

sep24

surprisingly good for what it is. the concept had me thinking this would be some paulstretch eugh but its nice harsh

3

Monolithic Torment

Always Unhappy (2020)

Ambient Noise Wall

LGBTQ, depressive

sep24

i always expect harsh idk why this is really nice though. its impressive she was able to capture these really elegant textures with such a limited and unstable setup

3.5

Magical Girl Reassembly Program

Growing Fonder of the Distance (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise

sep24

cute. not quite as frequency-dynamic as i was hoping but its fun harsh stuff

3

Kevin Drumm

Constriction (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

sep24

yeah idk. definitely not what i was expecting but this seems like an idea you jokingly try and do for like 15 minutes then you scrap it or play it live. really boring as a full length

2.5

Celer

Xièxie Tapes (2021) [Additional release]

Ambient, Drone, Tape Music

sep24

really lovely. i listened to half of this while studying, the other half the next day sitting out in the shade of a large tree just chilling. perfect for any setting. i really like how, as plexure puts it, all of these tracks just have more room to breathe. i personally enjoyed the field recordings of the original, so i cant say if i prefer this one or not. a relisten is in order i guess

track 3 has this kinda high pitched tone in it which did hurt a little but i actually enjoyed it being there in a wejrd way

3.5

look at me tenderly (2010)

goreshit

Hard Trance

sep24

sitting outside in the uni courtyard just listening to my old dj mixes and feeling sunlight on my body. i had a weird dream last night and my mind has been all over the place today. the weather has been so nice lately, i cant wait until it gets a bit cooler. i hope it snows this year, too.

Silver Dove

branches/leaves (2022)

Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

interesting harmonized wall. maybe because its chorus effect? idk. cozy

3

Silver Dove

Distance (2022)

Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

so cool, would have never ever guessed the source is vocals. love the stop start of the last track, and the feedback between wall sections is really awesome.

3.5

Silver Dove

Concrete Dream (2022)

Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

amazing texture i love raw amp

cute cover

3.5

Silver Dove

Desperate (2022) [EP]

Drone

Noise, Field Recordings

sep24

more drone wall noise. good

3

Silver Dove

Frozen Over (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Drone

Ambient

sep24

really lovely idk im feeling weird emotions rn dream related just hitting really hard i love the "live" feel of this like hes sitting right infront of me playing

3.5

Silver Dove

Keepsake (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

sep24

comfy harsh with some nice amb drone that shows up later. gets randomly quiet like half way through scared me

3

Broken by Silence

Live at 91.5 (2005) [EP]

Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metalcore

Emo, Mall Screamo

male vocalist

sep24

very nice. the quality is kinda ass but in a bery charming way, makes some moments super cathartic. love that he plugs their website before and after every song lol. i wish higher quality recordings of the new tracks existed.

its insane to me how literally all online info about this band is completely lost to time. i waybacked their site and its all just broken links, no pictures of them besides the one on youtube, just crazy

3.5

Vomitoma / Hyperemesis

Vomitoma / Hyperemesis Split (2011)

Gorenoise

sep24

booorrriiiing to meee meh goregrind program stuff

2.5

Monolithic Torment

I'm Sorry I'm So Damaged (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

really nice texture. feels like the cover kind of.

3.5

Spacial Absence

Primal Machinery (2017)

Harsh Noise Wall

Field Recordings

natural, noisy

sep24

yeah its actually pretty good lots of really fun structures and textures but that last fucking track holy crap so amazing

3.5

Strawberry Hospital

Nullmatrix (2024)

Electronicore

Drill and Bass, Glitch, Ambient, Cybergrind, Artcore, UK Hardcore

futuristic, nonbinary vocalist, atmospheric, ethereal, eclectic

sep24

well it isnt the bm stuff they were putting out before. its still cute trance stuff but honestly i cant say i remember anything specific from this, kind of just played and then ended you know. didnt love how much "breakcore" was in here

2.5

I Declare War

Amidst the Bloodshed (2007)

Deathcore

Brutal Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Downtempo Deathcore

heavy, angry, violence, rhythmic, aggressive

sep24

ueah deathcore. probably the worst sounding kick of all time. sometimes theres a good breakdown but its all very forgettable

2.5

Silver Dove

early grave (2023) [Single]

Noise

Field Recordings

sep24

very weird, but its still good. not quite wall, the reverse stuff is super interesting. idk just weird af sound pallet

3

Silver Dove

Soft Spoken (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

lowpass wind shuffling microphone feeling really comforting

3.5

For Her I Can Be a Hero

3 Song Demo (2016) [Additional release]

Emo, Melodic Metalcore

raw, melodic, male vocalist

sep24

guitars sound good. i wasnt totally sold though. the intro on the last track is fire. otherwise, just good old emo metalcore.

3

Torture

III - Thrill Kill: The Kill Team Murders (2022)

Avant-Garde Metal, Gorenoise, Free Improvisation

Cybergrind, Slam Death Metal, Free Improvisation, Audio Documentary

heavy, war, crime, political, surreal

sep24

the midi drums are fire. not sure how its possible but he honestly sucks at making slams. feels weirdly thin to me also

3

Shuffled Concrete Expansion

Psychic Form: Curse (2019) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

comfy cute little walls. surprised nicethailand hasnt heard this yet

3

Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis

Aromatica germenexcitación en orgías de viscosa y amarga putrefación (2007)

Goregrind, Deathgrind

Pornogrind

sep24

actually so frustrating because they are clearly really good at making at the very least interesting music; the shift to deathgrind is a bit rocky at first but they have a very obtuse and frenetic style that honestly sounds pretty good; its really cool how they have these crazy back and forth/overlapping vocal sections. but holy. fucking. shitわ. i do not want to listen to porn for 2 minutes on every track bro 😭 even though i fw the music i just cant in my heart bring myself to rate this any higher, it simply doesnt deserve that

2

Monolithic Torment

Abandonment (2020)

Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

thought it would be harsh. i was pleasantly surprised. quite relaxing; these last few days ive been so fucking anxious and stressed out about so much random shitわ ive been neglecting my needs hella but this just put me back in a good place centered myself and got my head back in the game.

3.5

Artemis Dean

The Harder You Try the More Intensely You Ache (2021) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient

political, winter, LGBTQ, atmospheric, cold

sep24

not nearly as colorful as i was expecting, kind of very mid-high range white noise sounding wall vibes too yjust yeah not my thing sorry.

2.5

Silver Dove

Romance (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

sep24

such a weird blend of hnw+anw+drone its pretty amazing. sd seriously one of the most inventive and important wall projects ever in 10 20 30 years (if people still care about this kind of stuff) people will be looking back at silver dove like hes the fucking uh. most awesome guy ever. of wall

also cant remember if this one or the last one had talkinng sample in it but whag is that it seems that comes up a lot in the silver doves i hear

3.5

Silver Dove

He Needs Me (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

sep24

ohhh but now its HARSH awesome really satisfying texture

3.5

Silver Dove

(catch my agony) (2023) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

sep24

more of the same. maybe instead of silver dove harsh comp, i should do a comp of these types... hmmmm

3

Silver Dove

Voyeur (2023) [EP]

Drone, Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

comfy droning and weird shuffling. even though im not totally sold its still <3 love gets me through the work day

3

Bizarre Uproar

Antibliss (1999)

Noisecore, Sound Collage

aggressive, chaotic, dense, noisy, lo-fi

sep24

a bit like a more boring sissy spacek. still interesting though

3

Iskra

Bureval (2009)

Black Metal, Blackened Crust

female vocalist

sep24

ueegjj yeah so boring too much bm not enough punk (never though id be saying that). way too clean sounding too i miss the crazy rough production of s/t

2.5

PlasmodicNecropsy

Gangrenous Methamphetamine Filled Intestines (2024) [Single]

Gorenoise

sep24

lol cover. he must have heard my criticisms from last entry because the vocals and instrumentals are mixed at better volumes this time and theres an audible lower end. still like whatever stuff idrc

2.5

Sanguinary Consummation

Hymns of Dismal Agony (2024)

Brutal Death Metal

Goregrind

heavy, anti-religious, disturbing, death, aggressive

sep24

really exciting, a great blend of boundary-pushing ping worship and actually headbangable slamming. the snare is insane - seriously it rings out so intensely that for most of the album it sounds like wind is blowing through a tunnel. crazy as fuck, surprised this isnt getting way more attention

3.5

Deane Crescent

Black We Turn (2008) [EP]

Deathcore

Brutal Death Metal

sep24

this is awesome lol crazy it has literally 0 attention but ig its south africa dcore theres probably not a lot of people looking for that in general really. found it thru deathgrind site.

pretty crazy though i cant tell if drums are programmed or not they sound insane though and the guitar feels like its always falling out of time /pos love the varied vocal styles too kind of unique shriek/higher register squeals. everything blends together cant imagine coming back to this but i should check to see later if they put anything else out

3

Death in June

Brown Book (1987)

Neofolk

Industrial, Post-Industrial, Post-Punk

LGBTQ, male vocalist, romantic, martial, poetic

aug24

yeah im still not super sold on neofolk. i think im still having a hard time really enjoying his vocals or some of the industrial influences. the female vocalist was nice though. idk a lot of this is in one ear out the other for me.

i disagree with the ns tag the correction history has some good arguments against it.

2.5

Verminophilia

Inorganic Cloacal Pregnancy (2024)

Gorenoise

sep24

nice. super interesting - its got a weird sound pallet kind of and theres a handful of slower more sparsely filled moments that make this stand out in my mind. excited to see if they ever do more releases

3

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak

Demo (2022) [Additional release]

Harsh Noise Wall

Gorenoise

sep24

stop start wall with some bubbles in the background. meh

2.5

Sanguinary Consummation

Promo 2024 (2024) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal

Goregrind

aggressive

sep24

holy shit this is awesome immediately putting their new full length on priority for today. i live for this

3.5

Crustacea Zoëa Larvae

Orange Tomalley (2009) [Additional release]

Harsh Noise, Gorenoise

sep24

super crunch deep gore vibes. its fine

3

First Days of Humanity

A Body Falls in the Woods (2024)

Gorenoise

aggressive, macabre, noisy, lo-fi, rhythmic

sep24

super crazy fast ping stuff. much more clear sounding than their last lp

3

Intrathoracic Empyaehma / Lymphocardiogastrojunostomy

Intrathoracic Empyaehma / Lymphocardiogastrojunostomy (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

sep24

meh dont care much for IE side and lymph side was fine but the sample hurt my ears

2.5

Preschool Tea Party Massacre

Hot Lunch! (2012)

Cybergrind, Deathcore

sep24

yep exactly what it looks like lots of shock humor and really stupid electronic sections. they have good breakdowns sometimes though and they arent bad vocalists either

2.5

GoreBones

Procession of Maggots (2019)

Gorenoise

sep24

fun ping. feels like it wants to try to be goregrind sometimes with intelligible riffs and structure but then it just gives up and goes gorenoise brrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr which is fun lol

3

Autism

Demo (1995) [Additional release]

Death Metal, Death Doom Metal

sep24

the concept is pretty cool: a band that explores and empathizes with autism rather than alienating or exploiting it. at least, thats what the opening sample feels like to me. i wasnt really paying attention to the lyrics, they could be entirely unrelated, but its fun to imagine where this band would have gone with their themes and aesthetic had they continued to put music out. surely, in this day and age, they would have been pressured to change their name or something, or maybe they would have had a really good standing image in the autism community. who knows.

as for the music itself, i think its unfair to say its bad - im not really into deathdoom so im not a good judge on the quality of it - but i certainly didnt enjoy it. i suppose the vocals sounded nice sometimes.

2.5

Cystic Hygroma / Mental Ruin

Splattered Remnants of Rotten Putrescence (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

sep24

ch side fine gore ping yes but mr side is <3 lovely very dark sinister wall and droning something. nice, prob my fav material ive heard from them

3

Cystic Hygroma

A Festering Combustion of Faceless Mangles (2024)

Gorenoise

sep24

really fun ping madness awesome. i like the burp vocals too

3

Extensive Necrosis in Malignant Lymphoma

Untitled Promo (2023) [Single]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

not as nice as untitled. crazy how upfront the "programmed" sound of the drums are

2.5

Extensive Necrosis in Malignant Lymphoma

Untitled (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

sep24

fun blasting ^0^

3

Necrotizing Leukoencephalitis

Demo (2023) [Single]

Gorenoise

sep24

more crazy. vocals sound lovely here. itd be cool to have a physical comp of all the demos. lowkey got me thinkin of bumping demo 3...

3

Necrotizing Leukoencephalitis

Autolysis Fluid Clot Seepage Putrescence (2023) [Single]

Gorenoise

sep24

a little more stop-start-y than Maggotized Discharge Rancidity which i dont like, but its more of the same crazy fuzzy messiness. lovely

3

Necrotizing Leukoencephalitis

Maggotized Discharge Rancidity (2023) [Single]

Gorenoise

sep24

crazy. like constant giant fuzzy mess. max, you have my attention with this...

3

Autolytic Infest

Thriving Unconditional Disembowelement (2024) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

sep24

not quite what i was expecting. its fine, i think the mixing holds it back for me. feels very razor sharp and kind of reminds me of a really washed out Rhabdomyosarcoma ala Duopustulant...

2.5

Broken by Silence

Demo (2003) [Additional release]

Melodic Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Emo

Mall Screamo

passionate, ethereal, sentimental, energetic, atmospheric

sep24

so lovely. sounds great for a 3 song demo. really tight band too. love the vocals, and this shits just brimming with emotion and excitement and sincerity. gonna be on loop for sure

3.5

Ivebeenshot

Doza (2008)

Deathcore, Deathgrind

Mathcore, Slam Death Metal

vulgar, dissonant, chaotic, male vocalist, aggressive

sep24

cool depressive math death. i liked the second to last track a lot. also just sounds really good

3

The Projects

The Projects (2016) [Mixtape]

Beatdown Hardcore, Slam Death Metal

Rap Metal, Mashup, Deathcore

heavy, sampling, urban, aggressive, mashup

sep24

certainly a polarizing release. i fw the idea, its cool that its one long song, even though its obviously lots of short songs connected with samples they all feel super similar and not just like different tracks stitched side by side. everyones in agreement that the samples are just too much or arent being used in a more beneficial way. the airhorns get annoying. they have good slams sometimes. the 2chainz cover, while seriously stupid, did have me trying not to laugh.

2.5

Stabbing

Ravenous Psychotic Onslaught (2021) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

violence, female vocalist, heavy, aggressive, technical

sep24

fun. great mixing. still insane to me that its female vocals. feels very technical and not as much riff awesome than id like to hear

3

Torture

Exhibit B: Dehumanization Tactics (2022)

Avant-Garde Metal, Gorenoise, Free Improvisation, Audio Documentary

Slam Death Metal, Interview, Sound Collage, Free Jazz, Tape Music

war, crime, heavy, concept album, death

sep24

like if princess haultaine made torture 1.

its crazy, leans into the ekit drums more, but its really long for what it is and the samples do take up a lot of time and kill some of the energy. still good tho

3

First Days of Humanity

Nonhuman (2023)

Gorenoise

Goregrind

male vocalist, violence, noisy, prehistory, lo-fi

sep24

crazy mixing. i like the energy. why does track 2 have a fadeout 💀

3

Artemis Dean

Dissociative State (2021)

Harsh Noise

improvisation, anxious, LGBTQ, cold, dissonant

sep24

cute dynamic weeewoooweeeeeebepepepepepepcrrZZZHHH one take long harsh noise. fun

3

Silver Dove

Haikai (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

even doing a tribute like in the style of kind of stuff is still really great. super meditative and relaxing.

i should really listen to ushinawareta >.>

3.5

Silver Dove

Dying Star (Darling) (2023) [Single]

Harsh Noise

sep24

super bright hot harsh lovely quick track it would have been nice to hear an album of these but it does make me want to make custom silver dove harsh tracks comp bootleg

3.5

Silver Dove

twice (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

i dont even know how to describe sound just super weird deep?? rumble churning i dont know but very satisfying. harsh...but kind of not in a way...

also im so smart i knew it was a whitehouse reference before even checking description

3.5

Silver Dove

Shame (2023) [EP]

Ambient

Free Improvisation, Noise

sep24

lamo seriously such a great ear for noise and ambient, i really like the ticking and just such beautiful perfect played guitars. everytime i think of acoustic guitar on noise/wall i think oh god and i think how much i dont care about roro perrot shitfolk but then i hear really sparse slow just emotion playing reverb and its so lovely thanks for always saving my brain lamo

3.5

Gorevent

Abnormal Exaggeration (2008)

Slam Death Metal

heavy, vulgar, rhythmic, violence, aggressive

sep24

no idea what i was on when i gave this a 3, relistened to it, and still thought it was a 3. easily some of the best caveman mushy brain head banging slam ever, crazy consistent and so many fun riffs. i love the really stripped back drums, it reminds me of Epigenetic Neurogenesis, how its just ridiculously headbangable because everything is moving together and its purely groove, but it just works so much better here. perhaps its the slight sloppiness? it isnt so overproduced; very "human" and natural feel to it, or maybe its just because it simply isnt very technical and it emphasizes the straightforwardness of the slams.

3.5

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

sep24

finally fiiinallyyy sat down with friends and watched this, its been on our to do list forever

really just amazing film making, but thats exactly what i expect out of any schrader joint. really loved the theatre set pieces to represent the contained stories of mishima's novels, and i thought it was really interesting how they explored and played with mishima's own trouble grappling with his homosexuality, through violence-instead-of-intimacy/slavery relationships or disabilities and manipulation. loved the soundtrack too.

3.5

Missing Girls

2 (2009)

Ambient Noise Wall, Lowercase

sep24

since im doing homework i wanted something a bit quiet.

definitely better than Brittanee Marie Drexel, but i cant really say its a wall i enjoy either. not his most sparse, far from it, and its actually quite "constant". i put quotes because it does have a ebb and flow oscillating kind of movement to it, it feels like stuttering a bit, and will go from dense crackles to more sparse ones back and forth the entire runtime. understandably its all very dizzying which makes this hard to really enjoy, but its preferred to the mostly-silent Brittanee.

2.5

2006 / Silver Dove

2006 / Silver Dove (2022) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Binaural Beats

sep24

a little bit different to start today off.

ive been on a silver dove binge of sorts so it seemed fitting to revisit his track, and perhaps do some reflections on mine.

its been well over 2 years since this was put out. a lot has changed for me in that time. basically my entire life is different now; its strange to me to think back on what i was going through back then, how different it is from today. tay was still alive, i essentially didnt have a permanent home, and i was avoiding everything because of my depression. listening back to my track here i feel this flood of memories and emotions, things i havent resolved or things ive consciously and unconsciously buried deep in my body. right now, in my therapy sessions, im learning to look back on my past with compassion and kindness - understanding. its difficult, but its just how growth works.

as for the music itself, its still a track i hold in higher regards than some of my other output from this time. it features a layer of a field recording taken from one of those nature-surveillance-camera live streams. i think the fact that the wall itself is so purely bass rumbling actually helps to emphasize the field recording as theres really no frequencies its fighting with. its nice to hear the soft hum of it. for some reason i also included these obnoxious clicking sounds that appear two or three times very briefly. not sure why i did that, i dont really think they fit at all and they kind of take me out of the track.

i dont have as much to say about lamo's track, but its definitely a lot better than mine haha. its quieter for sure, but turning it down means that its a lot more relaxing and calm. its always amazing to me how lamo is basically able to create entire worlds in his walls. really lovely stereo kind of... organic crackling? im not sure what to call it exactly (honestly sometimes it sounds like slurping! loll) but regardless its great.

i actually made a video for this release when we conceived it, featuring a clip from the nature live stream i mentioned earlier and a clip of a deep sea drone descending into the ocean. maybe i should upload that somewhere soon.

n/a. 3.5 for sd's side <3

Silver Dove

My Life to the Fullest (2023) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

perfect crackling. was so inspiring i sat down right after to recording 5 minutes of the sounds around me. love the contrast of super bright imagery and super quiet cracks

4

Silver Dove

passenger (2023)

Ambient, Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

so fucking lovely. lamo great guitarist! perfect balance of wall and ambience layering, feels so warm like a blanket

1>2

3.5

crush

What a Heart Feels Like When It's Weightless (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

noisy, urban, ethereal, dense, atmospheric

sep24

synth drone wall. i wish i liked this kind of stuff as much as everyone else in my circle does but sadly i think its just ok :( reminds me of trash princess

3

Snailmouth

Garden Dwelling (2024)

Harsh Noise

sep24

best friends harsh :) so good love how fun and dynamic it is. i love when the samples bleed through and you can just barely make them out. great panning and use of silence stop starts

3.5

Silver Dove

rose bound concrete (seeing you off) (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

sep24

such lovely movement and dynamics feels rly special. relaxing cover too

3.5

Silver Dove

i hope you'll take care of me too (2023) [Single]

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

yeah if you couldnt tell silver dove sunday came early this week.

crushing harsh. nuff fucking said.

3.5

Silver Dove

end up dead (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

sep24

comfy. the field recordings(? idrk) and drone are really lovely. great texture

3.5

Silver Dove

bled out (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

good harsh. the vocal sample was weird... what is that? love the outro though lamo should make a whole song that sounds like that

3

Silver Dove

Drifting Autumn (2023) [EP]

Ambient, Ambient Noise Wall

sep24

i was already totally sold with the first track; super lovely live breathing amp wall with soft ambient underneath, but then the second track just took my fucking breath away. full ambient mode sounds like a dream in heaven. lamo you should make that track again but make it 2 hours long i would give that like 4.5 :)

yep 4

Workerbee / Silver Dove

Workerbee / Silver Dove (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall

sampling, dissonant, dense, noisy, atmospheric

sep24

workerbee side was a pleasant surprise. really light feedback and the softest quietest wall ever. not sure how much i totally enjoyed it but it evoked strong feelings in me as i continued to listen.

silver dove side is lovely comfy as always, its a lot harsher and deeper than wb's (that isnt saying much) but it still synergizes well with her track ☺️

3

Myocardial Ischemia

An Informal Process of Gaseous Liquifaction (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

sep24

fun totally blown out exploding "classic" gorenoise. need to relisten,... may bump

3fornow

Suppurative Lymphadenitis / Bowel Necrosis

Suppurative Lymphadenitis / Bowel Necrosis (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

sep24

sl: fun wish there was no stops sob

bn: weak ahh drums vocals so much louder its eh

2.5

Sulfurized Purulence / K9 Hemorrhoids

Sulfurized Purulence / K9 Hemorrhoids (2023)

Gorenoise

sep24

sp: meh kind of too goregrindy in a boring way

k9: weird ekit and some synth?! goreprov stuff idk its whatever

2.5

Hematuria

Peeled to Perfection (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

aug24

fun gurgle over static blast beats. awesome ai cover

3

Hypoalbuminemia / Hydroencephalocystocele

Hypoalbuminemia / Hydroencephalocystocele (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

sep24

already heard kv side ^_^ its very good lovely love the sample intro too

hypoalbum side is fine i wish there was no stops and no samples should all be 1 long track (awesome)

3

Neurosyphilis Trauma / Amaterasu / Haemonchus Contortus / K9 Hemorrhoids

From Injury to Dismemberment (2022)

Gorenoise

sep24

nt: nice super blown out feels almost wall

hc: also nice

am: kind of boring

k9: like slightly better

3

Insect Grinder

Infected (2009) [EP]

Grindcore, Insect Sounds, Novelty

Cybergrind, Field Recordings, Animal Sounds

novelty, animals

sep24

silly

2.5

eastern youth

Eastern Youth (1993)

Oi!, Post-Hardcore

Emocore, Street Punk

melodic, conservatism, passionate, energetic, conscious

sep24

i guess im just not too crazy about the "samurai spirit skinhead" vocal style, and it felt a bit repetitive i guess... but i really loved the guitars and just all the instruments really in general on this. amazing tone and really emotional playing and riffs. i like the cover too

3

Trash Princess

33411390 Irokawa (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

sep24

harsh drone. the second track is better. kind of emotional in a way.

3

Little Sister Suicide Fantasy

This Will One Day Be a Memory, but I Never Strive to Make It One I’ll Wish to Relive (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

dense, noisy

sep24

comfy; fire crackling. but why do we want our little sister to suicide?

3

Green Tea

Owl Arcana (2024)

Noise

Ambient, Harsh Noise Wall, Harsh Noise, Drone

surreal, anxious, nocturnal, nature, lush

sep24

much better than i was expecting! the harsh bits feel very sincere and are quite fun, it takes itself super seriously but i like that. the ambient bits arent trying too hard and also arent a huge part of the runtime, or they coincide with the harsh parts. they also sound really nice. a great highlight of the year for sure, gotta look into this person

3.5

Government Alpha

The Garden of Eternity (1997)

Harsh Noise

sep24

thanks for the rec lamo this is amazing

insane constant melting swirling flashing harsh really all noise should sound like this so much insane fun

and its CRAZY this is no overdubs HE HAS TO HAVE LIKE A THOUSAND FINGERS

4

Wings of Scarlet

Before the Great Collapse (2003) [EP]

Melodic Metalcore

Melodic Death Metal

heavy, male vocalist, aggressive, breakup, melodic

sep24

terrible way to end the night so fucking boring. good cover tho

2.5

Elysia

Killing Grounds (2004) [EP]

Melodic Metalcore, Deathcore

Melodic Death Metal

heavy, aggressive, energetic, raw, melodic

sep24

i guess slight stepup from masochist; vocals not as gay but this is still so boring. tbh i dont like the cover its trying too hard i think

2.5

Red Sky

II "mpfw" (2000)

Metalcore

Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal

male vocalist

sep24

gonna have to relisten cuz the vision here is great but i just felt bored first time.

2.5

The Contortionist

Apparition (2009) [EP]

Progressive Metal, Deathcore

Djent

heavy, aggressive, technical, male vocalist, uncommon time signatures

sep24

yeah fuck this worthless ass animals as leaders melodic djent. breakdowns bro. enough with the twinkly shit. also the grooves and breakdowns arent even that good, which is weird because this is djent.,.,... aint that your one job.,..

2

Rune

Rune (2000) [EP]

Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Mathcore, Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy

sep24

wasnt super into it until those last 2 tracks. really fire shit. needs relistens. great drum sounds

3

Acedia

Everyone You Love Will Eventually Die (2004)

Melodic Metalcore, Deathcore

Melodic Death Metal

heavy, dark, aggressive, energetic, dense

sep24

really wanted to like this more but its just. boring.ness.

2.5

The Black Acadia Mourning

Reparation Under Our Breath (2005) [EP]

Melodic Metalcore

Melodic Death Metal, Emo, Deathcore

male vocalist

sep24

more pretty boring standard dcore but the 2nd track is really great. didnt realize bro had that in him. the other tracks that attempt the clean vocals dont do it as well

2.5

Dark Skies Have Fallen

A Switchblade Serenade (2004) [EP]

Deathcore, Melodic Metalcore

Melodic Death Metal

dark, aggressive, melodic, male vocalist

sep24

i kind of liked it but within the hour i forgot entirely what it sounded like. reading the comments on the vid seems like lots of love was put into this so thats awesome

2.5

Elysia

Masochist (2006)

Deathcore

political, vulgar, heavy, anti-religious, rhythmic

sep24

hated the vocalist. other than that, super mediocre boring deathcore.

genuinely was trying so hard not to laugh at "whos the faggot now" (x2)

2.5

A Black Rose Burial

An Awakening of Revenants (2006) [EP]

Deathcore, Mathcore

Electronic, Deathgrind

heavy, sampling, dark, uncommon time signatures, raw

sep24

super solid deathcore. just sounded good af. theres a version with an intro and outro and different looking but same length tracklist floating around, whats up with that?

3

The Failsafe Device

The Failsafe Device (2002)

Mathcore, Emoviolence, Sass, Metalcore

Deathgrind, Jazz-Rock, Brutal Death Metal

aggressive, energetic, male vocalist, manic

sep24

pretty fun stuff, the math sass shit just works here. apparently this is called "white belt" which is a subgenre of screamo? it refers to the colorful belts people of this era would wear. interesting.

3

Dying Dreams

Demo 2003 (2003) [Additional release]

Melodic Metalcore, Deathcore

Emo, Melodic Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

heavy, melancholic, aggressive, energetic, lo-fi

sep24

exhibit B

didnt like the vocals also

2.5

Creation Is Crucifixion

Rerecorded Tracks From the Vinyl Splits (2001) [EP]

Mathcore

Technical Death Metal, Deathgrind

sep24

lovely tech math stuff, for some reason there was hella silence in the video i listened to?

3

Jerome

Demo (2006) [Additional release]

Deathcore

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, violence, hateful, aggressive, male vocalist

sep23

yeah so the case with a lot of these deathcore albums that i listened to in like one sitting is that most of them are fucking boring as fuck and are totally not memorable.

exhibit a

2.5

Misericordiam

Unanimity and the Cessation of Hostility (2007) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Deathcore

Deathgrind

heavy, angular, dark, aggressive, dissonant

sep24

saved like 90 deathcore releases from 2000-2009 now listening in one day idk

i know i have empty entries but im gonna write short blurbs for all these deathcores so i dojt forget because they all blend together

edit: ok im working on them now if this entry makes no sense to you then good that means i got through all of them before you saw

really just solid brutal deathcore. amazing mixing and the breakdowns are heavy as fuck.

3, may bump in the future

Strawberry Hospital

Selected Retrospections (Discography 2016-2024) (2024) [Compilation]

Electronicore

Blackgaze, Electropop, Indietronica, Uplifting Trance

nonbinary vocalist, ethereal, melodic, sentimental, bittersweet

sep24

just really lovely imo. love how much effort and heart is in these songs, kind of transcends the black metal trance gimmick. wouldve been an amazing album. i wish i got the cd when it was in stock

3.5

August Recap

stellar month listened to so much like 260 entries so one day we may see the 300 and started school so scary but life is good im growing and its awesome pause

used ears and enjoyed:

Sameness

Jardin du sommeil chant d'amour sur la nuit grandissante

such sweet sorrow

Suicide Pact

Melt

Strange Warmth Gosha-E-Dil

They Say the World Is Built for Two

ክሁዪፕልነዪቿፕቿ

Insect Apocalypse

Xav on Tour

Multiple Density

Teratoma

Ghi âm Việt Nam

Message

Sex Drugs & Deathmetal

Eviscerated

Fucking Disgusting

A LOTTT

fav movie i loved Source Code

what else

-saw Sulfuric Cautery and Sunny Day Real Estate

-started 仮想夢プラザ [Virtual Dream Plaza] will prob take a while to complete going slow

-making huge progress on bandcamp wishlist

-OH I RELEASED MUSIC THATUOU SHOULD LISTEN TO

312 Songs

disease / Otocephaly with friend

Downward Fractalizing Venule Matrix and Self-Refracting Marrow Adipose Tissue Crashing Into Singularity and Rebirthing Cycles of Stars

im not even listening and my buddy

k

NOW ITS SCI FI SEPTEMBER! maybe

Deep Jew

Punishment Feast (2007) [EP]

Noisecore, Harsh Noise

aug24

feedback harsh nonsense i like hearing the crowds

Silver Dove

Lonely Murder (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

aug24

really lovely. love this take on "american" harsh. perfect execution buddy ❤️

3.5

Seth Cooke

Music Speech Crowd Noise Wind Nature (2024)

Field Recordings, Satire, Electroacoustic, Sound Art

Western Classical Music, Glitch

concept album, sampling, noisy, lo-fi, raw

aug24

really cool concept but kind lf obviously a really boring and unsatisfying listrning experience lol.

2.5

Disgorge

Forensick (2000)

Brutal Death Metal

Goregrind

heavy, noisy, raw, aggressive, manic

aug24

cover is crazy. also being named disgorge is crazy. this shitわ is awesome though. the drums sound like there is 2 kits playing its insane. for some reason after the inderlude the production just tanks and it isnt as good but thats okay its not a lot of tracks affected

3.5

Frataxin

Frataxin (2019) [EP]

Power Electronics

lonely, heavy, disturbing, nihilistic, minimalistic

aug24

comfy feedback only pe. fun

3

Mawile's Fake Tears

Deceit (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

aug24

comfy. this project should come back i really like the concept

3

Necrotizing Leukoencephalitis

A Pulsating Extraction of Pustulous Liquifactive Filth (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

aug24

lovely head pounding intense. drums sound amazing

3.5

Miscarriage

Bursted Digitalized Hematoma (2020)

Sludge Metal, Power Electronics

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise

aug24

and of course this is so fucking boring. just really noisy sludge stuff tbh

2.5

Miscarriage

Fucking Disgusting (2020)

Goregrind

Gorenoise, Dissonant Death Metal

repetitive, aggressive, angry, hateful, dense

aug24

this is insane. actually never stops going at 100 miles an hour. and somehow its always real written material not just free blasting. insane vocals too, just ridiculous that this exists

3.5

Naughty

Cuff Stuff (2015) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

yeah whatever. easy listening

3

Love Katy

You're No Good for Me (2012)

Harsh Noise Wall

repetitive, sampling, noisy, raw, atonal

aug24

actually its kind of an effective format because by plsying just enough of a Katy Perry song before going to a wall the song inevitably will get stuck in your head and then you cant help but hear KP while you listen to the wall. kind of genius. the textures are fine

3

Viscera Infest

Sarcoidosis (2007)

Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind

vulgar, raw, dark, disturbing, aggressive

aug24

eh, i dont really love this too much. its the same viscera infest we all know and love so its not bad but they just havent nailed the exciting songrwiting and face melting riffing i like them for on here. also the mix is just... not that great the drums kind of hurt my head

3

CAVITNAKxVINCENTT

Mix1*♫* (2024) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Glitch Hop, Rage, Instrumental Hip Hop

Industrial Hip Hop, IDM

instrumental

aug24

super fun super bubbly. love the last one

3.5

Blunt Force Trauma

Vengeance for Nothing (2012)

Slam Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Deathcore, Beatdown Hardcore

rhythmic, heavy, aggressive, energetic, male vocalist

aug24

id like to formally apologize to all my slambros out there. my previous rating of 3/5 was totally uncalled for and completely inappropriate. every fuckin track rips and forces blunt ass trauma on my skull some reviews say theyre sloppy but it honestly doesn't even matter. also just sounds really good

3.5

Vomitatrix

Vomitatrix (2022) [EP]

Noisecore

nonbinary vocalist, aggressive, chaotic, noisy, manic

aug24

eahh yeah dont care at all. shorter version of their debut basically. terrible cover

2.5

Disconformity

Inerrancy From Credulity (2024) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

heavy, aggressive, rhythmic, energetic, technical

aug24

i wonder what made them think hey its been 19 years we should release like 8 minutes of material

and somehow they are consistent still! sounds like a perfect continuation of Stigma. still, i wish there was just more here to grab onto

3

Disconformity

Depravation of Stigma (2005) [EP]

Slam Death Metal

heavy, dark, aggressive, energetic, bouncy

aug24

good stuff, doesnt stand out a whole lot but the mixing is perfect so every slam is fun

3

Waco Jesus

Receptive When Beaten (2006)

Deathgrind, Brutal Death Metal

hateful

aug24

fun stuff, but not on par with the exciting DM of the follow up to this. a far cry from their pure bdm days on their debut

3

Heat Signature

Brain on War (2021)

Harsh Noise

noisy, lo-fi, war

aug24

face splitting harsh stuff, but i didnt really latch on too hard with any of it. im kind of not super big on the 30/30 massive harsh improv formats these days. only special occasions. im still intrigued by their work, may check out more

3

uyu uuu / Silver Dove

uyu uuu / Silver Dove (2024) [EP]

Ambient, Tape Music

aleatory, lo-fi, rhythmic, minimalistic, instrumental

aug24

uyu uuu side cute love track 3 and then silver dove so quiet and reserved its shy i love

3.5

PlasmodicNecropsy

Shotgun Mouthwash (2024) [Single]

Gorenoise

aug24

by some means im not gonna detail here im connected by a couple of degrees to this bro and some shit went down and now i know about this so im rating it.

needs to work on mixing theres literally no bass and like actually no low frequencies its all mids and up, not even exaggerating. massive liquid vocals and the instrumentals are super quiet, it kind of sounds like he feasibly could have just stolen a goregrind instrumental and just layer his vocals on top (idk why you would but thats possible i guess). curious to see if he makes anything else though

2.5

Musty Abortion Puke Chamber

Forced Mucohemorrhagic Diarrhea (2023) [EP]

Goregrind

aug24

i have an idea. lets make 1 minute long songs and then fill them with 40 second samples of people vomiting or liquid shit farting. and then lets play a mid tempo blast beat with our drum machine and quietly gurgle and chug our guitar. this will be fucking awesome.

NOT!

1.5 probably a 1 if i keep thinking about it

Biocyst

Advanced Surgical Techniques & Diagnosis (2024)

Gorenoise

aug24

woke up early me and gf went to uni courtyard and just sat in the shade felt the breeze and chilled then listened to this at the gym and then swam and watched the birds and the clouds such a great day amazing day i love life

but holy mega butthole this is boring. the biocyst parts are usual biocyst they sound fine but theres like 490 hours of samples in here

the cover doesnt censor forefront guy eyes, is that mark?

2.5

Hewhocorrupts

Ten Steps to Success (2003)

Grindcore, Sass, Mathcore

Mathcore, Nu Metal

angry, noisy, technical, sarcastic, male vocalist

aug24

meh dont really care about the vocals and they kinda beat around the bush; wish they just stuck to their strengths and continued on with the super fast face melting shit

2.5

Soils of Fate

Crime Syndicate (2003)

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

Groove Metal, Slam Death Metal

rhythmic, aggressive, urban, crime, male vocalist

aug24

pretty fun, but they should do even more groove metal! the synergy with bdm is impeccable. maybe on relistens this is higher or maybe they have better albums we'll see

edit nah you know what fuck it this thing has fucking grooves galore

3.5

Gris

Il était une forêt... (2007)

DSBM, Atmospheric Black Metal

Dark Folk

depressive, lonely, suicide, cold, self-hatred

aug24

sorry matt i didnt love this as much as you but its still good. the folk influences remind me of peste noire and honestly i could probably never get tired of that combo with black metal, feels like a match made in heaven the way these riffs and melodies feel. impressive songwriting, and his vocals are good certainly the best dsbm vocals ive ever heard. i just think it goes on a bit long and it doesnt touch me so deeply. last track irdgaf ab

3

Eviscerated

Eviscerated (2008)

Brutal Death Metal, Death Metal

vulgar, death, aggressive

aug24

looks dumb... but is actually smart slam?!

most fun shitわ ive heard in a while. lots of great breakdowns and riffs, i love this mix of deathcore and bdm because they know exactly how to balance the technical density and head banging indulgence, respectively, of both genres. might honestly be a 4 if i relisten enough

3.5

Lymphatic Phlegm

Pathogenesis Infest Phlegmsepsia (2002)

Goregrind

heavy, atmospheric, dense, manic, male vocalist

aug24

sorry yall i didnt really care about this so much :( the melodic guitars are kind of eeeehhhhhhhh the last several tracks were good though

2.5

Cephalotripsy

Epigenetic Neurogenesis (2024)

Slam Death Metal

aquatic, violence, death, science fiction, rhythmic

aug24

a bit overhyped but this is still pretty fun. they really drive home some of these slams, thanks in part to the drums mostly strictly following the guitars. it feels a bit cheap, but its impossible not to nod along. its got that very overproduced modern slam sound which im really not fond of, kind of wish it had some more personality in that department.

3

Repudilation

Purging of Impurity (1996) [Additional release]

Slam Death Metal

Nu Metal

rhythmic, male vocalist, lo-fi, heavy, repetitive

aug24

immaculate old school slam. you just know from the opening riff that this is gonna be some fucking stank head bobbing nasty brainless shitわ the whole way through. excellent drum sound too. lives up to the hype for me

3.5

Stanislav Abrahám

Důl Lazy (2024)

Field Recordings

aug24

RECORDINGS OF MINORS?!?!?!

oh...

lol im just kidding. i kind of wish there was titles it feels very like hard to focus and care without proper context but ig thats the point just like ambiguous industrial soundscape vibes except idk didnt rlly like it that much. the cover is stupid also just being honest

2.5

Metrorrhagia

A Cornucopia of Pulverized Brain Matter (2021) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

aug24

awesome cover. fun pinging. didnt like the samples

3

Frying Pan Ocean Cam

Shark Ambient (2018)

Dark Ambient, Field Recordings

aug24

chill and quiet. bubbly

3

Crass

Yes Sir, I Will. (1983)

Anarcho-Punk, Noise Rock, Experimental Rock

Spoken Word, Free Improvisation, Art Punk

anarchism, protest, political, angry, improvisation

aug24

kind of insane lmao. the instruments feel indecipherable. i dont even know. i really fuck with bros delivery and the constant vocal lines are so crazy. i hated the piano track though

3.5

Muybridge / pinniped

Staring at Pictures of Things That Won't Come Back (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

angels side is really good feels like just sitting in silence trying to contemplate but your mind is totally empty

too much love for pinniped side and the teddy bear concept is so fucking lovely how have i not thought of that before. hyper quiet

3.5

Various Artists

See2 (2024)

aug24

hey im on this comp

rating based off everything but my track. its mostly just good dnb adjacent stuff. really didnt vibe w cdrs track though

3

Silver Dove

Pretty as Ever (2023) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

inexplicable textures, feels so hard to pinpoint but it sounds so amazing. is this guitar wall? lamo the only person that can make guitar wall sound so good. love the intro and outro

3.5

supersheep

Superbee (2022) [Single]

Drone, Ambient

aquatic, hypnotic, cold, calm, peaceful

aug24

genuinely such a great day im having so far got to class on time and we got let out early so i sat in a comfy chair under the shade of a big tree in uni courtyard just cooling to this album so lovely weather is amazing today too life is awesome. this is pretty good exactly what you want from ambient droning hope to hear more from them

3.5

仮想夢プラザ [Virtual Dream Plaza]

ここに彼女が来ます [Here She Comes] (2015)

Ambient, Slushwave

Nature Recordings

rain, atmospheric, repetitive, peaceful, instrumental

aug24

ok i know i said i wouldnt make any entries for these but i would like to say that i actually have some kind of connection with this one specifically. back in my day i would just turn the whole thing on and let it go while i slept (did this like a dozen or so times), but this one always used to be my fav and ive probably heard it the most out of anything on this comp.

super duper lovely, the most ambient so far. love the field recordings, just so relaxing honestly.

3.5

Silver Dove

keep to myself (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

wow no one has heard wtf

perfect texture actually so comforting do you have more like this lamo

3.5 ffffoooorrrrrr nnnnoooowww

Iniquitous Deeds

Iniquitous Deeds (2012) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

heavy, rhythmic, technical, aggressive, male vocalist

aug24

fun stuff. not so noteworthy but i had a good time

3

Grim

Message (1987) [EP]

Psychedelic Folk, Neofolk

androgynous vocals, lo-fi, melancholic, ethereal, medieval

aug24

fuck. i did not think i would like this as much as i do.

some hella duds in here, even on relisten i cant find myself vibing w Meditation or Klara, but everything else so heavenly and pretty. really soft and lovely and also perfect sound contrast with cover art. i may have to look into more of his music if he has more of this kind

i listened to this while cleaning my cats litter i love them so much but holy fuck i wish they never had to poop ever again fuck this

for now.... 3.5

Silver Dove

thinking of you (2022) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient, Noise

aug24

lamo doesnt like it! but its cool! but yeah its not as awesome as some other silver dove. the crackle is actually awmaazing and the deep rumble too but lamo is doing like some synth noise sporadic stuff that is interesting but not so rewarding. good still though

3

Waco Jesus

Sex Drugs & Deathmetal (2009)

Death Metal

Brutal Death Metal

death, sexual, drugs

aug24

yeah fuck it this is fucking bad ass and awesome as shit. so much fun. could not stop bouncing and grooving along, these guys rule. from what ive heard, the bdm -> dm pipeline is always rewarding. something about making the songs less dense and just letting the grooves stand out even more. awesomest as fuck title

3.5

Gorevent

Endless Human Hunting (2007) [Additional release]

Slam Death Metal

heavy, death, aggressive, male vocalist

aug24

uh yeah doing homework kill myself

fun slam. i like the cover. last track was headbanging. not essential though

3

Dead Housewife

Bones (2024)

Noise

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

another one thats a bit different today. relistening because im working on my top 2024 albums :)

its obviously way different than most other DH releases but its still rooted in the same kind of very distant and nihilistic ANW. this release feels much more sinister though, its got a super dark atmosphere, it doesnt feel as empathetic as some of their others. i really love the general ebb and flow of the noise here, in a weird way its super comfortable to me.

hope they continue to pursue this kind of style on at least a few more one off releases.

3.5

Gonococcus

Sessions #10-15 (2023) [Compilation]

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

so according to gald it is also national gore day so i compromised with GONOCOCCUS - SESSIONS #10-15

its wild to me that this felt like such a natural yet so far removed evolution of gorenoise, yet only just the beginning of something totally brand new and revolutionary.

Gonococcus' music was already pretty fringe (for gore) to begin with, often just being his vocals and the room-reverb or feedback on his early splits. the step forward into wall territory only makes sense for the project, and looking back at it is such a necessary step in gorenoise as well. while gorenoise's grind roots very clearly put a focus on taking metal to its logical extremes, gorenoise eschews this slightly by placing less emphasis on the strictly metal framework. "gore" becomes more of a concept and aesthetic, loosely (or sometimes strictly) associated with certain types of sounds, textures, and visuals. artists push vocal gurgling beyond human capabilities, incorporating pitch shifting often times, or sometimes (in the case of Hydroencephalocystocele) completely abstracting vocals entirely and repurposing them as more of an instrument ("toilet" vocals), and less of a narrative force. a natural consequence is also a complete lack of lyrics (most of the time). in the same way, traditional metal instruments become less and less concretely defined. drums become nonsensical blurs of programmed blast beats, guitars totally lose articulation, and sometimes everything falls away and the entire thing is filled with just plain noise. gorenoise has always been about textures, first and foremost. with this in mind, it not only makes complete sense, but is a necessary progression, that gorenoise needed to breed with wall noise, a genre that prioritizes texture, singularly, over just about everything else.

so, understandably, this is like one of, if not THE most important gorenoise releases, in my opinion. certainly at least within the last decade. sure, plenty of other gorewall releases exist (in fact, its a term thats existed for quite some time, at least as far back as 2010 with Maggard's Eat Humans, Not Fish). however, i feel that with Sessions... Gonococcus perfects the formula, most importantly capitalizing on the idea that gorenoise can, in fact, be atmospheric. pure sewer pipe heaven (as nicethailand puts it); the walls crunch but are not invasive, blasting or overbearing, and they offer a lot of room for his vocals to seep out of the tracks, filling them up like some kind of putrid sludge; the way he layers multiple vocal tracks, each fading in and out on their own times, it truly feels like being trapped in some giant labyrinth sewer system. i dont think any other gorewall, at least up until this point, has captured these feelings or similar ones quite as well.

but whats so mind blowing to me, as i currently write this, is that its only barely the first step in what seems to be a revolution within the gorenoise scene. this isnt full blown ANW yet, its arguably still very closely connected with the gorenoise of its time, unequivocally working within the "gore" framework (are you sensing a pattern about to emerge here?). discussing this would be a bit off topic, and whatever im going to say was already said better by nicethailand here, so if you'd like to know a bit more about the gorevolution going on underneath the rocks you walk past everyday, please give that a read.

4

Excoriation

Garrote Vil (2015) [Single]

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

Goregrind

aug24

pretty nice. kind of just a little one off single though, would love to hear a studio version.

3

Space Between

Crisis (2018)

Ambient Noise Wall

futuristic

aug24

relaxing anw. i thought it would be harsh so it was a pleasant surprise.

3

moltamole

° and so we heard them melt (2019)

Field Recordings, Nature Recordings

Ambient

aug24

lovely. very relaxing. i love nature and water

3.5

Genital Filariasis

One-Stage Reconstruction of the Entire Primary Vulvar Nodules and Management of Surgically Aquired Myocutaneous Lymphangioma (2024) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

aug24

this is gore you can take your top off to! pretty fun stuff, drums sound real great. not sure how much ill think about it here on out, but im not opposed to giving a lil bump in the future!

3 for... now

Posset

There are so many lights in the sky i don't know what's UFO any more (2023)

Musique concrète, Sound Collage, Experimental

Spoken Word, Tape Music, Field Recordings, Electroacoustic

scary, repetitive, dark, disturbing, avant-garde

aug24

really only listened for the title, which is super lovely, but i didnt really jive with this. its just like nonsensical dada collage stuff i guess some of the writing that they read is interesting but yeah just nothing i care about. it also reminded me a bit of these bands ill see live at my local noise venue that i just cant stand

2.5

Hana Sumai

Growing Pains (2011) [EP]

Shoegaze, Drone

DSBM, Noise

nocturnal, dark, depressive, dense, ominous

aug24

forgot about the tags when i listened and was pleasantly surprised that this is actually composed metalgaze. with drums! its honestly not that bad, even if its kinda gay. i like that its all one song too, i was a bit worried thinking it may be multiple

3

Slave Labor

A Sick Cow? (1994)

Harsh Noise

Industrial

noisy

aug24

i hate to say that i may be in the minority here... its just not my favorite thing in the whole world. i do love the swirling nightmare vibes on some of this, the title track is great, but yeah idk its just decent noise to me it doesnt feel like anything special. killer lineup though this would have been glorious to see live

3

Koobaatoo Asparagus

She Wasn't Yours It Was Just Your Turn (2020) [EP]

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

aleatory, cold, chaotic, atonal

aug24

not rly what i expected... i guess i like the first track more. idk its really unorthodox. some interesting noise texture bubbling stuff but idrc ab this

2.5

K2

Flake Nitro (2002)

Harsh Noise

Industrial

aug24

i guess i just really dont like early k2 (*checks rym page* oh, this is his 61st album...). feels like its always got potential to go crazy but it stays really subdued for some reason. pretty boring

2.5

Jason Campbell / Prurient

Jason Campbell / Prurient (2000)

Harsh Noise

aug24

jesus so worthless. jasons side is like really meandering boring delay pedal stuff and then prurient puts you into a coma with the most headache quiet "harsh" noise set ever

2

Euphegenia

Telexistent Depravity (2014) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

aug24

this is great really inventive songwriting i like the use of various vocal styles and the breakdowns feel so deserved and well executed. great technical proficiency but it doesnt cloud their style and ability at all

3.5

Dissevered

Incestuous Necrophilia: Demo 2018 (2018) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy

aug24

good pinging brutal. doesnt stand out so much though

3

Dave Phillips

Ghi âm Việt Nam (2010)

Nature Recordings

Animal Sounds

natural, forest

aug24

really lovely

i think i like this format more than other dp field recording albums of like layer and condense everything to equal length tracks. some of the insects are crazy! they sound like industrial noise droning

i dont know why velocifish voted drone musiqe concrete on this

3.5

仮想夢プラザ [Virtual Dream Plaza]

仮想夢プラザ [Virtual Dream Plaza] (2015)

Mallsoft, Slushwave, Ambient

repetitive, ethereal, surreal, atmospheric, hypnotic

aug24

well, i suppose its finally time to start on 仮想夢プラザ [Virtual Dream Plaza], for some reason.

ill probably be rating each release it compiles as i go but i dont really want to do an entry for all of them, something tells me i wont have too much to say anyway (compared to like... ae live stuff).

this was whatever. not huge fan of the loop but i do like when the drums fall away and its just ambient melodies and voices

2.5

AMM

AMMMusic (1967)

Free Improvisation

Noise, Radio Broadcast Recordings, European Free Jazz

improvisation, avant-garde, atonal, instrumental, noisy

aug24

not at all what i was expecting. super slow, very articulate, and really dark... i thought this would be some free jazz rapid fire shitわ. crazy this is 60s. could prob use the drone secondary

the avant teen in my heart wants to 3.5... but i know i dont love it like that...

3

Carnal

Habitual Mutilations (2017) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

aug24

they build interesting atmosphere, strange writing and sounds, but its not something im so crazy about. love the logo

3

Ugogg

あの日の情景 (2017) [EP]

Harsh Noise

aug24

very lovely amateur sounding harshes. really eclectic styles here but they all work together. i need to hear more ugogg!!

3.5

Sissy Spacek

Absorb Wanting Symbols (2023)

Harsh Noise

Free Improvisation

noisy, improvisation

aug24

pretty cool. really rapid deconstructing constantly churning noise. it doesnt really stick out to me in their discography though? last track rips tho

3

Wallmaster

Vesizu (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

kinda weird textures which is cool but eh idrc for this. some interesting movements here and there too.

i originally saved this for ufo day. oops

2.5

Knurl

Nervescrap (2021)

Harsh Noise

noisy, mechanical

aug24

really awesome. just nonstop constant harsh insane. so consistent too. its impressive that all of this is JUST a small fan and bass guitar.

3.5

Zaumne

Emo dub (2018)

Outsider House

Ambient House, Ambient Dub, Spoken Word, ASMR, Ambient

peaceful, soft, repetitive, minimalistic, ominous

aug24

i really love the concept of finding emotional connections within asmr and putting that into music but this is really fucking boring and i dont care. but its inspiring... asmr to me has always seemed like it was about intimacy. thats why some people relax to it and it creeps other people out. perfect for relaxing or outsider music...

2.5

Lil Grind$aw

Suicide Part I: The Fuck Imma Doin With My Life (2017) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

3 little baby walls. dont rly care ab any.

2.5

Chemical Dissection

Strangled and Eaten (2017) [EP]

Gorenoise, Noise

repetitive

aug24

the ratings are ridiculous. shits not even close to being that bad. some of these songs are actually kinda cool, just too quiet. the long track is weirdly tape metal, as much as i hate to admit that.

2.5

Vomir

Les Escaliers de la Cave (2013) [Single]

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

5 min of vomir. I WANT MORE!!!

3

Waco Jesus

The Destruction of Commercial Scum (1999)

Brutal Death Metal

Deathgrind

aggressive, male vocalist, raw, sexual, heavy

aug24

pretty fun. i dont like the vocals toooo much but ig theyre okay. really great riffing and some pretty ingenius parts. i odnt like the cover that much sorry but its funny and craaazy

3

fromis_9

Supersonic (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Contemporary R&B, Atlanta Bass, Future Bass, Synthwave

female vocalist, playful, rhythmic, happy, warm

aug24

dont care about any of these sadly. i cant think of it, but beat the heat sounds just like something else...

2.5

Torture

War Crime: 37 Tracks - 37 Homicides (2022)

Gorenoise

Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Interview, Spoken Word

crime, history, death, war, sampling

aug24

alright it is a little ridiculous it took me this long to get to this but really i just dont like the cover and i kept forgoring

but holy crap this is awesome. insane hearing the ekit get pushed to its limits like that, just genuinely shredding like fuck. i wish the mixing on everything else was a lil better but i cant reeeaally complain it sounds so awesome regardless

3.5

Iskra

Iskra (2004)

Blackened Crust, Black Metal

protest, anarchism, aggressive, raw, political

aug24

this is... actually awesome as fuck? i dont even know why i fuck with this so hard, im not even into black metal or crust at all but this just is so good at both. killer riffs, really actually heavy breakdowns and a may zing vocals, sounds like incomprehensible skramz.

hesitant on this rating, but it may change soon...

3... for now

Drawn-Out Agony

This Trying Hour of Keen Oppressive Grief (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

repetitive, noisy

aug24

sometimes like wind blowing. pretty boring overall though. good cover

2.5

Dead Housewife / Whore's Breath

Dead Housewife / Whore's Breath (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

yeah i really just dont care about either track. also like no theme at all idk just feels very empty and kind of worthless. wb track gave me a little headache

2.5

Blarf

Cease & Desist (2019)

Plunderphonics, Sound Collage

Noise, Instrumental Hip Hop, Glitch Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

surreal, sampling, chaotic, manic, humorous

aug24

even though i dont really care about this its cool that he does stuff like it. guess you dont really see people as big as him tapping into this kind of stuff, or even promiting the music he promotes. you can tell he was havin some fun making these. i wish he took it a bit more seriously, but i can imagine he wouldve got more hate that way.

2.5

C.C.C.C.

Amplified Crystal (1993)

Noise, Drone

Dark Ambient

noisy, atmospheric, mechanical, atonal, psychedelic

aug14

interesting to hear the proto wall peak through (esp the first recording), though in sound its much closer to like, yellow swans or something. a bit boring sometimes but the textures are good

3

Viscera Infest

Teratoma (2024)

Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind

heavy, sampling, aggressive, raw, male vocalist

aug24

lets fucking go so fucking back

really exciting and i was talking to fudgecommas about it but its great how they did longer song structures -> less songs, it really lets their writing geniusness shine (theyre amazing songwriters). theres a ton of flair and mastery here.

brvtality trvly is saved

3.5 FOR NOWWW

Wim Nijenhuis

Rekengeluiden van PASCAL (1962) [Single]

Electronic, Noise, Data Sonification

Bit Music

mechanical, instrumental, noisy, atonal, aleatory

aug24

fun silly. some cool sounds in here. i like the mozart cover

3

Vomitatrix

Violently Ill (2023)

Noisegrind, Avant-Garde Metal

Mathcore

nonbinary vocalist, aggressive, chaotic, noisy, manic

aug24

interesting. its definitely unique for a metal album, even for a free death album. it feels like if you gave encenathrakh to some no wave kids

3

The Rita

Nancy Weston (The Rack Sessions) (2024)

Noise

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

late rita is late rita. makes me think of missing girls for some reason (its not rlly that sparse tho)

3

The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)

aug24

so lovely <3 feels like childlike wonder and imagination, seeing this big vast world around you and making up any kind of story you want, the ocean is an alien planet and our heroes (or villains?) are just ordinary people. brimming with creativity, and i love love love the soundtrack. sometimes gets a bit boring but it makes up for it elsewhere

3.5

-.. .. ... -... .- -. -.. . -.. ....... .-. . .--. . .- - . .-.

-.-. .-.. (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall, Ambient

Sound Collage, Field Recordings

aug24

lets get this out of the way: the second track is good. its a lovely comfy little wall and theres actually this real nifty little shift in it in the second half? no spoilers but its pretty interesting.

ok so star of the show is OBVIOUSLY the first track. just the most lovely heartfelt soulful yearning collage of everything ever. perfectly fits the cover - the morse code transmissions feel like distant lights flickering begging to see you and be near you but everythings just so far away and dim. i love the frequent field recordings of people, it feels like the most beautiful dream ever literally. honestly might be one of my top top albums of the year i hope they continue to make more things

3.5 FOR NOW

K2 & John Wiese

Multiple Density (2024)

Harsh Noise

dense

aug24

christ this is insane. i never really thought about k2+wiese but it works so fucking well. its awesome that k2 has kind of stumbled into flashcore territory without really trying, but his rapid fire drum machine electronics are perfect source material for wiese to just demolish and shuffle. kind of sounds like la peste harsh noise? the second track isnt as aggressive and impressive as the first but it is still good

3.5

Dog as Master

Brash Pussy (1986)

Harsh Noise

Power Electronics, Sound Collage

psychedelic, humorous, aggressive, dense, noisy

aug24

pretty boring. i guess its impressive for 80s noise but yeah i dont know just sounds like really tame now. his vocals get so annoying probably because he just loops that one line for the entire fucking hour of this

2.5

Kjostad

Environment Electronics (2018)

Harsh Noise

Field Recordings

aug24

eh its fine. early in his career so hes still finding his footing (clearly) and nothing here ends up being super memorable.

3

claire rousay

A Collection (2021) [Compilation]

Experimental, Free Improvisation

Electronic

aug24

the first third is a complete slog to get through, feeling more like "A Compilation" than a self described "greatest hits", however once we get to 'It Is Just' everything falls into place. amazing back end of this, every track is somehow exciting and relaxing at the same time. love how she explores percussion and texture. the last track is fire as fuck also

3.5

Pom Poko

Champion (2024)

Noise Pop, Indie Pop, Indie Rock

Math Pop, Power Pop, Cuddlecore

playful, energetic, noisy, female vocalist, quirky

aug24

friend rec.

theyre insanely talented at making catchy melodies and choruses. im not crazy huge on this kind of rock music these days but i did have a good time listening to this, just dont think ill come back to it ever.

also sounds so much like deerhoof its crazy

3

✩·*˚* ✩*˚*‧ ✩

Kill Me (2024)

Drone, Dark Ambient

repetitive, depressive, instrumental, atmospheric, noisy

aug24

lovely very amateur sounding ambient drone stuff. i say amateur in a positive way; its got this really nice charm to it. love love love track 3

3.5

Form Hunter

Dread Harvest (2024)

Harsh Noise

Tape Music, Musique concrète

mechanical, aggressive, chaotic, dense, noisy

aug24

pretty awesome. i forgot kjostad was a part of this. just super consistent nonstop insane cutting

3.5

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

aug24

yEEEEP more

at first i wasnt super into it its a fun little story but man tony scott knows how to ramp this shitわ up and get you on the edge of your seat. the editing isnt as crazy in this as some of his others ive seen but its still trademark shaky cam and quick zoom stuff. emotional af at times

yeah i need to watch every trai n movie ever including his other one unstoppable looks good

3.5

Ex Machina (2014)

aug24

uh yeah im watchi n 4 million movies today (2)

been on the list too long but sci fi september coming in early lets go.

really compelling awesome cosmic horror feeling story, empowering too and just really engaging, but i kind of wish it was more visually stunning? maybe im just too used to garland's other efforts like sunshine, annihilation and dredd that i am always expecting some over the top insane beautiful visuals but i mean idk for the most part this is just a super hi tech modernist house.

3

Source Code (2011)

aug24

holy awesome

basically like more sci fi chamber film version of deja vu and even more love for humanity.

i cant really say too much its just beautiful concept and spoiler: click to read just so amazing so life affirming and love will conquer everything

its really nice how much chemistry jake and the girl have together even though they honestly dont give either enough time to be fully fleshed out, it really works. the opening scene of jake noticing everyone on the train feels like this really sweet humanization of everyone, we're all our own universes and we're all on our own trains to our own destinations. every life is worth something. thats why i think its okay that they dont really flesh anyone out, you dont need deep backstories to find it in your heart to care about someone :)

also wonderful editing and cg stuff

4

Duster

Apex, Trance-Like (1998) [EP]

Slowcore, Slacker Rock, Space Rock Revival

Post-Rock, Dream Pop

mellow, lethargic, hypnotic, soft, atmospheric

aug24

just realized i never rated this. great tracks. love the boops in light yrs. four hours is undefeated

3.5

#twilight

New Moon (2022)

PluggnB

Digicore

aug24

yeah i mean. the review kind of right. just really basic plugg stuff, not that its bad or grating even but just no stand out songs or even parts. i do like "u care", but i doubt it will stay in my brain for longer than a week max

2.5

slidetomycrib

All We Went Through (2024) [EP]

PluggnB, Emo Rap

Jerk

melodic, male vocalist

aug24

feels like it comes up short theres potential but he kind of half asses every track. first one has these annoying fadeouts, second is less than 50 seconds, the last is like half instrumental. i like the second one though, and his vocals on the first are ridiculous in a fire way lol

3

heavn0nevaeh

I Dont Wanna Leave the Floppas ☹ (2023) [Single]

Novelty, Trap

Cloud Rap, Digicore, Chopped and Screwed

novelty, rhythmic, animals, melodic, male vocalist

aug24

silly

3

how could i forget about mitchell heisman’s 2010 suicide note? :(

untitled

Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

aug24

comfy. i didnt know who mitchell heisman was until now. sounds like a pinniped

3

oh, the burden of living.

please love me, i crave your affection. (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

dense, noisy, androgynous vocals

aug24

painful wall stuff. i love the vocals on tracks 1 and 3. more scream wall please

textures on the last two feel really sad i dont know. kind of low quality but it builds a really lonely feeling atmosphere

3.5

everyone is a dead star whose light only just now reaches me / pinniped

i wish i could forget it all, yet my heart yearns after what we had (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

new split between me and buddy :)

obv not rating but just wanted to rate the other tracks that werent mine. lovely stuff, love the callback to older pinniped stuff. very "rich" sounds as lamo said and lovely quiet droning

4 for pinniped side

Disgusting Sanctum

Stimulation From Assault / Nekrotik Aktion (2015) [Compilation]

Death Industrial

aug24

feels very dirty and kind of actually evil. this is the kind of DI i prefer.

3

Noise/Girl

Wall of Cute (1998) [Single]

Harsh Noise

Power Noise, Industrial Hardcore

dense, noisy, raw, manic, piercing

aug24

the noise tracks are great. really great textures super violent love his vocals. the disco track is so boring sorry lol

3.5

Corral Shut

Upsidedown Crossbreed (2024)

Harsh Noise

Musique concrète

repetitive, anxious, dark, disturbing, aggressive

aug24

its fine. kind of overhyped. sounds like contact mic tape stuff. wish it was a bit more dynamic in terms of textures

3

Remilia Bandxz

2real (2024) [Mixtape]

Dark Plugg

PluggnB

female vocalist, nocturnal, ethereal, hedonistic, crime

aug24

silly stuff. but its well produced and of course the last track is great. why does she get to say the n word though?

3

Silver Dove

Static Enclosure (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

feels like rain falling in between my body parts and im just living inside the slices of reality

anw but. strangely harsh to me

3.5

Silver Dove

Facile Drowned in Hope (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

its silver dove september bitch

love the alternating. textures are so beautiful bro cant miss really. i love how total it feels its large, complete. i appreciate his ep/one track albums but i do love the longer ones a lot at least in concept

3.5

fakemink

Furever (2024) [EP]

Cloud Rap

Jerk, Experimental Hip Hop, Downtempo

sampling, boastful, drugs, ethereal, male vocalist

aug24

interesting. i wasnt expecting this dude to be british. really lush lovely beautiful production, love the first two tracks. hes a great rapper too, always good flows he sounds great on the beats. i do wish he didnt pitch his voice up so much. wasnt crazy ab the last track.

3.5

xaviersobased

Xav on Tour (2022) [EP]

Jerk, Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

Lowend

boastful, internet, playful, ethereal, energetic

aug24

so amazing. not really talking ab klonopin here its good but obv like just an interlude track kinda deal, but every track is just so good xav such a good lyricist and rapper, and every feature is perfect love phreshboys flow and its cool how he sounds sick lol, chaosysl carries heavy on his track too, feels like the jerk equivalent of Worst Place. the last one does that fast version -> regular -> slowed which is kind of annoying i guess but its a great song tenkay sounds great so i dont mind. really what makes this such a strong release for me is how great of a listening experience it is from front to back, feels like i could loop it forever

4

Silver Dove

Blind Mystic (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy, piercing

aug24

insane cathartic. so good textures. and wtf lamo singing??? shit was crazy came out of nowhere

3.5

Silver Dove

hopeless romantic (why now) (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

Noise Rock

aug24

lovely. first trrack is beautiful harsh the second is like wow. awesome. sounds like what shoegaze should have been from the very beginning. the noise rock tag scared me but lamo is genius

3.5

Faggot Front / Gay Death / Straight Panic

Proud Boys (2024)

Power Electronics

aug24

couple local bros been hyping this up hella this year

gotta say im totally disappointed. just the most boring kind of death industrial/pe ever. really like... self aware silly sounding deliveries (im gay.. RAAGGGH!!!!). the second half is a bit better, the noise elements stand out to me.

2.5

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / Last Action

Last Action / Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

Gorenoise

aug24

first track is fine lovely little gore stuffs but the second track just hit so hard when i was listening. i like that it sounds like a recording of the recording like u can hear background noise of whoever in the room while its playing

3.5

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

aug24

i wanted to write up a concise and serious review for this but i dont think ill be able to. just a quick summary of my thoughts:

basically a perfect follow up to the series, in terms of story at least. i really love the meta commentary and i LOVE the spoiler: click to read. i dont know why exactly but that shit feels so emotional. sort of like a past lives calling out to you type vibe. visuals are really good too. theres a scene where two characters are moving at different frame rates just insane. also love is still the most powerful force in the universe. i dont really get why people are dogging on this for being "woke" or "inclusive"? one of the main girls has like dyed hair but like... yeah...?

3.5

Medic Vomiting Pus

Medic Vomiting Pus (2012) [Compilation]

Slam Death Metal

lo-fi, heavy, disturbing, death, male vocalist

aug24

first demo: good, some standout slams. the ping is ridiculous, compared to what everything else is.

second demo: perfection. great riffs breakdowns, just an improvement in every area from the last demo

3.5

雛咲 深紅 [Hinasaki Miku]

Formation (2012)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

i see why no one has rated this fuck off bruh

audacity wall not worth anyones time

1.5

Heymylan

Heymylan Beat (2024) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop

Power Noise, Jerk

aggressive, raw, avant-garde, noisy, minimalistic

aug24

the beat is insane i just wish he had more of like... a vocal presence or something unique i geuss idk he sounds really out of place somehow

3

Kitty

Time Is the Donut of the Heart!!! (2012) [Single]

Hip Hop

female vocalist, sampling

aug24

fun. i actually dont really care for dillas beat just being honest. she says a lot in so little time its crazy

3

Grunt

Dead Beauty (2006) [EP]

Power Electronics

disturbing, male vocalist, noisy

aug24

kind of exactly what you probably think it sounds like. i liked the second track more, the sample is very uncomfy.

3

The Rita

Flapper Influence From French Prostitutes (2005)

Harsh Noise Wall

heavy, chaotic, noisy, raw, atonal

aug24

last one for today, what better way to get back on track than with a RITA classic!

this is a nice step down from the dynamics of Sea Wolf Leviathan, while it does feature some slow movement its mostly very tapped into this overarching all encompassing static wall kind of sound.

the second track is brilliant, ridiculously violent and emotive sometimes.

3.5, although i can see it going up...

Å

À toute vapeur, à travers la boue ; détruisez le plus possible ; ne résistera dans les institutions que ce qui est fondamentalement bon. (2010) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

instrumental, noisy, raw

aug24

the Å continues. i tried making a little bootleg thing of this and 3 other eps from same era maybe ill release that some day.

really lovely. i guess i can see why this kind of took off (really i think its just coincidence) but its certainly not his best. theres some movement which i guess i never really noticed before, kind of interesting.

3.5

The Cherry Point

Dawn of the Bloody Tapes (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy, raw, dense, chaotic, heavy

aug24

YES! YES! YES!

while not as good as the first one (to be expected though) its still an amazing follow up.

"sounds classic and fresh at the same time"

i dont have too much to say on it that i didnt really cover in my Night of... entry, you'll just have to hear for yourself

3.5

The Cherry Point

Night of the Bloody Tapes (2005)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy, infernal, dense, instrumental, chaotic

aug24

i missed last week's wall wednesday. this will not happen again.

kicking things off with NIGHT OF THE BLOODY TAPES because i want to listen to the new one he just put out 🙂

kind of transcends the wall scene in my opinion, TCP is just operating on a whole other level. by no means is this a static journey, but he works so slowly that every texture and change hits you like a massive wave, the duration washing over you until you get your footing before changing this again. phil also proves just how much hes mastered his noise, such evoking and perfect textures, a really great blend of deeper crunching ones and lighter buzzing ones, some liquid pulses and really distant scary screeches. the end of track 3 is amazing. sounds like a melody trying to break through.

4

Dave Phillips & Hiroshi Hasegawa

Insect Apocalypse (2015)

Noise, Insect Sounds

Field Recordings

noisy, apocalyptic

aug24

just what i fucking needed after that. i can always count on dave to make my day more... bug

but the star of the show here is hasegawa's noise (and recording manipulation? or is dave doing that? idk...). shit is so eerie and works so perfectly with the cacophonous bug buzzing. the first 2 tracks are just the most amazing ever. im not as crazy about the slower last half but its still really good.

3.5

Himukalt / Subklinik

Seven Memories / Human Meat (2024)

Death Industrial

dark, cold, noisy, raw

aug24

nah cuz you fucking failed me himukalt. boring ass collage DI shit. i will literally never ever understand how drum machines have a place in noise music. just regular drum machines playing regular beats. its honestly never sounded good to me.

and if it couldnt get any more boring subklink offers the most worthless side of pointless experiments ever. just 6 tracks of really lame ideas that arent given much effort at all.

2

UDFj-39546284

ክሁዪፕልነዪቿፕቿ (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

noisy

aug24

oh my fucking god this is amazing. just listen to it its literally what every wall should try to sound like. so deep and intense

4

Chier

Abraded (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

tickles my ears sounds good dont like cover though

3

Terracide

Cataclysmic Hymn of Earth's Final Descent into Oblivion (2024)

Harsh Noise, Gorenoise

aug24

my buddy just put this out on my label. go give it a listen!

really crazy stuff. super eclectic gore distorted so much that its sometimes just straight up harsh noise. lovely vocals.

i do wish there was some kind of mixing just so all the various instruments could shine through, but i still enjoyed this.

3

Franisco Meirino/Vomir/Roro Perrot

They Say the World Is Built for Two (2024)

Noise, Electroacoustic

aug24

i cant believe im only just now getting to this! lovely lovely amazing split collab stuff. first track im guessing is vomir running into live manip meirino; just cutting up and totally fucking with this wall. some amazing textures come out of it.

second i was a bit hesitant on, i really dont care at all for roro project, but its pretty good too! its really cool hearing the improvisation over the live manipulation, they have a great synergy as well.

3.5

Dead Housewife

The Image (2023) [EP]

Noise

Death Industrial, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

yeah just dont really care at all super boring whatever./ not really wall

2.5

Head Wound Sadism

All American Bloodbath (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

aug24

nice stuff. not as explosive and stand out as his split i listened to, but its still a good quick fun time

3

Various Artists

Gorenoise for Abortion Rights (2022) [Compilation]

Gorenoise

Goregrind

protest, noisy

aug24

the best tracks are boring and the worst suck a lot

gonna start being harsher on gore wall and other genres similar and honestly im wanting to redo entire rating system just so the things i like stand out more, since i use positive more than negative ratings idk just a thought ill prob end up doing that in winter or next year

2

Doraphilic Snuff

Botched Facial Nerve Anastomosis Resulting in Further Axonal Damage (2024) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

heavy, female vocalist, surreal, sampling, disturbing

aug24

cool stuff way closer to regular gorenoise antics the wall seems really background secondary

3

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

aug24

i actually loved this so much more than reloaded. feels like they toned down the silliness and really locked in on the visuals and graphics, trimmed the action scenes so that they are way more straightforward and impressive without being so large and ridiculous. cant stress enough though that the visuals are just amazing. neo's spoiler: click to read along with the entire zion battle are just insane. love is the most powerful thing in the world.

3.5

tabby cat diaries

Strange Warmth Gosha-E-Dil (2023) [EP]

Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

Glitch, Field Recordings

aug24

im back in school for the first time in over 2 years.

the last time i was here i was still close to you. i spent every class talking to you and playing chess with you. im back now but i cant share it with you anymore. im in the same rooms and the same buildings so the same neural pathways fire and go through the same mental motions to open my phone and tell you how my day is going but now all i have is your ghost on my screen and empty cavities in my heart. i feel scared, like im going through all of this alone. but i hope somewhere in the dense static of everything you can find your way through and youre watching me. i just wish i could see you too.

i really loved the second and third tracks. really visceral sounding. i love the cover art.

this is also the 1000th wall ive rated. maybe in 20 more years ill beat lamo

3.5

Wind of Horus

Unifier of the Two Lands (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

what it looks like. ancient egyptian music bookends two okay walls. bozeman core

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2.5

Star of Creation

NGC 3079 (2020)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

space, cold, dense

aug24

interesting. synth (?) "free improv" turned into drone wall (does this count lamo?). its rather unique feeling but i cant say i loved it too too much

3

Lost Graves

No Resting Place (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

repetitive

aug24

first track: amazing

second track: good

3

Goat

Dead Gods Feed the Land (2014)

Harsh Noise

aug24

i guess i can understand why lowerish ratings but this is still really really fun and those last three tracks wow so insane

3.5 for my goat

Wallmaster

666 (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

more jason

cover

EPIIIIIC

3

Wallmaster

Death Tree (2019)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

another jason

surprised this wasnt already on rym. lancre is lackin...

crazy comfy. lovely warm to my ears

3.5

Wallmaster

Black Mantra (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

nice fat walls. i like the cover

3

Cosmic Thalassophobia

Deep Sea Invertebrates From Outer Space (2022)

Space Ambient, Gorenoise, Ambient Noise Wall, Harsh Noise Wall

androgynous vocals, aquatic, concept album, dark, science fiction

aug24

i dont like space ambient its cheesy its tacky so i was doomed to not love this but the walls are nice and i love the aquatic sounds. blud was honestly onto this shitわ before a lot of the gorewall we see nowadays

3

Graveyard snuff house in the hermit forest, need no help, we have the mountain. / Ancient Hunter of the Storm Acid of Saturn's Stars / Devoured Christ With Poured Acid on His Destroyed Ribcages

Twisted Minds Focused on Fleshless Meats Exposed on the Three Dying Crosses of the Helpless Mountain. The Endless Suffering Caused by the Meaning of Life Is Disheartening My Slacker Friends Because They Are Misunderstood and Haunted by Memories of... (2023)

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise Wall

Grindcore, Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

i respect the creativity and experimentation but it feels like its lacking direction most of the time. the mix also makes it very indecipherable which has its pros but means that the eclectic sound pallet gets totally buried. this all applies to both sides btw

whats up with all the issues? and i dont really get the aesthetic of this.

3

The Rita / Goat

Macha Magall / The Night I Crushed Your Face (2007)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

nice thick slabs of intense harsh noise. if you like either artist youll like this. cant say its a crazy standout in either discog but its nice that it exists.

this is also not hnw ☺️

3

K9 Hemorrhoids

An Impenetrable and Excessive Force of Anatomical Atrocities (2021)

Gorenoise

aug24

beootiful intro

kind of insane like constant incomprehensible junk metal gore demolition site vibes. its all very samey and gets a bit old a bit quick but its still cool.

3

Teratoma

50,000 Kilogon Puke Lubricated Intestinal Fracturing (2023)

Splittercore, Gorenoise

Industrial Hardcore, Extratone

aug24

i think gore x splitter/extra is actually a good idea but this kind of loses steam very fast and doesnt feel as awesome as it sounds like it should be. perhaps one day we will see the goretone masterpiece we deserve

3

Ecchymosis

Different Facets of Filthy Chunks From Scaphism (2018) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

aug24

honestly much better than the scaphism tracks which is insane to say. brings the drums further forward and makes the bass more intense. sounds so fucking good

4

Damien De Coene

DNW II (2019)

Drone, Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

also good for quiet little morning where i do chores and just chill out.

3

Bob Plant

Lather Mince Repeat (2019) [EP]

Goregrind, Mincecore

heavy, male vocalist, aggressive

aug24

i forgot who recommended me this.

i thought mincecore was supposed to be really boring but this was actually okay. maybe its just really good mincecore. never judge a movie by its poster!

3

Pacing Animal

Dedicated (2024) [Single]

Harsh Noise

aug24

really sad :(

the most lovely textures. amazing style

3.5

Zenith Telos

Pneuma (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Glitch

repetitive, dense, noisy, instrumental, mechanical

aug24

first track is lovely comfy. not sure why on earth you would ever publish that second track especially with the context of the first one.

2.5

Pain Teens

King God (1989)

Experimental Rock

Noise Rock

aug24

i kind of knew exactly what this was going to sound like before getting into it so i cant say im disappointed at how boring and almost grating this was but there was a small part of me that hoped it wouldnt be ALL worthless stuff. the opening two tracks are amazing (fuckcomments: you should check out the first track, i think youd love it) and then basically everything else is totally forgettable. i suppose the longer two tracks have a handful of compelling elements but theyre long as fuck. maybe if this was cut down to like, 20 or 30 minutes? who knows. weird that bliss blood uploaded this when it feels like she had honestly nothing to do with most of it but what do i know

2.5

Mörkö

IV (2008)

Drone, Black Metal

Atmospheric Black Metal

minimalistic, repetitive, male vocalist, ritualistic, sparse

aug24

these guys dick around way too much with the drone stuff but once they actually get off their asses and start playing it gets pretty good. psych bm... who knew!

3

Long Viscère

Salive s'ecouler: Selections From the Lost and Recovered Demo Tapes [2002-2019] Vol. 1 (2021)

Noise, Sound Collage

Noisecore, Black Noise, Tape Music

aug24

once again... the tags fail me...

but this is some light inspo. the weirdo outsider noisecore-derived collage tracks are kind of cool. this just wanders aimlessly for its entire runtime and is too long to warrant a decent score. maybe their other album is better.

2.5

Violent Inhalant

Black Acid Temple (2012)

Power Electronics

Death Industrial

aug24

RIP apparently.

interesting stuff. i wish he had done some more vocals, hes got a great voice and delivery for this kind of stuff. opening track was very curious

3

She Walks Crooked / Naughty

Naughty / She Walks Crooked (2017)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

wasmt vibing w naughty's track at first but its actually not too bad. SWC's is okay.

3

Snuff Victim

Tell Hell That I Sent You There (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

comfy. i like that the intro sample is so small

3

aldn & glaive

What Was the Last Thing U Said (2021) [Single]

Hyperpop, Future Bass, Emo Rap

Digicore, Wonky, Emo Rap, Pop Rap, Glitch

androgynous vocals, lonely, male vocalist, introspective, breakup

aug24

well produced everything sounds good just wish it did more. its kind of just like verse chorus verse chorus

3

Snailmouth

Aibo (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

aug24

great stuff. he needs to up his recording set up and just continue to hone in his mixing board skills. from what ive heard of his newest release (hes sent me some drafts) it just might be the best thing hes touched ever.

also rating this without my feature in mind

3.5

Alien: Romulus (2024)

The Rock — Today at 10:25 AM

yeah

@The Fish what did you think of the spoiler: click to read

The Fish — Today at 10:28 AM

Oh spoiler: click to read

Honestly enjoyed watching that movie quite a lot I mean its alien worship but it looks very nice and some moments actually got me excited

The Rock — Today at 10:30 AM

spoiler: click to read

The Rock — Today at 10:31 AM

yeah every element of alien is good so a movie that just reuses alien elements is gonna be at least a little good. i really like the animatronics and practical effects, theres some creative moments (with the gravity stuff for example) and the shots of the planet's rings are beautiful

watches like an Alien greatest hits comp. curious that the "garbage" "defunct" android is autistic. gf really liked it

3

Last Days of Humanity / Stoma

138 Minutes Body Disposal / Gory Human Pancake (2001) [EP]

Goregrind

Grindcore

aug24

didnt really care for either side. pre-ping era ldoh and stoma is somehow even more boring. the bandcamp page for this is ridiculous 💀

2.5

Histiocytosis

Histiocytosis (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

aug24

more maggard comfy program gore. the intro sample was grating on my ears for some reason. good cover

3

Foetal Fluids to Expurgate

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (2023)

Goregrind

aug24

nice gore grindnoise. i like the cover

3

Silver Dove

Incision (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise

aug24

feels like a fire burning down my brain. it has a live-recording quality to it.

3.5

Dusk Eater

Demo (2022) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal

aug24

christ dude this is crazy. i do wish the lower end stuff was louder but its still really fun. very creative sound pallet

3.5

Effluence

Convulsive Thoughts (2024) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

Free Improvisation, Goregrind

heavy, chaotic, male vocalist

aug24

fucking fuck yes dude shitわ will never get boring love the drums and vovals here. not sure why people vote tech death it just seems like ridiculous bdm. one thing i really like about matts work with this project (or just in general) is his use of dynamics. he still manages to work in these quiet and very texturally interesting sections that dont feel out of place at all in these very dense songs

3.5

diphenhydramine

corrupted angiosperm paragon (2024)

Free Folk, Drone, Dark Ambient

Singer-Songwriter, Gorenoise

repetitive, surreal, nocturnal, dark, melancholic

aug24

i really really wish this was just track 2 or they explored the sound of track 2 on all of these because i really really do not care about anything here except track 2 its all very boring meandering very generic so boring please explore gorebient more ☺️

3

Dave Phillips

Don't Hurt Me for Your Pretty (中国实地录音) (2021)

Nature Recordings, Field Recordings

forest, atmospheric, nature, soothing, hypnotic

aug24

❤️❤️❤️loveliest cover+title and very relaxing recordings. also gore inspo but in a different way 😉

3.5

Pali Meursault & Thomas Tilly

Melt (2023)

Field Recordings, Electroacoustic

aug24

a may zing! literally the most amazing organic sounds ever tickles me so much so cool and honestly this is gorenoise just being real if the cover was a bloated fetus or something this would be the most groundbreaking gore album ever so good. infinite inspo here

4

myrmecophagidae

tenderness (2024)

Drone, Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

repetitive, lush, noisy, mysterious, instrumental

aug24

i didnt see the genres but i didnt expect the drone it was interesting. first track is like dark ambient strange. comfy textures. would love to hear this sound explored more

3

Perforated Bowel Syndrome With Oozing Faeces

Drugged and Dismembered (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

aug24

comfy drum program gore. lovely mixing, though this isnt really something ill think about ever again

3

Acres de Piel / Carnal Asphyxiation

A Divine Proclamation of Finishing All Over My Present Existence (2024)

Gorenoise

Cybergrind, Harsh Noise

mechanical, female vocalist, repetitive, surreal, heavy

aug24

acres de piel offers a similar batch of cyber gore just like on the other split ep but CA's side is actually so laser insane this deserves a higher score

3.5

Acres de Piel / Processed Puris

Acres de Piel / Processed Puris EP (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

Cybergrind, Harsh Noise

heavy, female vocalist, surreal, sampling, humorous

aug24

im not necessarily impressed by either side, but its fine gore. the cover reminds me of flowey

3

Sewer Election

Torpa Freak-In (2004)

Harsh Noise

noisy

aug24

kind of run of the mill harsh electronics (sounds collage-y?) this is a must hear for the opening track alone. transitions from intense head mashing noise to beautiful ocean wave recording feels so serene

3

Cirrhosis of the Liver Caused by Excessive Alcohol Use

Drugged and Kidnapped for Organ Harvesting (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

apparently bro is playing with hydroencephalocystocele and anal birth in new jersey I WANT TO GO SOO BADDDDDDD someone cashapp me flight money

decent anw but idk didnt get anything out of it

2.5

Valvan

Nazi Skinheads Suck, Get 'em Outta Here (2017)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

actually genuinely forever fuck off with those last 2 tracks. makes discussing this completely pointless.

1

daiba datta

The Beauty in Slow Destruction Is That With Time You Forget What Was Destroyed in the First Place (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise, Sound Collage

aug24

lovely bright seizure harsh noise never gets old

3.5

Defiling the Putrefied Corpse of Loli Odessa

Blightwater Lullabies (2024)

Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind

Avant-Garde Metal

aug24

interesting stuff. good drums awesome vocals very very weird guitars (for this genre). dont think im coming back to it, but it was cool.

3

Koobaatoo Asparagus

Greatest Hits (2023) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

aug24

tackled this over the last couple of days. just good hnw, everything is bite sized and nothing lets down. very nice textures. curious to dig through some of his other stuff.

3.5

Sunny Day Real Estate

aug24

YEP SO I SAW SDRE WITH MY BEST FRIENDS

long time rock time readers will know whats up here. 30th anniv diary tour so you know i fw everything they played. except they fucking diD SPADE AND PARADE FOR PART OF THEIR ENCORE?& THE BEST SOMG EVER!!!!!!!! joy

opening band sucked so bad also i love goldsmith best drummer ever and they sounded so amazing my life is 100%

Acid Souljah

Off the Yae (2024) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk

Sigilkore

noisy, dense, male vocalist, drugs, lo-fi

aug24

sounds like those hoodtrap remix songs the way his vocals vibrate on the bass is crazy.

3.5

Tantric Bile

Unbidden (2024)

Free Improvisation

European Free Jazz, Noise, Musique concrète, Gorenoise

heavy, surreal, dark, disturbing, aggressive

aug24

at first, i was thinking to myself "this is pretty impressive free jazz stuff, but i dont know how much i prefer it over the more gore/metal leaning TB that he's released", but then...

the last two tracks are just some amazing. genuinely beautiful shitわ in the second track and the climax and resolution of the third is holy

3.5

Woody

1night2plugs (2024)

PluggnB

Emo Rap

longing, lonely, male vocalist, mellow, melancholic

aug24

honestly as long as bro shows up to the studio and they keep makin these beautiful ass plugg beats he cant miss. shits just a good listening experience. hes hella consistent. i actually like in the first song how he doesnt slur as much hes got a nice voice

3.5

dar Qness

Solace (2015) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop, Drumless

Jazz Rap, Sound Collage, Instrumental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap, Lo-Fi Hip Hop, Illbient, Poetry, Drumless

depressive, lonely, suicide, pessimistic, melancholic

aug24

really lovely. think earl just fits so well with this kind of shitわ and i love his voice hes such a great lyricist. gives me so much nostalgia like brings me back to middle school when my buddy would show me odd future stuff.

fuckcomments makes a good point about this songs structure. not a lot of people experimenting with that in rap.

3.5

DORIS

Ultimate Love Songs Collection (2024) [Compilation]

Experimental Hip Hop, Hypnagogic Pop

Chipmunk Soul, Drumless, Alternative R&B, Hypnagogic Pop, Sound Collage, Glitch, Plunderphonics, Cloud Rap, Abstract Hip Hop

surreal, psychedelic, sampling, lo-fi, eclectic

aug24

yeah i just dont really get it. he has sweet and sincere vocals and lyrics i just like idk it goes over my head and usually in one ear out the other.

2.5

Halophilic Arousal

Salted Flesh Heaps Reattached by Necromantic Brine (2024) [EP]

Goregrind

Avant-Garde Metal

aug24

hi i did vocals for this but not really i just sent pete all the vocals ive ever done for gore stuff and he did all the arranging and everything so i feel detached enough from the creative process to rate this ☺️

really lovely gore ping with really weird like background noise and strange guitar choices feels very odd. uniquely

very awssome

3.5

Princess Haultaine III

Powerless Electronics (2023)

Harsh Noise, Death Industrial

Sound Collage, Spoken Word

aug24

basically an extended version of what i saw at his live performance, with more intricate and dynamic noise and also a large sprawling sound collage as well. this one focuses on the iraq war and all the shitわ that the military is 'accomplishing' over there. powerful stuff, feels sotos esque in a handful of spots just difficult to listen to sound clips. he also uses some pretty strong language during his spoken word section which also feels a bit sotos esque lol. the first track im not super big on but man is that second one some amazingness. never feels boring, but also like impossible to dissect its so massive and theres just so many parts. feels like real genuine longform prog noise.

3.5

Moody Good

Swervy (2020) [Single]

Brostep, Briddim

Tearout [Brostep]

aug24

jesus christ what is this this is ridiculous dude had to have been so fucked up making this

3.5

The Rita

The Nylons of Laura Antonelli (2009)

Harsh Noise Wall

sexual

aug24

and now 4 hour wall

but first what i did today:

played a fun set with Daniel Ryan, Coach Campa and Princess Haultaine III. Daniel was supposed to play noisecore as "Testicular Necrosis" with someone else but i guess the plans fell through so he just ended up doing a solo set. he did great as always, shorter set than normal too. Campa's was interesting. Daniel also played in that because someone called out sick for it. Daniel and this guy Ernesto made noise - Daniel's signature glitching chopping (although at a much slower pace, about as "atmospheric" as you can get with that sound) and Ernesto's deep vibrating prepared guitar droning. the star of the show though was the drummer (who i guess is coach campa?). amazing technical proficiency and a real creative vision with his drum set. he brought plenty of big, small, warped or cracked cymbals and made good use of all of them: stacking/unstacking them, playing them ontop of the tom or snare, smacking them against each other, grinding different ones together, the whole shabang. really loved watching him. Haultaines set i was nervous for (apparently last time he played he ended up vomiting) but it wasnt THAT intense this time. he read off an essay he had written about the state of the world: police states, genocide, corruption, environmental collapse and human extinction, and did it over a soft looping wall before transitioning into what sounded like cut up junk metal noise? he had a huge setup which included a massive pot of various metal scraps. he also wore a fully sequined tuxedo which was wild. some fucking dumbass kept talking during the set to say how facts and real it was. SHUT UP BRO

this album was good though. i honestly could take or leave the first half, im just not that crazy about late era rita like that and its like fine its just like yeah im not gonna ever come back to it or think about it vibes. but the second half... some of his best wall work ever. lovely soft static perfect textures. calves II i believe features this beautiful phaser thing its so amazing one of the best wall tracks ever so sweet love

3.5

Cosmic Silence

Cosmic Silence (2017)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

yep 6 hour wall for some reason

about exactly what i was expecting. soft deep reverbing rumbling wind blowing. if you listen very closely there are interesting digital artifact sounding textures which is kind of cool. i actually ended up falling asleep to the last track.

lamo does this count as dnw

3

Monolithic Torment

Unwanted (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

it has been so difficult doing entries these last few days; i dropped my phone and even though it didnt crack from that, half of the screen basically became unusable and either wouldnt register taps or would tap for me. well today i got a new phone so back to business as usual!

really nice. i love the creativity she was able to display (from what ive heard) with some of these textures. the aesthetic would lead me to believe otherwise but it seems like she really had an ear for interesting walls. rip

3.5

Pulmonary Fibrosis

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (2016)

Goregrind

vulgar

aug24

fun at times and it sounds great like instruments mixing etc but its held back by slower more "groove" songs. very front loaded i thought

3

Small Hours

Zooey (2012) [Single]

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

worthless.

i didnt realize there was an extended version of the new girl theme.

i wonder how big the new girls x hnw overlap is. its definitely at least 2 people

2.5

Kjostad

Splitting Wedge (2019)

Field Recordings, Harsh Noise

Industrial

scary, noisy, disturbing, instrumental

aug24

a bit disappointed! ive enjoyed everything ive heard from Kjostad up until now, and while this is certainly not bad, i gotta say it really missed the mark for me in a couple of spots. most of my problems are with the opening track. on top of the headaching higher frequencies it just isnt really all that compelling of a collage. the second track on the first side also does nothing to really capture my attention. this tapes saving grace however is the last two tracks; the first of which is just cathartic ocean wave noise barrage and the second explores interesting rhythms with bird song and some clever tension and release noise.

3

She Walks Crooked

I Shut My Eyes and the World Drops Dead (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

nice slightly harsh. i told fuckcomments that i was done with wall binging but suicide pact brought me right back in.

i like that each track builds a texture onto the last.

3

Silver Dove

Suicide Pact (2023) [Single]

Harsh Noise Wall

Impressionism

aug24

i know its not about what i want it to be about but it doesnt matter because my insides are squashed and i miss you

4.5

Bug Catcher / Ropes

Bug Catcher / Ropes (2017)

Ambient Noise Wall, Harsh Noise Wall

Drone, Dark Ambient

aug24

kind of worthless idc ab either side. i guess birdeater's is passable. ropes so boring

2.5

tabby cat diaries

The Same Nights of Trying to Chase That Feeling of Loving the Things I Loved (2022) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient, Dark Ambient

sad, lonely, instrumental

aug24

very comfy. i love the music box

3.5

Sulfuric Cautery / Cystgurgle

A Clinical Debate on the Implementation of Traumatic Hemicorporectomy Procedure and Discussion of Ethics Regarding Disfiguring Surgeries (2021) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

manic, death, aggressive, chaotic, raw

aug24

both sides are great. you know what to expect from SC and CG late era never disappoints. lovely

3.5

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

aug24

ehh... ah... erm... what the helk?

very different from the first one. it kind of feels like a star wars movie? lol. focuses less on exploring the matrix and instead builds the world outside of it. its weird to me that the culture of zion is so spoiler: click to read. the action sequences were also cranked up to like 12 in this and im not sure how i feel about that. on the one hand its just insane to make neo fight literally 200 people and that goes on for like 5+ minutes, major respect, but on the other they get so extravagant and longwinded that im actually kind of bored of them. this one is also weirdly more sexual (and not just because spoiler: click to read) which i wasnt a fan of. i like that the first one is kind of neutral about that stuff it just doesnt seem like something this series should really care about. im conflicted, but i also want to watch the third one before i decide on a rating because idk just feels wrong to rate this totally by itself

n/a

The Matrix (1999)

aug24

finally getting started on this matrix series stuff. been meaning to rewatch this for so long so i could watch the rest of them. this was also my girlfriends first time seeing it.

it doesnt make me feel anything like i cant really say i love this or im super attached to it but its undeniably good filmmaking. always fascinating story and they explore the world so well in this, answering just enough questions. idc waht greentop has to say i like keanu reeves. the cg is definitely old as fuck and takes me out of it sometimes but cmon this shitわ is so bad ass. and the insane action sequences where like a million things explode is really awesome.

3

Damien De Coene

DNW I (2019)

Drone, Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

perfect quiet morning tired heavy eyes and petting my kitties. first track is the best, but the pulsing of the second is interesting...

3

2Slimey

Serena (2024) [Single]

Dark Plugg, Industrial Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

Trap Metal, Noise, Rage, Power Noise

aggressive, noisy, male vocalist, manic

aug24

more power noise plugg, shits still fresh af it would be dope to get a tape of this stuff with tmz this song and like shrimp on it

3.5

Evian Christ

Yxguden (2023) [Music video]

Hard Trance, Euro Trance

surreal, party, playful, dense, rhythmic

aug24

we watched this during band practice t was explaining that she watched it high as fuck and yoba was explaining where the sample came from. that video is also awesome.

its kind of cheesy like obviously super parody of 90s animation stuff and its like euro trance revival but its so awesome regardless conveys the sound perfectly in images lol. love bladee though i dont care much for his first verse, he wraps it up perfectly at the end. i like when they are just floating through emoji rings

4

Daniel Ryan

Terror in the Mall (2023)

Glitch, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

and since ive been listening to things on physical these last few days, im in the mood to finally get around to this! Daniel was nice enough to gift me a copy last year when i was over at his house to record some stuff. i like the packaging, although its a real pain in the ass getting the cd case in and out of the plastic cover.

really creative for a "wall". honestly, it compositionally isnt at all like most walls, but i think the repeating crunch (i want to call it a motif honestly) kind of puts it in wall territory for me. its super cold feeling, and daniel works in these really dentist-sounding screeches and scrapes between some of the pulses of glitching static. because the sound of it all is so sterile and theres actually a surprising amount of noticeable silence between pulses (think of how atoms are mostly empty space) the changes in sound are very obvious, which is kind of cool. it lends it an almost live-show kind of feeling, you can really hear him work out different ideas and almost see him at his mixer slightly tweaking knobs until something happens, reverting back and starting all over again. the end was headache inducing but it was a cool outro i guess.

3.5

Sulfuric Cautery

Total Evisceration of the Usa 2024 Tour Promo (2024) [EP]

Goregrind

aug24

the cassette in question. for some random reason, even though both sides are the exact same songs, side B is in much better quality and is way louder. skull

great stuff, these also happen in a blur but i remember the second set of tracks (i think?) being really awesome. its all tracks from upcoming splits/releases so the next year or so is gonna be super exciting :D also isaac told me when i talked to him that him and Wiese recorded 4 or 5 hours of drums so "that should get worked out over the next several years"

3.5

Malignant Hyperthermia / Histologist

Renal Pathology: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Gore (2022) [EP]

Goregrind

aug24

the cd in question. we listened on the ride back home. i actually think malignant's side i liked more... which is crazy... idk... it was kind of a blur i cant remember really. the first half of tracks were fun. the second half i felt were a bit too weird and i didnt like as much, but surely histologist wouldnt fail me? or maybe MH is on the comeup for me?! i just dont know anymore...

3

Sulfuric Cautery

aug24

flipreplies convinced my ass to get work off early for these guys... ill never be able to repay him.

Nyctophagia played before SC. i cant remember who played before them though, we showed up right as they started. they were cool though. just like, very primitive silly grind but hearing it live always makes it more fun - id probably be bored listening to any of their studio stuff.

what was crazy was that Isaac played as their drummer right before he went on for SC. insane he was able to do two of these grind sets back to back and perform at 100% each time. hes seriously so crazy, tight as fuck and he has those damn intro fills on fucking lock. insane ping too, could probably just listen to him drum for an hour and i would be happy forever. the vocals for SC were cool, they used two mics, one was pitched down. interesting idea and it worked kinda well. a few of my buddies were complaining heavy ab the mixing which is true it sucked - the drums were so quiet compared to the guitars which just doesnt work at all for SC's music. we could actually make out the riffs which is nice but thats not really why we're there, you know?

got to meet him at the end and get a pic with him too, bought his tour exclusive tape and this gore cd ive been meaning to buy for some time now. great stuff, wish i brought a pen and my Chainsaws cd for him to sign. maybe next time

Dosis Letalis / Ropes

The Infernal Depths (2016)

Ambient Noise Wall

Dark Ambient

dark, infernal, atmospheric, instrumental, calm

aug24

i completely forgot how amazing this was. feels like its something ive just been overlooking forever and not giving enough credit.

the opening track is basically perfect - it reminds me exactly of the scene in The House That Jack Built when spoiler: click to read. so fucking cool. genuinely perfect texture too might be a 5 for that track if i really think about it. the second is definitely not as good but still fits really well with the theme and overall sound this goes for, its a good followup.

i ordered the cassette for this like 3 years ago when it was available and it literally never got shipped, maybe i should message them about that.

4

Å

Yang Jia (2010)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

still amazing to me. just the perfect slab of ridiculous blown out digital wall. although i think Å uses an analogue setup... it still feels very much digital, mainly due to how fucking loud it is. the ratings are still so low, which is kind of ridiculous, despite this being (iirc) quite similar to their popular long title release.

4

pinniped / daiba datta

you wish for it to end, when it ends you clamor for it, but you don't want it back, you want the memory of it to not fade away (2024)

Harsh Noise, Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall, Drone, Ambient

aug24

pinniped side is good, but nothing so standout. at this point it's difficult to not enjoy a pinniped track to some extent, though this one doesnt fall into the 'highlights' category

...which is unfortunate because daiba datta's side might just be the most beautiful harsh noise on this planet fucking earth. holy buttcheek. that track might bring the rating up i need to relisten asap

3 for now...

musyne / Important Hair

Untitled (Brown and Gray) (2024)

Harsh Noise, Power Electronics

Radio Broadcast Recordings

aug25

yeah im sorry this was just really boring. im sure both sets were probably really fun to watch and play but as a listening experience it's especially difficult to get that kind of value out of these recordings. musyne plays around with some cool synth ideas, but in general the melodies and stuff that bookend more intense noise sections just feel kind of silly to me im not a fan of them. theres some spoken word as well that i don't enjoy, but the harsh vocals sound amazing most of the time. important hair's track features plenty of radio music which is a fun concept but kind of completely takes me out of it as im listening. i like when IH also does the harsh vocals they sound good.

overall though i just dont rly care ab this so much.

2.5

Euthanasia Hotel

Euthanasia Hotel (2024)

Harsh Noise

Drone

heavy, dark, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic

aug24

lovely lovely lovely amazing cut up insanity. so intense and crazy. the calmer longer songs i think drag it down a bit for me but they are still cool 😎

3.5

Doraphilic Snuff w/ the Wai Kai Noise Ensemble

Paresthesiac Paradise (2024)

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise Wall

Free Improvisation, Nature Recordings

heavy, female vocalist, repetitive, surreal, sampling

aug24

first track is literally PERFECT vocals sounds so amazing love the texture too one of my fav gorewall tracks of all time. im not big on the improv track but the other gorewall is really good too and the last song is okay ssme level as the improv. i like this more than phyllo's fiji releases it feels more tropical and warm

3.5

Impermanence

Deterioration Is a Lonely Business (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

heavy, lonely, repetitive, dark, noisy

aug24

oopsies, writing these a day late... again...

i actually couldnt remember anything at all about this before i relistened to it. according to my original entry, "first track is pretty subtle, 2nd is nice and harsh, 3rd is kind of a midway point". that is true, though theres some important nuance here i think.

the first track definitely is subtle, its a quite booming ANW track with some light static and very heavy reverb textures throughout. its probably my least favorite here, but its not bad. the second track is a lot different though. still very reverb heavy but much more aggressive, sounds like a nightmare kind of and has this really weird spinning/nauseating effect (in a good way?). feels very gray to me. the last track is undoubtedly the best though. light crunching and static outline a very beautiful and calm recording of rain dropping, all over a large booming wall underneath. beautiful stuff

a bit of a mixed bag but theres probably something for everyone here.

3.5

Kim Hopie

Walls (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

a couple shows ago kim gave me this cd as a gift, how awesome!

my friend didnt like it, but i enjoyed it. its comfy. kind of feels like a digital Missing Girls, very stuttery and kind of quiet, i guess i can see how it might be annoying to someone who has not heard a lot of that but not me ☺️

3

pinniped

i romanticize a side of you that dosent exist (2024)

Ambient, Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

aug24

last one today. this one is also droning kind of like the track from the split with sleep but i like it a bit more theres a bit more movement and the wall feels slightly more upfront, enough that it deserves a positive rating at least.

3

pinniped

leave me alone (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Reductionism

aug24

so nice. perfect ice crunching texture on the first one and the second one is like a calm quiet comedown. to whoever hurt pinniped like this… lets just say you made a brand new enemy today

3.5

The Räty

Rome 1987 (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

sports

aug24

such a random theme for a project, even for wall standards. its cool though. lots of interesting movements thanks to the sample based wall techniques

3

drifting away

Untitled (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise, Mashcore

Plunderphonics, Glitch

aug24

really lovely stuff. feels so innocent just like intense feeling and i love the samples. cute little breaks its all just really bright and sweet very sincere. i need fo fix the page and add the other two tracks here

3.5

ghjmty775v

Of Course (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Field Recordings

noisy, instrumental

aug24

its cool sounds like train station (guy who has been to one train station in his entire life) silly cover

3

pinniped / sleep

pinniped / sleep (2024)

Drone, Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

yeaaaah probably my least fav pinniped track. not that its poorly made but i just dont really like this kind of drone/ambient? it isnt very wall at all.

i like track 2 more the weird digital artifacts are cool but it also drones in a way i dont like idk. very mid release sorry guys

2.5

.birdeater.

Skeleton Leg (2020)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

comfy. i dont like the beginnings of the tracks i wish he cut those out. i also dont rly like the cover

3

calumon

でもその反対に突然どこかに行ってしまうことも (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

really nice. always so intense with daiba’s stuff but still really good.

3.5

renamon

such sweet sorrow (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

Ambient, Drone

ethereal, melancholic, atmospheric, noisy, raw

aug24

oh my lord just fucking beautiful no other words lamo is amazing perfect harsh wall so many little texture details and floating bliss drone one of the best releases of the year easy

4

myrmecophagidae

Safety (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

cutest idea everrr i need to hear the other one super promising stuff

3

pinniped & narinari

Holding Onto the Thought That Things Might Get Better (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

aug24

most beautiful cover ever

i like the layers and the wall texture but i think i expected it to be more tranquil idk its fine just not a top plibberpleb releass

3

Trash Princess

Break Free (2023) [EP]

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

it is nice but i just dont like this stuff as much as everyone else in my circle does but it is admittedly cathartic

3

Doraphilic Snuff & Cystic Tumor

Filth Fetish (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

death, dissonant, noisy, infernal, sexual

aug24

cool liquid organic wall stuff, i dont like it as much as the cystic tumor solo works but its still good excited to hear more 👍👍⭐️

3

Kaynbred

Lovebound (2024)

Spoken Word, Ambient Noise Wall

Lowercase

existential, sampling, philosophical, disturbing, ominous

aug24

ive never watched any of lanza’s philistine videos but i was still curious about the concept of this. i kind of wish the walls were either louder or more interesting, they honestly dont add too much to lanza’s audio it kind of just sounds like background noise but maybe thats the point idk. not sure if this is the place to discuss what i think about lanza himself but sometimes he sounds like the damn rick friend lol. but yeah sorry just dont really care about this

2.5

Dead Housewife

The Abyss Of Non-Being (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

so lovely rustling anw great texture one of his best

3.5

Tourette

Jardin du sommeil chant d'amour sur la nuit grandissante (2009)

Harsh Noise, Noise

Ambient

dense, noisy, avant-garde, instrumental

aug24

even though i didnt love Parmi les pierres éclatées i decided to chekc this out because it looked interesting and oh yes! so good! the review so true just insane meticulous noise and theres these beautiful classical samples that show up sometimes and either add great contrast or calm break from the glitching madness. really good

3.5

❤️💔✨

You Explode My Heart Into A Million Tiny Fragments (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

atmospheric, noisy, melancholic, ethereal, repetitive

aug24

just the most lovely satisfying asmr crackling and then ambient jumpscaf🙂🤯 so beautiful may be one of my favs walls of the uear

3.5

Valvan

If I was Beautiful (2017)

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

sounds nice like waterfall its not bad kinda ac core

3

Monolithic Torment

Beyond Dead Inside (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

repetitive, death, depressive, noisy, apathetic

aug24

not at all what i was expecting i thought this would just be some intense brickwall harsh but its actually so dynamic it sounds like water dripping distorted and destroyed. i like the switch to pure hnw later in the track though. RIP

3.5

Plastic Alter

The Ambiguity of Nature (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

Tape Music

noisy

aug24

insane texture theres all these crazy alien organic sounding crackles in the higher frequencies that really caught me off guard. i love it though great cover too

3.5

Vomir / Nascitari

Sameness (2015)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

nascitari track is basically perfect except for that gay ass little sample sounds like fallout music (I HATE) but like perfect crackle crunching textures and i love love the progression of the track always some kind of movement felt so hypnotic just amazing

vomir actually has the worst side for once but its still great. classic vom stuff its good 👍👍

4 easy

Aphonopelma

Something Lingers Beyond These Walls (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Lowercase

aug24

played a noise show as a new group with Snailmouth and Daniel Ryan. we also played with Locations, Brain Sweat, Dead Fern and Kim Hopie (most of whom are not on this website! ill fix that eventually). Locations was really cool, they came in from Oakland and play this really insane brand of drone+improv with impeccable visuals. there is some projection on a screen of constantly shifting black globs with light reflecting off them and i think the animation is controlled by whatever they play? not sure. really powerful sounding droning and the woman in the duo was singing like crazy. Brain Sweat sounds like classic denton noise rock, really proficient drumming, simply and quirky basslines, a guitarist who spends the entire show turned away from the audience with an overpopulated pedalboard, and vocals that drone on and ‘defy conventions’! really loved their energy and the creativity they display in some of the songs. Dead Fern played a set on the floor, which i appreciated because i hate standing. samples running through a variety of pedals, though it came off less as a distorted wall of sound and more of like a droning, kind of psychedelic plunderphonics kind of thing. i wasnt super into it but i liked DF’s enthusiasm and setup. last but not least was Kim Hopie who but on a beautifully simple mixer+pedal noise barrage. sometimes less is more - only a small handful of pedals but she was able to pull so many dynamics and sounds out of her setup, super duper lovely and now i want to do a split with her :)

i listened to one track of this before the show and the other after.

insane quietness i had my shit cranked. awesome stuff though i love it sounds like metal moving around cracking sometimes in first track but track 2 texture just so nice made my ears feel so good after the show

3.5

Valvan

Deep Space Frequencies (2017)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

very deep harsh. dont care too much but sounds nice

3

CxOxTxLxCxBxExAxUx

The Maggots Feast on My Open Wounds (2023) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

aug24

decent anw. small movements

3

Kamex / Traveling Weavile

Traveling Together (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient

Drone

aug24

didnt care for kamex interesting concept but kind of boring

weavile side comfy and lovely

3

Cuntshredder

Vomit Into Bitch's Ass (2005) [Additional release]

Slam Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

lo-fi, aggressive, vulgar, violence, sexual

aug24

mixing is just ridiculous its always awesome to hear stuff like this because surely they had the capabilities to make it sound better right like its crazy how quiet the drums and guitars are sometimes skull

basically just most drooling stupid braindeath slam metal ever. the sampling is cool sometimes they play over it / in sync with it which is fun

3

keepsecrets

dopesick (2024) [EP]

Emo Rap, Slacker Rock

aug24

fuckcomments showed me the cover so i listened. very boring. its like this weird crossover between 2010s emo rap / lil peep stuff and 2020s underground sample/tag heavy cloud rap, which i guess is cool to see (now that i think about it, though, didnt 970 already do that?)

2.5

La bête [The Beast] (2023)

aug24

bruhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i went over to my FRIENDS HOUSE and watched this with THEM. i ate HAWAIIAN BROS and drank a CANNED PEPSI. we also shared some CANDY.

wasnt really sure what to expect at all. going into this all i knew was that it was “post-digital”, some kind of scifi, and “had a character based on elliot rodgers and a dancing trump gif” in it.

i dont want to give anything away really but like, just story alone this is some serious rocktimecore love so much. love transcends everything theres something so much bigger than any life you could ever live happening right now vibes.

the editing. again i cant really give anything away but just fucking jaw dropping moments in here shitわ ive never seen before in my life.

kind of a weak entry but it just feels like a movie you cant really talk about unless the other person has already seen it

4

Trap (2024)

aug24

he still hasnt missed. i love the premise of this and how far he’s able to take it, its cool how meticulously planned all of this is. josh hartnett does an amazing job as cooper, i loved just watching him on screen. honestly maybe shyamalans best family dynamic movie, watching the father-daughter interact with eachother so wholesome and sweet, i love that shyamalan is also playing with the dynamics in a very dark way i feel you dont normally see from him - how far does love go / what does real love feel like kind of stuff. spoiler: click to read. idc what anyone says ill always love shyamalans humor too lol, this had me smiling hella.

and i thought his daughter was good in this, not sure what exactly about her upset some people

3.5

Abaddon

Funkin' Murderers (1995)

Brutal Death Metal

Funk Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

heavy, sampling, humorous, aggressive, energetic

aug24

fun as fuck. the funk works so well in some of these grooves and i love the general funk metal energy with the shouting vocals lol. really creative rhythms for this genre, its not so dense which works really well

3.5

Å

Le pouvoir ne doit pas être conquis, il doit être détruit. (2010)

Harsh Noise Wall

aug24

writing this and listening to this a whole day late 😭 im so sorry it was bound to happen i guess. somehow just totally forgot it was wall wednesday yesterday fml

just picking something kind of short so i can get caught up on this. before relistening i didnt actually remember much of anything about this. its a good thing i put it on this list because its quite nice and worth remembering. same style and era as Yang Jia and A toute vapeur…, really intense crushing hi-production analogue stuff. theres some slight movement here and there; there is a piercing high tone that weaves its way in and out of the wall that is cool, sounds like shattering or something. not too much else to say. still holds up, its surprising how little people have heard this compared to À toute vapeur…

i like the cover as well.

3.5

July Recap

didnt get to 300 entries this month but another solid 200. summer is so hot

coolness. things i smiled for:

Viscera Tangled Like Ivy

Crushed by the Thought of Never Getting to See You love love love love <3 PLUHHHHHHHH

Consume Red

You and I Can't Ever Change

Sulfuric Cautery / Human Effluence

Omegon

Ornitheology

Glasgow Art School (15/04/05)

1.3.8.

Brath

Better When I'm Dancin'

NEW CATEGORY FOR THIS MONTH MAYBE ONLY THIS ONE BUT MAYBE WILL DO IN FUTURE: harshnoise/noiserelated that was awesome should be mentioned :D

Black Magic Pond

My Beloved Daughters and Country Girl Perversion

Never Gonna Make You Cry

Opaque

The Pungency of Goat Shit and Week Old Blood Fermenting Across Street Corners and It Was Pitch Dark With Light Emitting From Passersby When I Found You

Harsh Purification

Both Noises End Burning

Idaho

Jerusalem my goat

Bootleg of Instruments Disorder (170 Songs) Bootleg

Triumph of Death

fav movie: really liked Pain & Gain i watched with my best friend

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED:

-wallwednesday continues

-The Outwaters 4.5

yep thats kind of it boring month but lots of fun listenings i need to watch more movies

Slough

Procreation of Penile Disgust (1996)

Goregrind

jul24

and we end july on… a mid note. just boring very average gore-leaning grind. the drums i think are programmed and kind of suck. i didnt listen to the bonus tracks. good cover

2.5

Sissy Spacek

Brath (2015)

Harsh Noise, Noisecore

aggressive, chaotic, dense, noisy, lo-fi

jul24

i can always count on my buddy fuckcomments to pick me up after an epic fail like that last entry. thanks for the rec buddy

personally i think this should be in the same conversation as Instruments Disorder (170 Songs CD) and Ugliest Man / Dog Blood. just the filthiest harsh noise ever and the most insane face hammering drumming ever. the mixing is perfect too, just so cathartic and intense, the rating is pathetic for what this is.

4

Irritant

Mesmerised (1985)

Harsh Noise

Power Electronics

jul24

i almosted decided to listen to this instead of Gost for my gym session this morning. thank fucking god i did not do that.

what starts out alright slowly fizzle away into fucking worthless nothing so unbelievably boring and stupid i just cant even say anything remotely positive about it. the quality of the music is also really bad in a negative way. for some reason they play the longest like 4 billion hour long spoken word collage something clip and theres just hissing happening underneath it. genuinely cant figure out why someone would want to release this

1

Fate

No Sense (2000)

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Nu Metal, Slam Death Metal, Turntablism

aggressive, heavy, misanthropic, conscious, technical

jul24

bong rips *breakcore* ohhh fuckkk yess thats literally my fucking life

these guys know how to have some fucking fun! just the best danciest riffs ever and i love the silly attitude it comes off really infectious, hard not to smile and move around while listening. the turntablism is silly but it makes sense in this context lol

3.5

Skrillex

Gost (2009) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Fidget House, Electro House

Brostep, Progressive House, Complextro, Electroclash

sampling, party, melodic, energetic

jul24

really cute fun stuff. its pretty rough around the edges, but its endearing and just nice to hear more stuff from this era of sonny. i havent heard quite a bit of these so it was a fun experience, even if i dont love most of them.

comment made me tear up gif

3

Malignancy

Motivated by Hunger (2000) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

heavy, violence, technical, death, aggressive

jul24

really stellar stuff. they know how to write riffs that are both headspinning and brutally groovy. amazing drums too, just really addictive stuff. i love the live track he sounds like a fun guy

3.5

Cerebral Turbulency

Impenetrable (2001)

Grindcore

Goregrind

jul24

pretty fun but they do a lot of silly little gay things that kind of take away from the awesome moments. good grinding tho!

3

Deathpile

Triumph of Death (1997)

Power Electronics

dark, death, avant-garde, atmospheric

jul24

a 2.75?! and a lamo 2?! just ridiculous. if it was a cover of a fucking penis im sure the rating would be like 3+

just pure anxiety noise, i can honestly say nothing has ever felt so nerve wracking, its really scary to be honest. i love the delay fuckery he does and i think his vocals sound cool af here. no dull moments which is surprising since this is almost an hour long.

3.5

Cerebral Hemorrhage

Exempting Reality (2001)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

heavy, aggressive, rhythmic, male vocalist, technical

jul24

so visionary, very unique style of bdm. all around really creative songwriting, very capable musicians, and just a really cool vibe overall. the solo on track 3 is proof enough that this is worth your time, but theres hardly a dull moment on the whole thing.

3.5

Gonococcus / Fungus / Phyllomedusa

Hyalinobatrachium Fleischmanni Adoration (2008)

Gorenoise

jul24

fuck it bro i love it. gonococcus is actually suuuper comfy its crazy how many vocals he layers. fungus was so cool its like power electronics percussion going on in the background loved that. phyllo side prob the weakest but is still fun; pretty normal gorenoise but its cool that its mixed similar to the other two sides. it makes the whole thing sound very cohesive

3.5

The Gerogerigegege

Bootleg of Instruments Disorder (170 Songs) Bootleg (2019)

Noisecore, Harsh Noise

noisy, chaotic, aggressive, manic, raw

july24

insane. its literally just hnw, not even a hint of the original except the occasional very loud vocals. great stuff

3.5

Various Artists

Come Again II (1993)

Noise, Industrial

Harsh Noise

jul24

how the fuck have none of my moots heard this?! basically like a holy grail list of japanoise artists except most of these songs are just whatever. nothing really stood out (except hanatarash’s track. best noise song ever). i guess i can only really recommend this to anyone who just wants to hear a comp with every japanoise artist ever

3

Throb of Offal

Moss Funeral (2005)

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy, dark, noisy, rhythmic, raw

jul24

its funny on spotify the artist name and album title are swapped. how does that even happen

not at fucking all what i was expecting though. melodic prog slam?! sort of. theres just a lot of melodies and even the slams arent entirely downtuned chug fests. very weird songwriting and overall vibe. its kind of damn awesome lmao. also the kick being so crazy distorted is awesome too

3.5

Various Artists

神風連史話 (The League of the Divine Wind) (2019)

Power Electronics

Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient

jul24

jesus holy boring. only listened for koufar and even his track was weak. even if i gave a fuck ab the politics of this the music is so whatever that i still just wouldnt care

2.5

Suicide by Bandsaw

Putrid Gastric Gore (2021)

Gorenoise

jul24

its really comfy and pleasant listen but i think i just prefer this projects shorter releases its kind of a bit boring as 1 hour long

i was thinking about it during this but this is kind of like proto gorewall but that implies there is a timeline which there really isnt. what i mean is just that it is like the step between gorenoise and gorewall. lacking drums and generaly being based around constant distorted noise but its just a bit too dynamic to say that its “wall”

3

Goat

Jerusalem (2007)

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

really awesome stuff. kind of like a less atmospheric Holy Mountain, but it trades it in for more junk metal vibes. always fun and interesting, i love the track listing too. its awesome.

3.5

Weakling

Dead as Dreams (2000)

Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal

DSBM, Doom Metal, Progressive Metal

apocalyptic, atmospheric, war, depressive, dense

jul24

finally time i tap in.

way more technically proficient and complex than i was expecting, but its pretty damn awesome. super crushing like constantly being pummeled and theres some honestly amazing riffs throughout this. somehow never boring even though its over an hour long. thanks for the rec vsync!

3.5

Dying Wish

Fragments of a Bitter Memory (2021)

Melodic Metalcore

female vocalist, aggressive, heavy, angry, melodic

jul24

prob her best rec so far. plenty of good breakdowns and that singer is amazing! its weird being able to hear very clearly the lyrics of this kind of music. makes me wonder who hurt bro. its pretty samey as it goes on; at worst its just boring though

3

Squash Bowels

Love Songs (2005)

Goregrind

Grindcore

aggressive, disturbing, sexual, violence, sarcastic

jul24

yes yes yes love love love just great goregrind :D really killer riffage super super tight drumming i love it and really amazing aesthetic super fun it makes me think of apex profane and regurgitate

3.5

SAMHSA

Dissomeextrashitibeenworkingon#Mybiggestfansfuckmetillidie# (Wtff Yapergurl) (Wow) (2022) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap, Tread

Cloud Rap, Rage, PluggnB, Instrumental Hip Hop, Trap

jul24

well clearly i need to listen to his cloud rap too, now. first two tracks are amazing just the loveliest synths and he rides these beats like a damn fat ass puppy /pos really like how his voice sounds too. last track is throwaway but the others make up for it

3.5

daiba datta

The Only Sensible Thing You Could Do Now Is Die (2024)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

usual daiba datta insanely bright piercing infinite agony wall vibes. i found myself not too interested in this as it went on though, the ending was silly im neutral on it :p

3

disease

heat (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

noise instead of gore but its still good (track 3 is kind of gore). cover is awesome. but yea worsy disease so far i think

3

Coral

Selected Experiences (2024) [EP]

Field Recordings

jul24

cute. life in retail; zero glamour and nothing special happens to you but theres still always something to capture. i like when Brave started playing, because i love that song. i hope this project continues to release things. i love these snapshots of every day life, even if i probably wouldnt listen to this again

3

Tourette

Parmi les pierres éclatées (2005)

Noise

Harsh Noise, Glitch

jul24

sometimes very quiet and cute little glitching musique type vibes and sometimes insanely loud crushing harshness. not enough of the latter though!

3

Little Fictions

Idaho (2012) [Single]

Harsh Noise

jul24

really lovely. obviously nothing like what this project became known for, but its a cute little alternate universe sneak peek. i love that theres like a low-pass on everything, makes it all very comfy.

3.5

Peste Noire

Peste noire (2013)

Black Metal

French Folk Music, Avant-Garde Metal

nationalism, male vocalist, chaotic, raw, conservatism

jul24

really really interesting. takes the avant garde instrumentation hes known for at this point and pushes it even further. i appreciate the shorter songs as well. i dont know i dont have too much to say right now, but im gonna be relistening to this a lot.

3

Tech N9ne

Worldwide Choppers (2011) [Single]

Hardcore Hip Hop

Rap Rock

technical, posse cut, rhythmic, manic, aggressive

jul24

i played a solo set today MY FIRST EVER SOLO NOISE SET AS Aciv YAAAAAAY and it was fun and awesome. i didnt get to stick around for most of the other acts im sorry yall :( but i still got to chill and talk w everyone for just a tiny bit always nice and fun hope i can do more solo sets in the future

listened to this w my bro otw home. i used to listen to this a lot in high school, i discovered it through osu lol. its still bad ass as fuck, basically impressive as hell and im always picking up on new lines. everyone kills it, especially that fucking stutter verse bro. instrumental is p crazy too, its like always evolving and playing off the rappers

3.5

Manierisme

過去と悲哀 [The Past and Sorrow] (2010)

Black Metal

DSBM, Avant-Garde Metal

depressive, surreal, disturbing, raw, manic

jul24

pretty crazy honestly its actually super intricate and fucked up but i just cant with this kvlt ass production makes it impossible to fully engage w it for me

3

Devourment

1.3.8. (2000) [Compilation]

Slam Death Metal

raw, rhythmic, aggressive, death, male vocalist

jul24

just doing my god given duty as a sanctioned soldier of slam of finally making my pilgrimage and blessing my ears with the holiest scripture our people know. like everyones said, this is THE slam compilation. its so brutal they included choking on bile twice. and its good both fucking times. perhaps the only thing this is missing is a ping snare - heresy! Wayne and Crew have never misstepped.

4

Peste Noire

Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francor (2009)

Black Metal

French Folk Music, Post-Punk, Avant-Garde Metal, Noise Rock

nationalism, passionate, medieval, patriotic, history

jul24

fuck it one more PESTE NOIRE album for TODAY

i read in a review for the album that followed this that it calls back to it a lot and now that ive heard this yep i can see that. this introduces his “experiments” that i have continued to refer to across several of these PN entries now, which basically means he takes from french folk and martial music, mixing them with black metal, along with a variety of unique instruments and some different vocal styles - this is where our female vocalist audrey debuts (i think…)!

even though its got the same toolkit as l'ordure i still prefer that one. simply put: the mix just sucks on this. very muddy and doesnt let the guitars or unique vocals and instruments shine through like they do on l'ordure. plus his songwriting isnt as strong here. still, its a very very compelling black metal album. i can see why it did much better ratings-wise than its predecessor

3

Peste Noire

Folkfuck Folie (2007)

Black Metal

Avant-Garde Metal

raw, dark, medieval, hateful, disturbing

jul24

very curious. even though he isnt doing anything “experimental” (for black metal) per se its cool how much he switched styles going from his debut to this. its basically a lot less depressive and theres a bigger emphasis on aggression and riffing i guess. its cool, and its a surprisingly easy listen given how many tracks there are, though that does make it tough to commit to memory any outstanding moments. i dont love the constant interludes but at least theyre creative

3

Now Everything Fades

Suicide Theatre (2018)

DSBM, Atmospheric Black Metal

jul24

sorry bae, but im just not feelin this one.

very boring on basically every front. there is an occasional melody i like but theres just not enough to warrant a positive score. i dont love his vocals either

2.5

Pup Samsara

Steroids and Gore Are Forever But You Are Only in the Moment (Mannnn WTF?!?!) (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

Glitch, Noise

jul24

fucking fuck yes we are so back puppy gore heads

really good follow up to glioblastoma, pretty logical continuation of that sound though there is more obvious electronic elements and generally more noise. he also did not include a drone track with 5 minutes of silence which is definitely good, but i think i like this slightly less than glioblastoma, just the mixing on the drums and general intensity i prefer glioblastomas. still great though. please keep making gore 🙏 or at least get your fat ass puppy with leukoplakia affecting the mouth to

3.5

Autechre

Glasgow Art School (15/04/05) (2005) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

IDM

Glitch

energetic, futuristic, instrumental, avant-garde, technical

jul24

i fucked up waiting this long to hear this and im sorry about that yall.

just amazing stuff. like most people are saying its just like an entire unreleased album between untilted and quaristice - they even rework Pro Radii from the former and holy fuck is it good. i dont have much specifically to say - like with most AE it sort of unravels itself overtime with repeat listens, but i will say that this is very essential to anyone interested in their work. also tons of variety, feels like individual tracks rather than their newer lives which stand as kind of massive single pieces (not that either are better or worse, just an observation).

4

Tek lintowe

Balance the Mixtape (2024) [Mixtape]

Cloud Rap, Plugg, Experimental Hip Hop

Emo Rap, Ambient Plugg, Jerk

deadpan, lethargic, surreal, quirky, ethereal

jul24

i agree with fuggommends, theres a really intense overbearing depressive atmosphere on this whole thing, teks voice and his deliveries all feel totally apathetic and distant. the instrumentals are always dense and rich with details, though, its a crazy contrast. real lovely stuff, deserves some relistenings

3.5

Total Sweetheart + T.E.F.

Loud Sounds, Friendly Faces (2023)

Harsh Noise

jul24

nathan from TS sold me a cassette of this (before they were scrapped) over a year ago and im just now getting to it 😭

its fine. TS’ wall of sound style kind of overtakes TEFs meticulous and very controlled noise, which is unfortunate because i really love TEFs noise! but theres still plenty of impressive moments, especially on track 2

3

Bruce Springsteen

Nebraska (1982)

Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Americana

Folk Rock

sombre, acoustic, melancholic, lonely, male vocalist

jul24

wanted to love this more than i did but i just dont think this kinda music does it for me. the harmonica just sucks. im sorry, its not a good instrument. hes a good guitar player and a decent vocalist, i liked some of the stories of these songs but writing this a few days later i can confidently say i dont really remember too much of it off rip. xiu xiu should cover this

3

The Smiths

The Smiths (1984)

Jangle Pop, Indie Pop

Post-Punk

melancholic, poetic, LGBTQ, bittersweet, melodic

jul24

not nearly as good as the live stuff from Hatful of Hollow. its just slower and feels like exciting i guess? they do some weird studio stuff too sometimes that i dont love. its still got some good songs on it though, especially that last track.

3

Angor Animi

Cyclothymia (2016)

DSBM, Blackgaze

Post-Rock

female vocalist, sentimental, depressive, longing, introspective

jul24

my girlfriend recommended me like 17 billion albums so be prepared to see a lot of those in the coming week or so.

she loves dsbm and this is her favorite dsbm album. big rocktime fans will know im not too crazy about that genre, but i went in with an open mind anyway.

i was surprised how nice the guitars were. lots of good and beautiful melodies; hes got a real ear for those! i like the female vocals, not huge on the male ones though. i wish there was more variety in the songwriting and drums - they feel really uninspired

3

Meghan Trainor

Better When I'm Dancin' (2015) [Single]

Dance-Pop, Film Soundtrack, Children's Music

Soca, Tropical House, Euro House

optimistic, happy, female vocalist, calm, energetic

jul24

genuinely happiest shitわ of my whole life i cant stop listening the chorus makes every moment sunny and everyone is smiling such a perfect song for a reggaeton beat great job guys i need to watch this movie now

3.5

Pain & Gain (2013)

jul24

its fuckin vulgar vriday with bro so we had to lock in on the bay

i knew this would be good but i didnt realize how fucking good it would actually be. basically the most fully realized like logical conclusion of the michael bay vulgar identity - tons of insane fast paced editing and like every shot has really intense lighting and suspenseful camerawork, its like constantly running on all cylinders. and everything is just so overblown and overwhelming its so awesome. that description sounds like it might be annoying as fuck but theres a genuine degree of artistry to all of it - bay is very tasteful and he makes a lot of great decisions. i didnt even realize until the end that he was serious about it being a true story. i love the comedy too, shits funny as fuck and you just cant make a movie like this these days. i think the length is definitely its biggest flaw, maybe like 2 hours max but honestly it never really gets boring so. i love everyone calling this hopeless/misanthropic cinema because its true as fuck just funny that something with so much hatred for humanity looks like this

3.5

Valhalla Rising (2009)

jul24

basically awesomest visuals ever. it totally went over my head that this had like any deeper elements than what it was on the surface; i kind of just assumed it was some like colonizer thing but the spoiler: click to read makes so much fuckin sense and makes it way more fire. i do wish the story was a bit more engaging but its hard to dislike this, some of NWR’s best lighting and editing. great scenes too. i dont love the long extended slow-mo scenes of like the dudes rolling around in the mud

3 for now

Twister (1996)

jul24

girl friend and i wanted to go EXPERIENCE TWISTERS IN 4DX but we hadnt seen twister so we went home and watched it.

its a fine movie. it does basically exactly what you want a tornado movie to do. theres underlying romance and rivalry plots that i could live without but they dont ever get in the way. its honestly some inspo during the destruction scenes. i didnt know PSH was in this but i love him

3

SOWHATIMDEAD & Lil Peep

Black Fingernails (2015) [Single]

Emo Rap, Cloud Rap, Trap

male vocalist, sexual, drugs, boastful

jul24

fuffking so good perfect simplistic emotional beat and the both ride the dopest flow ever just keep doin that shitわ. the vocal sample between their verses was crazy such a fire touch. love how their voices sound too

3.5

Aborted

Strychnine.213 (2008)

Death Metal

Melodic Death Metal

heavy, death, aggressive, violence, melodic

jul24

went to ikea with my girlfriend today. i haven’t been in years; i used to go like once a month as a kid with my mom. it was fun but really tiring - its basically just walking around like an interactive exhibit for 2 hours.

we listened to this together though. i actually really liked it, i love how dynamic these songs are. they throw in and pull off plenty of cool ideas; say what you will, but theres an advantage to toning it down from bdm to just dm, i think you get a little more breathing room and in turn it lets riffs and parts actually stand out and have impact. thats not the case all the time but definitely in this instance. i personally think its still a bdm album though, its ridiculous how heavily its voted against here

3.5

Kali Malone

Living Torch (2022)

Drone, Electroacoustic

Dark Ambient, Post-Minimalism, Microtonal Classical

hypnotic, instrumental, sombre, ominous, atmospheric

jul24

booooring dont care about this kind of stuff

2.5

Arkangel

Prayers Upon Deaf Ears (1998) [EP]

Metalcore

Thrash Metal

apocalyptic, conscious, raw, nature, violence

jul24

i dont like this as much as their Overdose album. its fine though, pretty much the same stuff but the vocals are a bit less shrieked

3

Excruciating Terror

Divided We Fall (1998)

Grindcore

Crust Punk

male vocalist, aggressive, dense, energetic, raw

jul24

pretty basic grinding punk influenced politics core. but its good, they really keep the energy up the entire time so it never gets too stale.

3

Ancient Necropsy

Ancient Necropsy (2003)

Brutal Death Metal, Deathgrind

technical, melodic

jul24

peculiar riffing /pos and some real interesting songwriting but this doesnt really compare at all to his second album. still worth checking out if youre looking to up your brutality. the og cover is fucking beautiful

3

Phantomsmasher

Phantomsmasher (2002)

Experimental Rock, Brutal Prog

Glitch, Brutal Prog, Avant-Garde Metal, Noise Rock, Post-Rock

avant-garde, surreal, technical, chaotic, manic

jul24

ive probably saved this and got bored of it like 3 times now so i just said fuck it i need to get it over with

its not bad by any means the compositions are cool and its a really unique blend of digital cutting up and live instrumenting (really it deserves a tape metal honorable mention) and the vocals are definitely cool sometimes. but holy fucking buttcheek bruh its just so boring. nothing goes anywhere and theres so many gay ass little melodic clean sections i just want this to go crazy and be abrasive but it almost never taps into that.

2.5

Annihilation (2018)

jul24

cosmic horror done right in my opinion. but thats honestly one thing garland is just amazing at. of course the third act is just insane, some of the most mind melting and beautiful cg ever and its all just dream logic nonsense. i loved the first two acts too though. the mystery and concept of the shimmer is really cool, and he explores the idea pretty well with lots of different visuals and creatures. love the like molding blooming crystalizing shitわ. the music at the end was hard to take seriously though but thats not his fault. everyone does a good job but fuck that stupid lesbian character i hate how she talks

3.5

Chubby Wolf

Ornitheology (2010)

Ambient, Drone

ethereal, meditative, mellow, soft, instrumental

jul24

i listened to this a long time ago when i first was getting into music. i found it on some ambient chart. i didnt remember anything about it

honestly just like the best ambient in the entire world. perfect and exactly how i expect ambient to be. like really slowly walking through something and taking every detail in.

i had no idea until after i listened that this was posthumous. the strength it must have taken Will to release the rest of her stuff… so damn sad.

4

Brötzmann / Bennink

Schwarzwaldfahrt (1977)

Free Improvisation

Nature Recordings

natural, avant-garde, forest, improvisation, acoustic

jul24

infinitely inspirational. everything in front of you is an instrument and every sound you make is music

track 7 is literally the best thing since sex with someone you love

3.5

Jana Winderen

Energy Field (2010)

Nature Recordings, Electroacoustic

Animal Sounds, Drone, Lowercase

aquatic, atmospheric, hypnotic, cold, sparse

jul24

so so good. lovely amazing and beautiful really excellently crafted collages; its strange because its all of these organic sounds but their lack of context creates this alien feeling. so many images you get from any number of these sounds its great. the freezing cold is still translated well though. deadpie’s comment saying these are sounds we cant record in 50 years is haunting

3.5

Bongripper

The Great Barrier Reefer (2006)

Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal

Drone, Atmospheric Sludge Metal

instrumental, dense, atmospheric, heavy, repetitive

jul24

seems pretty damn good on paper but a couple missteps really hurt it in the end. some commenters are right that the riffs are a bit disconnected and kinda just pasted together; the band does have a strong sense of progression and they know how to slowly evolve an idea but they struggle with the super longform i think. this is also really bogged down by the very long clean guitar sections. im curious about the rest of their discography though

3

Carnivore

Retaliation (1987)

Crossover Thrash

Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal

satirical, aggressive, humorous, heavy, misanthropic

jul24

not as bad as i remember!

a long time ago when i was just getting into music i downloaded some grindcore chart from mu and found this off of it. before relistening to it today, all i remember is that it opens up with someone vomiting and that it is very boring and slow paced.

well i was right about the intro, but i wouldnt call this totally boring, and it certainly isnt slow paced by any means (i guess i just wasnt mature enough for this kind of music yet!). in fact, its got quite a lot of energy and can definitely pack a punch at times. i think it suffers from the rather lengthy runtime - this would be perfect at 25-30 minutes - but they still make good use of it. great drumming, always fun riffs. the lyrics seem to be a point of contention though. kind of seems like everyones falling for the bait? regardless, theyre quite hateful and in turn powerful (or rather, they are delivered with power) so i think they fit quite nicely.

also, love love love the cover. probably the only reason i even came back to this

3

Gaseous Acolyte / a body without organs / Vomir / Untitled

Untitled Four Way (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

jul24

3.5 for the audio alone everyone's side is great but honestly this did not need a vomir contribution lol. dude is way too loud for this vibe.

3.5

Cat Magnet

Cat Magnet (2024) [Single]

Ambient, Drone

Space Ambient

peaceful, instrumental, ethereal, warm, atmospheric

jul24

kind of unfortunate this is blacklisted from the charts - its actually really great ambient. very comfy

3.5

Alo Girl

Bangkok (2014)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

Field Recordings

dark, depressive, noisy

jul24

we celebrate this week with a nicethailand classic.

love love love the atmosphere/vibe on this. creates such a bleak but emotionally vulnerable picture; the field recordings are warm but always distant - they remind me of the first track off of Hell Driver. really soulful and warm walls too, i enjoy the variety of styles here; some tracks are pure wall while others jump around and are quite dynamic at times. its honestly such an engaging listen. the last track felt quite powerful in my opinion.

4

Deströyer 666

Phoenix Rising (2000)

Black Metal, Thrash Metal

war, heavy, dark, energetic, male vocalist

jul24

still thrashy but they lose the fun vibes of their first album and opt for something more straightforward and atmospheric. its fine, its certainly very well made, but i dont like it as much.

3

Contaminated

Celebratory Beheading (2024)

Death Metal

Deathgrind

heavy, dark, aggressive, raw, male vocalist

jul24

awesome cover lol

i appreciate the production, it lets the complex drumming and riffing really stand out, and i love the energy, but a lot of this kind of just passes me by and doesnt stick long in my head. would love to hear where these guys take their sound next

3

Woody

Burnnn (2024) [Music video]

PluggnB

melodic, male vocalist

jul24

lovely production and just a great woody track overall. the video so wholesome fishing

3.5

Kesha

Gag Order (2023)

Alt-Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic

Indietronica, Art Pop, Ambient Pop, Electropop, Indie Folk

depressive, pessimistic, self-hatred, female vocalist, introspective

jul24

basically perfect title+cover, i fw the vision and i respect the hustle, but this just wasnt for me. i found it kind of just wandered around trying different ideas that barely stuck and was just all around not very exciting or even pleasant. the production is nice i guess? shes got a good voice too, but yeah idk. also reminds me of that hayley williams album but maybe thats just the cover similarities

2.5

Holy Grinder

10 Desecrations (2024)

Noisegrind

Powerviolence

heavy, misanthropic, hateful, death, aggressive

jul24

so fucking booooooring. never trusting that Metaga list again fuck that

2.5

Insalubrity

Salacious Putrescent Psychopathy (2020)

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, vulgar, sexual, hateful, aggressive

jul24

a much more appreciated run time ☺️ really you just cant beat a snare like that - thats honestly where a majority of the rating comes from

3

Gorgasm

Destined to Violate (2014)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

sexual, aggressive, violence, technical, melodic

jul24

a very seriously bloated and drawn out exercise in very basic brutal death metal. new ideas are few and far between, but the musicianship carries this for the most part. i was almost ready to give this a 2.5, but those last 4 tracks are just awesome. i also really loved the solo on “Carnival Whore”. id really love to see these guys try to push the boundaries of contemporary brutality because i can tell they definitely have it in them

3

STAYC

Metamorphic (2024)

K-Pop, Pop, Contemporary R&B

Pop Rock, Synthpop, Dance-Pop, Trap

female vocalist, melodic, playful, love, energetic

jul24

woopsies so im writing this like 2 days after i just forgot to add it to the diary when i listened.

its a pretty mixed bag, but a good mixed bag i guess. some tracks stand out as really lovely or fun pop songs but im left feeling a bit underwhelmed by a lot of them. feels like some ideas are half baked, and there really isnt a good justification for this being 40 damn minutes, though i do respect the effort.

3

Peste Noire

L'ordure à l'état pur (2011)

Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

French Folk Music, Folk Metal

nationalism, vulgar, political, sexual, misanthropic

jul24

im a bit torn! on the one hand, this jumps around a whole lot making it hard to really get into songs, and he has this obnoxious habit of incorporating some seriously stupid electronic elements (like track 2 which contains a fucking REGGAETON). but on the other hand, hes undeniably such a talented songwriter; i really really love some of these riffs, and he utilizes both an eclectic instrumental pallet and all kinds of vocals (including some beautiful female vocals!) to create these really stunning and impressive epics of tracks.

im going to be coming back to this a bit over the next week or so for sure, but for now, ill let the score speak for itself.

3

Black Dice

Natty Light (2019) [Compilation]

Noise Rock, Noisecore

Emoviolence, Thrashcore

aggressive, noisy, raw, energetic, dissonant

jul24

very interesting. finds itself at a crossroads between noise rock, emoviolence, and noisecore (regarding its abrasiveness; compositionally its nothing close to noisecore). as you can imagine, the genre tags are a bit of a nightmare. the first two discs this compiles i enjoyed, these guys have a unique way of writing these kinds of songs, but once it gets into the experimental/improvisational third disc it loses me. too much bullshit for my tastes, but i suppose it marks a turning point in their sound before they went onto what they are more widely known for now.

3

Sissy Spacek

Diaphanous (2024)

Noisegrind

heavy, cryptic, raw, atonal, male vocalist

jul24

by and far the most mild release theyve dropped this year so far - feels like SS on autopilot. nothing here is really of standout quality, and why do the count offs sound so sad?! still, its enjoyable and objectively well made noisegrind, so i cant say i didnt enjoy it at least a little.

3

Celer

Engaged Touches (2009)

Ambient, Drone

Field Recordings

instrumental, atmospheric, repetitive, ethereal, minimalistic

jul24

some genuinely beautiful moments scattered throughout this, but i think this does the field recordings+ambient to a lesser degree of success than something like Xièxie.

3

chouchou merged syrups.

Clepsydra (2014) [EP]

Shimokita-kei, Math Pop

Math Rock, Midwest Emo, Post-Hardcore

female vocalist, longing, complex, melancholic, technical

jul24

i like the higher energy and faster paced sections, they should do that more. the rest is boring j stuff that youve heard a bajillion times

3

Olhon

Sinkhole (2006)

Dark Ambient, Field Recordings

Drone, Musique concrète

aquatic, dark, atmospheric, sombre, mysterious

jul24

so cool love the concept perfect execution. just barely tampered with enough so that everything sounds so alien and cold. like genuinely exploring a cave in pitch black darkness

3.5

Syzy

The weight of the world (2024)

Future Riddim

Bubblegum Bass, Future Bass, Briddim, Tearout [Brostep]

energetic, rhythmic, melodic, ethereal, sampling

jul24

on the one hand its great that brostep is being revived and reevaluated, but on the other… why is this kinda boring? the production is top notch obviously real high quality stuff and theres a lot of great ideas and melodies but like… maybe this stuff just doesnt work as an album? i felt like i was constantly just waiting for the next track to start. idk. it bangs on occasion.

3

Esophageal

Craving Delusions (2019)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

chaotic, misanthropic, heavy, dark, violence

jul24

love the mixing here. sounds very dirty and primal. good snare work

3

Eeva

Ива (2010)

Screamo

jul24

comfy russia screamo

3

Cerebral Effusion

Ominous Flesh Discipline (2021)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

rhythmic, dark, violence, heavy, raw

jul24

yeah i dont understand how anyone thinks this is anything special - literally sounds exactly like everything else in the vast sea of bdm

2.5

kigurumi fetish

pure fucking sanitization. this is not new and this is not unique and i want no audience because all you cunts are are a plague on anything worthwhile (2023)

Harsh Noise

Sound Collage, Glitch

jul24

interesting digital noising. i thought this would be hnw but its very dynamic stuff. curious to hear more

3

Foetal Fluids to Expurgate / Cystgurgle

Expurgating and Gurgling Foetal and Cystic Fluids (2024)

Goregrind

jul24

im not too crazy about FFTE’s side, its pretty standard fare grind stuff that doesnt stick out too much in my head. cystgurgles is also heavy on the goregrind, but i think he’s just a good songwriter and is able to carry his own weight much more consistently.

3

Dispersed

Where Silence Reigns (2021)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

heavy, apocalyptic, rhythmic, raw, dark

jul24

i actually really like the atmosphere on this. like everyone else is saying, theres a strange foreboding and ominous vibe to these riffs that help it stand out, mainly due to some of the curious guitar work happening between the slams. it works sometimes and is in one ear out the other sometimes. i like these shorter song structures.

3

Asphyxiate

Altar of Decomposed (2021)

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, dark, death, aggressive, dissonant

jul24

i suppose its slightly better than Self Transform From Decayed Flesh? but in the near-decade it took to punp this out they really didnt grow a whole lot from that album. same old boring whatever bdm.

2.5

Trash Princess

Beyond (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Drone

jul24

i actually listened to this yesterday and just totally forgot to rate it. emotional ass drone under some crunchy ass digital wall. its not bad

3

Alesana

The Emptiness (2010)

Post-Hardcore, Mall Screamo

Emo-Pop, Rock Opera, Melodic Metalcore, Art Rock, Progressive Rock

concept album, death, dark, longing, violence

jul24

this is my girlfriends favorite alesana album, and probably her favorite album ever as of right now. shes been asking me to check it out so top of the queue it goes.

its good, but i cant say its a very string album in terms of the rest of their discography. theyve basically totally moved into prog-emo territory, which has its strengths, one being that theres a lot of story they can tell, and i generally think they do a pretty good job at it here + i fw the concept, but its drawback is that every song kind of just flies by and there isnt a whole lot to latch onto? they still have catchy choruses but theyrd drowned out by the flurrying of different parts and ideas. i also think his voice is a bit weaker here than on past releases. they need to use the female vocals more! annabel is pretty fantastic though

3

Abhorrent Castigation

Throne of Existential Abandonment (2014)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

heavy, dark, aggressive, energetic, ominous

jul24

of course i say all of that about the saving of brutality and then i listen to the most boring and basic bdm release of all time

2.5

Wormed

Omegon (2024)

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

uncommon time signatures, science fiction, technical, chaotic, complex

jul24

my goats. theyre back. as fuck.

feels so great - such a maturation of theyre style and they dont miss a single beat here. theyve had plenty of opportunities to refine and master their songwriting abilities and it totally shows; lots of very rapidly evolving songs as per usual but theres a certain connecting thread that runs through all of them - it feels less like technicality and brutality for its own sake and more like real songs being composed and written because there is something to convey. these longer songs help to let ideas flourish and grow as well, it gives everything plenty of time to make its mark before moving onto something else. love love love the atmospheric sections, lets the guitar work really shine through. of course i love the drums too! bitch! and yes they fucking ping!!!

brutality is saved once again yall!

4

Uboa

Impossible Light (2024)

Death Industrial, Dark Ambient

Industrial Rock, Neoclassical Darkwave, Harsh Noise, Glitch, Post-Metal

noisy, dark, female vocalist, ominous, atmospheric

jul24

i will always and forever be more impressed and captivated by her amazing glitch+harsh noise output rather than her high production high concept death industrial. there are glimmering moments of that unique violence shes so great at that stick out between a lot of these quieter ambient sections that make this at least somewhat exciting to sit through, but im ultimately left mildly unsatisfied since they’re only a small portion of this whole thing. i like and dont like the inclusion of rock instrumentation here - sometimes it sounds like tape metal/燃えない灰 [Moenai Hai] and other times it feels like im just listening to some kind of inferior Mezzanine. and even though i cant find it in me to care too much for her death industrial compositions, they are at the very least beautiful and well crafted, so i can appreciate them still.

3

Arkangel

Hope You Die by Overdose (2004)

Metalcore

Thrash Metal

aggressive, male vocalist, heavy, hateful, suicide

jul24

fun stuff. it all kinda blends together and theres nothing that sticks out as memorable here but its hard to hate on this depressive metalcore stuff. last track samples gummo which is funny

3

Phyllomedusa

Fijian Fantasies (2019)

Gorenoise, Sludge Metal, Noisegrind

Slam Death Metal, Exotica, Pornogrind

noisy, tropical, aggressive, raw, dense

jul24

god dammit. its actually good.

im going to have to give this a couple more spins but i actually liked it! phyllomedusa’s talents honestly really shine through in these longer song structures. the mixing is pretty unique for how this stuff is written too, even if its just regular phyllo mix. theres some genuinely great riffs and grooves here that kind of had me stopping my work just to listen.

3 for now…

stalker who gets turned on by threatening her ex-girlfriends on the phone

This Feels All Wrong (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

jul24

such a weird mood this morning. woke up feeling so unproductive and dissociated just wanted to listen to music.

this is weird too. feels like very hollow texture, and the pitching noise being so standout just feels odd. cant say i really liked it, but i want to check out their other releases still

2.5

Asphyxiate

Self Transform From Decayed Flesh (2013)

Brutal Death Metal

rhythmic

jul24

run of the mill slam.

while listening to this i was thinking about peste noir… if black metal sounded more like this i would like it a lot more i think

or maybe it would be boring?

2.5

Molested

Blod-draum (1995)

Death Metal

Black Metal

chaotic, complex, uncommon time signatures, dense, occult

jul24

pretty crazy. just like relentless evil sounding riffage. the drums sound so good for being programmed. love the atmosphere on this and the occasional inclusion of different instruments.

3.5

Calliope Mori

Dead Beats (2020) [EP]

Pop Rap

Comedy Rap, Trap [EDM]

fantasy, humorous, playful, rhythmic, energetic

jul24

honestly not as bad as i was expecting. shes actually kind of a good rapper, which feels weird to say… shes got good flow and her japanese doesnt sound totally forced and intolerable. good lyrics i guess; its pretty difficult to sit through some of the theatrics here (the “jerking” outro was stupid asf) and the instrumentals are just super boring. she should tap into draincore cloudrap that would be fire. i actually thought some of the choruses were pleasant, they also give some needed breathing room from her verses - shes got a good singing voice i think. im going on about the positives but i wouldnt say this is a release i particularly enjoyed, its still white girl rap so i can only engage w it so much. i dont understand the reaper rapper concept i guess she kills people with her bars?

2.5

Malade de Souci

Novmmbr Aign (2000) [EP]

Math Rock, Brutal Prog, Noise Rock

dissonant, minimalistic, aggressive, chaotic, manic

jul24

similar to Cryptooology but its like grindcore. halfway through they start doing screaming vocals and its cool.

3

Yowie

Cryptooology (2004)

Math Rock, Brutal Prog

Experimental Rock, Punk, Noise Rock

manic, atonal, complex, uncommon time signatures, instrumental

jul24

this is pretty crazy lol. Hella mathing meets Behold... the Arctopus virtuoso progging, but its all got this very dirty kind of vibe to it (not in the mixing sense - everything actually sounds very very clean). its not super memorable but you know its hard to not enjoy it. sometimes the guitar sounds like that Guitarmaggedon scene where he asks him to make it sound like his old lady’s tabby.

3

Insect Warfare

Evolved Into Obliteration (2007) [EP]

Grindcore

aggressive, heavy, apocalyptic, pessimistic, male vocalist

jul24

ive actually heard this before, since its part of Entomological Siege 2004/2009, but i guess i just forgot to rate it way back in the day. i relistened to it; its pretty great - if you know insect warfare you know what to expect. the drums sound great here.

3.5

Organized Resistance

Day of the Rope (2005)

Power Electronics

hateful, nationalism, concept album, violence, noisy

jul24

felt kind of weird that in my circle i didnt like this as much as everyone else? the violent tracks are violent but i dont know i felt like the piano tracks were a bit corny and in general it failed to really keep me engaged the entire time. its still good though

3

2Slimey

Tmz (2024) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Dark Plugg, Trap Metal

Power Noise, Industrial Hip Hop

aggressive, dense, noisy, violence, male vocalist

jul24

so fucking crazy every time i hear him come in it makes me laugh

3.5

Disordered

Documentaries of Disgust (1998)

Goregrind, Brutal Death Metal

aggressive, heavy, raw, dissonant, male vocalist

jul24

this was curious. it may warrant further investigation. felt like a standard bdm album at first but theres lots of weird little flares throughout this. im not sure how much i love it but i wouldnt mind coming back to it eventually.

3

Mangled

Mutilated Sexual Orifice (1995) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

jul24

only really listened for the cover. this is fine. kind of almost boring enough to be 2.5 but theres a couple riffs i like that keep it above water

3

Human Effluence

Promo 2019 (2019) [EP]

Goregrind

raw, vulgar, aggressive, noisy, infernal

jul24

youre ridiculous fuckcomments. this is great! obviously not the pinging masterpiece that is their split material but still really solid goregrinding. very fun, love the ldoh cover

3.5

Pokémaster

Pokémaster (2020)

Noisecore

Cybergrind

humorous, aggressive, male vocalist, noisy

jul24

really awesome concept very fun the second side is soo much worse then the first side though its not bad just yeah it doesnt compare.

3

7038634357

Solid Orbit / Grace Eject (2024) [Single]

Progressive Electronic, Epic Collage

Ambient, Weightless, Epic Collage

jul24

lovely stuff. the climax of the second track was amazing. not too exciting otherwise

3

aespa

Hot Mess (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Contemporary R&B, Trap [EDM], Pop Rap

female vocalist, playful, ethereal, energetic, bouncy

jul24

they… might be back?

first track is major Savage vibes - its ridiculous that its getting any hate at all! the other two are fine, i can imagine theyll grow on me. perhapse we may see the retvrn of aespa soon…

3

Organogenisis

Organogenisis (2020) [Additional release]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jul24

kind of like a Hydroencephalocystocele with normal gore vocals. its fine. id love to hear some more from this project

3

420

Reality (1998) [Additional release]

Slam Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

dissonant, chaotic, raw, cannabis, drugs

jul24

just really solid straightforward real ass slvm. lots of fun, i need to check out their other demo

3.5

Venta Protesix

Endless Incapacitating Discomfort (2018)

Glitch, Harsh Noise

noisy

jul24

i like it less than Loneliness and Deviancy, but its more of the same kind of glitch noise. feels less cohesive and emotive to me

3

Destroyer 666

Unchain the Wolves (1997)

Black Metal, Thrash Metal

male vocalist, anti-religious, rebellious, occult, heavy

jul24

curiosity got the best of me and i tapped the damn in.

its fine. kind of fun sometimes. definitely very very campy lol. i actually kind of like it? perhaps its the overbearing thrash influence, but its true that this is indeed black metal that knows how to have a good time. Australian & Anti-Christ is such a damn addictive song. cant say its too memorable beyond that tho

3

Sulfuric Cautery / Human Effluence

Sulfuric Cautery / Human Effluence (2020)

Goregrind

Gorenoise

heavy, misanthropic, vulgar, disturbing, aggressive

jul24

and just like that im 1 billion entries behind. if that isnt testament to how great this album is, i dont know what is!

sulfuric cautery basically perfect the goregrindcorenoise formula. amazing ping, filthy blurry violence and some of my favorite vocals in all of metal.

but honestly… human effluence has my heart ❤️ fantastic songwriting and basically the most amazing drumkit of all time. the fills literally sound like cartoon running. so damn perfect, on loop forever dude

4

Necrotik Fissure

Gemini Error Connection (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

now for a wall that is completely different!

i actually… do not like this even close to as much as i originally did. which is a shame, because i tried to buy a CDr off of Necrotik Fissure like 2 years ago and he still hasnt sent it.

i think in general, now that ive grown up a bit, im very selective with NF’s walls as they can be quite cold, abrasive and digital, this one being no exception. the intense crunching doesnt strike me as cathartic as it once did, and i just cant overlook the dentist drilling high frequencies anymore, its both distracting and kind of unpleasant to be honest. i still think its a fine release, certainly worth checking out at least for its very accessible length, but theres probably dozens better Necrotik Fissure releases out there.

3

Nascitari

Your Sewer / My Church (2016)

Harsh Noise Wall

instrumental, noisy

jul24

writing this a day late… woops!

somewhat of a classic these days, no? probably mostly due to the fact that it shows up in the HNW ultimate boxset, but also because it is really really good.

i completely forgot how much i love this release. the first track is hands down a top 10 wall song. i love the intro and the general progression of the entire piece; it has a very “live” quality to it. the texture - i dont even know how to begin to describe what the texture quite is - is perfect, i love how weirdly organic it sounds, the clipping aspects feel like its folding in on itself over and over again… so cool…

im not nearly as crazy about the second track, but its still good. its like this dark crunch on top of an insanely blown out bass. the bass was actually so intense i was starting to get a bit nauseous listening with headphones lol.

4

Celer

Jima (2015)

Ambient, Drone

repetitive, meditative, atmospheric

jul24

first song is okay im not super into it but the second one is really great longing distant solace lovely ⭐️

3

SeeYouSpaceCowboy / If I Die First

A Sure Disaster (2021) [EP]

Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Mall Screamo

Sass, Emo-Pop, Mathcore

passionate, melodic, heavy, female vocalist, aggressive

jul24

kind of exacty what it looks like lol. iidf > sysc, the collab track is good too. not super memorable though

3

Black Sabbath

Master of Reality (1971)

Heavy Metal, Traditional Doom Metal

Traditional Doom Metal

heavy, dark, male vocalist, rhythmic, nocturnal

jul24

i dont think its better than Paranoid, but its still a good album. at this point theyve become metal undeniably, and theyre songwriting has gotten a bit better with a particular ear for melodies. the riffing isnt as strong, but its still fun. sadly the drums seem to get less of a spotlight here. i love the cover

3

Frying Pan Ocean Cam

Hurricane Noise Wall (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

first track is like the most stupid thing ive ever heard in my life skull but i actually enjoy the second one its cool very weirdly organic to me

2.5

pinniped

everything feels wrong (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

dark, sparse, cold

jul24

i hope you’re okay pinniped :headpat:

really good so comfy. perfect for my sick head. feels very full lovely texture

3.5

Celer

You and I Can't Ever Change (2018)

Drone, Ambient, Tape Music

mellow, peaceful, ethereal, minimalistic, meditative

jul24

i was at home sick the other day, and i thought it would be the perfect time to lay down and listen to this. i just played this out of my speakers and closed my eyes and listened. its really relaxing. so meditative, balancing between being awake and drifting off to sleep made for a really fun listening experience. i found that sometimes when i’d get real tired i would lock in and focus on a looping section of a song, and it would become like my entire world, then i would reach the first stage of unconsciousness and it would disappear, waking me up like i had just fallen through the floor (in a very calm way?).

i really like the first and second tracks, especially track 2. perfect longing ambience, i love that theres this really micro textures you can just barely make out and try to pick up on during it. the last track feels a bit more somber, but is still good, just not as exciting to explore as the first two.

3.5

Kesha

Joyride (2024) [Single]

Romanian Popcorn

Turbo-Folk, Dutch House, Pop Rap

quirky, playful, party, hedonistic, energetic

jul24

seeing this gaining some traction so i tapped in…

its okay. very corny and idc what everyone else is saying this is 100% gaga imitation. not sure if i like or dislike that, but theres just no arguing about it. the chorus is admittedly catchy, i just dont care for instrumental at all really.

3

Krumble

My Funny Dead Cat (2005) [EP]

Breakcore, Raggacore

jul24

tracks are a bit too long but its fun. i can definitely see how this might go super hard in a rave setting ‼️

3

Radiator Bitch

Foeticide (2018) [EP]

Goregrind, Noisecore

jul24

shrug noisecore. feels like bdm/grind the way the drums sound and the overall structure.

3

Tiku Sens

it isn't anything special but i still tried my best (2019)

Ambient

Drone

jul24

cute little ambient stuff. idc ab the tracks with beats though

3

Fallout Season 1

jul24

my girlfriend really wanted to watch this with me, so we finally sat down and got through it over a few days. its surprisingly tolerable; a very easy show to sit down and watch. i really like some of the mystery and how they set everything up, but they kind of have a hard time delivering with the solutions. theres also like a lot of plotholes that bothered me and are not very realistic. first of all, cockroaches would definitely not evolve that far in only 200 years, second of all there is no fucking way that a ferris wheel would still be standing that close to the ocean for 200 years. also most of the actors suck, and the cast is just insane! if you could tv nerdle this you could play twin peaks, the IT crowd, saw 1, hannah montana, the list goes on!

Angry Aryans

Racially Motivated Violence (1998)

Hardcore Punk

Beatdown Hardcore

hateful, aggressive, rhythmic, political, energetic

jul24

i actually liked some of the riffs, the guitarist has pretty mad solo game, but the fucking vocals man. idk why they put that dumbass effect on this whole thing. its also hella boring most of the time, every song is kinda the same. leans into silly territory rather than real hateful.

2.5

Griz+zlor

This Machine Makes Static (2011)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

its true - it does!

comfy tracks, i liked 1 more than 2. not as harsh as i was expecting.

3

Ground-Zero

Consume Red (1997)

Experimental Rock, Drone, Noise

Turntable Music, Free Improvisation, Noise, Korean Folk Music, Fusion Gugak, Sound Collage, Sanjo, Totalism

suspenseful, repetitive, apocalyptic, noisy, hypnotic

jul24

something ive been hesitant to tap into for a very long time. thanks for the push, fuckcomments.

didnt know at all what to expect but this was fucking fire as hell. love the crescendo. when the noise first comes in it kind of scared me. the drums are just insane pounding driving and just like the entire last half of this is ridiculous. idk its hard to put into words but its so elevating when every element comes together finally. i dont have a lot to say, its very cathartic, go listen to it.

4

20020

jul24

i randomly had the urge to revisit 17776 this last week or so, and ive been just kind of reading through it whenever i got the chance. i got sick yesterday, small cold, and i found out that the sequel for 17776 had already come out, so i spent the entire day reading through it.

its a really amazing sequel. picks the pace up right where we left off; i will never stop being amazed at these insane 'experimental' football games that Bois is able to come up with. its a fascinated blending of american culture and science fiction. hes great at creating these worlds that beg so many questions but he only ever throws us a few bones. im always both immersed and impressed. he pulls a lot of emotion out of this story, too. i dont know if its more emotional than '76, but it feels a lot more hopeful and optimistic. in '76 it felt like we were kind of hopeless grappling with this horrible curse of immortality - Bois explores the existentialism of that kind of future - but the tone of '20 seems a lot more romantic and life affirming. we have all of this time to live and love and play sports. Nick and Manny's relationship is really great, and the spoiler: click to read was just plain awesome. so fucking cool.

idk if i could id rate it like a 4 or 4.5

Ami

. (2002) [EP]

Onkyo, Noise

sparse

jul24

really cool exciting stuff. weird noises, i like how sometimes its so obviously vocals and other times its just incomprehensible blips. very fun short listen

3.5

Downthroat

Verminate (2002)

Brutal Death Metal

jul24

amazingly, this is exactly what i expected it to sound like. real tight bdm with some very dry and compact mixing. some silly moments here and there. not at all memorable though, not even sure how much i enjoyed it as background noise.

2.5

Female Pedophile

Never Safe (2014)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

first of all id like to go on record here and say that the version i listened to was only 20 minutes (its on his bandcamp) but i dont feel like adding that to rym so

its fine. feels kind of anw territory but ill let some of yall make that call instead

3

Remembrance Pastures Endless Acres de Piel

Taking a Breath as We Sing Together (2024)

Lowercase, Ambient Noise Wall

Field Recordings, Free Improvisation, Sound Art

introspective, mellow, nocturnal, longing, melancholic

jul24

i really enjoyed the first track even if it was too quiet, the second track pushes that even further though. very minimal, not sure if i loved it but cant say it was bad. the last track is kind of meh i dont care at all, sounds like max reverb slowed down improv or something, idk it just wasnt really my thing.

3

Cirrhosis of the Liver Caused by Excessive Alcohol Use

Raped to Death with an Iron Rod (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

jul24

curious project... i wonder if these walls are made from metal samples, since they kind of have these weird very slow dynamic progressions...

i think its funny that the tags include brutal death metal and goregrind but nothing to indicate waht this actually is

3

Destructive Orgasm

Dirt of Whore (2015)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

fine wall. theres some higher tones i liked.

3

Collin Olan

Rec01 (2002) [EP]

Field Recordings, Lowercase, Sound Art

Indeterminacy

cold, winter

jul24

so cool. like, indeterminacy field recordings. kind of feels like asmr lol. very calming

3.5

"Don't Worry, You're Sound Asleep And Can't Feel A Thing."

II (2024)

Drone, Dark Ambient

Bird Sounds, Noise

peaceful, pastoral, noisy, instrumental

jul24

wild how different this sounds from I but is still like, totally in line with the vision that i get from that album. beautiful stuff, way less "collage"-y to me (definitely still a collage though) and feels more live and organic. second half was a bit loud but it still sounded nice.

3.5

Longlegs (2024)

jul24

yeah.... disappointing. like most reviews are saying its got great marketing but it doesnt live up to the hype. could go on for hours about my problems with this but it just boils down to the fact that they need to turn everything down by a couple notches. the editing, the score, the acting, even the fucking story just gets so ridiculous and dumb its hard to take it seriously. i love that nicolas cage was like doing a stealth role kind of here i guess but he actually ends up totally ruining this movie with what little screen time he gets. god damn that last scene just... the worst aftertaste ever. i really enjoyed the first part, i thought the mystery and setup was great, contrary to what my buddies were saying i actually liked how it looked! and i like the mixed media little montages we get sometimes. i thought the spoiler: click to read was cool, but again they just push it too far. also damn.,.. this wasnt scary at all. idk what yall are on about.

2.5

Ken Estes

This Twilight Has No Purpose (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall, Harsh Noise Wall

nocturnal, noisy, apathetic, repetitive, instrumental

jul24

cool cave wall. its kind of looping which i didnt like but it still sounds a bit comfy

3

pinniped

Crushed by the Thought of Never Getting to See You (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall, Ambient

Drone

aquatic, longing, nature, cold, dense

jul24

just. so beautiful. amazing textures front to back, with a great sense of progression. im particularly big on the water dripping tracks here, feels so... zen i guess lol. the last track opens up with something that sounds a lot like the first track of 夢幻ℵ₀, which i used to listen to all the time in highschool. it brought back so many memories and emotions it was just such a powerful experience. perfect beautiful amazing 100 ambient

4 aoty so far

pinniped

fixation without resolve (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Drone, Ambient

noisy

jul24

last one before listening to the new long album :D

amazing progression ideas i lovd that it starts with ambient and becomes this insane crawling harsh next level amazing. kind of felt my soul leave my body at some point i was listening and kind of tired so like half conscious shitわ was crazy

3.5 maybe 4 eventually

pinniped

Looking After (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

jul24

really interesting, even if its not my fav from this project. weird metal rustling. cool stuff…

3

Medulloblastoma

Resecting the Complete Lymphatic System Infested by Malignant Embryonal Neuroepithelial Tumors Forming Fetal Cell (2024) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

jul24

epic bubbling harsh noise. the noise was cool very buzzing and wild sliding. i may raise score

3

pinniped

I Feel Whole With You (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

jul24

i guess im in the minority hear, judging by my peers ratings, but i really liked this. its a bit different, honestly hardly a wall, but it was still really nice. reminds me of when i would sit under highways and just listen to the cars and the wind and life

3.5

pinniped

Longing (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Dark Ambient

jul24

pinniped FULL full length is out so i need to catch up i have been falling behind :)

really nice cold stuff as always. perfect minimal static and i enjoyed how distant but still definitely noticeable (although reeaally subtle) the ambient was. very good to pet my cat to

3.5

Black Sabbath

Paranoid (1970)

Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Traditional Doom Metal, Blues Rock, Heavy Psych, Occult Rock

heavy, dark, political, male vocalist, ominous

jul24

undeniably better than their debut. really, im just glad ozzy ditched the damn harmonica.

guitars and drums sound way better, and i suppose the vocals do too. the riffing feels like its stepped up a level, perhaps at this point they’d honed in the skills they’d need specifically to write these kinds of songs. i thought the caravan song was cool, but pretty boring. i agree with some other reviewers that the second half isnt as good as the first. i dont like the cover art, it wouldve been redeemed had they stuck with the “War Pigs” title.

3

Knurl

Acidamide (2005)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

not at all what i was expecting originally. thought this might be some really violent junk metal noise but its actually… wall! well, theres a fair bit of dynamics, so its not trve wvll, but its slow moving enough that i think it counts. i cant say it stands out too much, it isnt particularly exceptional in any areas, but its still an enjoyable listen.

3

daiba datta

It Was Pitch Dark With Light Emitting From Passersby When I Found You (2024)

Harsh Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

just fucking. 100000000000 bright flashing white lights happening all at once and you cant blink forever stuck inside of a screen

really honestly off putting at first - the super super digital texture is like really alienating, my body kind of wants to feel cold but its so blinding and burning intense its like a weird new warmth. so cool hearing how elements evolve to reveal themselves as others fade out and you can kind of make some sense out of it. cant expect this will be super popular though with some other wallers but what do i know

3.5

Botanical Atrocity

Viscera Tangled Like Ivy (2024)

Ambient, Gorenoise

Ambient Noise Wall

female vocalist, repetitive, aquatic, dark, peaceful

jul24

wow. this was unexpected.

first ever genuine gorebient stuff, really perfect blend of these styles, and great anw influence too. the first track was quite hypnotic, but the beauty of this format doesnt really shine through until that second track. so peaceful. so excited to see where this sound goes, if it goes anywhere at all

3.5

The Rita

Lake Depths Lurker (2005)

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

dense, noisy, chaotic, aquatic, heavy

jul24

ive been dying to dig into Harshnoise‘s releases, so i figured today is a good day to revisit this one!

originally i may have been too dismissive of this. its kind of in the same vein as Sea Wolf Leviathan, in terms of theme and style, though i would say this is much closer to wall territory. there seems to usually be a constant rumbling crunching that underlines the more dynamic mid-high range textures. lots of tossing and turning; if youre familiar with Sea Wolf you know what to expect, though its much calmer. rather than a hurricane it feels a bit like a thunderstorm… the second track is really where this kind of atmosphere shines through. it has these longer, but quickly fleeting, sludging moments that feel like just looking up at the night black sky and letting the weight of everything crush you forever. really great stuff.

3.5

Turnabout

Mortem solis (2024) [EP]

Witch House

Cloud Rap, Emo Rap, Wave

melancholic, funereal, cold, atmospheric, male vocalist

jul24

yall, waterplaster may have been right. just comes down to the execution; turnabout still grappling with all this freedom and new territory, only makes sense hes gonna fumble around a bit. i do have hope though that he puts out something good eventually, i enjoy his screamed vocals and some of goners emotional production here. they just gotta spend a little more time honing their crafts

2.5

Encystment

Egregious Treatment of Cloacal Exstrophy Malformation (2020)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

manic, vulgar, energetic, heavy, dense

jul24

perfect pingage! pretty brainless bdm slam but its fun. i like the mixing, helps the riffs stand out a bit. lowkey could be a 3.5 if im fw it more in the fu ture

3

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath (1970)

Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Occult Rock

Blues Rock, Traditional Doom Metal, Heavy Psych

occult, dark, ominous, male vocalist, heavy

jul24

its just that time in my life where i need to stop foolin around and listen to some damn black sabbath. i never knew ozzy was in this band, or that they were so affiliated with Dio, so thats cool. im really not crazy at all about psych stuff so i could live without that giant overbearing influence on this, but it still manages to be fun and innovative. my biggest takeaway was the drumming though. really cool to see how this weird mesh of jazz and rock and the inklings of metal-style drums come together; sounds super unique.

i dont know for sure if its the exact same tracks, but i listened to the 2014 remaster which lists different titles, but as far as i can tell is the same audio.

3

Various Artists

There Is No Tomorrow (2004)

Dark Psytrance

jul24

i only really listened for Derango’s track, which is good, but its kind of a very standard fare dark psy comp. nothing outlandish or overly experimental worth noting. Catla’s track was also good.

3

Tiësto

Magik Six: Live in Amsterdam (2000) [DJ Mix]

Uplifting Trance, Progressive Trance

ethereal, energetic, hypnotic, melodic, atmospheric

jul24

3

Crass

Penis Envy (1981)

Anarcho-Punk

Art Punk, Post-Punk, Noise Rock

political, protest, female vocalist, anarchism, sarcastic

jul24

well. i fw the messages. i like the energy. this was just damn boring. i guess maybe anarcho punk isnt my jam; not that there is really anything specifically wrong with this stuff they seem like good songwriters and talented musicians, i just dont really care at all.

shrug

2.5

Candyblisters

Missing Signals (2002-2006) (2016) [Compilation]

Dark Ambient, Harsh Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall, Noise, Ambient Noise Wall

noisy, lo-fi

jul24

adding this just for the “missing signals” section at the end.

so boring. just like looping sine wave sounding stuff. most uninspired dark ambient ever. i would literally feel embarrassed owning this.

2.5

Candyblisters

Punishment Contest (2005)

Harsh Noise, Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

the best one on the comp. things are loud enough that you can actually hear whats happening. some decent textures.

3

Candyblisters

Faith (2003)

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

lo-fi, dark, chaotic, noisy, apocalyptic

jul24

i would definitely call this one bad, though. just way too washed out and quiet, theres really no point in listening to this. felt a bit like a waste of time!

2

Candyblisters

Candyblisters (2002)

Dark Ambient

Noise, Drone

jul24

pretty boring dark ambient stuff. rarely caught my attention, but i wouldnt say it was bad.

2.5

Nettspend

That One Song (2024) [Single]

Trap, Emo Rap

Cloud Rap, Dream Pop

sampling, ethereal, drugs, melancholic, male vocalist

jul24

i dont mind the sample, but i do wish this was more synth heavy. the wubbing 808s are weird. maybe itll grow on me. idc much for his lines either

2.5

Broder Daniel

Fucking Åmål (1998) [EP]

Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Film Soundtrack

Noise Pop, Shoegaze, Post-Punk Revival

anxious, melancholic, dense, passionate, male vocalist

jul24

underground is pretty silly. i dont really care at all about it though. whirlwind is the star, beautifully simple lyrics, great guitars. hits hard. ill be gone is a step up from underground, but its still just okay.

3

Just because someone lets you torture them doesn't mean you should

Just because someone lets you torture them doesn't mean you should (2022) [EP]

Math Rock, Midwest Emo

Screamo

mellow, technical, male vocalist, dense

jul24

looked like it might be some really lame shit but its actually kind of cool. very unique start and stop stuff i feel like ive never heard (at least done like this) before in emo music. cool sparse use of vocals. not sure im gonna care ab this much in the near future but i respect it

3

Izaya Tiji

Svelte in Designer (2019) [EP]

Ambient Plugg, Plugg, Cloud Rap

Pop Rap

ethereal, sentimental, winter, male vocalist, depressive

jul24

morning listen. great stuff. really simple stripped back but still gorgeous beats. love how emotional bros vocals are on these.

3.5

William Basinski

Watermusic (2001)

Ambient, Drone

Minimalism, Process Music

aquatic, soft, soothing, minimalistic, instrumental

jul24

a long time ago, probably 6, 7 or 8 years ago at this point, i was recommended Watermusic II on youtube for some reason. for some reason the artwork in that video has always stuck with me.

its decent. its about exactly what you would expect. i didnt listen to the split up sections, didnt seem right since it was intended originally as one longform piece. i think if you arent totally relaxed this is kind of hard to get into, but in the right setting its perfect. i should listen to more of his stuff.

William Basinski - Watermusic II

3

Metallica

St. Anger (2003)

Alternative Metal

Nu Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal

angry, aggressive, raw, heavy, male vocalist

jul24

the biggest crime this record is guilty of is simply being misguided. and also very boring, but you could argue that that is just a consequence of the former.

i dont fully know the story of how this album came to be, but i do know that metallica were in a very strange transitional period of their careers. St. Anger seems to be all about exploring new ideas, trying different things and experimenting with different sounds. i actually love the drums here, the snare has some immaculate ping and they sound great in this mix. i do wish the guitars were louder, but im guessing thats another stylistic choice. i really dont like hetfields vocals. perhaps its also a consequence of the mix, or just that he is no longer a strong vocalist, i dont know, but he rarely puts on a convincing performance. "My World" and "Shoot Me Again" are exceptions though. the lyrics are definitely... weird... sometimes. but it feels like theres a genuine attempt being made. and thats really where most of the score comes from, for me. its a respectable effort, i cant imagine any other band in their positions trying to put something out that was this abrasive and nonconforming. i respect the fact that they decided to experiment and commit to something totally different rather than continue to derive and derive from old formulas or seek out new trends to stay relevant. unfortunately though this is, like i said earlier, really fucking boring. mainly because songs are just so long, but i also dont think the mixing helps with this. it never feels like theres a whole lot to truly grab your attention or captivate you, and so for a majority of the run time im just kind of waiting for songs to move on to the next idea or end altogether. a fatter mix couldve brought out some of the heavier elements, which i wouldve appreciated more, but again that was probably a stylistic choice. maybe i should watch the doc.

2.5

Various Artists

The Ghost Orchid: An Introduction to EVP (1999) [Compilation]

Field Recordings

Spoken Word

paranormal

jul24

interesting stuff. not sure on the validity of some of these - its a pretty biased (reasonably so) introduction; you can only convey so much in so little time across a physical medium. some of the recordings are a bit strange, nothing haunting, but very weird... i like the alien explanation. some of these recordings are such bad quality it kind of sounds like death industrial/noise snippets lol.

3

The Smiths

Hatful of Hollow (1984) [Additional release]

Jangle Pop, Indie Pop

Post-Punk, Neo-Acoustic

melancholic, melodic, lonely, LGBTQ, male vocalist

jul24

since my early days on the rim ive always been a smiths hater never really got them beyond There is A Light... (which is definitely a great song); a long time ago i listened to The Queen Is Dead and hated it, so i never really gave them a chance.

i heard a snippet of Please Please Please... the other day and i had just checked this album out since nicethailand gave it a 3.5; seeing that its all live stuff made me a bit hopeful - perhaps it was all the unnecessary studio additions that hurt their music for me to begin with. well i dont know if thats the case, but it doesnt matter cuz this shit is awesome. just so lovely. hes an amazing lyricist its really no contest and i love the confessional guitar writing. for a bunch of live performances, these all sound impeccably mixed - very good quality. theres a few duds that kind of drag on at times (How Soon is Now, for example) but theres enough replayable material that it doesnt really matter.

3.5

Borbetomagus & Hijokaidan

Both Noises End Burning (2007)

Free Improvisation, Noise

Harsh Noise

noisy, improvisation, chaotic, infernal, raw

jul24

pretty damn ridiculous. just like this constant shower of sound and heat. impenetrable and so pure. insane to think anyone could do this for more than like 30 minutes at once; junko the damn goat just being honest. my only gripe is that i wish the drums were louder.

3.5

An Innocent Young Throat-Cutter / Vomir / Government Alpha / Torturing Nurse

Harsh Purification (2009)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

finally getting around to this. too long in my musicbee.

its good. kind of interesting idea for a “split”, having a wall side and noise side. AIYTC’s first track was great, but the other two i wouldnt say are anything special. a bit buzzing. vomir of course steals the show, no doubt about that. torturing nurse’s track is insane - kind of felt like that Dealey Plaza set i played; very Incapacitants/BLJ massive incomprehensible blob of all sorts of noise happening all at once, so many dynamics theres none. cool shitわ. govt alpha’s tracks are fine, they arent as intense as TN’s but are mixed at the same level. i liked the second one more.

3.5

Dave Phillips

Rise (2017)

Post-Industrial, Electroacoustic

Noise, Musique concrète, Dark Ambient, Animal Sounds

noisy, ominous, dark

jul24

got off work early today to go play/see a noise show with my friend. i was part of the closing act; we played with Injured: pretty mid like worthless improv noise and Uncanny spoken word stuff with it, idk it was just lame and was the only set where i questioned how old everyone involved in was, Rob Buttrum: whose set was actually really strong to begin with, lots of super spectacular tape collage stuff reminded me exactly of dave phillips, but for some fucking reason dude had 808 cowbells and trap beats playing underneath it - i will never understand how ideas like this even make it onto the floor in noise music, Ingram: pretty cool shitわ, resonating bass drum on monitor and he was swinging around these massive rock-filled jugs, very cool performance art vibes, and Dromez: had a lackluster performance but it sounded great - good distorted harsh noise vocal set. i played in Dealey Plaza, which is about 6 or 7 different people at any given time, including but not limited to the talented minds of Total Sweetheart, Big Hole and Daniel Ryan. it was an honor playing with them.

this dave phillips album is pretty mid tho. generally just some of his more mediocre collages and efforts plus he incorporates lots of rhythm stuff (theres even a like, “death metal” track?) which just leave sour tastes in my mouth honestly. he has way more convincing and effective releases, i dont really see why you’d ever come back to this unless youre Velocifish for some reason.

2.5

Pidgeon

Might as Well Go Eat Worms (2008)

Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock

Screamo, Noise Pop

noisy, female vocalist, raw, passionate, eclectic

jul24

really fun stuff. super creative and unique, cant think of anything that sounds exactly like this, especially with the female vocals. not all of it sticks with me, particularly the quieter slow sections which i found really boring or some of the jarring tempo/beat changes, but its still cool seeing these concepts get tried out. its surprising this hasnt blown up yet, this seems like prime weird girl tiktok shitわ. guess im early to the party

3

Kevin Drumm & John Wiese

Kevin Drumm & John Wiese (2010)

Noise

noisy

jul24

the review led me to believe this would be a bit louder and harsher… but i guess i probably am listening to a vinyl rip so

its fine though. sounds closer to kevin’s style than wieses, whether thats a good or bad outcome is up to you. as it stands its kind of just a lot of unsettling longform droning noise ala most drumm, with hints of dynamic glitching buried underneath or between lengthy passages.

3

Vaginal Jesus

Beat Rodney Down (1993) [EP]

Grindcore

Death Metal

manic, political, raw, violence, martial

jul24

it definitely sounds better than Jesus Saves... His Pennies, but its still just like. really boring shock punk stuff. i had no idea seth putnam (anal cunt) was in this band?? according to discogs at least.

2.5

Thursday

Waiting (1999)

Post-Hardcore, Emo

Midwest Emo, Emocore

melancholic, poetic, passionate, introspective, male vocalist

jul24

like all the reviews are saying, this kinda sucks. but its nice i guess. theres passion and some real potential (which of course comes to fruition on their followup to this), they just dont know how to capitalize on it quite yet. especially with the vocals, theres a distinct lack of dimension to them; he hasnt yet perfected his singing and theres no interplay between the clean and screamed vocal lines. his lyricism i also thought was kind of subpar here, compared to Collapse. the mix is kind of shitty but i love the guitars here.

2.5

Child Abuse

Cut and Run (2010)

Brutal Prog, Avant-Garde Metal

Mathcore, Noise Rock, Pigfuck

avant-garde, noisy, uncommon time signatures, male vocalist, chaotic

jul24

well… theres certainly ideas. lots of very obtuse approaches to the slough of influences the tags imply but i dont think anything sticks or leaves any sort of impression, on me at least. despite the packaging, this feels very lacking in energy or power.

2.5

Merzbow

Fantail (2002)

Noise

noisy

jul24

mim recommended this to me.

its pretty mid sorry mim. samplezbow lots of rock loops already off to a bad start for me and like its just so tame and middle of the road its hard to vibe with it. also really really digital sounding, maybe the most digital sounding merzbow ever but like not in a good way i guess. i liked the second half of the live track though.

2.5

Wilco

A Ghost Is Born (2004)

Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Art Rock

Alt-Country, Folk Rock, Experimental Rock

melancholic, bittersweet, male vocalist, eclectic, lush

jul24

i think i saved this because i listened to Halfway to a Threeway a long time ago and saw their drummer was on it. this album looked interesting.

its definitely unique and creative. lots of really cool ideas and some stellar execution, even though i dont love their style (or this kind of country-infused alt rock). beautiful guitar playing on a couple tracks where they focus on shredding, and its cool that a band this big is so tapped into experimental rock stuff like this. the drone track is respectable, though boring.

its a good counterexample to anyone saying rock died after the 90s.

3

Steve Reich and Musicians

Music for 18 Musicians

Minimalism

Process Music, American Gamelan

repetitive, hypnotic, rhythmic, ethereal, minimalistic

jul24

interesting. i dont love it but i think its cool. sounds pretty. makes me think of tek lintowe or like how ag cook does lots of synth arpeggios that evolve over time. feel like this is something you just cant hate on at all, no matter how contrarian you are

3

Crank

Wanton Phenomena (1999)

IDM, Glitch

jul24

been on the saves shelf for much too long now.

just some creative and meticulous 90s idm stuff. lots of great ideas and fun experimenting, even if it doesnt stick with me very long. some tracks reminded me of autechre, specifically Vaudeville.

3

A.G. Cook

Apple (2020)

Hyperpop

Bubblegum Bass, Glitch Pop, Electropop, Deconstructed Club, Pop Rock

male vocalist, futuristic, eclectic, quirky, playful

jul24

despite what people seem to be saying about it being all over the place i actually found that it sucks because of the opposite. i think that its rather cohesive, a bit too cohesive… shit just ends up being so boring feels like ag took no risks or did anything special here. i guess i like airhead

2.5

The Outwaters (2022)

jul24

rewatched this with my girlfriend.

just. so fucking amazing. perfect found footage horror. despite what many users will tell you, that first hour is actually goated as fuck. such lovely pov voyeur filming, just like so sincere and emotional camerawork, absolutely love his obsession with small details and nature. theres never any explaining or linear story per say, just clips of life happening, earthquakes and birthday gifts. of course star of the show though is card 3. the switch is just insane, no hesitation going right into the cosmic madness fuckhole shitわ. there are times when the camera is no longer capturing anything, not just a pitch black shot but genuinely no information, and my tv screen looked like it was just turned off; seeing that and still hearing all of the infinite gore and squelching slicing wrecking havoc felt genuinely transcendental. just some jaw on the floor movie magic shitわ. of course plenty of wildly creative and manic scenes, along with plenty of surprisingly deep emotional ones. fucking love this shitわ so much

4.5

Intestinal Disgorge

Sonic Shrapnel (2017)

Goregrind

jul24

such a weird cover for what this is… and why is it on the gorenoise ultimate boxset??

its fine goregrind. good production and theres some interesting experimenting with guitars which is cool. not too impressive beyond that though

3

Lifeforce (1985)

jul24

watched this for ufo day… which i missed by a couple days… whagever

really interesting i guess but its kind of ridiculously boring and just like… confusing but in a bad way i guess. its cool that its kind of like the same vein as his Poltergeist, super high budget scifi tobe hooper movie but i think he just tries way too hard to make this as science fiction as possible, thats honestly where most of the runtime comes from, theres a lot of guys travelling and discussing scientific things. kind of expected more alien vampire zombies! NGL! the vampire history revision angle is super cool though, and the prologue on the ship is really eerie and i love the 80s cg lol. light effects are beautiful as fuck too. also like the whole male-gaze exploitation angle yadda yadda theres better reviews than mine that touch on that more.

2.5

daiba datta

The Pungency of Goat Shit and Week Old Blood Fermenting Across Street Corners (2024) [Single]

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jul24

just plain god damn ridiculous. genuinely nothing on earth that sounds like this, feels like crazy digital flesh hurricane or fucking idk. gotta check out the rest of their stuff

3.5

Gabi Losoncy

HH (2017)

Field Recordings, Reductionism

mysterious, sparse, cryptic, surreal, minimalistic

jul24

idk why but this just seemed anti american so i listened to it today.

in a way its nice and relaxing just listening to the air conditioning, it kind of feels like no input field recordings which i usually love , there just happens to seriously be nothing going on here. or there is? that one review sums up everything you could say about this better than i could, read it.

3

Plutocracy

Sniping Pigz (2000)

Powerviolence, Grindcore

Turntablism

aggressive, sampling, manic, crime, urban

jul24

happy 4th of july ☺️

very boring. too many damn samples that idgaf about. they damn sampled themselves live, that’s ridiculous yall you aint them

the grind stuff is just whatever it just comes down to the fact that its all too silly

2.5

The Gerogerigegege

Hell Driver (1999)

Free Improvisation, Drone

Drone, Field Recordings, Ambient, Electroacoustic, Reductionism

lonely, depressive, dark, cold, atmospheric

jul24

depressing as fuck. that first track… dude… so sad. so lonely. second track is most beautiful minimal improv ever. just playing and feeling every note. the elephant in the room is the third track, which i definitely found to be annoying at first. i can appreciate it though, in hindsight it was pretty effective at just bogging down my mood and reinforcing that real depressive atmosphere, but i seriously doubt id ever listen to it again. the last two tracks are more piano improv, the first of which is very outsider and difficult to engage with, mostly because its closer to EAI territory so the textures are much harsher, but also because for some reason its only in the fucking left ear? i might actually download this later and just make that shitわ mono lol. the last one is even more minimal than track 2, still beautiful though.

i think ultimately juntaro’s challenging approach to this stuff kind of holds it back for me, but no doubt is he able to tap into some real the pression shitわ here. rogue17’s review sums it up pretty well, even if their experience with challenging music seems to be limited.

3.5

LHD

Opaque (2005)

Harsh Noise

jul24

was telling fuckcomments about these guys and realized ive only heard Curtains, so i decided to change that, and what better than with a Pure release!

pretty stellar though. its not quite as full-force and massive as Curtains, but its much of the same kind of noise you might expect from Phil and John. lots of churning and fast paced violence sporadically being audible against constant sharp walls. the last track was my favorite.

3.5

Hana Haruna / Vilgoć

Hana Haruna / Vilgoć (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

last wall today is a rec from lamo. thanks lamo! this was pretty good, though i dont think i agree with lamo entirely on the tracks. i really love HH’s side, perfect intense wall with lots of subtle dynamics and motion, feels very hazy trying to pinpoint it or pay close attention which lends to its hypnotic feeling. vilgoc’s is also hypnotic, but not quite in the same way. i wasnt actually feeling their side at first, its a very digital feeling texture which kind of turned me away, but the longer it went on the more i kind of became entranced i guess lol, it ends up being very soothing and relaxing i think. i still think HH’s side is better though, which is where lamo and i disagree 😁

3.5

Goat

Goat's Holy Mountain (2006)

Harsh Noise Wall, Harsh Noise

noisy, dense, instrumental, chaotic, mechanical

jul24

kicking off july with a… “classic”… of sorts.

dont get me wrong, its great. really masterfully executed, sounds exactly how its packaged. feels like the intense pressure and exhaustion of really scaling a mountain and feeling the violent wind changing in every direction knocking you off your path. theres a really lovely quiet section around the middle before it gets right back into the piercing cold turbulence and violent thrashing. BUT… its just not HNW. there are definitely wall elements, in fact i think towards the end of the first and beginning of the second half hes really tapping into some wall noise, but this is just way too dynamic to call it a “wall album”. i think it just looks good as one - my past self being part of the genre vote’s problem - its the perfect longform harsh noise you’d love to see high up on a chart.

still though, i think its got some grounds to stand in the wall sphere, at least on the borders of it. if i were to make a Guide To Wall Music list, this would probably be right at the beginning as a good introduction into the idea of very longform, sometimes slow moving noise.

3.5

Machismo

Always Ashamed (2016)

Power Electronics

jul24

not nearly on par with the rest of their studio stuff but ig this isnt really a “studio” album. the unreleased side is really weak… unreleased for a reason i guess. it doesnt pick up until the live shows, which are definitely good, but are kind of held back by the live recording quality. wouldve been amazing to be there though, i can only imagine how powerful and loud they are live

3

Brodequin

Prelude to Execution (2003) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Deathgrind

heavy, disturbing, death, energetic, chaotic

jul24

oh hey thanks for the recommendation, fuckcomments!

its brodequin iykyk gas shitわ but the highlight here is that damn ride bell, so fire

3.5

Secretum Omega

Alien Hell Storm (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

its ufo day today so i decided to wallmaster alien wall👍

way better than i was expecting though like crazy indecipherable noise voicing underneath the wall sounds so cool sounds like how it looks to watch 48000 worms crawl over eachother

3.5

Celebrity Appreciation Society

Selected Case Studies Volume 3: Idol (2018)

Power Electronics

jul24

best one for sure. powerful melancholic noise. not too memorable beyond that but i may return later

3

She Walks Crooked

I Felt So Normal and Uninteresting (2014)

Harsh Noise Wall

jul24

ohh you felt so normall and uuuhnninteresting 🥺🥺 good wall interesting movements sucks i had to listen on youtube cuz compression noticeable sometimes

3

Kazumoto Endo

Never Gonna Make You Cry (2001) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Spoken Word, Radio Broadcast Recordings

dissonant, noisy

jul24

just awesomeness. what i really like about this is how high quality it is, sounds so clean and nice which complements his glitchy style really well. ofc the radio part was just wholesome and hype as fuck lol

3.5

Aryan Kommando 88

Aryan Kommando 88 (2010) [Additional release]

Black Metal

Noisecore

jul24

yeah idk it just isnt up my alley i guess. vocals way too harsh. not sure how its noisecore but i guess i wasn’t paying super close attention

2.5

DJ Kawaiiiii Cumshot

Ryona (2020)

Noise, Electronic

jul24

very worthless. couldnt even tell you why i listened to this. i lowkey dont agree with the noise tag but who am i to argue that

2

Suicide By Hanging

Juϟ✟ D0 1✟ (2018) [EP]

Drone, Harsh Noise

jul24

thanks for the rec aasansilta

awesome little noise droning i like it. would be awesome to see a SBH full length

3

Pagan Youth

Demo (2010) [EP]

Hardcore Punk, Pigfuck

jul24

the fucking tags kill my ass again this shitわ is not no wave yall

pretty boring 4 minute punk stuff. cant dog on it too hard

2.5

Blod

Country Girl Perversion (1998)

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

lo-fi, nocturnal, lethargic, vulgar, noisy

jul24

genuinely some of the most unique harsh nojse ive ever heard. cant even put my finger on what it is im hearing, it feels like hallucinating trying to pick out individual bits and pieces. feel like this is what “kvlt” black metal tries to sound like. also had no idea what the titles were until after i listened lmfao

3.5

Burmese

Monkeys Tear Man to Shreds, Man Never Forgives Ape, Man Destroys Environment (2001)

Noisecore, Noise Rock

Noisegrind, Grindcore, Noise

angry, misanthropic, war, chaotic, noisy

jul24

this has been in the queue for far too long, probably since i made my rym account.

first off this is not noisecore, at least not primary. if anyone here interested in keeping the noisecore charts trve then i suggest you tap in and vote.

second off this is just like majorly boring for no reason. these guys have the perfect format and vision but they dillydally and jack off way too much or like idk they just make wrong decisions and its hella unsatisfying. oh yeah lets end this with a 10 minute loop of wind blowing. assholes

2.5

Deterge

Always Around (2010)

Power Electronics

Harsh Noise

jul24

kind of some wasted potential, but its good. vocals are interesting

3

Celebrity Appreciation Society

Selected Case Studies Volume 2: Scandinavian Syndrome (2016)

Power Electronics

jul24

definitely better than the first one. noise is more prominent and powerful. last track, like lamo says, is the best here. tough sample.

3

Amaterasu

Unforgettable Sights of Unforgiving Head Trauma (2022)

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jul24

kms so boring. would be totally passable if it was like a quarter of the length. just the most obnoxious gore song evrr but they do it 1000 times.

2.5

Krystal Jesus

La Peste @ In-Store, Praxis Records 29.09.18 (2018)

Flashcore

Splittercore, Noise

jul24

i wasnt going to listen to this but my internet was terrible and this was all i had downloaded on my phone really.

if you like la peste youll like it, basically exactly what it says: dj mix of la peste material. great flashcore, hard to even tell if these are released tracks or not (besides that one very colorful ep)

3.5

Blod

My Beloved Daughters (2004)

Harsh Noise

disturbing, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic, dense

jul24

really interesting. not at all what i expected tbh. really unique vibe and textures, sounds so cohesive though its weird to think this is so many tracks. idk im kind of at a loss for words you would just have to hear it. its great

3.5

John Wiese

Black Magic Pond (2006)

Harsh Noise

jul24

really awesome glitching harsh noise. super jittery but its the fucking weise so what did you expect bitch. awesome title and cover

3.5

June Recap

summer time. i didnt go on any vacations but i did rate over 200 things! craziness

enjoyment and love and heart:

4'33"; 0'00"

UFO HNW

Demo #2

Puppy That Has Glioblastoma Resulting in the Lost Ability to Talk and the Curse of Only Being Able to Bark Like a Good Dog

Infinite Particles of Negative Energy

Leak Test

Black Lines

Anthropophagia

Hydroencephalocystocele

Diary: Live at London Bridge Studio

Humiliation in Attitude

Carnivorous Worms / Cochliomyia Hominivorax

wow a lot

i also read two books this month! Anything That Moves and In Watermelon Sugar

rekindled my love for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and watched every movie in that series. most of them sucked.

erm what else…

-Claustration 5 stars

-wall wednesday

- acrotic summer

maybe next month we will make it to 300 ratings!…

Slint

Slint (1994) [EP]

Math Rock, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore

Noise Rock

instrumental, suspenseful, anxious, dark, dissonant

jun24

fuckcomments asked me to listen.

im not really crazy at all ab the first track its not really anything. secojd one is cool though i like the harmonics idk what to call it but the riffs are good. i dont care about slint that much but i feel like this could grow on me.

3

Vomir / Carlos Giffoni

Vomir / Carlos Giffoni (2024) [EP]

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

kind of surprising no one has rated this yet lol. vomirs track is good kind of digital crunch which is interesting. never heard of giffoni but his track is interesting its droning and some weird pulsing. idk this dude at work made me watch an entire chapelle show episode while i was listening so i should probably relisten to it later

3

非常階段 [Hijokaidan]

Jojo & Junko (2000) [Compilation]

Noise

jun24

first track is basically the awesomest shitわ ever her vocals are just so insane so awesome, no idea how she does that for more than 2 minutes. second one is kind of boring af though she just mutters and it kind of wanders around aimlessly but they bring it back with a good last track, which is just live recording quality of the first track.

3

Last Days of Patriarchy

Smash the Patriarchy / Rage (2016)

Gorenoise

hateful, protest, anti-religious, violence, aggressive

jun24

listen call me woke but this was fire. some real solid lofi gore grinding awesome. love the fact that for half of this there just isnt count offs it sounds so intense theres hardly no stopping. vocals are good af too awesome monster. constantly turning it up

3.5

Celebrity Appreciation Society

Selected Case Studies Volume 1: Loss of Innocence (2016) [EP]

Power Electronics

jun24

i dont eben know. not what i expected i guess. theres kind of nothing happening so its hard to even say i disliked it? hopefully the next two will have a bit more personality

2.5

Carnivorous Worms / Cochliomyia Hominivorax

Carnivorous Worms / Cochliomyia Hominivorax (2015)

Gorenoise

jun24

cant even fuccking believe this this is so insane. carnivorous worms side is just ridiculous some of the most unique alien liquid vocals ever i dont even know how to describe them. im not crazy about the drums but fuck it everything else is so good idec. bobby’s side is also really good its a bit silly at times but its just like pure cyber pinging wall of sound gore vibes love love love

4

School Girl Knife Fight

Field of Screams (2006) [EP]

Deathcore, Melodic Death Metal

jun24

its fine. kind of what youd expect from the tags and titles. interesting bdm influence i felt - especially with some of that ping.

3

Dvnaèbkre

Dvnaèbkre Zuèrkl Mogovtre (1995) [Additional release]

Dark Ambient, Drone

jun24

this is just crazy. the first track sounds like microsound gore and the second one is like black drone gore. its not gore though. idk its fucking so cool some really unique amazing sounds here

3.5 maybe bumping later

Gene Pick

Separate Control (2015) [EP]

Noise

jun24

really lovely super dynamic progressive glitching noise. leans into digital sounding and analogue sounding territories - super cool middle ground it finds. tracks feel so cohesive too

3.5

Suicide by Bandsaw

Carved-Up Carnal Cuts to Be Served to Cannibal Cunts (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

its good same old same old for this project. feel like its wall but maybe not idk i need more opinions on that. silly title

3

The Gerogerigegege

Saturdaynight Big Cock Salaryman (2001) [EP]

Noise, Noisecore

apathetic, noisy, depressive, lethargic, disturbing

jun24

powerful shitわ. i didnt realize it was going to be so noisy. sad as fuck. probably the closest we have to depressive noisecore other than like deep jew.

3.5

We Are the End

Skies Most Wanted (2007) [EP]

Deathcore

Brutal Death Metal

male vocalist

jun24

decent deathcore. kind of amateur but you can tell how much passion theyve got.

3

Urinary Tract Infection From Severe Pus Clots

Purulent Pile of Autopsy Scraps (2011)

Gorenoise

jun24

really good. just sounds so nice, wish he made more like this but i guess i just need to dig further into uxtxix stuff. love the drums

3.5

Psychrolutes Marcidus

Six Disgusting Mistakes (2012)

Gorenoise

jun24

pencil tapping on desk snare. kind of mid but its fun sometimes

3

3XA

Una cesta de gatitos (2014) [EP]

Gorenoise

humorous, noisy, raw, animals, male vocalist

jun24

1. awesome i fucking love cats

2. actually really good gorenoise. very goregrind territory with the drum compositions; its great!

3.5

Guilty C.

Kanjosen Nightfall (2009) [EP]

Drone, Noise, Harsh Noise

jun24

some meh noise drone. feels like neutered yellow swans.

2.5

Machismo

Humiliation in Attitude (2011)

Power Electronics

Harsh Noise, Death Industrial

jun24

first half is fucking perfect amazing violence so gutting and heavy so good

second half is admittedly way slower and more atmosphere but its still pretty good, harshest death industrial ever

4

Vaginal Jesus

Jesus Saves... His Pennies (1992) [EP]

Grindcore, Hardcore Punk

Death Metal, Heavy Metal

manic, heavy, vulgar, political, raw

jun24

some songs are loud and powerful as fuck, others sound like demo-quality recordings. the lyrics come across as silly more than hateful i think. kind of worthless but i guess they play with a degree of skill that makes this still tolerable.

2.5

Sunny Day Real Estate

Diary: Live at London Bridge Studio (2024) [Additional release]

Midwest Emo, Alternative Rock

Post-Hardcore, Grunge

introspective, melancholic, melodic, male vocalist, depressive

jun24

you either fucking love it or you aint gang like that. its just mature diary i guess, they play it pretty true to its original form but there are certain flourishes - notably in the drums - that give an extra exciting feeling to it. his vocals still sound great, obviously very different but he kills every track here. shit was honestly making me emotional i forgot how much i love this damn band.

4

Tek lintowe and his orchestra

Its Been Real (2024)

Art Pop, Baroque Pop, Indietronica

Folktronica, Indietronica, MIDI Music, Classical Crossover

lo-fi, orchestral, ethereal, sentimental, quirky

jun24

i kind of wish the recording quality was a bit better but i suppose thats supposed to be part of the charm. its just that hes such a good songwriter and theres plenty of great musicianship on display here, id love to hear it more clearly. sometimes it sounds like early anco. kind of falls off a bit after ween wao for me.

3

NewJeans

Supernatural (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Contemporary R&B, New Jack Swing

New Jack Swing, Liquid Drum and Bass

female vocalist, playful, rhythmic, love, romantic

jun24

ive honestly been waiting for whenever murakami would do some kpop artwork. respect to newjeans for always doing something different in that department; murakami is way overplayed these days and feels closer to hypebeast territory than foreign art, but ill take this over a high production studio picture of like 7 girls any day.

im not crazy about the first track. its fine. but man, im always a sucker for some dnb kpop ill tell you that. i may continue to revisit "right now" in the coming weeks.

3

Snuff

Male Supremacy (2010) [Single]

Power Electronics

sexual, hateful, noisy, raw, aggressive

jun24

its good. burning feeling in my balls or whatever

3

Various Artists

Noise Forest (1992) [Compilation]

Noise

Harsh Noise

noisy, instrumental

jun24

not really a whole lot of quality control here, its basically a grab bag of japanoise names and either some mediocre or kind of good output from them. merzbow is the exception though, his track here is genuinely amazing; even though it starts off kind of mid with some samplezbow it picks up quick and ends on such a high note. other notable tracks were masonna's and monde bruits'.

3

Suicide By Hanging / VxBxDxDx

Split (2018) [EP]

Ambient, Noise

jun24

genuinely love this. first side is some beautiful ass piano shit under that white noise, idk its obv very amateur but it just scratches a certain itch. and vx's side is a really good way to follow that up, my only gripe really is that its just a little too quiet. really strangely emotional stuff

3.5

Aaron Lewis

Am I the Only One (2021) [Single]

Contemporary Country, Singer-Songwriter

nationalism, male vocalist, patriotic, political, protest

jun24

way overhated lol. its just a regular country song about a guy whos worried the times are changing; people make it seem like hes throwing around buzzwords and calling out specifics but hes honestly pretty vague about everything here, its really inoffensive imo. seems like all the hate is just because most people here are left leaning and this guys pretty clearly ignorantly conservative, whatever. SummerJack's review seems to be the only review ive seen that tries to actually engage with this song.

2.5

Various Artists

Total Tickling of Throats (2012)

Ambient Noise Wall

dense, atmospheric, hypnotic, nocturnal, mysterious

jun24

i kind of expected a little more. its fine, but i thought it would be hella textured and intricate, since its supposed to be like 5+ walls at once, but i think instead each wall fades in and out of eachother.

3

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

jun24

im still kinda collecting my thoughts on this but im running a bit behind on these entries so im just gonna do this one now anyway and if its mid then its mid

went and saw this with my friend and my gf. my second lanthimos, im only familiar with Sacred Deer. still though its kind of in-line with what i was expecting: a lot of uncanny and offbeat characters, very weirdly high-concept plots? and plenty of dark twists with and themes! im not really big on his style still, its fine its just like… seems indecipherable sometimes can never tell what hes trying to say but maybe thats just my end. i liked the themes of obsession and how our experiences echo through us, but i think i left feeling kinda unsatisfied or unimpressed. itll be something i think about for some time. the emma stone dancing scene was kinda gay good song tho

3

Hydroencephalocystocele

The Beauty of Decomposition 2 (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

i actually think the bubbling here kind of ruins it its too high frequency kind of hurts my ears :D

3

Hydroencephalocystocele

Promo 2022 (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

hyper bubbling. awesome

3.5

Hydroencephalocystocele

Circumferential Carcinoma of Transverse Colon (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

more awesome. this one is VERY forward with the drums but again i dont think that it hurts it, he kind of always knows how to mix and execute this stuff so its always going to sound good.

3.5

Hydroencephalocystocele

Hydroencephalocystocele (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jun24

really nice. not as forward about drum programming as some other releases, and the vocals here are closer to anal birth or LDOH’s monster style vocals, rather than Kevyn’s usual bubbling stuff, but i think both of those choices work out well. very nice

3.5

FUCK'EM!FUCK'EM!FUCK'EM!

Scouring the Wreckage (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Gorenoise

jun24

insane. was telling nicethailand that this is like genuine no-fi shitわ. kind of feels like listening to air conditioning /pos im not sure how much i love it but its definitely unique asf

3

Smiling Friends Season 2

jun24

and yep now im caught up. easiest af show to watch ever. im excited for season 3. this one was pretty good id say it maybe isnt as iconic as 1 but just as funny. lots of funny charlie moments

Getter

Epidemic (2012) [EP]

Deathstep

Drumstep, Brostep

jun24

gun to head im so glad we as a society have moved past this kind of brostep. shitわ just isnt good. so lack-luster and boring. it isnt even mixed well it sounds so gross and flat. cant think of any reason id come back to this or think about it again. im glad he moved onto better stuff.

2

Suicide Silence

No Time to Bleed (2009)

Deathcore

Slam Death Metal

aggressive, heavy, violence, male vocalist, death

jun24

always so strange seeing the oldheads hating on this stuff. you have to be so far up your own ass to dog on something like this that hard - “uhh its just not deep… theres too many breakdowns…” its called fun bro. it aint nothin new.

its good though. obviously pretty braindead but they know how to break it down. vocals are decent, i was kind of wanting more out of the drums though, but i guess theyre passable. intro to smoke was fire

3

Smiling Friends Season 1

jun24

ive been meaning to sit down and just watch this shitわ for like a year now but literally every minute i forget about it. well finally my ass found the time to turn it on, it was actually my girlfriend that suggested we watch it since her friends were talking to her about it, so thanks yall!

its definitely riding that line of like almost annoying and almost too internet humour for me, but tbh i think theyre quite tasteful with how they do absurd or slapstick or like cringe comedy stuff. it usually lands pretty well. i love the animation too, i like that its kind of mixed media and theres a ton of different forms of bodies but like they dont acknowledge it in universe really. i like charlie. the last episode was so stupid that i almost fw it

Vomir

Social Distancing (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

repetitive, dark, noisy, lo-fi, raw

jun24

last wall to cap today off with.

i get the impression that this (but for some reason not Quarantine A-OK?) isnt so well received… for some reason (2.9 vs a 3.06, “trend wall”?!). never got that. its good, usual vomir stuff, though it sounds much better produced than his older work (maybe its because im not listening to some cassette rip? not sure). theres a higher piercing tone in here too, i can understand if someone didnt like that i suppose. i dont know. i like the cover art too, i wish i got a CD when they were in stock. im always late to that kind of thing.

3.5

Dead Housewife

Demo I (2023) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

real lovely stuff. perfect texture on the first track; i thought i heard birds on the last one. im not sure why a HNW artist needs a demo release, but its good so whatever

3.5

Masticated Polyps

Intestines Stuffed With Intestines (2020) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

feel like theres hella potential here that snare is fucking perfect but man the guitars suck ass

3

Active Stenosis

Final Histopathology Report (2013)

Goregrind

aggressive, chaotic, heavy, manic, male vocalist

jun24

i cant remember who but i saw this in someones best gore list and it looked interesting.

kind of like goregrind with agoraphobic nosebleed drums? stellar programming; they sound amazing, and i like the vocals too - its just that as a whole it starts to drag and gets pretty boring; real homogenous i guess. maybe ill tap into his other stuff

3

Submersed in Infected Medical Wastes

Complications of Total Nephrectomy to Treat a Renal Cell Carcinoma Leads to a 1500-ML Hemoperitoneum and Unclasped Vascular Surgical Clip as Revealed in Autopsy (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

i was seriously worried in the beginning theres some like… “clean vocals” sounded so bad but it picks up and gets kinda good after that. not super impressive but good to pass the time with

3

Meurs

Die You All (2019) [EP]

Noise, Free Improvisation

jun24

blegh its kind of just nothing im assuming its just like guitar some bare bones pedal setup and he shouts or does weird silly vocal noises. kind of why i dont really keep up with him outside of vomir, this shitfolk / loser electronics stuff just isnt interesting to me.

2.5

Submersed in Infected Medical Wastes

Human Meat Covered in Virulent Sludge Through Yersinia Pestis Acral Necrosis (2022)

Gorenoise

jun24

first track im like meh its a little doo goregrindy for me too much lollygagging but that second track just goes totally nuts off the rails

3

Osteoblastic Pustulence

An Exposition of Decomposition (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

meh kind of sounds like the same song over and over again but not in a. awesome way. got boring really quickly

2.5

Amoebic Brain Abscess

Metastatic Melanoma With Unusual Pseudomyaisis in the Cerebral Wall Demo #1 (2021) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

jun24

pretty crazy i could see myself bumping this in the future. sounds like one long song they just cut and added some silences inbetween

3

Ambiguous Genitalia

Imperforate Anus in a Stillborn (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jun24

very harsh stuff. i like the vocals a bit. wall is okay

3

Xiu Xiu

Chapel of the Chimes (2002) [EP]

Experimental Rock, Post-Industrial, Post-Rock

Noise, Art Pop, Synth Punk, Post-Punk, Dark Ambient, Neo-Psychedelia, Indietronica

depressive, noisy, raw, dark, pessimistic

jun24

he mentions this in that last chapter. so of course i had to check it out.

its kind of what i expected. hyper vulnerable noise-y industrial “pop” stuff, sounds like A Promise b-sides, which makes sense. that new order cover though… hnnnngg…

3

Anything That Moves

jun24

amazingly, i read this in literally a week! go me!

i kind of went into it blind, i knew it was gonna be some biography type deal but boy was i really not expecting a complete encyclopedia of jamie stewarts sex life. a pleasant surprise though; i actually really loved this! i really love how he writes, he blends in very obvious sarcasms that you dont really pick up on until he hyperbolizes the fuck out of them right at the ends of sentences or paragraphs, and hes got a fantastic way of describing feelings with physical metaphors (for instance, during one sexual encounter he describes as “the windows and walls caving and bending inward” of something to that effect). while he sketches a very gross, pathetic, disappointing and depraved world hes actually quite skilled at painting it all in a hopeful, bittersweet and sincere way. i love his honesty and how in-tune he is with himself and his own feelings. its also fun to pick up on little trivia here and there about the band that he drops in nuggets throughout the book. the last chapter was amazing. i wont spoil anything, but if youre still on the fence about this i would say do it just to read that chapter. devastating. thanks for bringing my attention to this book, taylor

4

Missing Girls

Brittanee Marie Drexel (2012)

Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

well, wall wednesday cant be all kicks and giggles i guess. i know i dont like this, and i didnt think i would again, but its important to me that i validate that just to be sure.

yeah this kind of sucks. the actual wall sections are great, of course they only last about 30 or less seconds, though. thats kind of the real glaring problem with this: the concept just is not good. tape hiss: yes. missing girls anw: yes. alternating both? its just bad anti-art. more of an idea than something you would ever want to listen to. i cant imagine how disappointing this probably was for someone who had bought it after hearing 1 lol. there are just some concepts that arent worth exploring, let alone publishing.

2.5

Placenta Lyposuction

Concrete Death (2009)

Harsh Noise Wall

death, noisy

jun24

hopefully this week we can get through more than just one wall!

for some reason this release always struck me as a popular classic. seeing now that only 8 people have rated it (AND NOT LAMO?! WTF?!), im reevaluating my stance...

but maybe its because it is actually really great! perfect and pure walls, PL makes use of very analogue and deep textures. the first track, which could place somewhere in my top something wall tracks of all time, is nothing shy of amazing. perfect wide crushing texture - feels exactly like the title. the second track im less crazy about, but i still enjoy. its a much higher frequency on top of that super wide sound. its pretty good, but doesnt strike me as intensely as the first track.

4

Cyclosporiasis

Asphyxiation Via Human Excrement (2021) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

i was really let down by Asphyxiation Via Human Excrement so ive been hesitant to tap in here but i actually liked this. maybe the stupidest idea for "ping" ever but i can look past it. pretty intense stuff

3

nosgov & xaviersobased

Stressor (2024) [Single]

Trap

Bop

female vocalist, male vocalist

jun24

pretty boring. no one really shines here and the production is really mediocre.

2.5

disease

ok thats it (2024) [Single]

Harsh Noise, Gorenoise

jun24

this looks like a cloud rap release :skull:

fun stuff, i love the vocals, but i think i like this less than debut

3

Rape-X

2 Year Binge (2015)

Power Electronics

jun24

yes it is sooo corny and yes it is sooo edgy and stupid but ill be damned if this bro cant make some damn good sounding noise. super engaging and really amazing textures, not really any weak or slow points during this! and you cant help but laugh at some of these lyrics ("Your existence is defined by my cock / When my erection goes away you die" - brilliant).

3.5

Xiu Xiu

Torn Asunder (2022)

Harsh Noise, Noise

Post-Industrial

jun24

shave made me download this to send to him and its been in my peripheral since it came out so you know why not.

a lot more um… erm… small? than i expected? does that make sense? i thought this would be pretty blown out distortion but i guess im not as familiar with jamie’s noise as i should be. its very quiet (relatively) at times, and theres quite a lot of smaller buzzing sounds, quick loops, metallic and fringe percussive sounds. sometimes feels like a group of 5 or so insects flying around you. its honestly all quite satisfying, i love how jamie plays with and explores these sounds - theres a really great sense of progression and demonstration here. wouldve loved to hear this live

3.5

White Nigger

Negrofil (2012)

Power Electronics

noisy

jun24

just ridiculous. its like they just left a microphone infront of an amp and let it feedback unsupervised for an hour. and then did that like 5 times. and then they brought out the drum kit and just lost it. while im actually quite hesitant to say i totally enjoyed that first track (mostly because nothing really happens?) i have to be honest, the last two tracks are just balls to the wall batshit insane. so fucking violent. felt my body leave earth during the last one when theyre just pounding away at that rhythm. sucks that i dont love the first track that much.

3.5

Will Cullen Hart

Silver (2001)

Field Recordings, Lowercase, Nature Recordings

lo-fi, minimalistic, noisy

jun24

ghosts exist and theyre all around us

very cool and surprisingly dynamic stuff. i thought this would be closer to Blank Tapes but i guess i learned that the ground isnt as soundproof as i initially thought it might be. lots of traffic ad unexplainable rumbling, churning… so weird. kind of ridiculously inspiring too.

just close your eyes and listen

3.5

The Delicious Bread Collection

Tales from the Yeast Side (2013)

Novelty, Free Jazz, Experimental

Grindcore, Drone, Sea Shanty, Avant-Garde Metal, Musical Comedy

humorous, male vocalist, quirky, chaotic, ominous

jun24

the infamous bread collection. you know, coming back to this after having originally heard it in 2019 (five fucking years ago. wow) its actually not as bad as i remember. really its just stupid. and boring. very very boring. and pretty stupid. "Anne Frank" did get a chuckle out of me, ill admit. you know maybe if you cut out all the NMH references and the strange experimental rock shit, and just left the grind-jazz sections in tact, this might actually have some potential.

its not terrible enough for the elusive 1.5 i originally gave it, so into the 2 club you go. maybe in another decade i might actually love this.

...Of Death

Generation of Vipers (2002) [EP]

Emoviolence, Screamo

Sass

aggressive, raw, androgynous vocals

jun24

so fucking boring. and weirdly very “punk”. their second album is a much better example of chickenviolence

2.5

Venta Protesix

Loneliness and Deviancy (2019)

Harsh Noise

Glitch

noisy, dark, disturbing, dissonant, dense

jun24

obviously taken from nicethailands ratings.

at first i was a bit on the fence. its definitely really interesting… theres a lot of looping and lingering on ideas… it feels weirdly meditative, and that kind of works to build the depressive atmosphere its going for. i also really like how intricately made these songs are, theres always action happening independently in both channels, and theres a surprising amount of melodic ambience too. im not super crazy about the laptop glitching noise, it sometimes sounds very… audacity… but i dont think that necessarily holds it back. i did end up really enjoying this though, and man that last track… so good.

3.5

Autophagia

Postmortem Human Offal (2003)

Goregrind

Gorenoise

raw, sampling, aggressive, male vocalist, chaotic

jun24

very classic sounding goregrind. very hard for me to be too opinionated either way about this, but i did like it. the vocals are pretty awesome most of the time.

3

:(

First Blood (2006) [EP]

Chiptune, Emo-Pop, Synth Punk

Pop Punk, Nintendocore, Synth Punk, Post-Hardcore

passionate, melancholic, rebellious, melodic, male vocalist

jun24

really heartfelt and sweet. genuinely pretty great songwriting, i just wish it sounded a little better. im not opposed to bumping this in the future maybe

3

*67

archives 2 (2022)

Sigilkore, Plugg, HexD, Experimental Hip Hop

Cloud Rap, HexD, PluggnB, Chopped and Screwed, Tread

sampling, repetitive, atmospheric, dark, party

jun24

you shouldnt be able to use awesome covers if your music is boring af. i cant say its bad but man was that a long 20 minutes. i do like the twkipedia track

2.5

Kylie Minoise

A Beginner's Guide to Human Suspension (2005)

Harsh Noise, Noise

jun24

yeah its definitely cute and has a fun and silly kind of vibe to it, its just so boring too much of the time. take that last track especially. also very digital sounding… did audacity exist back then?

2.5

Cystgurgle / Vomitoma / Black Putrefaction

Gurgling Black Vomit (2012) [EP]

Gorenoise, Goregrind

Harsh Noise

jun24

ok seriously after this im done with early cystgurgle. most boring goregrind of my entire life, vomitoma cant even save me here because they sound the exact fucking same 😭 and here i am hoping black putrefaction might be this split’s saving grace and, while i do enjoy the noise here, every track is like 50% silence!

2

Jazkamer

Art Breaker (2008)

Noisecore, Harsh Noise

atonal, chaotic, mechanical, noisy

jun24

let me get this out of the way since its on some elephant-in-the-room vibes: that cover+title combination is the greatest fucking shitわ ever.

obviously takes lots of cues from Sissy Spacek; its got a very glitching structure and digital feel to it - but its honestly not that good at it? i enjoyed it of course but it feels very neutered for what it is - what it should be. i cant quite put my finger on why though…

3

Strument

1957 - 1964 (2015)

Power Electronics

noisy

jun24

just ridiculous screeching and pulverizing. i thought this might be closer to death industrial but its so far removed from anything as structured as that implies. intense as fuck

3.5

SOPHIE

Reason Why (2024) [Single]

Dance-Pop, Bubblegum Bass, Electropop

Future House

female vocalist, repetitive, melodic, male vocalist, party

jun24

not gonna touch on the whole posthumous ethics thing here (stupid comment box).

its fine. kind of dont like the "reason why" vocals and the first verse but after Kim comes in the song starts to get better. very friendly sound.

3

Consumer Electronics

Surge (2024)

Power Electronics

Spoken Word, Death Industrial, Power Noise

noisy, aggressive, angry, male vocalist

jun24

you know what fuck it ill say it i fuckin liked this shit. maybe im braindead or im finally growing up but im actually really fw the quiet power electronics here. i love the electronic sounds; as [deleted] puts it: "predatorial, synthetic". i also found myself way more invested in PB's lyrics than i have in other CE releases. i might be spinnin this one again soon... great artwork too.

3.5

xaviersobased

With 2 (2024) [Mixtape]

Cloud Rap, Trap

Jerk, Plugg, Pop Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

male vocalist, drugs, surreal, atmospheric, sexual

jun24

Spiritual Sepsis, Dreams of Puke, 狂 [Madness]

just need to put this down for the record books. all three of these i tried listening to at the gym today. all worthless. could not be bothered to sit through any of these past the first 2 to 5 minutes of each. fuck powerviolence do something new - fuck SILLY CUM MATH - and fuck whatever the fuck is happening with that screeching ai slam. save me xav

this is pretty good though. a real strong opening run of tracks, and he closes out on one of my favs from him ever. was kind of let down in the mid-section, not that anything there is bad but i just wasnt in love with it, some real basic production and not really a whole lot of presence from xav. i do like the very laidback and relaxed vibe of this though, super easy listen. also good cover art, which ive found is a bit uncommon in his discog.

3.5

Gabi Losoncy

Lieutenant (2023)

Experimental, Free Improvisation

Spoken Word, ASMR

hypnotic, repetitive, female vocalist, atonal, rhythmic

jun24

pretty sure, given the context that the cover art gives me, that this is just a contact mic in some toilet paper being rustled around for 17 minutes. its good though, honestly really relaxing. interesting quote to open it up as well. so weird that this one is so controversial :skull:

3.5

spiral

Spring 2022 (2022) [DJ Mix]

Instrumental Hip Hop

jun24

idk why i saved this prob for the xav prod feat but this is pretty unremarkable boring lame modern trap plugg shit

2.5

Mnajsdbhjmnbcmnb

aaaaaaaa (2024) [Single]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise

jun24

vocals sound like winter wind blowing sometimes awesome lol

i like this more than ikjhgfkihlj - fdsfdsgdsgdsagdnyt jktfmdhgcj -foödiRWIHGOIR im equating them because they seem like theyre probably the same person or related

3

_bob625

625-569=56 (2020) [Single]

Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

comfy

3

ikjhgfkihlj

fdsfdsgdsgdsagdnyt jktfmdhgcj -foödiRWIHGOIR (2024)

Gorenoise

Noisecore, Harsh Noise

jun24

just kind of going through some of these archiveorg things i have saved.

definitely interesting. sometimes good. weird

3

rydglek

[untitled] (2022) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall

repetitive, dense, noisy, instrumental

jun24

silly noise reduction walls. i guess the most melodic a wall can be lol

3

Mental Ruin

Hypothermia (2024)

Gorenoise

jun24

usual format but no longer wall. i like the drums and vocals. not very notable though

3

disease

untitled (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Gorenoise

jun24

listreneed to this awhile ago wasnt until now that nicethailand added it thanks

awesome gore. track 3 is really goodm, very noise. love how evil vocals sound

3.5

Halophilic Arousal

Data Lake Biocremation (2024) [EP]

Noise

Sound Collage, Avant-Garde Metal

jun24

new pete :awesome

not even sure what this is anymore lmao. theres some really great free metal inspired drumming in the beginning but it fades out pretty fast and the whole thing just turns into this wild electronic pulsing wave. he said it was gonna be more noise than metal this time but like its not even straight up noise, genuinely dont know what this is lol. but its fucking awesome as fuck. very abstract.

3.5

Ambiguous Genitalia

Incompatible With Life (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jun24

maybe just cuz i listened to 1.5 hours of hydroencephalo but this is basically just a clone project lol. bubbling vocals and bass wall. its still pretty good though good title

3.5

Hydroencephalocystocele

Hydroencephalocystocele (2022) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

thanks nicethailand for bringing my attention to this and sending me the rip :D

listening to this as a full length official ass album this shit would probably be the best gorenoise release of all time, undoubtedly best gorewall ever. its crazy how locked in he is for these worthless splits and comps, besides the sometimes varying volume quality these are all perfect collected together. shortest hour of my life too

4

Hydroencephalocystocele

Anthropophagia (2024)

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

so fucking good. probably the peak of shortform gorewall stuff (i think gonoccocus does longform better but they are both awesome). perfect fuzz crumpling textures - listening to this in my car was wild being able to hear the kicks. not sure how much i prefer this to Hydroencephalocystocele, i like the snares that sputter out at the end of tracks there, but this has its own merit; its way more tapped into the wall idea.

4

We're the Millers (2013)

jun24

we tried to watch La Bete but the subs wouldnt work so we just settled with this.

pretty funny. will poulters face is just funny as fuck anytime i saw him i chuckled. lots of funny bits and scenes. i know its supposed to tap into the feelsgood shit but its kind of gay just being honest. these people are fcucked up but they learn to be wholesome. also didnt hear like 40% of the dialogue we were talking so much

n/a

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

jun24

just gonna get this entry over with because i got too many entrie4s after it to be slackin like that.

watched with bro.

honestly so boring. the opening was fun and awesome i liked that but then its just like the most tedious and worthless characters doing stuff in the world. yes lynch is a great filmmaker so obviously like, theres not really any "bad" scenes, his characters are always interesting and i enjoyed the weird alien camera work here, love his humour and you know like i said theres just not really anything bad about it i just cant even bring myself to care about 2/3rds of this movie. so bored. it feels like there is this similar attitude towards this movie as some people have to "campy" movies or "so bad its good" mentality. like it just doesnt make sense! the cowboy is so weird! LYNCH IS A GENIUS!!! ONLY LYNCH COULD THINK OF THE TRASH GOBLIN!!! beautiful af ending amazing editing powerful stuff the silencio part was some intense too

2.5

Black Lines

Black Lines (2024) [EP]

Sound Collage, Noisecore

Harsh Noise

sampling, aggressive, chaotic, noisy, lo-fi

jun24

my awesome friend made this. and its really fucking good. sounds like post-noisecore sometimes. first half so legendary. cant wait to see what else bro comes up with

3.5

EVERGLOW

Zombie (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Pop

Alt-Pop, Trap [EDM], Dance-Pop

female vocalist

jun24

yeah theyre probably never going to top Return of the Girl. the first two tracks are interesting and they have potential but certain weak sections kill them for me. i wish they explored the darker theme that the title track had. i know it sounds kinda generic but i kinda liked the last one

2.5

No Country for Old Men (2007)

jun24

rewatched this with my girlfriend after we made some yummy as fuck enchiladas. fuck my life they were so good i need more

first time watching this was like 2018 or 2019 and i remember it being like my fav movie of all time (though at this time i didnt watch movies or even really think about them, so that didnt really mean much). i can see why this might be a young rocktimes favorite though, its a pretty damn good movie, really great characters, a story that is both easy to enjoy on the surface and rewarding to analyze deeper, and i just thought it was so fucking cool that there wasnt a soundtrack. i thought that shitわ was experimental as fuck.

and dont get me wrong, its a great movie, all those things are true, but thats kind of… all it has going for it? like i really cant connect with it any deeper than i already do and theres nothing in here that like transcends itself - its good because its just a good movie.

3.5

Incapacitants

Feedback of N.M.S. (1990)

Harsh Noise

noisy, dense, raw, male vocalist, aggressive

jun24

so crazy. this is the first time ive been able to really clearly hear their vocals and its insane, just like constant torture chamber agony wails and shitわ and they do not fucking play about feedback bro

not sure if i want the phys or not, think i might rather just own default standard

3.5

SSTGFLS J222557+601148

Alpha Persei (2016)

Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

very nice texture, lots of very subtle movement happening beneath the wider crunchier bass tones, especially in those last 5 minutes. good stuff.

3.5

Kjostad

Dirge (2019) [EP]

Noise, Musique concrète

Nature Recordings

jun24

more eco tape noise stuff. nothing as spectacular as glacial lake but i still like it.

3

Fulminate

Disintegration of Mechanical Entrails (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

this was way better than i was expecting. drums are slower and sloppy but in a weirdly good way? whole thing feels almost sad to me… strange…

3.5

Dead Housewife

Melt (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

good idea on paper but this doesnt cut it for me. the actual wall is quite underwhelming and the delay-play is just kind of contrived and boring

2.5

Workerbee

Necrophile (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

great stuff, angel’s got the perfect ear for walls and it shows. very comfy. perhaps i should read necrophile.

3.5

Chris Fratesi

Sound for Blank Disc (2020)

Glitch, Noise

noisy

jun24

i was thinking to myself as i listened to this…

its comes down to something i appreciate more in concept rather than execution. 5 minutes of jittering stuttering glitches per track, in looping but sometimes tripping-on-itself fashion, the idea is disorientation through repetition. sure, but i just cant get into any of these tracks, they are either bordering on grating or just straight up uninteresting…

THAT IS until the last two tracks. fucking awesome shitわ. there is some value to this after all!

3

Sissy Spacek

SISSISSPSSKSSISSRS (2002)

Harsh Noise

Noisecore

manic, noisy, atonal, aggressive, dissonant

jun24

sniped from funkcomments

very cut up noise. i would honestly say its closer to sound collage than noisecore. im not entirely sold by some of these tracks, A2 is great but the last half of this just drags on for me. still curious and at times finds itself in bouts of genius chaos

3

Kjostad

Glacial Lake (2018)

Harsh Noise, Noise

Nature Recordings, Musique concrète

noisy

jun24

seriously cool. takes The Rita’s approach to sample based noise and pushes it even further, creating plenty of dynamic movements and unique textures. gotta dig through this guys stuff, i fw the eco noise shitわ. the second half does drag a bit during those longer tracks but theyre still engaging and interesting to a degree

3.5

Lost Chateau of Montague

Demo I (2016)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

Spoken Word

jun24

decent slabs of wall with some radio drama interspersed. very slow moving dynamics…

3

Fairy Ring

Dark Magick (2016) [EP]

Noise, Harsh Noise

Field Recordings

jun24

i actually really like this! maybe that is an unpopular opinion idk im just guessing. but this was soo comforting. reminded me of some of my old field recordings. and theres enough interference to make it really interesting too

3.5

Various Artists

Aborted Anomalies 8 Way Split (2020)

Goregrind, Gorenoise

raw, aggressive, noisy

jun24

my biggest problem with this is the wildly varying degrees of quality, both in terms of my own enjoyment and actual production. some sides are too quiet! however, theres still a handful of great gore tracks here and i love that these are all “full length tracks” too. cystgurgles side… oh my lord… fuckcomments if youre reading this ima need you to listen to that side.

3

Fairy Ring

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

even though it probably comes from a field recordings/nature recordings concept this just turns out to be ac mush. very boring

2.5

Train Cemetery

Slough (2016)

Harsh Noise Wall

Ambient Noise Wall

noisy, cold, dissonant, dense, ominous

jun24

junes third wall wednesday starts off with some Train Cemetery.

originally the release that made me fall in love with TC's music, returning to this im left a bit disappointed. i still really love this, but im not as into it as i remember being. the textures are much more mechanical, metallic and rusted compared to a vast majority of TC's output - its not quite as meditative and deep as i remembered. thats on me, though. the music here is really quite impeccable - trademark of Pakhomov's work every track is meticulously and beautifully crafted. plenty of low, rumbling, breathing bass textures coupled with much higher clanking, rustling or clattering voices. some of my favorite TC releases (Ira, All Alone, Damno) push this sound into more organic-feeling territories. often im reminded of fire crackling. Slough, though, is uncharacteristically cold and sturdy. it builds a vast and depressing industrial kind of atmosphere, in my opinion. "II" features this sort of metallic clanking - very alien sounding possibly due to the flanging processing; my only note i wrote for "IV" was, "glorious industrial nightmare". do with that what you will. the obvious exception though is "III", which is more in line with the "organic" ANW of much of the rest of his discography; beautiful liquid insect buzzing begins to fill the track as it goes on; even though it stands out here i think it still fits the theme and vibe that every other track has. there's also a noticeable dynamic nature to a lot of these songs, textures weave in and out, Pakhomov slowly introduces ideas or works to strip down some of the walls - adding to the very isolated and cold feeling this album works towards. the shining example here is the first track: past the halfway mark its seat belts off as it begins to churn through various different movements before sputtering out into silence at the very end.

3.5

Workerbee

All of This Shall Be Washed Away (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Turntable Music, Nature Recordings

Christian, death, nature, funereal

jun24

i didnt know angelhospital had a music project they were releasing (A LOT) through! i will probably go through most of these this year. its so awesome to see that all of their awesome artwork now has nice little homes to live in

pretty damn good walling too. really love the unique texture on this, feels like a forest daytime version of Train Cemetery. very cool approach to how it was made!

3.5

Himukalt

Sex Worker III (2022)

Death Industrial, Power Electronics

Sound Collage, Spoken Word

female vocalist, sexual, disturbing, lethargic, scary

jun24

a more hopeful and positive entry to the series. still plenty of crushing and definitely sad or lonely stories, but this project was always about empowerment through suffering so i get it.

no doubt the weakest one, but just like the other two it simultaneously leaves me wanting more and feeling satisfied. the industrial electronic influence feels rather foreground on this release as well, which is both distracting to me and nice to see how well she’s been able to hone in her skills in regards to that kind of music. the interview in “let me collapse” was pretty depressing i think.

3

Noise/Girl

A Dream We Had (2024)

Harsh Noise, Power Noise

Death Industrial

jun24

this is actually…. pretty frickin good!

genuinely appreciate how much noise this packs. i really just dont like noise meets hardcore edm that much most examples of it are pretty gay but he kind of has the electronic elements take a backseat and the noise really speaks for itself as a voice rather than a supporting tool. speaking of that: i love the vocals. so bonkers.

hate that damn cover though. ai is so fucking awesome

3.5

Cystic Tumor

A Malodorous Mixture of Shit and Cum Festering Under the Sweltering Sun (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

Ambient Noise Wall

repetitive, aquatic, dark, noisy, atmospheric

jun24

yes this is good but i liked the ep more i think. still hypnotic and blurs the line between vocals and wall but i just like the other texture more :)

also i dont understand hoa yhis is 950 tracks that means each song is like .7 seconds long and that is not what this sounds like

3.5

Himukalt

Sex Worker II (2020)

Death Industrial

Spoken Word, Sound Collage

jun24

its about time i returned to himukalt’s stuff. been over 2 years since i heard Sex Worker, and i saw that she had a split that came out this year that seemed promising, so its himukalt week for me. tuesday

much like the first one, while i enjoyed the album and even found it to be quite well crafted, im left wholly unimpressed. Himukalt sadly falls into the same pitfalls that a lot of death industrial artists fall into, and for a handful of these tracks fails to hold my attention and interest for very long. no doubt there are exciting moments - the entire first track is kind of one of the best PE songs ever, and “Limitless…” is really chilling - it just feels meandering in terms of audio composition. message wise though this is still quite strong and elucidating

3

Sexcrime

Last Torso on the Left (2023)

Gorenoise

jun24

its good i kind of wanted a little more i especially think the vefy big silences and samples really take me out of it

3

Cystic Tumor

Cystic Tumor (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

heavy, repetitive, aquatic, aggressive, noisy

jun24

holy shit this is awesome cant even explain how this sounds lol. hesitant to rate this higher incase the full length is as good as im hoping it will be (tags look super promising)

3.5

Ovaries Collector

Dead Women Posed for Pleasure (2024) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jun24

very good stuff bobby maggard :relaxed: wall sounds great and the wall - vocals mix is perfect here

3.5

Pacing Animal

Pacing Animal (2024)

Harsh Noise

Power Electronics

heavy, aggressive, mechanical, noisy, raw

jun24

interesting stuff. very twisting turning churning noise, some wall vibes occasionally. he should look into louder ways to record, i would love to hear more of this up close! very cool physical too

3

Exorcismo Pagão

Eles cuspiram no nosso túmulo (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

heavy, cryptic, repetitive, dark, lethargic

jun24

uhm yeah no probably not but felt like a loop /neg and just not good at all texture didnt like it. the screeching just felt annoying

2.5

Vomitoma

Reeking Rarities (2023) [Compilation]

Goregrind

Gorenoise

jun24

fffnfufnfnfffnfnfffff

1: jhust plain good goregrind. awesome drum programming good jobv

2: myep kind of weaker but its still not bad

3: this one was really cool really kino sampling stuff he like does tracks that play with or over the samples its awesome this is how you should sample :D

4: another really good one this one has some slower parts but it feels like this evil oppressive ass atmosphere love love

5: :star: best one here by far super intense and crazy nasty. very loud, most tapped into gorenoise out of all of them

3.5

Interminable Astringency

Effluvial Saturation (2019) [EP]

Gorenoise

aggressive, raw

jun24

actually really liked this lol i just wish it was not 44 seconds long the viusion and souind are quite unique i think

3.5

Intracerebrally Consuming Cephalalgia Through the Cranium Macerating Debrisfucked Manure Ingested Remains of the Mindfucked Cataplexic Wicked Mankind Whom Fistfucked the Progenies from the Deepest Depths of the Analmaggot Raped Human Pieces of Erotic Shitmasses Which Gave Birth to Worthless Eunuchs as Travesty for Cumstained Whorefaced Sluts Enslaved by This Stupid Society Full of Fetal Garbages

Ingurgitating Succulent Chunks of Regurgitated Feces in Deviated From Ass to Mouth Game as Degraded and Drowning in Slimy Buckets of Bukkake Fluids (2009)

Goregrind

sampling, raw

jun24

titles

decent goregrind imo lol. last track is funny. could do without hte porn samples. the mixing is actually way better than i was expecting

3

Taint

W.A.D: When You Meet a Stranger (1997) [Single]

Power Electronics

jun24

i wish i knew more about the case its based on. id probably have gotten a bit more out of it. its fine PE though

3

tabby cat diaries

please stop staring at me, i don't like it (2022) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient, Field Recordings

noisy, repetitive

jun24

so confessional. love this. idk i dont have much to say but if you think this looks worthwhile you should listen. solace and weird cold comfort

3.5

Dead Body Collection

She Is Like Winter... (2011)

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

i can see why this hella went under the radar. pretty underwhelming. still good, i liked thd last track but its just not really worth listening to if ur not a die hard wall head

3

Toolbox Murders (2004)

jun24

had some free time so i decided to finally tap into this. gonna try to watch more of his movies this year too.

i fucked with it. i think tobes humor really shines through here, lots of awkward and funny moments throughout. also love the happiness and shining vibes he kind of goes for. the sound effects were silly, and theres one scene where some dude is listening to music but the score is playing over it shitわ was killing me

3

Spuming Gutbag

Boxcutter Abortion (2022) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

not the greatest stuff but lots of potential here they shoul;d conmtinute to make things :) fun ping gore

3

Suicide by Bandsaw

Brutal Shotgun Slayings (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

not as awesome as retched burnt but its a similar vibe of bass-wall and maggard vocals. not bad

3

Blattodia

The Blattodia Sessions (2023) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jun24

suuper amazing, perfect intense gorewall stuff. surprised this went so under the radar. will keep listening :D

3.5

Histologist

Essential Histology with Correlated Histopathology (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

really awesome hyper ping super wide crushing drum gorenoise stuff. for no reason at all samples oneyplays undertale.

3.5

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty / Necrotizing Fasciitis

Rotting Brainless Corpse (2023)

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

nf side worthless literally half of it is just a sample

uvu side better its fun goregrind i guess

2.5

Necrotik Fissure

Looking Through a Barren Landscape (2017)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy, instrumental

jun24

necrotik fissure to end the day ☺️ surprised not many others have heard this. very good though not at all what i was expecting it feels suuper satisfying and deep runbling crunch feels a bit sad and reminds me of vomir a bit

3.5

Histologist

Histology of the Cardiovascular System (2024) [EP]

Goregrind

jun24

very intense. i may come back to this. good cover

3

Ulcerative Colitis / Sulfuric Vomit From the Septic Tank

Ulcerative Colitis / Sulfuric Vomit From the Septic Tank (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

ulcerative kind of good very lofi live show feel but idrc

nothing to say about otjer side 👎

2.5

Sulfurized Purulence / Tumorous Deformity

Sulfurized Purulence / Tumorous Deformity (2023) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

i need to stop listening to owrthless goregrind

dont like either side

2

"Don't Worry, You're Sound Asleep And Can't Feel A Thing."

I (2023)

Noise, Ambient Noise Wall

Sound Collage

noisy

jun24

the lamo 2.5 (🤯) scared me but this is actually really interesting. i like saw. its kind of all over the place but its an effective collage of things, i bet as this project goes on i will like their output more. there is jigsaw voice samples i think it sounfs like gore vocals lol

3

Osteomielitis

Osteomielitis (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall, Gorenoise

jun24

very dynamic since the vocals usually interfere with the wall but its interesting and good

3

Neural Indent / Gorenette Coleman

Neural Indent / Gorenette Coleman (2024)

Gorenoise, Free Jazz

Free Improvisation, MIDI Music, Goregrind

manic, improvisation, quirky, atonal, avant-garde

jun24

neural indent sde = wtf 🤯😭 its good just so different weirdly very midi metal i dont love the very obvious jazz parts too but still good side overall

gorenette easily clears here some classic putrefactive jazzgore free cant get bored of it

3.5

Bloated Cadaver Fetish

Glutton of Punishment (2023) [EP]

Goregrind

Gorenoise

jun24

more. cadaver

this is good. lovely big waves of noise and grrrr vocals. may bump score later. mix is good

3

Soaked In Cadaveric Mush

Final Stage of Decomposition (2023) [EP]

Goregrind

jun24

i was really into this at first but it just gets so boring as it goes on. mix sucks

2.5

Methanobacterium Yersiniosis Diphyllobothrium Enterococcus Paracoccidioidomycosis Rhodospirillum Erythema Smallpox Staphylococcus Isosporiasis Onchocerca Nocardiosis

A Symphony of Decaying Corpses Lying in a Field Covered in Muddy and Flies Infested for Weeks (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Gorenoise

jun24

kind of silly but good harsh textures

3

Submerged

Tortured at the Depths (2024)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

heavy, aggressive, aquatic, dense, science fiction

jun24

a band that is well rounded in all the important aspects of this genre - brutality, groove, and technicality - but fails to excel in any one of them. perhaps it will grow on me, i wouldnt mind coming back to this in the future at least.

not really sure what the hype is about.

3

Flystrike

Miasmic Suffocation (2024) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

goregrindy gorenoise! while this demo improves on a lot of what the first demo was lacking it also falls behind in an equal amount of aspects. the decision to lean further into goregrind really puts an emphasis on the songwriting (which flystrike is not the greatest at - yet) and also leaves more to be desired in terms of experimentation. still though this is rather decent grinding material, so ill stick around to see what else they come up with.

id love to hear a full album of whatever is happening on the intro and outro tracks though. perfect gore

3

Flystrike

Fresh Flesh to Infest (2023) [EP]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

gorenoisey goregrind. its decently written parts, doesnt stand out too much though

3

Ascites

Fluid Excess (2009)

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

jun24

pretty awesome, though definitely not as good as Leak Test. this is wayy more dark and sinister feeling though, the wall vibes on the second track are awesome.

“The cover photo is a suction cannister full of ascites. Photo by me.” -Nathan

3.5

Dehydration / Liquidised

Dehydration / Liquidised (2024)

Gorenoise

jun24

awesome bubble grind 👍 liquidised is a bit better written material but both sides good. dehydration not particularly memorable though

3

Liquified Insides

Covered With Seeping Blisters (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

pretty worthless if im being honest very slow sparse drumming /neg and i dont like adams vocals here at all really

2

Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

Amniotic Membrane Transplantation With Stromal Side Down Was Performed After Meticulous Debridement of the Ulcer (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

angki ang today

good vocals sounds like brutal death drums are cool cant tell if programmed or not

3

Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage by Uterine Artery Embolization

Untitled (Redux) (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise, Cybergrind

jun24

pretty bad ngfl maybe if drums didnt sound like gabber (hate)

vocals too quiet

2

Defecation to Fart Constipation and Food Poisoning

Defecation to Fart Constipation and Food Poisoning (2018) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

yep 4 minutes of bubbling wet fart vocals and varying levels of grind instrumentals. shrug

2.5

Flesh Eating Virus / Head Wound Sadism

Flesh Eating Virus / Head Wound Sadism (2024)

Harsh Noise

jun24

i played a show with HWS the other day :joy: so i decided to listen to their studio output. really good stuff actually! well, first is FEV's side which i thought was very comfy, feels kind of distant and strange, probably owing to the very live-sounding mix. HWS's side is like tornado swirling agony nightmare screaming its fire af. much much different from their live material, but still just as exciting and violent :D

3.5

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

jun24

one thing this series beyond the original and 2003 remake got consistently is the ridiculous level of stupidity in these fucking movies. i dont even know how i can organize my thoughts into a concrete reasoning, this is just so worthless. WOKE!

some shots of leatherface look very sad which i liked. there is also some gore.

2

Acute Cryptosporidisishae

Demo (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

listened with bro. because he came over to watch the last texas chainsaw with us.

i see why its a demo definitely very unfinished stuff. the vocals are good

3

Ascites

Leak Test (2012) [EP]

Harsh Noise

jun24

fucking 🤯 perfect harsh noise constant sputtering spastic laser mess sounds so good too amazing quality didnt know this was him and his wife also tjags cool. also tbh i dont hate the cover @fuckcomments

“this album is about the leak test that you perform to see if your anastomosis is watertight on a low anterior bowel resection” -Nathan

4

Pyocelialspasmorectagenitourinarialcloasalexstrophyamyelomeningocelecystoprostatourethrectomy

Deformacompilation (2020) [Compilation]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

not bad wall leaning gore (GOREWALL!!!) its gery crunchy lol. idk weirdly there isnt much to say

3

Menometrorrhagia

Dryland Drowning (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

not bad. some late ldoh style goregrind meets gorenoise stuff. ping, liquid vocals. for some reason the bass is very pronounced

3

Gangrene Discharge

The Art of Maggot Debridement Therapy (2024)

Goregrind

heavy, aggressive, rhythmic, raw

jun24

yeah remind me to never check out maggard goregrind again. feels so boring uninspired and mechanical.

2

Penile Myiasis / Severe Penile Fracture

Penile Myiasis / Severe Penile Fracture (2016) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

pxmx side felt very boring

sxpxf even more worthless, hate the guitars lol

2

pinniped / Silver Dove

Pinniped / Silver Dove (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall, Field Recordings

Ambient

jun24

enjoyed pinnipeds side a lot lovely firld recordings and i like these “walls” second track feels like sitting by the beach and just thinking

silver doves more interesting but i liked less. cool ambient ideas with the banjo but i found it to be more distracting than comfy oh well still good

3

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Rotten Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Preparation (2023)

Goregrind

jun24

tbh a breath of fresh air, feels like not many people want to tap into the actual songwriting grind with gorenoise elements on top kind of style. some late ldoh. its fun stuff though i cant say it made me excited to press play again

3

Texas Chainsaw (2013)

jun24

honestly? dont really get how this is like the most poorly received one in the series, theres a strong sense of style with a story that not only feels like a natural continuation of this timeline but actually plays out pretty well (for the most part). a healthy amount of gore, it also doesnt shy away at all from some very excessive violence. theres a weird acab angle it plays at (imo), but i dont really feel like analyzing that so ill leave that to you for homework. wholesome? the trey songz listening to trey songz killed me. and why does that one dude look so fucking lesbian

3

Interminable Astringency

You're No Artist (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

Free Jazz

humorous, chaotic, manic, sampling, improvisation

jun24

not sure why it would take someone 4 years to make this but i mean eh its okay i dont care about it at all but good cover bad titles 👍

2.5

Pup Samsara

Take Me to the Vet and End My Stupid Fucking Retard Life (2024) [EP]

Noise, Novelty, Sound Collage

Gorenoise

jun24

hvndred, myrcyr, i dont know which of you this is, but if youre reading this im on my fucking knees begging to god that you just take this shitわ seriously. you literally perfected the gore drum kit and youve got the skills to just make the most awesome intense bad ass shitわ ever please for the love of god stop sampling entire bladee songs and plugg beats just hone in on this shitわ

2

Echinococcosis / Extensive Necrosis in Malignant Lymphoma / Gastrorrhoea / Bioculus Phlyctaenulosial Scrofulosa / Suppurative Lymphadenitis / Corpus Luteum Cyst

Echinococcosis / Extensive Necrosis in Malignant Lymphoma / Gastrorrhoea / Bioculus Phlyctaenulosial Scrofulosa / Suppurative Lymphadenitis / Corpus Luteum Cyst (2024)

Gorenoise

jun24

just left from a noise show i played. some contact mic vs sine wave generator action - i even had a power drill! table flipped again this time but we managed to last longer than 2 minutes so thats good. made some acrotic physicals and we actually sold them, huzzah!

echinococcocis: meh. didnt like vocals too much

extensive: slightly better. drums felt silly though

gastorrhea: pretty worthless poop grind. made me giggle a few times i guess

bioculus: good but a bit too long

suppurative: yes! my fav one here. perfect vocals, lovely wall approach with the drums and everything, only gripe is the pure silence between tracks

corpus: at first i didnt like it because mixing sounds like drums are the next house over but i actually think it works vocals are good and i like that there is some surprising technicality to the programming lol

3

Vomir

Claustration (2007)

Harsh Noise Wall

minimalistic, noisy, repetitive, infernal, dense

jun24

cant overstate how important this release is to me. basically catapulted me into wall music, really the first wall album i even took seriously. obviously longer, more expansive and even harsher wall releases exist, but in my mind Claustration stands tall and mighty over the entirety of the genre. no other release feels as pure and true to its mission; perhaps Vomir's own beliefs on wall music play a part in this. in my original review of this i discuss it with some real-world art analogies, and then i compare it to basically the entire universe. i still think there is some merit to that kind of discussion, but whats always been so mind boggling to me is that there is literally no way to talk about this. it exists as a purely nihilistic monolith, there is no deeper value or metatext to pull from. no analysis. nothing. no emotion, no beginning or ending, its just nothing. i cant think of any art in this world that so accurately captures... nothing. it sticks out to me as Vomir's opus also because of the inclusion of bonus material. not only that, but the original release of this also included a vomir shirt, vomir sticker, and vomir fucking pin! it just feels so resoundingly official to me, a signifying milestone in his career up until that point: "here is my biggest statement". what im getting at is that its more thant just wall music. it feels like a flag pole in the ground to me.

all that aside though, this is just also like the best sounding wall album ever. ill always enjoy a Vomir track because you know no evolution no change theyre all really very similar, these selections are no different, so instead of raving about individual textures and how they stand out against Vomir's total output, i'd like to instead talk about how they fit in with it; what makes this album sound so good is just what Vomir's approach is. the entirely analogue set up gives his music a very satisfying smoothness and dirty, kind of lo-fi atmosphere. take someone like Necrotik Fissure, whose walls i would describe as very sharp, processed, and cold; Vomir's feel... almost warm? maybe warm isnt the right word - whatever warmth you might get from being buried in dirt. i guess id have to describe it as a soothing kind of hiss - a very harsh hiss - but not too harsh that it feels outwardly angry or desolate. he's also able to capture a huge range of the frequency spectrum: turning it up yields distant and faint higher frequencies, sharpening the wall, and listening on better speakers reveals the breadth of the lower, deeply rumbling bass frequencies that totally enthrall you.

anyway though, Claustration isnt the point im trying to make here: pick any Vomir album, whichever is your preferred runtime, your favorite cover, your favorite title (if it has one), its the same experience. thats what Vomir promises - its what makes his music so special to me. no other artist in this world comes close. i know in my heart that no matter where i go or when i am, i can always come back to his walls and they'll scratch the exact same itch in me. timeless as fuck

I: 5 spoiler: click to read

II: 4.5 spoiler: click to read

III: 5 spoiler: click to read

IV: 5 spoiler: click to read

V: spoiler: click to read

as for the bonus material: its decent. “Meurs” is a really intense with some slightly dynamic elements that appear throughout, the “Sans Cesse…” excerpts are little harsh noise snippets that sound like they happen from across a warehouse, and that sound kind of continues onto the next two untitled tracks; these kind of dabble in power electronics? its really just vomir yelling into a mic and its blown out completely, fun one time around i guess but theres really no replay-ability in these clips.

5

Necrotik Fissure

Operation Castle (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

“On death: the pain will never go away, it will get quieter but it will stay with you forever, interjecting itself in everything you do and make, and thats good because it’s keeping them alive and with you forever”

fantastic opening couple of tracks. some of my favorite NF textures here. drags a bit in a few spots relatively but its all good imo

3.5

Leatherface (2017)

jun24

accidentally watched this before 3D but its a prequel anyway so thats fine.

hard to overstate how stupid this is. and just so unnecessary. why did leatherface even need this kind of a background story? The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning did a much better job with this and it hardly tried to flesh him out! /pos! every event that happens and every character just feel totally worthless. how does one woman even cause a breakout that big in an asylum?

i will say though that there are a few very well done super gore-y or just straight up disgusting scenes that i really liked the visuals of. main girl does the best job here, bud in close second.

1.5

Dirac Sea

Infinite Particles of Negative Energy (2017)

Ambient Noise Wall

minimalistic, meditative, atmospheric

jun24

most of classicdg’s review is perfect spot on. deep stellar crackling and distant background rumbles. unexplainable how well these are made.

4

Svlfvr Kvfvr

Demo (2017) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

too short okay instrumentals but these are literally some vocals goals

amazing logo lol

3

Cystgurgle

In Regard to Omnipresent Neurofibromatous Matters (2014)

Goregrind

heavy, aggressive, dense, rhythmic, raw

jun24

never wanted to listen because i think cover is 👎 silly cartoonish but this is actually awesome very good leaning towards quite regular grind stuff /pos very fun and mixed nicely

3.5

Sarcophagia / Pulmonary Fibrosis / Liquidised / Encephalopathy in the GI Tract

Sarcophagia / Pulmonary Fibrosis / Liquidised / Encephalopathy in the Gi Tract (2024)

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

sniping all of nicethailand gore list albums if you couldnt tell already

sarcophagia worthless boring goregrind does nothing interesting gets grating 2

pulmonary more goregrind but actually good. some awesome grooves and riffs 3

liquidised ooohhh soo good perfect bubble toilet vocals gorenoise great ping and drum programming 3.5 or 4 maybe

gi tract very middling super lofi white noise gore dont really care but its not bad 2.5

3

Meningohydroencephalocoele / Child Rapist

Pathogenic Cadaver Embolism Through Malignant Supperation and Diseased Bloating of Genital Ulcers (2019) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

mening side pretty good though not the most memorable. i would listen to it again 👍 3

cxrx side very stupid why is there basslines 2.5

3

Alice in BAD TRIP / Hydroencephalocystocele

Morbid Kid (2021)

Gorenoise

jun24

very stupid mspaint cover dont think it fits their style at least in my head 😇

alice side i liked more than i thought its good violent 3

hydroenc very good of course very lofi fuzzy love his drums 3.5

3.5

Pup Samsara

Puppy That Has Glioblastoma Resulting in the Lost Ability to Talk and the Curse of Only Being Able to Bark Like a Good Dog (2024) [EP]

Gorenoise, Noise

heavy, noisy, raw

jun24

if it was everything except the last track would be a 4 amazing grind perfect mixing sounds super unique but sooo fucking good best shitわ ever

last track is just noise feedback droning stuff which is fine but unnecessary inclusion i think also boring 5 minute silence for no reason lol

3.5

Hemorrhagic Pyrexia Virus / Gonococcus

A Love Story: The Sweet Ailment of Mephetic Fluids Transmitted Through Infectious Fornication / Session #13 (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

odd split since these are basically polar opposite styles but they are both good anyway

hpv side quite humorous but samples dont stay offensively long and the grinding is actually decent 3

gonococcus evil bottomless squelch pit goredick awesome never gets old 4

3.5

FLESHLICKER / Gastric Mucosa

Fleshlicker / Gastric Mucosa (2022) [EP]

Noisecore, Gorenoise

jun24

fleshlicker side not bad quite harsh /pos 3

gastric mucosa not very memorable and idc 2.5

3

Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cysts

Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy With Subcortical Cysts (2023) [EP]

Noise

Gorenoise

jun24

weird super strange endless swirling agony oceans of feedback

very good

3.5

Inhumane Atrositis

Gore Nothing (2023) [Single]

Gorenoise

jun24

awesomest vocals ever blowing bubbles

3.5

Embryogenisis in the Parasitic Nematode Causing Consequent Nucleic Acids Mutations

Garbage Sea (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

nope just didnt really like it thumbs down drums lol kind of annoying rhythms feels like EBM

2

DADABOTS

Inorganimate (2017)

Avant-Garde Metal, Sound Collage, Djent

Djent, Dark Ambient, Noise

generative music, abstract, futuristic, chaotic, lobit

jun24

really cool, not very good but its definitely cool. surprising how groovy it is, but i guess that does actually make sense. i thought itd be a bit more random and spastic. sounds like a live show recording since its got like layers of white noise on top of it.

3

Urethral Breath

Ejaculatory Duct Transplant (2024)

Gorenoise

noisy

jun24

pretty stupid drums in the short songs but it gets better in the longer track

good track times

3

Cystgurgle / Rhabdomyosarcoma

Duopustulant Placental Domain (2024)

Goregrind, Gorenoise

jun24

probably my favorite cystgurgle material ive heard so far, and rhab's side is like awesome feels like of depressive at times for goregrind really great stuff, though it does drag a bit towards the end

3.5

Paracoccidioidomycosisinfectedbastardfetus

Discography (2024)

Gorenoise

jun24

very harsh metallic dont really care too much about this

2.5

Suicide by Bandsaw

Retched Burnt Human Garbage (2023)

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

very awesome definitely gorewall

really like how fuzzy it is, bobby has great gurgle vocals

good aesthetic + runtime

3.5

Battus

Lepidopteran Coxa (2007)

Gorenoise

jun24

not bad good concept sometimes the vocals sound like black metal shrieking

3

Gonococcus

Sessions #10-15 (2023) [Compilation]

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

damn this is so fucking good. his vocals sound so awesome here, i need to figure that shit out. revolutionary stuff. sounds good af when im in the freezer too

4

III

.003 (2014)

Harsh Noise Wall

Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

ive been meaning to get through more of this guys stuff i just always forget about this project.

cool i guess, i forgot he did this all in pure data which is interesting. i like the anw first track

3

Lost Graves

Disturbing the Final Crypt (2020) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

No One Ever Remembers

A: really really really good feels like deep hell vocals almost to me 4

B: power drill sounding wall really negative at first got better as i listened 3

Adorned With a Bench

C: good side very comfy and cold texture 3.5

D: not as good i have no strong feelings but its not bad 3

The Futility of Life, the Embrace of Death

E: fine side its a bit harsher than everything else here iirc 3

F: idk i liked this one quite a bit more its also harsh 3.5

side B is also an examploe of a wall that was mixed in stereo and sounds diffferent in mono because of phase cancelling

3.5

Ebola / Sewer Chewer

Ebola / Sewer Chewer (2011)

Gorenoise

jun24

just rounding out the rest of whats available of the ebola discog. his side is okay, im not crazy about it. sewer chewers tho... some really amazing toilet vocals... trve slvrp

3.5

Wormed

Protogod (2024) [Single]

Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Dissonant Death Metal, Space Rock

heavy, surreal, dark, progressive, science fiction

jun24

another good single! their songwriting is actually getting way better imo, these parts are starting to make sense. awesome grooves too

3.5

Ebola

2010 Promo (2010) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

jun24

doesnt have same fuzzy vibe as demo 2 and is much harsher. still good i guess

3

Adipocere Formation During Rigor Mortis / Severe Penile Fracture / Urothorax Due to Traumatic Rupture of the Subpyelic Ureter

Adipocere Formation During Rigor Mortis / Severe Penile Fracture / Urothorax Due to Traumatic Rupture of the Subpyelic Ureter (2016)

Gorenoise

jun24

afdrm: grating and stupid

spf: also grating

udttrotsu: good i actually liked this side

2.5

Various Artists

Wallwhores (2010)

Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

well i was listening to each track until someone pointed out to me they may be duplicates per artist so i checked it out and they are except they are quieter and sped up? idfk :sob:

insurgent's track is really awesome, most dynamic anw ever, he plays around a lot with delay it sounds cool.

un's is pretty straightforward its good but definitely the worst here.

missing girls classic kino crackle sounds very comfy, one of his densest tracks too

3.5

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

jun24

a prequel to the remake of the original... from a different director?

they nailed the visuals, but ultimately it feels less like a prequel and more like a reinvention of the same movie i've been watching for the past week. besides the fact that unc gets some lore, this really could be its own movie if the remake didnt exist. for some reason this also doesnt include the entire other side of the family that we see in the remake? with the buzzcut girl and the outdoor boy. leatherface basically does what he has always done except this time its treated as his "first ever" milestones so theyre special. props to them for actually cranking the gore up though.

2.5

Urinary Tract Infection From Severe Pus Clots

Pseudocyst (2007) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

scary, repetitive, sampling, violence, disturbing

jun24

basically that last shitわ but better. more harsh i think. good shitわ vocals still sound awesome af

3.5

Gonococcus / Urinary Tract Infection From Severe Pus Clots

Severe Gonococcal Infection of the Pus Filled Urinary Tract (2011) [EP]

Gorenoise

jun24

i didnt realize gonococcus’ material on this was later released on Sessions #1-6, so i just listened to UTI’s side.

a better way to approach programmed stuff, but im still not crazy about it. its good it just seems a little too low energy for me. good vocals though

3

Usurp Synapse / Neil Perry

The Chilling Tale of Usurp Synapse as Told by Neil Perry (2000) [EP]

Emoviolence

Metalcore

chaotic, lo-fi, male vocalist

jun24

ive already heard US’s side: its good but nothing to write home about

Neil Perry’s makes me feel similarly.

creative title for a split

3

Esophagojejunostomy

Demo #1 (2015) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

jun24

meh, about what i expected. i like that the drums become completely inaudible during the songs

3

easyFun

easyMix (2015) [DJ Mix]

Bubblegum Bass

Nightcore, Progressive Trance

uplifting, sampling, playful, futuristic, energetic

jun24

fun pc music stuff. i wasnt crazy vibing with it at first but man that ending. so good, love the prog trance shitわ

3.5

Sarcoma Fermentation / Black Putrefaction

...As Your Insides Fall Prey to Black Putrefaction / Genital Warts (2008)

Gorenoise

Cybergrind

dark, atmospheric

jun24

black putrefaction side is great, really weirdly depressive atmosphere idk

sarcoma’s is good but definitely holds this back, since its just like kind of regular goregrind programmed stuff. and bro those last few tracks wtf 💀

3

Ebola

Demo #2 (2011) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

jun24

so awesome love the aesthetic here. feels like some gorewall im gonna relisten to determine that for sure. may drop the gorewall list soon too

3.5

Charli XCX

Brat (2024)

Electropop, Electronic Dance Music, Dance-Pop

Bubblegum Bass, Electro House, Dance-Pop, Electroclash

party, introspective, female vocalist, hedonistic, rhythmic

jun24

its not bad by any means i just… dont care at all about it? maybe itll grow on me but idk

2.5

Kyle Gordon

Kyle Gordon Is Great (2024)

Musical Comedy, Musical Parody, Satire

Radio Drama, Spoken Word, Eurodance, Irish Folk Music, Pop Punk, Bossa nova, Children's Music, Outlaw Country, Country Rock, Satire, Adult Contemporary

humorous, eclectic, playful, concept album, male vocalist

jun24

had to listen to this over the course of like 3 days gf hated this shitわ 💀

its pretty stupid a lot of the time but honestly i giggled and smiled a lot. he definitely pushes it a little too far sometimes, i guess thats his style though. the instrumentals also sound great whoever produced this good job. girls are the best is ok theres some funny lines it also weirdly feels like some anti feminist idk what his goal was with it. my life is the worst is a similar vibe verses sound exactly like mcr rough mixes. ugliest girl best chorus, second half always kills me. yall already know how i feel about planet of the bass. crucial life lessons seems like it wouldnt be as funny as it is. last 3 are kind of worthless bar some chuckleable lines here and there

3

Kiss Kiss

Reality vs. the Optimist (2007)

Art Rock, Indie Rock

Dark Cabaret, Emo-Pop, Post-Hardcore, Chamber Pop

quirky, energetic, male vocalist, passionate, dark

jun24

same label that dropped I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, Waiting, The An Albatross Family Album, and Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear.?! i had to give it a chance!

its pretty interesting. very unique vision, dark cabaret meets emo-tinged post-hardcore, and it works for the most part. the real downside of this is just the lack of identity a lot of songs have, maybe relistens or just investigating individual tracks might be more rewarding, but whats paradoxical about it is that it feels like such an album experience. idk. hes got a good voice, im confused by people saying they hate it.

3

Rose McDowall

Cut With the Cake Knife (2004)

Synthpop

Jangle Pop, Twee Pop, Post-Punk

female vocalist, mellow, ethereal, bittersweet, melodic

jun24

im not gonna lie, some songs definitely drag on and get highkey really grating. but on god if this some of this shitわ doesnt hit asf when its sunny and happy outside. and shes good at writing melodies. overall i liked it

3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

jun24

well. its definitely better than the last 3 movies!

i guess ill get the negatives out of the way real quick, cuz i definitely had my problems with this.

for one, theres just way too much gross misogynist slop for me not to mention it. real unnecessary and like, you dont need to make these dudes predators to make them more evil. they already eat people bro. i also cant stand how a lot of these daytime outdoor scenes look, good lord it looks like the cheapest music video ever, so flat too. its a bit silly in a couple places too, and its length doesnt give nearly enough time to make expanding the family super rewarding. a lot of family members kind of just have one or two really key scenes and then dont exist for the rest of the movie? im not crazy about the soundtrack, it sounds fine but its got that real cheesy hollywood horror timing that has honestly started to ruin intense scenes for me. also, i dont like the set up at all. just feels lame. it like makes sense and it does set up for some good shitわ later but idk i think im just so biased to the OG.

on the flipside, theres a looot about this that i really liked. while the daytime outdoor scenes are pretty scuffed, the indoor scenes, forest scenes, and night scenes are just gorgeous. amazing locations and set designs, captures such a great atmosphere that really gives this movie a strong and unique identity - something everyone since Hooper had a hard time creating. this movie is also crazy intense. im hesitant to say scary, but damn was i on the edge of my seat sometimes! really well directed chase scenes and suspenseful moments. im also a huge fan of how fucking evil and gore-y this is. feels like the perfect precursor to Saw, and theres gotta be some french extremism inspo in here right? i love the vibe of like, everyone is lying to you and is working against you. so evil. genuinely some sad nihilism shitわ for most of the movie. i also kind of like the ending! sorrryyy! spoiler: click to read leatherface in this is also the second best in the series so far. they do humanize him but in a way that works just well enough.

may check out his friday 13th remake since i liked this one.

3

Hydrocephalic

Demo 2010 (2010) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal

jun24

not a rec but something we’ve shared together.

sucked a lot. for some reason vocals are the loudest thing here by a decent margin, i dont even know how you consciously mix something like that, and the riffs are just ass. feels like its falling apart idk lol

2

Otomo Yoshihide

Anode (2001)

Indeterminacy, Noise, Conducted Improvisation

EAI, Onkyo, European Free Jazz

noisy, improvisation, avant-garde, surreal, chaotic

jun24

basically every song in the world should sound like the first one. the last one is great too. i like the other two but they just shouldnt really be here. theyre interesting

3

Five Pound Pocket Universe

Brain Bubble Party (2018)

Avant-Garde Jazz, Avant-Garde Metal

Grindcore, Brutal Prog, Free Improvisation, Noise, Plunderphonics, Sound Effects

energetic, eclectic, instrumental, manic, sampling

jun24

more rec

its good but id rather just listen to leftyfish i guess lol. i wish some of these songs had stronger identities. good musicianship, im not crazy about the samples.

fun fact when this ended i sat there for another 2 minutes listening to my dishwasher because i thought that was part of the last song

3

Dream Caster

Woody (2022)

PluggnB

Emo-Pop, Emo Rap

lethargic, melodic, love, drugs, male vocalist

jun24

just working on a ton of these fuckcomments recs since ive really been lacking on them lately.

this is good but he just has better tapes. a lot of samey production and im really not huge on the rock inspired songs (sticks n stones is perfect tho). his vocals also seem less exaggerated here. not sure if i like that or not

3

John Coltrane

Interstellar Space (1974)

Free Jazz

chaotic, instrumental, improvisation, space, avant-garde

jun24

its fine, im not crazy about it. good to work out to. even though i like that its just drums and sax i feel like i wanted a lot more

3

Effluence

Sarmat (2022)

Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Free Jazz, Gorenoise, Free Improvisation, European Free Jazz

chaotic, manic, noisy, improvisation, avant-garde

jun24

thanks for urging me to relisten fuckcomments. after my great rating reworking this got knocked to a 3 and i never got around to fixing that until now.

obviously its still good, perfect longform stuff, my onlv problem is that it tends to get into boring territory during the lower energy parts

3.5

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation] (1995)

jun24

dude

just so confused by what this wanted to do. they arent even cannibals. i dont eben know what to complain about, falls short everywhere. you should have to get government level clearance to make horror satire.

matthew and the lead girl are good actors i guess

1

Urbangarde

少女の証明 (Shōjo no Shōmei) (2010)

J-Pop, Electropop

Bitpop, Pop Rock, Art Pop

female vocalist, dark, energetic, dense, quirky

jun24

only really listened because i like the cover. good work trevor brown! lol.

its hella good though lots of cute arrangements and fun vocals, very melodically pleasant lines and stuff just really easy to enjoy 😊

3.5

Panic / Opaque / Female Harakiri

Down (2014)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

sampling

jun24

wall wednesday this week starts with triple splits!

i remember liking this more, originally.

panic’s first track is rather middling. its not bad, i just dont really care for it too much. opaques though is a very nice stereo-double-wall deal, both ears offer good and complementary crunches. i also forgot it started off with a sample. nice. FH’s first track is kind of on some ac core but i ended up liking it as it went on.

panic’s second track is interesting though, its also a stereo-double-wall situation but both are strikingly different, one is very deep rumbling and the other is kind of crackling but still deep. again, its interesting for sure, but it doesnt work that well for me i think. opaque kills it on this side with a really comfy crackle, slight crunch to it, really good stuff. and finally, FH’s last track for this side: its actually pretty good! more crackling stuff, feels anw but i dont think id call it that primarily.

so overall its id say its just fine. its not really a super important wall split but if you like these artists you should check it out.

3

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

jun24

sooooooo stupid 😭 its kind of like jeepers creepers and predators. not pos or neg just an observation

they expand tf out of his family and everything is just regular horror movie slop dumb ass one liners and BAD ASS ACTION!!! and fucked up hillbillies!!! nothing else to say really at least its 85min

2

The Cherry Point

Visiting Hours (2020) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy, chaotic, dense, infernal

jun24

super good. fantastic collection of stuff, they surprisingly go really well together. i especially like that the rita’s track (the only pure hnw one here) is right in the middle. feels like a real album experience lol. fantastic stuff though on all of these. does the last one have vocals? i couldnt tell for sure

3.5

Jason Campbell

The Marked Ones (2023)

Harsh Noise

jun24

stupid asf concept but its alright i guess a lot of very whispy sounding harsh noise stuff, seems like a lot of delay feedbacking samples

3

SSTGFLS J222557+601148

Black Knight Satellite (2016)

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

really good. cool transmission stuff towards the beginning, and i love the slightly alien texture.

3.5

Rape-X / She Walks Crooked

Rape-X & She Walks Crooked (2013) [EP]

Power Electronics, Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

had to listen for the cover lol. also ridiculous to track down, i had to listen on an archive.org snapshot.

rx side is worthless some of the stupidest meandering PE ive heard. i quite enjoyed SWC’s tho its cool drone vibes to me

3

In Watermelon Sugar

jun24

decided i need to maybe just focus on some of my smaller books this year so i can actually get sole reading done. moby dick killed my ass

originally copped this years ago when i was trying to tap into “avant garde” literature. its definitely weird but imo it feels super contrived. yeah the world is silly now and i explain things like a child because thats weird. idk, tries to be very weird but doesnt say anything. i like that the third act is actually kind of gore and depressing, feels like theres potential for something there.

2.5

Sissy Spacek

Hunter Killer (2024)

Noisegrind, Noisecore

Harsh Noise

heavy, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic, noisy

jun24

so awesome lol. disfathom expanded basically. the one click count offs are literally so fire. baionette is such an amazing song

3.5

She Walks Crooked

Untitled. (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

first and third are some whagever but the second one is awesome comfy texture. why does he have like 3 charlotte gainsbrrugifo albums

3

Wallmaster

UFO HNW (2022) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise Wall

jun24

finally sat down and just chugged through this. some really good stuff in here, i get why hes the damn master.

track by track except for 11 and 12 because i forgot:

track 1 is good weird disruptive pulse around 14:30ish interesting didnt ruin it. texture is smoother than i expected

track 2 more good feels like fire burning deep rumbling i noticed there is some higher slightly harsh texture that feels like it grows more apparent not sure if thats true or if i just didnt hear it at first

track 3 really good. theres slight stuttering and burst moments that feel like transmissions (album theme) and then i didn’t notice until the end but there is this wonderful wonderful wind sounding ambience feels so alien so cold love it

track 4 didnt like this at all at first doesnt feel like it fits w other tracks and def my least fav so far (lamo 1.5 😭) but theres actually lots of really interesting interplay between higher and lower frequencies feels like constant tossing and turning i liked it

track 5 yeah definitely docking points for very obvious loop + its maybe the least interesting one ive heard so far

track 6 not much to say, its a good wall though. also halfway through yay

track 7 another one with stuttering kind of crunchier texture and a subtle wind sounding higher tone that you can make out slightly

track 8 really awesome rumbling stuff. definitely the quietest one so far. couldnt stop turning it up, addicting texture

track 9 most dynamic one for sure. sound like tons of scraping and crawling and rolling around. lots of digital high frequency screeching. its good, but im not crazy about it

track 10 oooh yes this is the most anw one very very low rumble stuff, some more fire crackle vibes but like super hellish evil. really good

3.5

Interracial Sex

Alternative Eugenics (2013)

Power Electronics

Sound Collage, Harsh Noise

satirical, misanthropic, sexual, vulgar, hateful

jun24

its good, i dont have much to say. i dont really get the hype. i like the wall-y sounding songs

3

The Living Tombstone

Report, Report, Report! (2021) [Single]

UK Hardcore, Hyperpop, Electropop, Nerdcore Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop

Industrial Hip Hop, Electro-Industrial, Deconstructed Club

avant-garde, manic, energetic, noisy, dense

jun24

honestly sucks af but this is like so crazy experimental for what it is like how do you even consciously make this sometimes feels so mathy and like bro the mixing is just atrocious it sounds like muddy ass noise rock stuff i gotta give some points. rap verse gave me chills

2.5

Cyclosporiasis

Liquefactive Necrosis (2021) [EP]

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise

Wall of Sound

jun24

im pretty neutral on it i didnt hate it the cyber stuff is kind of lame but its harsh and stuff. awesome logo i got it from insects logo tag good resource

2.5

Silver Dove

Opt Out (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

jun24

i really should hear more lamo this is really cool though i love how it starts in just one ear and then the second comes in, amazing drone elements that get introduced. probably best guitar wall ever

3.5

pinniped

Replica (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Lowercase

aquatic, sparse, minimalistic, soft

jun24

another one where im enjoying the first track more, really comfy stuff, super minimal. the second one is crazy though like some missing girls type shitわ idek how you call this wall but it definitely feels like it. feel like i may up my score later

3 for now

Aqua Regia

Hot Love 3 & 5 (1988) [Single]

Acid House

Sound Collage

jun24

i read second track was spiral tribe esque so i had to find out

first one so awful some of the most grating loops ever

second one is kinda spiral tribe but slower, i fw the melodies and janky delay shitわ

3

Matthieu Saladin

4'33"; 0'00" (2008) [EP]

Indeterminacy, Harsh Noise Wall

Sound Art

noisy, aleatory

jun24

just amazing noise. very intense stuff

4

pinniped

Regression (2024)

Ambient, Ambient Noise Wall

jun24

first track was very nice, 3.5, i like the texture a lot and its quite quiet and comf

second was okay. im not crazy ab the noise and i thought the drones werent as emotionally impactful as the first track, 3

3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

jun24

fuck rym so hard i wrote a whole entry and it didnt save bc thd site crashed fuck you forever

it sucked i was excited but i dont vibe w this style major respect to tobe but its not my vibe. still has the never ending nightmare idea which is good, a lot of lore building which i didnt like bc i like the sawyer’s mystique in 1, spoiler: click to read was so uncomfortable and left field, i like the elevated gore

2.5

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

jun24

part of the summer rewatching list i made. probably some spoilers below i dont really feel like spoilering

genuinely so awesome. one of those movies that everyone just fw because its objectively amazing. surface level ueah its the craziest slasher ever and like its super uncomfy and dirty yadda yadda yeah thats all good but like. the atmosphere is no fucking joke in this. so merciless and unforgiving, feels like the coldest warm movie ever. the scene when leatherface pops out and smashes kirks head and he just seizes out on the flood, then leatherface just slams the metal door shut. and THEN the soundtrack kicks in. ohh and its the most evil dark ambient shitわ ever too. so icy man, so cold. the restraint to hold that music back until after it all goes down, so genius. chills just thinking about it. and of course that entire chase scene is just like. such peak hopeless cinema. like a never ending nightmare but its all real as fuck. the entire back third of this movie just having sinister ambient underneath everything thats happening i mean i really cant stress how perfect this movie captures this strange and fucked up vibe.

something i also noticed this time around is like… i know im gonna sound crazy but theres this weird like, supernatural element to everything? the movie isnt supernatural, i dont mean that, but like, the shot of the sun against a totally black sky in the middle of the day, the insane close up zooms of her unnaturally green as fuck eyes, the fact that they basically made gramps a vampire - completely pale white and functionally a corpse, feeding him blood - its such a weird touch that kind of elevates this to the next level for me.

also really love the sets and stuff, leatherfaces house is fire as fuck, and the opening shots of the corpse… sooo fire.

4, lowkey dont be surprised if that shitわ goez up ⬆️

May Recap

month of thingfs SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!! maybe i should take a vacayyy

i listened to a lot of things, and here are some that i had a good time hearing.

Featureless Thermal Equilibrium

Necrobiology

Atta Girl

Fucking Dogshit Awful Die Die

Out of Place

Shoaling & Schooling - The More the Better

Hydroencephalocystocele

Dall Woll

Convergence of 67 Adrenal Anguishes

Starseed Transmission

most enjoyment from movie: Videodrome

and i should mention, there were a lot of singles from this month that i liked!

In the Tall Grass

Nothing Like Uuu

Algorhythm

did a lot of noisecore relistens too, and we finally got Wall Wednesday (should i post the list?) started. time for pride month

52-Hearts Whale

Deinococcus Radiodurans (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

idk why i listened to this. i never realized this project had another album. good cover/logo

its segmented into a few different movements, where it focuses on one texture then builds on top of it in the next. its not bad

3

First Reformed (2017)

may24

rewatched with my girlfriend.

cant believe i ever gave this a 3.5, its basically a masterclass in film making. literally every decision paul makes he chooses correctly. that magical mystery tour... holy transcendence... doing that shit an hour+ into a movie with like only one or two moving shots up to that point. bruh

powerful ass message shit too. gf fw it heavy

4

光の緒 [Hikari no Itoguchi]

光の緒 [Hikari no Itoguchi] (2015)

Harsh Noise Wall, Impressionism

Ambient

melancholic, noisy, atmospheric, instrumental, dense

may24

and finally, a relisten. for the third time.

honestly this just finally really hit for me. i think my biggest gripe, and maybe yall will hear something similar from fuckcomments, is that there just isnt enough like interplay between the noise and piano? it feels contrived to me. or it did. maybe it was the rain or maybe i grew up idk but this shits beautiful af. such a lovely piano line. i used to not love the textures either but again they just clicked for me this time around. especially that second one. feels so sharp, like stabbing. weird sensation.

4

Secretum Omega

Starseed Transmission (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

some gym.

this was already really good, its got this super weird like, drone kind of feeling to it? not sure how he accomplished that but its great, and then at the end... i wont spoil it... but its some amazing it like transcends itself imo. shits so fuckign awesome

4

Videodrome (1983)

may24

been sittin on this entry for days now i have no idea what i even wanna say about this shit but its basically fucking awesome as fuck. berg taps into this crazy sexuality meets technology, some shit only Alien really captured, and i heavy fuck with the whole violence and pornography critique. the ending is goated as hell. i was a bit turned off at first, its got that early cronenberg thing where the first act of all of his movies is on the major boring side, but damn this picks up and accelerates. basically had my damn ass glued to the screen

SPOILERS BTW!spoiler: click to read

4

The Pyramid (2014)

may24

realized that i just completely forgot to add this to my diary - i watched it in like march i think.

its pretty awful. the story is just kind of dumb and i hate that they can never decide if they want to be found footage or not. idk lots of really stupid shitわ. i think archaeologist found footage still has potential though

2

The Rita

Sea Wolf Leviathan (2004)

Harsh Noise Wall, Harsh Noise

dense, noisy, chaotic, instrumental, aggressive

may24

for wall wednesday this week i decided to finally return to this. leviathan. right here.

its been a super long time since i last heard it, i think i was in college thats how long ago it was 😂 gotta say its still pretty good, honestly feels like being dragged through deep ocean currents and constantly crashing info rocks.

really though, and im sorry, i really tried to come at this with an open mind, but really this just aint hnw. i dont get how it is so, by a landslide, voted for as a primary. shits all over the place! it isnt even slow hnw like the cherry point, some of this feels like something merzbow might’ve churned out if he was a little more fucked up. oh well. maybe ill never get it.

3.5

SSTGFLS J222557+601148 & Relicuum

SWIFT J1745-26 (2016)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

Dark Ambient

noisy

may24

very deep and relaxing. the second track has some nice obvious movement in it which i liked

3.5

Flood

Challenger Deep (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

first track is really interesting like digital Nascitari texture? second is very slow moving anw kind of deal. not bad

3

Nurse With Wound

Soliloquy for Lilith (1988)

Drone, Dark Ambient

Indeterminacy, Process Music

hypnotic, repetitive, suspenseful, ominous, dark

may24

really just lots of great mood pieces, not too much dynamically per se but still a lot to pay attention to and get caught up in

3.5

Halophilic Arousal

Convergence of 67 Adrenal Anguishes (2024) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal

Free Improvisation, Noise

may24

fuck yes pete this is what im fucking talking about. drums sound so bad ass here, and the synths add an awesome evil ass layer to this. genuine whirlwind. also feels way more cohesive instrumentally than demo. genuinely inspiring my ass

4

Kevin Drumm

Perpetual Damnation (2024) [EP]

Ambient

Drone, Electroacoustic

may24

awesome cover. really nice kind of scary ambient stuff

3.5

Halophilic Arousal

Halophilic Arousal Demo (2024) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal

Free Improvisation

may24

bad ass as fuck. feels like sound collage. he needs to tap into the gore more. such a great cover too

3.5

Free as Dead (2015)

may24

guy gets ritual weird with sex doll. lots of filters. meh. score is decent. just watched for vomir really lol

n/a

エリ・エリ・レマ・サバクタニ [My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?] (2005)

may25

i like the concept, a future where everyone in the world loves noise musicians. of course the noise sequences are great, but i like the regular soundtrack as well. that live show in the field might just be one of the greatest things ever put to visual media ever. shitわ had me so emotional, powerful editing and some real genuinely beautiful playing.

only gripe really is how boring a lot of this is. like after a noise segment im just waiting for the next one to happen. i may even lower the score later tbh, but that live performance lives so strong in my head im chilling for now.

3.5

Vomir

Here Goes Nothing (2015)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

yeah im not crazy about this texture. rare vomir 3

3

gingus

Giratinightcore: Emerald (2022)

Dariacore, Future Bass

Jersey Club, Complextro, Nightcore

dense, sampling, party, playful, energetic

may24

gingus… i knew you had it in you… you arent totally worthless after all…

a step up in terms of production, sampling, and general direction. theres still literally no pokemon samples or titles here, but i guess thats expected now so i cant dock points really. admittedly, the last track is kind of a masterpiece…

3

The Number Twelve Looks Like You

Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses (2003)

Mathcore, Sass

Grindcore, Screamo, Melodic Metalcore, Deathcore

manic, chaotic, technical, disturbing, violence

may24

i like the emo/screamo influences, some heavy myspace vibes here whixh i fw. probably not coming back to this much tho, not too memorable. gotta be the stupidest hidden track situation ever also

3

Tiger Trap

Tiger Trap (1993)

Twee Pop, Cuddlecore, Slacker Rock

Noise Pop, Jangle Pop, C86, Post-Punk

happy, melodic, female vocalist, energetic, love

may24

its cute and pretty but this just isnt my kind of music. i like their vocals and a lot of the melodies.

3

Abnormality

The Collective Calm in Mortal Oblivion (2010) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

heavy, technical, female vocalist, energetic, aggressive

may24

very polished, and rather… proggy? idk. its not bad but not my fav of their material

3

DJ Clap

Best Night Ever (2013)

Footwork, Juke

sampling, repetitive, ethereal, rhythmic, hypnotic

may24

no truck today cuz hail so my ass is listening to shitわ.

even though the energy is turned down a couple notches on this compared to the ep, i was still right that this stuff works better in a shorter format. that said, this is still fun and enjoyable. less jpop samples i think

3

Donald J. Trump & J6 Prison Choir

Justice for All (2023) [Single]

Choral, Ambient, New Age

Spoken Word, March, Drone, Hymns

nationalism, crime, choral, ominous, patriotic

may24

crazy that this sounds the way it does for being an official release. why did the entire prison have to phone in vocals? the irony of this is crazy too. you cant not fw it to some degree

3

Shadow Wizard Money Gang

Shadowmancer (2023)

Trap

Dark Plugg, Drill

dark, playful, hedonistic, male vocalist

may 24

i hella fw the cover honestly only reason i tapped in. its not bad good production and his tags havent worn off on me yet so i still like them. just all over the place in terms of features if he could get everyone to hone in and capitalize on that evil magick shadow ritual vibe that would be lit. hate christ dillinger

3

aespa

Armageddon (2024)

K-Pop, Pop

Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap, Electropop, Trap [EDM], Pop Rock

science fiction, female vocalist, mechanical, energetic, sensual

may24

yeah i hate to say it but this is actually fucking awesome. they hella learned from their mistakes on Girls and this shitわ is actually sequenced nicely?! not really any bad tracks and i really like how they slowly shift the mood from bad ass to wholesome

3.5

NewJeans

How Sweet (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Pop

Atlanta Bass, Synth Funk, Dance-Pop

breakup, bittersweet, female vocalist, urban, sentimental

may24

i hate to be that kind of dickrider but new jeans just get it i guess. most consistent kpop group in terms of sound and shit. and its working too even itzy copying their sound lol.

really like the title track. bubblegum is good too

3.5

Mudskipper Vomit

The Sweet Sound of a Mudskipper Vomiting While Some Last Days of Humanity Clone Is Trying to Rehearse but They Keep Getting Distracted by the Vomiting Mudskipper (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

heavy, repetitive, noisy, rhythmic, raw

may24

honestrlyt doesnt really souhnd like ldoh clone this is pretty stupid but its not horrible i guess

2.5

Aquagenic Urticaria

Submerged and Forgotten (2017) [Single]

Gorenoise

Cybergrind

may24

cool. i like the cybergrind kind of asepct.

i trtied to listen to another album by this guy and it was so bad i stopped it halfway through

3

Cnidaria

2 New Songs (2016) [EP]

Cybergrind, Gorenoise

Brutal Death Metal

may24

not so bad but idrc. wall feelings

2.5

Chronic Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Urine Overflow

Urinating on Inflammed Lesions (2020) [EP]

Gorenoise

may24

seriously stupidest shit of my life feels like nothing gore sob i guess the wall aspects of first trrack are something of note

2

Abnormality

2007 Demo (2007) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

aggressive, energetic, dissonant, dark, raw

may24

in a review for The Collective Calm in Mortal Oblivion, ButterflyMan describes Abnormality’s style here as “underground and primitive”, which is both very true and honestly why i liked this as much as i did. love her vocals here too. had no idea this had a song in rock band, who even thinks of that? and from a bands demo ep nonetheless? lol

3.5

Induced

Coproporeal (2020)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

heavy, raw, aggressive, ominous, death

may24

good awesome ping brutality i like it. doesnt strike me as very original and ground breaking though

3

Moby Dick

may24

yes oomfies, you read that correctly. rock time has finally, at long last, finished reading Moby frickin Dick!

im not gonna lie, this got so boring for such long stretches at a time, thats honestly why it took me so long to get through. not that i don’t appreciate it though. i think melville’s ability to just admire things in the world is unparalleled. i mean theres a whole chapter just about what the whales colour might symbolize. the story is honestly not quite that strong, i kind of expected it to be more hands on like constantly going through engaging whaling or boating scenes but he honestly skips most of that, save for the brief explanation chapters that merely discuss something that an average non-whaling reader more than likely wouldnt know.

idk. probably not reading another classic for a long time

3

Putrescent Seepage

Dead and Demented (2020)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

male vocalist, vulgar, dark, aggressive, dense

may24

its becoming more and more apparent to me these days, as i endlessly trawl the underground for more and more extreme metal, that real honest brutality just isnt as common to come by as it used to be.

theres something special about the atmosphere and approach here. i can feel the intensity throbbing off of this thing, but its not overdoing it by any means. i dont think its particularly standoutish in the same way hyper ping slam or math tech metal would be, its just real honest brutal death metal. it does a damn good job at being that. there is some ping though which is lit

3.5

Rites of Spring

Rites of Spring (1985)

Emocore

Hardcore Punk

passionate, male vocalist, raw, introspective, energetic

may24

of course its not my first time listening to this. i heard it wayy back in highschool when i was first getting into emo and going through all the mu essential charts. i remember not really liking it at all.

my girlfriend played a song from this the other week and i actually enjoyed it, so i thought maybe its time to finally revisit it.

well, i guess i mustve been high or something. cant say i liked any of these songs. they arent bad by any means but its just real boring slop i guess. i love the guitars, really great melodies and chords and i like the tones, great start for emo there. the drums and vocals are just way too punk for my tastes. i really dont like the vocals. his lyrics are fine. what saves this from being a 2 for me is 1) i respect it and 2) that last song… some fire energy they tapped into there. hardcore improv!

2.5

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Noise, Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

may24

like clicking extratone or something really stupid. genuinely dont know why you would publish this 😭 im playin but cmon

2

volhnn

Phallus Dei (2016)

Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

dark, atmospheric, hypnotic, ominous, noisy

may24

i wasnt craxy into this i dont really get the hype but the ending on the second track… some peak wvll.

3

Sissy Spacek

Gore Jet (2009) [Compilation]

Noise, Sound Collage

Harsh Noise, Noisecore, Free Improvisation, Glitch, Noisegrind

improvisation, raw, manic, chaotic, dense

may24

gore jet: fucking. peak as fuck. such awesome cybergrind scary evil shitわ its crazy.

the rest: meh. some good noise but i really lose interest towards the end. why did they feel the need to add the gore jet songs here? also this really should be a comp lol

3

DJ Clap

Bliss (2013) [EP]

Footwork

Juke, Jersey Club, J-Pop

energetic, sampling, repetitive, ethereal, rhythmic

may24

idk it definitely like, if this went on for even 10 more min itd get old but in such a short format this shitわ is just so awesome. super hella candy sweet high energy shitわ nonstop crazy. beautiful af cover too

3.5

Tielsie

Huewave (2013) [DJ Mix]

Bubblegum Bass, Happy Hardcore, Juke, Hardcore Breaks

Gabber, Jersey Club, Bitpop, Baltimore Club, Footwork

energetic, rhythmic, uplifting, melodic

may24

fun little mix. really just listened to hear more of tielsies music. i didnt know it was pronounced that way. some transitions kinda bleh but its a solid mix. tielsie seems super tapped into lots of club electronic music which is dope. i like the hueboy edit here

3

Life Sim

IDL (2015) [Single]

Bubblegum Bass, Progressive Trance

Trance

melodic, female vocalist, repetitive, energetic, ethereal

may24

even though like nothing really happens IDL is pretty good. could probably go on for 15 minutes. he shoulda played around more with synth sounds.

thy slaughter remix im honestly not into at all. early pc music quirky but not actually enjoyable

3

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Ambient Noise Wall

rain, nature, soothing, noisy, instrumental

may24

actually much better than i expected ☺️ really comfy and i dont mind aesthetic

3.5

pinniped

Ouroboros (2024)

Ambient Noise Wall

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

not really a big fan of when they do harsher stuff its fine but it just doesn’t fit the project and i also dont get why its paired with the quietest asmr wall ever? idk

3

pinniped

Untitled (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

may24

very quiet i like this one though theres no ambient its still very good

3.5

Arms Length

It All Has to Start Somewhere (2000) [Additional release]

Screamo, Emocore

male vocalist

may24

i listened to this while doing laundry.

guitars are really special and awesome but man i do not at all fw those clean vocals. yall need to only stick to screaming

3

New Girl Season 2

may24

yes im still watching it.

another pretty good season and OMFG spoiler: click to read

Vomir

Pour la claustration et le glas (2008)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

interesting its actually a bit um idk how to put it its not as harsh and spiky? like it feels smooth i guess its still Hnw but you know idk.

3.5

XG

Woke Up (2024) [Single]

Trap

Pop Rap, Hardcore Hip Hop

female vocalist, rhythmic, repetitive, aggressive, energetic

may24

so fucking bad. genuinely 0 redeeming qualities. sounds like a youtube beat. cant imagine why anyone would listen to this more than once.

1

Maps to the Stars (2014)

may24

yay yay yay woo yay finally got around to this.

pretty awesome stuff. i dont even really know how to talk about it i just fw it. the weird child sexual abuse atmosphere (crazy phrase) is wild, kind of like a maturation of what he was tryna do with the brood. actually now that im writing this im realizing just how crazy that shitわ really was, it permeates basically everything in this movie. only thing i didnt fw was just how the movie looks idk seemed really flat and bland to me. love the ghost scenes

3.5

Heavenly Blue

We Have the Answer (2024)

Screamo

Post-Hardcore, Emoviolence

dense, manic, energetic, dissonant, noisy

may24

you know listening to it i was like yeah its good but its just good its nothing crazy i dont hate it but now that a few days have passed and i havent thought about this once i have to say this just feels like such boring skippable screamo. feels like it wants to post rock but doesnt actually want to commjt? hate how the drums are mixed too and just in general that really reverby airy shitわ idk yeah 🎃

2.5

steej

Dismantle Your Mind, Body and Soul... (2023) [Single]

Dariacore

may24

was hoping this would be really epic emotional beautiful af genius mashup shitわ but nope. just boring regular dariacore. gingus fails me yet again.

2.5

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

may24

honestly i liked it. its amazing how well jane is able to pull emotion out of a frame, a good handful of times my eyes watered. its hard to word this exactly, theres a lot of romantic and platonic exploration here that hits really close to home for me. growing up with friends that were questioning, learning about my own sexuality, making weird distant memories with people that i carry every day with me in my subconscious. shitわ makes me want to cry. enough about me though.

i think their style is totally matured here, only two movies in i know but its so impressive how effective jane’s abilities to immerse you in the screen are (lol). visually very stunning, awesome NWR lighting. i love the pacing, feels shorter than it is, and i love the characters and the actors. really amazing performances yall really. also found the story to be pretty interesting. loved the soundtrack (sorry im gay asf for that i know).

i totally agree with fuckcomments on the whole trans identity stuff, he really touches on an important issue there you should check his entry out for a better explanation of that. i have to say though it doesnt really hurt the movie that much for me? the ending is kind of stupid though, and i hate hate hate the narration shitわ owen does. also no fucking way he can pay mortgage on an arcade paycheck 😭

3

Tielsie

Hueboy EP (2014) [EP]

Juke, Progressive House

Electro House, Bubblegum Bass

energetic, instrumental

may24

love love love love looove title track so pretty lots of really simple but very very tasteful choices, especially the ending so cool. really great take of future bass/footwork

dj clap remix is good its a little more dance friendly and straightforward i like it

tokyo hands reprise is nice just like some melodic drumless type vibe song

3.5

Tielsie

Palette (2014) [Single]

Bubblegum Bass, Progressive House, Euro Trance

Trance, Bubblegum Bass, Electro House, Festival Progressive House

energetic, dense, uplifting, ethereal, manic

may24

thanks for the rec GT ✌️

cool stuff. the chorus is wild always rising type shit. i like these kind of alien approaches to trance music

3.5

Admiral Angry

Albania (2024)

Metalcore, Grindcore

Djent, Mathcore, Noise, Sass

manic, dark, hateful, aggressive, energetic

may24

really awesome. i get why they didnt officially release it until now its not at all like buster but its a cool genre blend of their grind stuff and sludge legacy. guitars and vox sound awesome. i love the cover and titles. hopefully will cop a boxset

3.5

emorave

pull/toxic (2024) [Single]

Dark Plugg, Emo Rap

dense, heavy, female vocalist, dark, melancholic

may24

yeah its good. kind of a weird song for her ig its interesting though

3

Afterbirth

2014 Demo (2014) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

Progressive Metal

heavy, technical, aggressive, rhythmic, instrumental

may24

i didnt realize this would be instrumental. for some reason, this kind of music just needs vocals imo. weird to say.

really boring stuff. the slight tech death leaning shitわ is so gay idk lol

2.5

Boris

And 2 Years Later (2024)

Sludge Metal

Hardcore Punk

hypnotic, anxious, male vocalist, manic, heavy

may24

i guess i cant say im entirely disappointed? in retrospect its basically exactly what it says: old live album from the bands very very early days, before even absolutego was released, so its very japanese hardcore. i expected more intense guitars, but they keep it rather minimal. theres still a degree of their trademark complexities and subtle tasteful flares that make this a bit more engaging, but i gotta be honest i really dont care at all for this. i feel nothing listening to it

2.5

Kyle Gordon

Planet of the Bass (2023) [Music video]

Eurodance, Musical Parody, Musical Comedy

Euro Trance, Comedy Rap, Bubblegum Dance

space, futuristic, sexual, party, science fiction

may24

and then the craziest fucjing shitわ ever happens the vhs version of this on youtube played from autoplay and im not lying it literally worked so perfectly. its like the exact same aspect ratio as meltdown and they even nailed the same kind of video quality. and then like, obviously its sillier here, but this video lowkey touches on the same kind of topics as nick land does idk it was just funny as fuck.

they lowkey overplay the european dj thing a liiittle too hard but its still fun and funny. “sex, im wanting more” is genius and the chorus is quite catchy

3

Nick Land

Meltdown (2012)

Sound Collage, Electronic, Chillout

Ambient Techno, Spoken Word, IDM

nihilistic, futuristic, philosophical, cryptic, androgynous vocals

may24

figured i may as well rate this too since i guess i did listen to it.

since this is just about the audio im not gonna lie im not like soo crazy about it its kind of like just a mix of these middling techno/trance/idm-ish tracks that do a good job as background music but really just arent that good to me? idk im over/not into that kind of music. the text to speech voices are cool, i like that they change every so often.

3

Meltdown (2016)

may24

crazy. bro put this on right after squeakquel.

im not gonna hella pretend im super into accelerationism or technocracy stuff but this is fire af. he kind of writes like peter sotos if that makes sense? just these huge nonstop stream of consciousness massive words that more so convey an image or vibe than a linear narrative, which i heavy fw. visuals are awesome as fuck too, shave said they look like future brakhage which is trve. they sometimes remind me of the audio visualizers on newgrounds. it kind of did feel like an hour long but i guess i dont mean that in a bad way? my eyes were glued to the screen the whole time so

n/a

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

may24

hung out with gang we watched this. ive actually never seen this, but ive watched all the other ones. for some reason.

its fucked up how much they have to feminize the chippettes like when they dance or even when theyre just at school they have to wear makeup or extravagant outfits, even though the chipmunks just wear like hoodies. and theyre all chipmunks? why do the females need a modified name “chippettes”? just kind of pushes that male = default idea. also weird af that human girls are like head over heels for the chipmunks its kind of gross. why do they have to swoon over them? cant they just like the music or something. i also just feel like the jocks just change characters depending on whatever the plot calls for. they bully simon but then are really scared of him but then later hes a dork but now theyre buddy buddy with alvin i dont know. feel like they could have just introduced more characters for all these points in the story.

n/a

Last Days of Humanity

Putrefaction in Progress (2006)

Goregrind, Gorenoise, Noisegrind

chaotic, noisy, raw, heavy, manic

may24

as this works its way onto my all time 3x3 i suppose its only fitting that i write up a new entry for it.

something i always wonder when i listen to this is what the songwriting process for this looked like. it seems like some songs are definitely just blast and chug for however long, kind of mindless obviously, but you can tell a lot of these tracks have some real technicality and tightness to them that they just had to write out or talk about lol. and on that topic these guys are some of the best grind songwriters ever. theres a surprising amount of catchiness and groove if you can kind of look past the fucking evil nasty gore.

4.5

Dead Housewife

Bones (2024)

Noise

Ambient Noise Wall

may24

actually super fricking cool. sounds like radio transmission shitわ on top of the usual ambient noise wall stuff. i like the dynamics. its very different but its still really good

3.5

Algae Bloom

I am everyone I've ever met (2016)

Screamo

Midwest Emo

passionate, lonely, self-hatred, melancholic, male vocalist

may24

some of the least passionate screamo ive ever heard. sounds like everyones doing the bare minimum, seriously those drums are so boring. this whole thing is boring! fuck this

2

gingus

Giratinightcore: Silver (2022)

Dariacore

Nightcore, Future Bass

energetic, party, chaotic, sampling, rhythmic

may24

yeah i guess its better than their first release as Gingus but its still just average daria slop. and why is none of this pokemon themed 😭

2.5

Sissy Spacek

Mirror Aggressor State (2024)

Noisegrind, Noisecore

heavy, aggressive, energetic, dissonant, chaotic

may24

so awesome crazy how they still crank out stuff like this. again it feels like evolved insect warfare stuff but hella noise. really amazing drumming, great snare patterns. i swear its isaac horne

3.5

Vomir

Dall Woll (2007) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

may24

sooo lovely so awesome such a unique and fire aesthetic something i want to one day explore love doll

really good walls. i like the vomir skulls lol

4

Niks

Season of Decay and Death (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

really good deep rumble wall also yes i stole these last several from lamos ratings heh

3.5

Last Login

To Err Is Human, To Purr Is Feline (2022)

Ambient Noise Wall, Lowercase

surreal, sparse, minimalistic, avant-garde, hypnotic

may24

awesone cat these textures are surprisingly really good for kind of a silly theme but they work well making comfy atmosphere. way more quiet than i was expecting. lamo is rigjt about it being like purr wall

3.5

Beta Anus

Peter Sotos is a Fucking Nonce (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

lol yep 👍 commentary its good crunch nothing else to say i want to hear the other befa anus album but its 10 hours idk if i care enough

3

Microcephaly Brain Defects With Anencephaly and Putrefied Tumours

Microcephaly Brain Sickness (2019) [EP]

Gorenoise

may24

awssome logo ? weird glitchy drums kind of cool stuff

3

Sclerosis

Dysplasia (2018)

Lowercase, Ambient Noise Wall

may24

i can see the appeal, definitely the first track, but the second one just seals the deal for me. really kind of grating if im being honest

2.5

Werewolf Jerusalem

Carnal Violence (2011) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Glitch

repetitive, noisy, minimalistic, instrumental

may24

meh i just really dont like these textures too high frquencies not in awesome way

2.5

Encefalocele

Untitled #1 (2016) [Single]

Gorenoise

may24

definitely the most… unique guitars in gorenoise… LOL

really stupid but better than wormosis i guess

2.5

Encephalocele

Encephalocele (2020) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

may24

not bad the drumming reminds me of free bdm type stuff

3

Wormosis / Hydroencephalocystocele

Wormosis / Hydroencephalocystocele (2022)

Gorenoise

may24

wormosis side genuinely some of the stupidest shitわ ive ever heard in my life 😭 i dont hate it but its just fucking dumb which is so unfortunate because hydro’s side is literally so fuckijg good like fuzzy wall anal birth its awesome

3

War Hero / Ummm

War Hero / Ummm (2009) [EP]

Grindcore, Powerviolence

may24

feel so silly for having to watch a video of someone recording their vinyl copy with their phone

war hero side is meh they are definitely violent but too sparse for my taste. good feedback tho

umm side is better for sure just better intensity and violence guitars sound good

3

vide médian

Soft Clouds (2017) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Musique concrète

may24

yeas yhhaaahh uhh yeah vm gets it pretty nice. the water kind of sounfs like pee sometimes but it sounds nice 👍 great wall

3.5

Reaching Needles

Fear of Bone (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

noisy

may24

actually really nice like crushing fluffy interesting concept and stuff

3.5

Beta Anus

Cum Shit Fuck (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

not bad harsh crunch cover is curious probably just poop though

3

Chamber of Tapeworms

Esoteric Epistemology of Umbilical Webs Throughout the Omniverse / Imperceptible Interconnections of the Amniotic Bodies Between Dimensions (2020) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

i didnt realize this was a compilation, but this is what i actually listened to. i guess revisiting their esoteric album was nice, i noticed some things id missed before. first track has much more dynamics than i remember, and the higher frequencies in the beginning sound like wails of agony. im still not crazy ab this project though. i do wish i got a copy of this

3

Chamber of Tapeworms

Imperceptible Interconnections of the Amniotic Bodies Between Dimensions (2020) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

its nice. some interesting subtle movements.

id like to one day make a list of cosmic gore aesthetic. cool synergy those elements have with eachother

3

glosuka

600 <3 (2023) [EP]

Cloud Rap, Emo Rap, Jerk

PluggnB, Lowend

may24

ive had a tab for this open for over a month now i just keep forgetting to actually listen to it, sorry fuckcomments.

its good. i actually think these tracks are a bit more emotional and sweet (like candy) than most of his other songs. i may revisit

3

James Shearman

A Place Among Pebbles (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

listened at the gym. i like the kind of rumbling and more subtle atmosphere it tries to go for, yet it still undoubtedly lands in harsh territory. interesting write up as well.

3.5

Tissa Mawartyassari

ผีแดง (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

ill believe in ghosts for you

spoiler: click to read

3.5

Love Liza (2002)

may24

idrk how to talk about it but just so sad painful shitわ feelings echo and reverberate through you people are ripples fuck life love is forever

psh so good in this. love the trippy effects it sometimes does when hes high. spoiler: click to read. story wise its not super strong but all of its awesomeness comes from vibes and feelings

3.5

Happiness (1998)

may24

dont even really know where to start on this. obviously solondz is like, a fucking master at capturing the dull and depraved world of middle class america. such a unique feeling and atmosphere this and Storytelling have. i really love how well he explores sexuality, crime, purpose, tragedy and comedy here. i think he handles this really provocative material with a delicate sense of knowing when it should be funny or not. another thing i really liked about this was the characters. despite there being so many and their roles in regards to each other sometimes being a bit confusing thanks to hyperlink format, they all stood out as fully fleshed people to me. idk, i could probably ramble on but thats good for now i think. funny as fuck ending (but its actually fucked up?!)

also, PSH is awesome as fuck lol

3.5

Skrillex

Show Tracks (2019) [EP]

Future Bass, Hybrid Trap

Trap [EDM]

rhythmic, energetic, androgynous vocals, male vocalist, party

may24

i listened to mumbai power today on my way home from band practice during an intense fit of road rage and realized that this ep is literally the best thing in the entire world. so much attention to detail and perfect little flourishes, beautiful and banging ass sound, shitわ will go hard forever. BEAM’s feature is so fucking awesome lol

4.5

Hydroencephalocystocele

Hydroencephalocystocele (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise Wall

dense, noisy

may24

way better than i was expecting. best part ab this shif is the fucking tone of it all. vocals, noise, and the way that even the drums add a layer of fuzz to the overall wall sound are just really really good. only thing i didnt fw was the long pauses between tracks (“long”)

3.5

gingus

Giratinightcore: Yellow (2021)

Dariacore

Jersey Club, Nightcore, Future Bass

sampling, female vocalist, mashup, playful, male vocalist

may24

dont ask me why i randomly have the urge to listen to every album this person made but i do.

dariacore is dariacore. its grown off me and im not crazy ab it anymore. i never really was but theres some i enjoy. i think the mixing here is weird af too, and also like its supposed to be pokemon themed but isnt? at least crafter2011 and the og daria stuff stick to a theme. i also feel like this just hella rehashes a lot of daria ideas

2.5

ITZY

Algorhythm (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Alt-Pop

Contemporary R&B, 2-Step

female vocalist, playful, energetic, rhythmic, party

may24

fuck yes dude

loved no biggie, no comment there go read my other entry if ur curious. title track is dope as fuck, those resonant bass lines sound so cool. the edm switchup is literally whiplash inducing feels like extreme love4eva type vibe but i shrug it off cuz the rest of the track is great. wonder how theyll follow up this very “matured” sound

3.5

aespa

Live My Life (Universe) (2024) [Music video]

Power Pop, K-Pop, Pop Rock

female vocalist

may24

i know this is the worst received one so far bc its just like boring ass power pop and doesnt fit w the rest of the previews but i actually think it sounds fun and good! reminds me of nobody like you itzy. mv is cheesy idc

3

aespa

Licorice (2024) [Music video]

K-Pop, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock

Pop Rap, Rap Rock, Trap

female vocalist

may24

yeah another one idgaf ab. feels half assed chorus and idk just seemed messy to me as i was listening. mv is creative admittedly but im not really a sucker for that stuff so

2.5

aespa

Long Chat (#♥) (2024) [Music video]

K-Pop, Electropop, Contemporary R&B

Future Bass, Purple Sound

female vocalist, surreal, fantasy, playful, science fiction

may24

i like this one a little more. a bit catchier and bouncier. the mv is silly, they grow alien corn?

3

aespa

Supernova (2024) [Music video]

K-Pop, Electropop, Electro House, Dance-Pop

Electro, Electroclash, Electro Hop, Midtempo Bass

manic, surreal, science fiction, chaotic, female vocalist

may24

since they all came out as mvs im just gonna rate those.

yeah sorry i dont get the hype. sounds like an old aespa b side or smth. just not very striking. also dumb as hell mv whats with the ai portraits 😭

2.5

Shygirl

Alias (2020) [EP]

UK Bass, Experimental Hip Hop, Electronic Dance Music

Hip House, Trap, Industrial Hip Hop, Deconstructed Club, Pop Rap

sexual, nocturnal, female vocalist, rhythmic, mechanical

may24

on some relisten w this lately. its definitely good af really sexual ass banging shitわ bawdy is awesome af but i also think shitわ like tasty and siren hold it back i wish it was honestly just a few of these heavy bass edm inspired tracks and not that dance shitわ

3.5

AGGRO DR1FT (2023)

may24

me and my friend went to go see this last night.

yeah its just pretty dumb. theres a vision, its just boring as fuck i guess

2.5

Oceanwall, for Social Interactions

Shoaling & Schooling - The More the Better (2018)

Ambient Noise Wall

aquatic, dense, noisy

may24

fffkcnnnd perfect. so enthralling and soft but intense feels like big cushions hugging your head. lovely awesome great words +👍

4

phocidae

Forgetting (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Ambient

surreal, ominous, noisy, melodic, atmospheric

may24

anothe good one melancholh mellody but made me realize that other release is a 4 so i bumped it ^_^

3.5

Threesome Slitting

She's on the Bed (2022) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

cant believe i mjssed this didnt even know it existed!

more quality walls, super short and sweet, would love to get a trve fvll length from this project…

3.5

vedalovesick

Echoes That Flutter (2023) [Single]

Ambient Noise Wall

Bird Sounds

may24

kind of ac core but the bjrd sounds are nice :)

3

Volovec

Concrete Forests (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall, Nature Recordings, Rain Sounds

Bird Sounds

rain, natural, urban, nature, noisy

may24

just like being outside in the rain :joy: not bad

3

phocidae

Out of Place (2024) [EP]

Ambient, Nature Recordings

Reductionism

natural

may24

actually really fucking beautiful kind of felt like i wanted to cry i dont know not what i expected

3.5 for now i do love this though probably will raise score later

Lustmørd

Heresy (1990)

Dark Ambient

Field Recordings

ominous, atmospheric, scary, mysterious, disturbing

may24

listened to this while cleaning the apartment. not sure how i feel about it. i like it, but its nothing so crazy like the reviews say it is. i get why though. its a bit eerie. idk. great cover

3

Dead Housewife

To Disappear Completely (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

may24

started going to the gym recently, hopefully can make it a habit.

bumped this. really strangely comfy stuff, it was raining too so it felt really nice. for some reason there is talking on the last track like really randomly sounds like an accident lol? idk

3.5

Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

may24

what i said to pete1:

"cant say it was disappointing because i didnt expect much. mike’s story is actually interesting enough to be its own respectable horror movie, i think fnaf has potential to be a good horror movie, but combining them just waters it down and it ends up being either stupid or really boring. so no, not that good"

yeah. matpat cameo was pogchamp and the credits song was lit. this also literally takes place over a period longer than 5 nights

n/a

Hana Haruna

Seriously Dirty (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

and capping off wall wednesday with some more perpetual abjection. ive been trying to listen to this for like a week now but every time i start it im just not in the mood. until now.

its whatever, kind of thin digital textures im not toooo crazy about but i cant say its bad or worthless because the third track was kind of comfy actually. concept is kind of boring and uninteresting but physicals look nice! lowkey on some kpop with the polaroids lol

3

Black Matter Phantasm

יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד (2017)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

exactly what i was hoping itd be. just some huge thick walls. really hypnotizing textures, i was trying kind of hard at some points to actually focus in on them but i kept dissociating or whatever lol, really easy to just get lost in

3.5

We Also Let Blood

Deepest Pain (2016)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

good. kind of digital sounding so not awesome but its harsh, some interesting slow movements in the second track i noticed

3

Ruido de Magia

'didn't you wish to be loved by someone at least once?' 7:69PM (2021)

Ambient Noise Wall

lo-fi, dark, minimalistic, atmospheric, instrumental

may24

sincere emo wall stuff some solace core type vibes i like it. its not the greatest texture (lowkey on some ac-core) but thats okay

3

pinniped

Vulnerable (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

may24

without a doubt the harshest release this project has produced (still ANW territory of course). there wasnt any ambient/drone either so it feels like it kind of... sticks out i guess? /neg

still good but i dont think i can put this any higher than a 3

3

pinniped

post weaning (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall, Drone

Lowercase

calm, repetitive, cold, hypnotic, soft

may24

so nice, sounds like scratching at the ice from under the lake or something. lovely drumm-esque drones

3.5

Charli XCX

360 (2024) [Single]

Bubblegum Bass, Electropop

Pop Rap, Atlanta Bass, Dance-Pop

playful, boastful, female vocalist, minimalistic, party

may24

kept seeing this on my spotify homepage and i had some extra time on my drive home so fuck it whatever

its good i kind of dont care much for the verses, they remind me that she is actually kind of annoying sounding lol but its undeniable that the chorus is just some damn ear candy. production is whatever

3

Wormed

Automaton Virtulague (2024) [Single]

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Dissonant Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy, dark, progressive, science fiction, aggressive

may24

goats still got it. really awesome grooves here. i really do love how well they blend like mathy technicality with very primal sounding bdm and slam.

3.5

Sissy Spacek

Threshold (2022)

Harsh Noise

Noisecore

atonal, atmospheric, instrumental, noisy

may24

played a noise show last night with my friend and we literally played for a minute and a half. like 20 seconds in he jumped on the table i was using and everything just collapsed so we rolled around on the ground for a little then ended it. everyone fucked w it

this is pretty good. the more of these harsh noise noisecore of theirs i hear the more i start to wonder how exactly this shit is made. i know theres some sound collage techniques, but this feels so live and stream of consciousness. doesnt really feel like theyre cutting stuff up necessarily. some great textures here though, also love the vocals.

3.5

Oceanwall feels miserable

Losing Everything You Had, Finding Everything You Need (2018)

Ambient Noise Wall

repetitive, surreal, aquatic, cold, noisy

may24

all these pinniped releases got me itching to check out oceanwall again. i like this cover.

its interesting. sounds like being dragged through sand or something.

3

उत्सर्ग [Utsarg]

पूर्वचित्ति (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

may24

best airconditioningcore?! was really not into that first track but god damn if that isnt some great fucking wall on the second one. love the phasing shit its so cool. third wall im indifferent on. overall: good

3

Various Artists

Free Percussion (2019)

Free Improvisation

improvisation

may24

wtrf...7000 entriees?>! i need to message the long list guy

this is good i really only listened cuz claire rousay but the rest were decent. its about what you expect, though some are definitely more sparse and lowkey go into ambient territory thanks to steel drums counting as percussion

3

pinniped

Ambivalence (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall, Ambient

may24

not quite as strong i think the structure is interesting w the asymmetrical tracks. the second one is pure wall also

3

pinniped

Untitled (2024) [EP]

Ambient, Ambient Noise Wall

may24

just rlly comfy im really loving this project it kind of brings me back to when i first discovered hnw. weird nostalgia (AHH! THE WORD!!!!!) for like NNW type projects i feel i guess lol (even tho i rllywasntthere for thats tuff)

3.5

Vomir

Future Dust (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

fucking aweosme thanks lamo for the flies

good wall. cass design kind of mid probably will not buy

3.5

Striations / Sodomy From Beyond

Otocephaly (2019)

Death Industrial

may24

really excited to get into this cuz i fw the cover/concept but its just very meandering boring death industrial stuff. probably lamo and buddies will like but not my thing

2.5

Whitehouse

Mummy and Daddy (1998)

Power Electronics

Interview, Sound Collage, Audio Documentary

disturbing, violence, scary, vulgar, hateful

may24

gonna start a whitehouse rerun sometime soon, something tells me my initial ranking of their albums was inaccurate.

always hurts my little baby heart. philosophy and daddo so chilling and gross ugh, and i cant stress enough how a cunt like you is just the best PE song fucking ever. AGUMorbidD00d brought up a really cool point that i kind of internalized but never consciously considered but the sequencing here is brilliant, "A flip of perspective from the psychopathology of the abuser to the reverberating suffering of the victim". that said, after the first time i heard it i just can never sit through Private again, even on this relisten. its too harrowing. one of the opening samples of that little girl crying about her parents fighting... so sad bro

4

emorave

Tor (2024) [Single]

Trap, Digicore

female vocalist, melodic, nocturnal, urban, playful

may24

its.interesting… the beat is weird feels like its fighting itself melodies bruh emo alright lerformancr im not crazy ab it but its a hood song

3

Various Artists

It's More Like an Homage to You (2017)

Screamo, Emoviolence

energetic, male vocalist

may24

i was really wanting to like this a lot more, its got frickin мища on it for corns sake! and theres definitely some great covers here (massa nera… my beloved…) but blugh too many damn misses. what the fucj is that thirty dollar bill shitわ why is that even on ..here

3

Various Artists

Indonesian Brutality (2013) [Compilation]

Brutal Death Metal

may24

fjcking. fuck yes dude.

not gonna lie, its nothing super special on the surface. this isnt like a ping slaughter or slam masterpiece or anything like that, its just some god damn good brutal death metal through and through. no dull moments really, and while there is a lot of variation in production i find it helps give each band their own unique identities. riffs on riffs on riffs, so much stank facing on my end i loved it. its definitely a bit on the longer side and kind of loses momentum around the middle but i cant really say i didnt like any of it. wasnt hella paying attention to the artists but i remember cadavoracity, bleeding flesh, brutal corpse and death vomit being highlights. chills… that ending…

3.5

Vessel of Flesh

Depression Plague (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

if i was a professional wall reviewer:

nah i lowkey had a bit i was gonna do where i wrote helluva lot for this but im not feelin it anymore. its a loop based wall so automatic points docked and it feels stronger in concept rather than execution. volume levels change up and down a lot throughout this which just gets annoying really. besides all that though, the packaging on this is just gorgeous. almost considering buying it for that alone

2.5

Anal Shake

Putrefaction of the Human Body (2016) [Single]

Harsh Noise, Gorenoise

may24

last listen before work. wanted to check guy out but i dont want to hunt down splits or listen to the piss drinking cover art so lol 30 second single. dont understand why the other 2 people that heard this hate it its just regular harsh noise with blown out vocals on it.

3

pinniped / -.. .. ... -... .- -. -.. . -.. ....... .-. . .--. . .- - . .-.

Despite the Layer of Ice Between Us, I Still Feel Your Warmth (2024)

Ambient, Ambient Noise Wall

may24

comfy cold anw. also ambient. track 1 is interesting the ambient synths dont really show up until like maybe halfway through and they are suuuper quiet its nice reminds me of that one awesome vomir tanner garza. track 2 is way more upfront with the ambient stuff its not as good but its still not bad.

edit: also cute reminds me of nature noise wall (rip) forgot to add that originally in this entry

3

Various Artists

Untitled (2005)

Freetekno

may24

another one i forgot to add until now.

honestly i cant remember literally anything about this other than i didnt really fw it. so its probably boring

2.5

Dreams Prevail

Miguel Era (2005)

Screamo

may24

aight so im REAL bored today, ive been going through my archived links and reminders and im finally getting around to adding this to the database today lol. i listened to this in like march i think.

idk what kittencore is but this is okay. very screech-y yells and experimental weird guitar instrumentation. hella ahead of its time for what it is

3

Kazumoto Endo

Brick and Mortar (2003)

Harsh Noise

Plunderphonics, Sound Collage, Glitch

sampling, noisy, chaotic, mechanical, atonal

may24

y'know what., fuck it! i like this more than While You Were Out. way more straightforward and effective in its use of "playful" noise and rapid sampling cut ups. also doper cover. very good noise as well

3.5

Vomir

Empty (Verb) (2012)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

hmm ohh yess good walls thank you vomir thanks lamo for file.

kind of harsher i like it

3.5

Liturgy

Immortal Life II (2024) [EP]

Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

Noise Rock

female vocalist, spiritual, dissonant, noisy, rhythmic

may24

yeah so i actually knew the whole fucking time that this was going to come out because im one of the biggest immortal life fans in the world so i had the inside scoop yeah./

kind of as expected its nowhere near as great as the original, but credit where credits due these are still really good rerecordings. stellar drum work, and a great vocal performance as usual from haela. my only gripe is that the guitars are honestly kind of quiet? maybe thats just cuz im used to how piercing and overwhelming the og is but idk they dont feel loud enough.

3.5

Arboreal

Deconstruction (2019)

Ambient Noise Wall

may24

very cozy idea and cute little physical but its nothing to write home about. decent crackle wall shrug

3

Placenta Lyposuction

Misanthropology Studies Vol. I / Document 24/06/2018 (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

yeah so fml accidentally relistened to this but its whatever that reminds me i wanna start doing like wall wednesdays or something this year just once a week maybe more than once really the name is just cuz it sounds good alliteration but frequently id like to go back and relisten to walls i remember liking or dont remember exactly how i felt about. kind of a chance to further refine my wall tastes you know

anyway so i relistened to this on accident and it actually sucks more coming back to it. used to be a 3 but i just am not a fan of this texture at all

2.5

Rapace

Earthworm Filled Cerebrum (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

honestly wasnt hella feeling this at first, def a polarizing digital texture on both tracks, but its actually not too bad when you sit down and just let it wash over you.

3

S'morez

Where Did You Go (2015) [Single]

Trap, Cloud Rap

Snap

sampling, mysterious, quirky, male vocalist, repetitive

may24

why did it take two people to produce this

3.5

Metaroom

S.N.U.F.F.Y (2021) [Single]

Wonky

Glitch Hop [EDM], Future Bass, Acid House

playful, quirky, internet, rhythmic

may24

randomly came up in an autogenerated mix my gf was playing and fucking ill be damned its good as fuck. definitely something only rocktime gonna fw but this shit just dance-y and fun as hell, love the subtly technical rhythms and little melodies and shit, really cool application of turntablism shit and the chorus catchy as fuck. idk who tf snuffy is but this shits awesome

3.5

Scum Alice

Among Graves Surrounded by Snowy Fields (2021)

Black Ambient, Black Noise

may24

yeah idc definitely only listening to this because of the cover. i dont really care about black noise or black ambient (which i guess thats waht this is?) and nothing here convinces me otherwise. some potential in a couple tracks here and there maybe if they were longer and more fleshed out but yeah just nah

2.5

Speed Dealer Moms

Birth Control Pill (2024) [EP]

Drill and Bass, Jungle

Breakcore, IDM

rhythmic, uncommon time signatures, futuristic, instrumental, manic

may24

the long awaited third SDM funk/frusciante collaboration release, "Birth Control Pill"........

and its pretty mid. im playin. its good. nowhere near as exciting as the last release we got from them but its got its merits. surprisingly melodic, and also a lot more straight-on jungle than i was expecting. very obvious funk-isms littered throughout this, but i think frusciante does a good job of holding him back a bit and perhaps is also why this might be more on the melodic side. all that said though i just dont really care tooo much about either of these tracks. good stuff, just cant see myself coming back to this ever

3

Various Artists

Black Glove Mania (2020) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

finally getting around to this. basically the perfect entry point for anything ramirez, surprised this doesnt have like any ratings. really every project here sounds great, i think theres a couple tracks towards the end of the second half that im not crazy on but i really cant complain. love the last rape tracks very good stuff there

3.5

Steve Roden

Oionos (2022)

Sound Art, Ambient, Field Recordings

Lowercase

may24

its not bad. interesting little story behind it. i found myself trying to identify which sounds were which toy instruments a lot. despite that though it isnt really the most engaging thing ever and its also just kind of okay in terms of how enjoyable it actually sounds.

short entries lately but i genuinely dont have much to say ab these last several albums/etc sorry yall...

3

Vomir

Austere Depth (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

may24

i forgot that this was that one release of his that was quiet as fuck for no reason lol. its good though just wish it was louder

went to the gym and bumped this. gonna start getting in shape

3.5

LeftyFish

You, Fish! (2015) [EP]

Avant-Garde Jazz, Avant-Garde Metal, Mathcore

Brutal Prog, Noise Rock, Art Punk

heavy, female vocalist, aggressive, chaotic, noisy

may24

save me lefty fish

a few tracks from the album but very apparently alternate takes. its good! if you like the album you cant hate this.

3.5

Infected Load

Dripping (2023)

Brutal Death Metal

may24

yeah these last few meals have been such ass just so much boringness. i think i remember liking the vocals but just like every aspect of this is so middle of the road and makes me feel nothing

2.5

Malignant Hyperthermia

Cutaneous Blastomycosis (2022)

Gorenoise

Cybergrind

mechanical, repetitive, sampling, energetic, manic

may24

so fucking boring lol just cant get behind this. feels like it just doesnt want to take any risks at all

2.5

New Girl Season 1

may24

if youre wondering whats been on the tv since i havent been watching any movies lately. just kind of randomly decided to start this w my girlfriend a little ago.

honestly way funnier than i expected, really love schmidt and jess. i wasnt fw winston at first but as he develops he gets funnier i end up liking him a lot more. i dont like when they start yelling and things get heated in an angry way they honestly do it a lot and its lowkey some triggering vibes. theres also a lot of racism and sexism in this show so its weird that my gf also fucks w it

Yung Bruh

Heaven's Witch *eternal spells* (2015) [Mixtape]

Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop, Emo Rap

Trap, Plugg

ethereal, futuristic, surreal, spiritual, lo-fi

may24

idk its fucking awesome tho. obv opener is classic as fuck but damn those last 2 tracks are so good. love how passionate souljahs dream is. didnt really love the second track tho

3.5

Ski mask "The Slump God"

Broly (Intro) (2015) [Single]

Trap Metal

Cloud Rap, Plugg

surreal, ethereal, cold, noisy

may24

idk why i listened to this its fun tho felt weirdly quiet

3

phreshboyswag

VIP (2024)

Jerk, Experimental Hip Hop

Cloud Rap, Dark Plugg

hedonistic, male vocalist, dark, drugs, atmospheric

may24

shrug its good. i have to say im def a little disappointed, it feels way more one note than rock bottom and i just dont feel that same connection w it, but its not bad by any means. a couple good lines here and there, beat selection feels kind of boring most of the time. life=movie is a classic tho so genius to sample the iphone scifi ringtone

3

Hydrocephalus

Untitled (2023) [EP]

Gorenoise

may24

yeah i just dont gaf ab this. theres a lot better bobby maggard out there, the vision just weak here. i guess interesting like “textures” with the noise and vocals but eh it kind of comes off more grating than id like

2.5

Melting Dysplasia

Demo 2021 Malicious of Abnormal Propensity (2021) [EP]

Goregrind

Brutal Death Metal

may24

now this. is fucking boring as fuck. dont fw like any of these riffs and i dont like the drum programming

2.5

Insidious Squelching Penetration

Delectable Rectal Meat (2018) [EP]

Slam Death Metal

may24

dont really get the hate (slamoverlord 2.5?!) its fun. i guess it isnt so notable but i fw the production and aesthetic

3

Lurid Panacea

Demo (2018) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal, Deathgrind

Technical Death Metal

heavy, raw, aggressive, male vocalist, manic

may24

i like it, gotta say tho that the production here aong w the slightly less violent playing/songwriting ultimately puts it below demo 2. the cover isnt as dope either

3

Man of Steel (2013)

may24

basically just totally forgot to add this to my diary when i watched it. not gonna try figuring out where to put it so im just doing it here.

really fun. always love snyder’s action direction and i honestly fw how all his lovies look. i think the christ allegories are really cool too, they add a depth to superman that i never really felt from any other media ive seen him in. ive always kind of hated superman, hes just a really boring hero i guess. really good casting too

3.5

Brodequin

Instruments of Torture (2000)

Brutal Death Metal

death, violence, raw, aggressive, history

may24

ive been putting the relisten off for way too long now. i think i got turned off from it after i first heard it and i didnt really get their “style” you know? definitely a hard pill to swallow. the brodequin pill. but now that ive been able to fully enjoy all of their other albums i decided its time i come back and give their debut one more shot

rewarding ass listen too, the riffs on this are great im surprised i never really noticed it before. i also think their songwriting here might top festival’s. some great groovy moments in between all the brutality. also love the fuck out of that production. sounds really uniquely digital but not like… in a bad way i guess idk hard to explain. bonus tracks were lit

3.5

Infected Malignity / Malebolgia / Tragical Memories

Supreme Brutal Legions Volume 2

Brutal Death Metal

may24

these legions…

really good write up that review but i disagree with its core beljef because THIS ALBIM IS AWESOME!’n

basicaly one fucking word: groovy bruh

infected malignity is def the best side here, tons of memorable riffs and great slamming breakdown chuggs, i also loved their live recordings as they are just a bit rougher around the edges in the best ways possible.

malebolgia carries the torch well with some more awesome riffage. the production isnt as good as IM’s side but i dont mind that much. i also think their name sounds like male bulge

tragical memories (awesome name) is definitely the weakest, but its not bad by any means. super weird but not in the dripping way, for some reason the guitars are just on flangers the entire time? a couple other weird choices makes this otherwise run of the mill bdm feel kind of exciting.

overall really awesome stuff. i may investigate bros further

3.5

Birth Victim

Fucking Dogshit Awful Die Die (2022) [EP]

Noise

may24

missyou every day

didnt know lamo was on this reallg awesome i kind of wish i had heard this sooner in life but this is really really awesome lol. feels like black nojse i guess? from credits i assumed it would be like gorenoise but lamos vocals are like terrifying super alien shrieking its so cool and the way the percussion and vocals interact with the noise is awesome im sure the process behind this was actually quite simple and im sure not as deep as im describing it but thats why art is awesome 👏

3.5 love

Dead Housewife

Nothingman (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

may24

Saffron Robe’s review on bandcamp summarizes well. strangely cold

3

Vomir / Claritas

Stollenausbau (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

may24

been on a slow down in terms of music listenings. ill be back soon. just working through some stuff in my damn day to day life.

almost totally forgot about this until recently. vomir side good as always, and i was pleasantly surprised by claritas. never heard of them, but good crunchiness nice wall yeah.

stupid ass cover tho sorry just like what is the theme mining or something idk

3.5

PHK

BC_260718 (2018) [EP]

Field Recordings, Ambient Noise Wall, Reductionism

Micromontage

mechanical, instrumental, aquatic, atmospheric, repetitive

may24

nice. felt quite ominous. i like the human sounds

3.5

Merzbow

Kazakiribane (2021)

Harsh Noise

Drone

apocalyptic, improvisation, infernal, repetitive, raw

may24

very standard modernzbow. its good of course, but doesnt really stand out at all. very average! but i still liked it. nightwrath does a good write up

3

Brain Fever

Brain Fever (2011)

Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Mathcore

Sass, Math Rock

may24

love it! super weird ultra math janky post hxc/screamo stuff, really interesting blend of genres/ideas. some parts reminded me of the locust if they were hella stripped back.

they should go back to making this stuff

3.5

Latex Priest

Snowhowling (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

noisy

may24

you kind of know exactly what its gonna be based on the title and cover and genre, though it did have a subtle degree of dynamics that i wasnt anticipating

3

Tantric Bile

Cursed Conception (2024)

Free Improvisation, Gorenoise, Avant-Garde Metal

Sound Collage, European Free Jazz

heavy, ritualistic, surreal, sampling, dense

may24

literally no reason this has such a low score. before i rated it it was at 2.99?!

crazy shitわ, ive actuallynever heard any of this projects full lengths but i may just have to after this. loved the diversity, i mean you kind of know what to expect since its matt stephens jazz gore but at the same time hes able to give such a unique identity to this thing. loved the samples too, i think the aesthetic/concept is really unique and fun, well executed. my only real issue is that it is kind of long for what it is

3.5

/f

cawa died for your posts (2023) [Compilation]

Glitch

may24

its decent /f stuff shes released better. the longest track is the highlight here

3

Bizarre Uproar

Triumph (2008) [Compilation]

Power Electronics

Harsh Noise

noisy, misanthropic, hateful, aggressive, menacing

may24

very stellar comp. exactly what you want from BU, highly recommended to all pe and harsh fans.

3.5

Qebaxugon

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Flashcore

Ambient, Deconstructed Club, Glitch

heavy, repetitive, surreal, complex, dark

may24

dont rly get the hate prob just bc its hke / exotransmission stuff

decent flashcore experiments. interesting use of traditional hi hats and some rhythms. very obviously fl studio gross beat stuff lol

3

Heavenly

Atta Girl (1993) [EP]

Twee Pop, Cuddlecore, C86

Punk Rock, Jangle Pop, New Wave

concept album, female vocalist, melodic, sad, crime

may24

dont even wanna talk ab it

4

New York Against the Belzebu

Xaninha Noise Core (2016)

Noisecore

Animal Sounds

sampling, humorous, playful, nature, chaotic

may24

so fucking stupid lol not much else to say. the unplugged tremolo picking was killing me

2

Beatwife

Virtual Love Cell (2004) [EP]

Flashcore, Drill and Bass

Speedcore

heavy, surreal, sampling, aggressive, energetic

may24

fun cool stuff. toned down breakflash, im just kind of past this shitわ in my life. really interesting sampling tho

3

Prurient & Hanged Mans Orgasm

Unknowns (2018)

Drone, Noise

Spoken Word, Dark Ambient, Field Recordings

may24

really cool first track! sounds like radio transmissions and some chilling spoken word. ifw it heavy. unfortunately idrc ab the second track at all, decent drone noise you know

3

Penis Geyser / Mankind's Devastation / Nauseating Repugnance

Penis Geyser/Mankind's Devastation/Nauseating Repugnance (2020)

Noisecore, Gorenoise

may24

checked this out for MD’s side since its just isaac horne on drums and vocals.

pg: worthless spends half of the track waiting for audience members to quiet and then is just the most boring “grindcore” ever

md: fucking peak as fuckingfuck. genuinely sounds soo good, as long as isaac is drumming you could do anything on it its gonna be fire. his vocals are great

nr: good, it reminds me of anal birth live, my only problem is that its just a little too long. kind of gets boring toward the last half

3

Insect Warfare

Noise Grind Power Death (2009) [EP]

Noisecore, Noisegrind

chaotic, noisy, aggressive, manic, male vocalist

may24

yeah its just the fucking best. i mean you cant outdo this shitわ, save for LDoH. so simple, so effective, so damn perfect. some core

4.5

Sulfuric Cautery

Chainsaws Clogged With the Underdeveloped Brain Matter of Xenophobes (2019)

Goregrind, Noisegrind

Gorenoise

aggressive, noisy, chaotic, raw, manic

may24

not that ive gone too long without hearing but its never a bad idea to freshen up your sulfuric cautery scrobbles.

still goated, some of the best grind work ever. of course the drums, classic ping, Isaac Horne is a monster, but i actually really like the guitars as well, and i never realized kind of how traditional the vocals sound in terms of grindcore. still a ridiculous flurry of gore insanity

4

Deep Jew

Ugliest Man / Dog Blood (2008)

Noisecore, Drone Metal

Harsh Noise, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock

noisy, raw, lo-fi, chaotic, male vocalist

may24

another one i havent heard in ages.

good lord is this insane. kind of a dumb comparison but it literally feel like depressive instruments disorder. so brutal, genuinely starts to blur the line between rock music and noise music, i actually have a hard time even calling this “noisecore” its so crushing

need to get around to downloading these damn files.

3.5 still, but ima be relistening some more if yall notice the 4s go up you know what happened

黒い樹海 [Kuroi Jukai]

Kuroi Jukai (2015)

Noisegrind, Noise, Powerviolence

Harsh Noise, Noisecore

chaotic, noisy, manic, infernal, aggressive

may24

been too long since i last heard it. also if it wasnt obvious just doing some noise/grind relistens cuz im bored and none of my saved albums look good rn.

pretty great grind. really noisy of course but i mean specifically in the mixing and stuff. the actual noise im kind of becoming indifferent towards. its good yeah its just not the most exciting, and what upholds this for me is really how well they play their shitわ.

addendum: something i forgot to add, for some reason i had a random reissue of this rated so i unrated that and rated the og one. didnt listen to bonus tracks

3.5 still

D-Clone

Creation and Destroy (2012)

D-Beat

Crust Punk, Thrashcore

noisy, chaotic, raw, aggressive, infernal

may24

ohhh i feel like meditative turtle image fucking proof that you can do whatever you want as long if you turn the gain and distortion up at some point it will get fire as fuck. og diaryheads gonna know i really dont fw jp hxc or thrash crossover wahtever bullshit but i mean come on this is literally the most goated shit of all time. brickwalling everything really communicates that high energy crazy intensity most punk bands can only dream of reaching. so simple but for some reason no one else does it.

its grown off me a bit since i first discovered it, but its still fire as fuck.

3.5

The Gerogerigegege

パンクの鬼 [Tokyo Anal Dynamite] (1990)

Noisecore

Noisegrind

chaotic, noisy, lo-fi, aggressive, raw

may24

really really hard for me to decide a favourite. obviously Instruments Disorder is just way fucking heavier but also this is so classic, this feels like trve noisecore imo, ID leans wayy further into the "noise" (not a bad thing). drumming and vocals i like more on this one too.

apples and oranges?

4 still

The Gerogerigegege

Instruments Disorder (170 Songs CD) (1994)

Noisecore, Harsh Noise

noisy, chaotic, aggressive, manic, raw

may24

its a noisecore storm tonight! everyone send your positive energy to shave as he treks through these heavy downpours on foot!

yeah damn i mean this is just.

its kind of insane how ahead of its time it is. i mean seriously, 1994 this invents ping snare??? i mean this is literally the earliest example of an all out ping snare in any extreme hardcore genre. and no one able to make this shit, to this day, shit stands high up on the highest pedestal untouchable. my only initial gripe with this vs TAD was the admittedly exhaustive runtime and this is sooo much heavier, but honestly fucking fuck it shits never boring i cant imagine not giving this less than an 8 now. need to check out the bootlegged bootleg now

4

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek (2001)

Harsh Noise

Noisecore, Sound Collage, Glitch

noisy, chaotic, manic, aggressive, raw

may24

yeah its good. i can see why i gave this a 3 originally but coming back to it ive actually really grown to the glitch sections and more straight up sound collage noise parts. really unique vision honestly

3.5

Insect Warfare

Information Economy (2009) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Grindcore

may24

not really sure how this is allowed to be on the site its like all previously released stuff but i guess its physical so its okay>? iu dont know. good grind. very lofi early IW vibes i thinks

3.5

Insect Warfare / Carcass Grinder

Insect Warfare / Carcass Grinder (2007) [EP]

Grindcore

heavy, aggressive, energetic, raw, angry

may24

classic insect grind on this. carcass grinder's side is meh

3

Insect Warfare / The Kill

Insect Warfare / The Kill (2013) [EP]

Grindcore

may24

greatest swan song ever. awesome in concept and execution. unfortunately the kill is totally outshined here, but on their own they are good too! their side is just a little too long i guess

3.5

Agoraphobic Nosebleed / Insect Warfare

Agoraphobic Nosebleed / Insect Warfare (2008) [EP]

Grindcore, Hardcore Punk

Cybergrind, Crust Punk

may24

honestly really totally not into AN's side here. just dumb silly and idgaf about it at all.

the insect side though,.,.. some pvre fvcking evil grind stuff. so dark and fucked up

3

ByoNoiseGenerator

Turbulent Biogenesis (2015)

Deathgrind, Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

Avant-Garde Metal, Technical Death Metal, Jazz Fusion

male vocalist, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic, dense

may24

just ridiculous lol, cant believe it took me so long to get to. im familiar with Neuromechanica so i kind of knew what to expect but this shit just doesnt get old. obviously the jazz sections are both hilarious and fire as fuck, but you gotta give credit to the bdm sections because this is genuinely some great metal. these guys need to link up again, or we need to figure out wtf goin on with Subnormal Dives

3.5

Repugnancy

Vile Ancient Transfiguration (2024) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Deathgrind

technical, chaotic, aggressive, manic, dense

may24

holy mother of technical ping. really good! actually inspired tech death brutality stuff and the track times are just way too attractive to not give this a chance.

take notes tech heads!

3.5

Cicada 3301

Anxious Reverberations (2023)

Noise

may24

another one i listened to a while ago and just didnt add until now.

yeah this is worthless. "anxiety" noise which means like silly little audacity experiment vibes idk it sometimes breaches into microsound glitchy territory but just not in any cool awesome ways.

2.5

Neocortex

Unnatural Meditations (2013) [EP]

Splittercore, Noise

may24

listened to this like hella long ago but just put off adding it to database until now.

honestly kind of cool. ive read some interviews with Eater of Sheep and some other extratone guys and they always bring up how this music is closer to noise music, or that its kind of like this transcendence of hardcore electronic and it becomes almost meditative or psychedelic. in my honest opinion, ive never actually gotten that vibe from any extratone ive heard, its mostly always squarely in the realm of hardcore, or at least something like IDM if its taking itself a bit more seriously. but whats great about Unnatural Meditations is that it kind of does achieve that? really longform songs and a super strange and alien atmosphere, though it doesnt push into qebrµs territories, which i think its kind of a respectable thing. the last track especially, ooh its cool. i guess the concept is like cycling patterns of extratone kicks? it feels so weird. i dig it

3.5

Effluence

Necrobiology (2024)

Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Free Improvisation, Goregrind, Brutal Prog, Technical Death Metal

avant-garde, chaotic, abstract, heavy, dissonant

may24

still not washed #MattStephens

shave brings up a good point to me in private that the shorter track times on this let him run through ideas a bit faster, i kind of like it it also just makes the album a bit more fun to listen to for me, ofc i appreciate his longer stuff but you know nothing takes the cake like 2 minute free bdm. also heavy fw the aesthetic here i like the very organic and "green" take on gore stuff. i wonder if he used drawn artwork after seeing the "backlash" from Destructive Transfixed Incorporeality's cover. i dont think this is as wild and out there as his earlier works but its still effluence and its still damn awesome. its fire as fuck that Organic Disembowelment is literally just a death metal track lol

3.5

bleood

I Hope You Need Me Like You Say You Do (2024) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

male vocalist

may24

shave recd me this one too its good but idk its not as awesome as depression. ill prob hear it in a week and realize its way doper than i initially thought. fuck that cover also :Skull

3

defficile

Depression Dosent Explain How I Feel (2023) [Single]

Experimental Hip Hop, Trap

Digicore, Pop Rap, Plugg

manic, surreal, dense, noisy, male vocalist

may24

id heard this before idk how i didnt realize its the best song on earth shits so crazy but so fun still. somehow packs in so much incomprehensible sounds but like at the end youre still dancing to this shit its fire as fuck i mean just watch how he flexes yeuhg

4

David Shawty, Yungster Jack, xaviersobased, Zootzie & Nettspend

Pirated (2023) [Single]

Trap

Jerk

may24

aight last nettspend for today only listened cuz that stacked ass lineup but it was lowkey a bit underwhelming. davids part good xav and nett good good prod but its just kinda forgettable.

3

Nettspend

Nothing Like Uuu (2024) [Single]

Trap, Pop Rap

Cloud Rap

male vocalist, ethereal, hedonistic, love, drugs

may24

another great beat, i love the double tracked vocals sounds really good reminds me of bladee - DOorman in that regard.

what the hell is a slut truck though

3.5

Nettspend

2024 Freestyle (2023) [Single]

Rage

drugs, boastful, energetic, violence, crime

mar24

love the beat on this lmao ridiculous how loud the 808s get but it feels like they literally just turn the volume down when nett comes in idk lol

good freestyle too its fun af. i like this a little more than shine n peace rn

3.5

Nettspend

Shine n Peace (2023) [Single]

Jerk, Cloud Rap

Lowend

uplifting, anthemic, triumphant, ethereal, male vocalist

may24

more singles lets goo finally getting around to netts pend stuff i kept putting it off for a while idk why

pretty good, real fun love the beat on this and bro sounds so nice. probably will grow on me

3.5

Sissy Spacek

Featureless Thermal Equilibrium (2020)

Noisecore, Noisegrind

aggressive, chaotic, noisy, heavy, male vocalist

may24

i may take back waht i said about Indefatigable Demoralization being their best because this is just insane. actual perfection of noisegrindcore, vocals drums noise guitar everything is literally perfect.

shaves right, theyre the damn goats...

4

ITZY

No Biggie (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Pop, 2-Step

2-Step, Dancefloor Drum and Bass

female vocalist

may24

we so back idegaf if its the newjeans influence this shits tight. i like the vocal chopping.

3.5

Turnabout

Don't Go Outside (2024) [Single]

Witch House

Trap, Wonky

dark, male vocalist

may24

major respect for leaving hm and basically doing what everyone was waiting for hm to do but im not a huge fan of this. lots of potential here, again hella respect to turn for experimenting like this, the white ring feature is definitely different lol. feels like some og witch house which is nice. dont love turnabout on this either

2.5

phreshboyswag

Vampire (2024) [Single]

Trap

female vocalist, hedonistic, boastful, male vocalist

may24

comments tearing this shit up :skull: it aint that bad yall. clips feature was def jarring but i got used to it its not bad

3

emorave

Sour Diesel (2024) [Single]

Trap, Cloud Rap, Digicore

Plugg

female vocalist, melodic

may24

closer to her older sound so i fw it harder than most of her new stuff but im not crazy ab it. i saw that bladee reference tho

3

Woody

Not Redacting Shit (2024) [Single]

PluggnB

diss, male vocalist

may24

idrc ab it the beef is awesome im michael jackson popcorning but i feel like bro coulda tore into sem hard af here. he does body him on a cute ass beat tho

2.5

City of Caterpillar

In the Tall Grass (2024) [Single]

Emo, Post-Hardcore

Noise Rock, Post-Rock

may24

wow awesome new coc so awesome

its pretty good too i wish it was longer but its more of the same kind of songwriting from their last album. cool one off single

3.5

April Recap

another lowkey month. some relistenings and stuff, not a whole lot of movies. moved into a new apartment which was exciting.

damn enjoyed:

SOPHIE LIVESTREAM HEAV3N SUSPENDED

Plastic Surgery

Joyless

The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording

Negative to the Power of Infinity

Vestal Spacy Ritual

Cold Visions

Indefatigable Demoralization

again didnt watch a whole lot of movies but my fav from this month was prob Dog Star Man

also tapped into watching the rest of the conjuringverse. only one left is devil made me do it.

i need a new car

Lucas Abela & Zach Hill

Never (2023)

Noise, Free Improvisation, EAI

Glitch

chaotic, complex, improvisation, avant-garde, surreal

apr24

super interesting concept. its isnt an equally compelling result but its still fun. even though i know how it was recorded, id still love to see how it was recorded… very interesting noise too. sounds super digital, lots of resampling effects i think? some shitわ ive done in fl studio i know that for sure

3

Gorenette Coleman

Something Smells!! (2022) [EP]

Free Jazz, Gorenoise

Avant-Garde Jazz

noisy, surreal, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic

apr24

its good. i cant tell if theres no guitar or if its just really quiet, but its definitely really interesting. it doesnt really stick with me as well as some of his other projects do though

3

Beau Navire

Lumens (2012)

Screamo

Emoviolence

passionate, male vocalist

apr24

more of the same, but it felt a bit more passionate and intense to me

3

Beau Navire

Life Moves (2011) [EP]

Screamo

passionate

apr24

kill my life at work iykyk last few days been total agony

decent screamo. the higher energy parts are dope but it gets pretty generic in the little post rocky midwest sections

3

Acid Injector

Particle Accelerator Brain Cell Death (2021) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind, Technical Death Metal

Avant-Garde Metal, Free Improvisation, Slam Death Metal

heavy, surreal, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic

apr24

super ridiculous jazz bdm nonsense. if you told me this was a matt stephens joint i’d’ve believed you. this dude looks like he has a few other projects up on his bandcamp so i wonder if they are also free bdm adjacent.

3.5

Gonococcus

Sessions #1-6 (2016) [Compilation]

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise

apr24

its good, maybe more “traditional” gorenoise in the shorter song sense, but it doesnt really hold a candle to what he would go on to do in Sessions #10-15. the vocal only idea is pretty unique though! he definitely pulls it off better than probably anyone else could

3

Pain Teens

Born in Blood / Case Histories (1990) [Compilation]

Experimental Rock, Noise Rock

Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock

apr24

i just downloaded and relistened to both of these. maybe eventually id like to buy the remasters steve ayers did but i dont actually know off rip how much different or better they sound.

basically the perfect comp, these are pretty much the exact same album, i guess the only real difference is the themes of both. Born in Blood seems to be more about love and sex while Case Histories is very obviously child abuse or general violence, but honestly as a back to back listen they flow so seamlessly it doesnt really matter.

i think its very much a thing of taste, i know not everyone loves this kind of pounding drum machine (i know they use real drums but this definitely feels mechanic) kind of industrial noise rock stuff (honestly i dont even really like it) but god damn can steve write some great riffs. that on top of the fact that he hardly ever shies away from some noisy experimentation means that even when songs lean into boring camp they are at least still interesting to a degree.

my biggest gripe however, is also steve. maybe its less of steves fault and more of a testament to bliss blood’s vocals, but a lot of these instrumental tracks just cant hold up to ones with a vocal line! i love her snappy and weird energy, and shes got basically the perfect voice for this style of music. ayers just spends wayyy too much time dicking around here, or maybe bliss blood just got a little too lazy, idk..

its still all great material. gonna continue looking through their stuff later

3.5

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

apr24

headache

just pointless. as fuck. characters truly just exist as pieces that do things and then stuff happens. the most absurd part of this is that everytime something terrifying goes down the characters still walk around and act inquisitive about what ever it is. why the fuck are you puzzled by coins dropping from thin air??? run bitch 😭 and then also like why the fuck is this a teen movie? i think its kind of funny that this opens up with the text that says “oh yeah each item in their collection deserves its own story but one is the worst its annabelle” and then goes on to be about everything in their collection… except annabelle. i mean shes in this but like, youd be surprised how little she is, given the title. and then ugh the whole bob side plot like literally just didnt need to fucking happen if he was cut out of this movie it would still make sense

idk i hated it

1.5

Dead Housewife

Anson County (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Field Recordings

nocturnal, natural, mysterious

apr24

the comment is correct. very dark atmosphere. reminds me of Сергей Пахомов [Sergey Pakhomov] in that regard, though it is much dryer compared to his usual ventures in wall crafting. sounds like snow crunching, and i love the field recordings layered ontop. such a simple but effective choice. just the whole vibe of this is fucked up and creepy as crud. i disagree that its a lame concept, its got its merit. maybe overdone a bit, but not totally worthless.

4

ill never forget the time that you tried to kill yourself in front of me

groomer <3 (2022) [Single]

Harsh Noise

apr24

the way this started i kind of expected something Star Girl esque but it devolves very quickly into some pretty intense harsh noise stuff. obviously very digital, but good nonetheless.

3

Sissy Spacek

Indefatigable Demoralization (2023) [EP]

Noisegrind

repetitive, chaotic, dense, noisy, improvisation

apr24

if you fucking guessed it then youre right as fuck: another shave sissy recommendation.

honestly my favourite SS ive heard ever. im sure i dont need to explain that theyre the noisecorenoisegrind goats but… god damn do they deliver like fucking crap on this. drumming and vocals feel like totally maxed out perfect pingage grind, and the noise is just glorious. tons of dynamic and detailed textures but it still lands like a punch every microtrack. so god damn good

4

Off Minor

The Heat Death of the Universe (2003)

Screamo, Math Rock

Math Rock, Emoviolence, Jazz-Rock

anxious, uncommon time signatures, suicide, manic, aggressive

apr24

at long last i am revisiting this album. a fair evaluation is long overdue…

…and honestly feel the exact same about it lol. its good skramz, i can see why its a classic. these undoubtedly are very passionate and well written, the jazz influence is also super unique and definitely helps this stick out even more, but i just dont love it. maybe im past that point in my life where this would have been goated as fuck, idk, its good but it doesnt leave any lasting memories in my twisted little mind.

3

ODD EYE CIRCLE

Version Up (2023) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop

Future Bass, Contemporary R&B, Baltimore Club, Nu-Disco

female vocalist, melodic, optimistic, love, eclectic

apr24

been relistening to this here and there as of late, just thought id update my official standings.

its good! air force one still best track but ive grown to like all of them. secret playlist i remember thinking was stupid but i heavy fw the beat and it is indeed catchy. je ne sais quois and lucid nice and dreamy (no pun). only one i dont totally love is love me like, chorus just kinda grating

3.5

The Nun (2018)

apr24

really stupid. i guess its good for the fact that it finally connects all our big players in this universe since we have the valak origin story but beyond that this is just like. worthless. one of the most predictable affairs ever, literally every beat comes right on queue, and it fails to build like any tension because it just keeps trying to scare you lol. also feels like it just makes up and drops rules whenever it wants? kind of inconsistent. pretty dumb characters too blah blah blah i mean all standard fair worthless hollywood horror stuff you know. main gir gives a good performance i guess, and the mystery is a bit interesting. but yeah idk i didnt like this

2

Coprobaptized Cunthunter / Embryopathia / Purulent Jacuzzi / Sickcunt

Coprobaptized Cunthunter / Embryopathia / Purulent Jacuzzi / Sickcunt (2012)

Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind

Deathgrind

apr24

cc: its coprobaptized cunthunter. what more do i need to say?

embryo: not bad, its not the most memorable but its damn fun ping grind

pj: honest to god need to tap back into these guys sometime. classic shitわ, love how these tracks are mixed. also very fun side

sickcunt: definitely the weakest, doesnt help that they end the comp with a few very mid covers (the punk gore cover was kind of endearing? lol) but their originals arent bad by any means

overall super damn fun nasty gore nonsense. HIGHLY RECOMMEND 👍

3.5

Destroyer Destroyer

The Dead Sleep Like Us for a Reason (2006) [EP]

Mathcore, Grindcore

Deathcore, Sass

technical, male vocalist, energetic, chaotic

apr24

their style definitely just works better in ep form but even with half the runtime of their full length i can start to feel the seconds pass. they just have a hard time making this stuff constantly engaging i guess

3

Wreck of the Minotaur

A Little Roy One on One (2009) [EP]

Mathcore, Grindcore

Sass

uncommon time signatures, male vocalist, chaotic, noisy, manic

apr24

fun kinda sassy, good energy. its nothing super special but that last track felt a bit impactful, kinda emotional in a way

3

Sado Rituals

Moths to the Light (2024)

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

not bad wall. that physical tho, so cool. super inspired, id honestly love to get a copy but there are more compelling PA releases i want

3

Excoriation

Eviscerating Contemporary Values (2019) [EP]

Slam Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Goregrind

apr24

worlds first drone slams?!!

really cool stuff. obviously super wild structure and just really ambitious, more people in the slam world need to be making shitわ like this. prog slam? great ping as usual too

3.5

Sissy Spacek

Duration Groups (2016)

Noisecore

Noise

noisy, improvisation, aggressive, manic, chaotic

apr24

so yeah shave recommended this to me like a bitch. its pretty good. i haven’t tapped into their bigger band free improv stuff too much - this one has like flutes and shitわ in it - but its pretty good. sort of like spirant, but they do it in noisecore ways that is badass.

3.5

musyne

The Beautiful Idea (2024)

Power Electronics, Harsh Noise

Death Industrial

nonbinary vocalist, depressive, suicide, self-hatred

apr24

definitely a step down from everything else ive heard from her, but an assured maturation anyway. more serious and meticulously crafted sounds with a general sense of progression most noise isnt really tapped into. of course i say “maturation” but that artwork would beg to differ. its cute, i just feel like maybe this wasnt the project for it? im not crazy about this though, it leans a bit too much into death indust. noise could be cranked a bit louder me thinks

3

Dead Housewife

Dead Housewife (2023) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

lethargic, lo-fi

apr24

some more decemt anw. no thoughts really. good

3

Annabelle: Creation (2017)

apr24

alright i know its cringe when characters are just like canon fodder for monsters and jumpscares are cheap and overdone yeah but listen this was just so effective. a lot of problems i had with the first annabelle were about everything but the scary parts, so in this one they just trimmed those all out! genuinely pretty scary, i also thought a few of the scares were pretty creative too. its kind of a silly premise i guess but whatever. i wish we got some more spoiler: click to read. idk, its just fun and good times, sorry!

3

The Happening (2008)

apr24

part of my list of summer rewatches i want to watch with my girlfriend. i know its not summer yet, but its sunny and warm! (its actually been raining and chilly for like a week now w/e)

holds up even better than i remember. i love the pacing, feels like it goes by so smoothly and quickly even for 90 min. love shyamalans awkward humour will never understand how people just cant come to terms w it lol. a lot of the imagery and symbolism was even more chilling and impactful this time around. dont know why i never noticed the weird family dynamic he plays with here, but after seeing the rest of his filmography it just makes sense. beautiful stuff about love and nature.

the poster on this site is crazy asf feel like no one talkin ab that shitわ looks like inception

3.5

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

apr24

today was good. my saturday. my mom took my girlfriend and i to the rangers’ game, she got these special corporate tickets that got us pretty great seats by first base and also unlimited access to free buffet and stadium food? free drinks too lol shitわ was crazy, we also got front lot parking i mean just nuts how chill it was. we used to go lots when i was younger but the seats were always so much worse and we had to park so far away. cant tell if im older now and i actually know whats going on or this new timer rule stuff in MLB has made games way faster but it was lowkey hella fun to watch. hey maybe im fw baseball now idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

new conjuring is creeping up so we just sittin down and truckin thru the rest of this universe.

huge step down from the first - the problem i have with this extends to p much every james wan horror movie in that somewhere buried in this is a truly great film, you can see how creative this dude is when it comes to crafting scary scenes, so many cool uses of hand held camera work, awkward angles, reflections, props, long shots or sound, but ugh is this bogged down by all that studio slop editing. every time something really captures my attention and im super invested in the tension it jump cuts to another angle or it altogether abandons whatever it is that made it start standing out in the first place. aside from that, this story just also is not as strong as the first movie’s. lots of heart tugging hollywood moments and shif that make me roll my eyes. also the very janky use of cgi every now and again takes me out hella, actual moments that feel like im watching a tim burton joint or something no clue why they relied at all on that 😭

its got good scenes, that nun is pretty damn creepy, little girl does a good job, im just damn ambivalent about it.

2.5

Charles Razeur & Dosis Letalis

I (2018)

Ambient Noise Wall, Dark Ambient, Field Recordings

repetitive, dark, noisy, atmospheric

apr24

day before inventory at work fml somehow i always stay like 900 hours late on these days. not really but the shitわ they got me doin just so tedious ended up leaving at 12

this was very good though, love the constant blending of walls and subtle field recordings, very comfy, but a weird dark atmosphere still.

3.5

Fragment

Demo (2002) (2002)

Djent

Industrial Metal, Mathcore, Ambient

heavy, dark, aggressive, dissonant, uncommon time signatures

apr24

holy damn shitわ. ok yeah so meshuggah worship whatever but good god do they do everything so right. most angry intense shitわ ever, meshuggah lowkey never commits to djent like this, these guys captured the essence of like chaosphere and destroy erase improve and boiled them down even further to just get this ridiculous pure djent insanity. the way everything mixed too has a very industrial feel which may sound like a turn off but i think complements their style so well. fucking so cool i gotta listen to their other album after this

3.5

Gravity Boys

WHITE ARMOR APRIL (2013) [DJ Mix]

Instrumental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Experimental Hip Hop, Vaporwave

lo-fi, cold, instrumental, futuristic, hypnotic

apr24

while gayvalentinokhan is certainly right that the transitions are better, i much prefer judgement day mix over this. i just liked the tracks more, not much else to say.

is that thaiboy at the end??

3

Exige

Proximity Launchpad Mashup 2015 (2015) [Music video]

Mashup, Electronic Dance Music

apr24

idk why but i randomly got the urge to listen to this today. i used to listen to this every day in my 8th grade online french class. i was going through a launchpad phase and i basically fw’d any video that used one lol. i didnt even like this kind of edm back then, shitわ like the imagine dragons song or bastille just make me wince everytime i hear them, to this day. but the mix is actually really well done. less of a mashup and more of a dj set, i wonder why he even plays this on launchpads? he could also literally just be activating the lights and playing to a premade mix, lol.

idk its got a special place in my heart. i dont like how it ends with a knife party ass drop but its not bad ig it just doesnt fit with the rest

3

Various Artists

Abort the Supreme Court: Noisy Music for Reproductive Rights (2022)

Grindcore, Powerviolence

Noise

apr24

only listened for effluence and sulfuric cautery (both did great). the rest is just super boring rather normal grind/punk stuff. some “noise” tracks too but again boring

2.5

Kaynbred

2061 (2024) [EP]

Ambient Noise Wall

Drone

apr24

bye metal

i didnt know this was lanza themed, which is interesting, but we’ll have to wait and see what fuckcomments says in his entry when that comes.

very interesting wall too. anw usual with some droning synth stuff i guess. super unique atmosphere, ill have to look into this dude some more.

3

Scavenger's Daughter

Scavenger's Daughter I (2023) [Additional release]

Black Metal

apr24

continuing the streak of short shitty metal with this 1 man raw black metal project. i think i found this looking for the baalsebub single.

again, worthless. the vocals are on some gore though. not the worst drumming in the world too

2

Disgorged Foetus

Degradation of the Lymphatic Tissue (1997) [Additional release]

Goregrind

Pornogrind

apr24

literally just dont even want to write about this. completely worthless to me. nothing here is worth thinking about ever again. the only thing i liked were the samples and thats because music wasnt playing during them. i do love the cover art though lol

1

Pain Teens

Case Histories (1989)

Noise Rock, Industrial, Experimental Rock, Pigfuck

Industrial Rock, Post-Hardcore, Sound Collage, Psychedelic Rock

anxious, female vocalist, repetitive, surreal, sampling

apr24

more dope industrial rock weirdness. cover so kino. i think what sets these guys apart from other industrial rock i dont fw is steve ayers great riff writing and bliss bloods interesting vocals, delivery and lyrics. wish this didnt have so many noise/ambient/interlude tracks tho, real cool concept they tap into here i wouldve loved more narrative songs.

3

Bladee

Cold Visions (2024)

Rage, Trap

Cloud Rap, Tread, Experimental Hip Hop

cold, male vocalist, misanthropic, dark, introspective

apr24

oh flip yes. oh flipping flip yes

probably last thing i ever expected on a tuesday afternoon is a 30 track rage album from bladee. i know rage is tiring but honest to fucking god f1lthy knows how to make some damn fun beats shitわ never gets old hearing his tags. absolutely love bladee on this too dude just has no off switch the whole time hes delivering memorable lines and his presence just sassy and present as fuck. yung lean somehow delivers on every damn feature, and dont even get me started on thaiboys. bro saved me again. im not crazy about skrillex’s song but its cool. i fw the 30 track idea really committing to this message but it does definitely hold this back from being an immediate classic from him. im sure itll continue growing on me

3.5

Putrid Pile

The Pleasure in Suffering (2005)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

aggressive, heavy, disturbing, rhythmic, violence

apr24

only god could tell yall why i saved this but for some damn reason i did and now im listening to it.

its good, nothing about this really stands out other than the fact that its just well made bdm. if i heard this earlier in my career maybe id like it even more.

3

Sleeping In

Creepypasta (2021)

Ambient, Dark Ambient

Progressive Electronic, Drone, Post-Industrial

lonely, introspective, scary, anxious, raw

apr24

unfortunately not at all about creepypastas (“my life is a creepypasta” i respect your struggles bro but what does that even mean) and i actually almost want to hella dock points for that but some how i honestly actually enjoyed this. kind of like, genuinely beautiful or really pleasing melodic ambient and it taps into some cathartic distortion too (reminds me of Swallow).

3

Wold

Screech Owl (2007)

Black Noise

raw, noisy, ominous, dense, cold

apr24

love the cover and the aesthetic, first time rapping into black noise too so im open minded curious type vibes.

its not bad, i mean i guess its just super obtuse black metal with loads of distortion and ambient/noise shitわ injected, he definitely screeching too. i may look further into his discog, seems like this one was like a transitionary style and his earlier stuff was more black metal, later stuff more noise

3

Late Night With the Devil (2023)

apr24

it was my girlfriends birthday, so to celebrate i took her out to a nice asian restaurant (expensive as fuuck but yummy) and then we went to go see this.

its not bad. super campy at first but you kind of get used to it, it reaaally commits to this 70s talk show universe and like it never really lets up so i mean at some point you just forget that youre watching a movie and it ends up working really nicely. pretty cool concept too, ive never seen something thats like, the entire movie is committed to this format of being one medium, its almost some weird af found footage i guess. lots of cool ideas and passion for sure. ending i felt was kind of weird, like it couldve ended earlier and wouldve hit a bit harder but they lowkey do some crazy meta shitわ at the ending that i think a ton of normie movie goers are gonna remember for years.

uhhehmmmm another ai discussion yeah idegaf. 3 still images harmless as fuck if youre woried that ai is taking over and every movie you love is going to be lazy i urge you to remember how hard Wish flopped and how people are still finding new ways to dog on it. i dont even think most of that shitわ is ai but its pretty damn obvious how easy it is to sniff out, bros on this were hella transparent about it too, it just aint worth boycotting such a cool and clearly sincerely made movie.

3

Charles Razeur

Sans Valeur (2018)

Ambient Noise Wall, Drone

apr24

very nice dark and drone. cant go wrong w razeur

3.5

Love Sex Machine

Trve (2024)

Atmospheric Sludge Metal

Post-Metal, Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal

dense, atmospheric, male vocalist, dissonant, heavy

apr24

nah i mean you could have predicted what this would have sounded like 10 years ago its literally just the exact same shitわ theyve been doing but less awesome. as hype as it is that theyre back making new stuff it just doesn’t do anything actually “new”. its fine sudge they kind of lost that ultra sludge edge they had and i wish they did longer songs but yeah whatever.

also, the artwork… i dont really think complaining about AI is productive i think its a tool like anything else and there are certainly entire musical ecosystems that rely on/use AI ( cernobog, as an example) plus AI is literally the backbone of a lot of powerful musical tools and daws.

i do think that this particular example, and yes its something that i would handle on a case by case basis, is lazy and boring as fuck. not that i loved their second albums’ art, but it was still some damn art. i mean this isnt even interesting artwork, ghost guy is in space and there is space demons? ok? theres just no personality or depth, and for their first album in like over half a decade it feels so phoned in and lazy. title too, why on earth is that the fucking title. i miss when they hated sex but fuccd anyway

3

Dog Star Man (1965)

apr24

just fuckjng. so awesome. literally just pure passion and expression. i dont even have to really talk about the themes and narratives here honestly just the visuals alone secure this as one of the greatest pieces of media ever. love how overwhelming literally every second is, felt like my eyes were hurting because of how much attention i was giving it, not that it demands much (in fact, quite the opposite, i found it to be deeply hypnotic, always lulling me into a sleepier state) but it is simply so beautiful and interesting that it almost doesnt feel right not to try and notice everything happening on screen. its just ridiculous this came out in the 60s.

me and shave decided to soundtrack this with Magnesia Nova since this reissue comes w a bonus track that puts it closer to the movies runtime. dont think it elevated the movie, but it certainly elevated the music. interesting dances between some of the noise and brakhage’s animations, as well as a crazy sync up going into part 3.

4

Viraemia

Glioblastoma (2019) [Single]

Technical Death Metal

Brutal Death Metal

technical, heavy, male vocalist

apr24

>muh somgwriting

grow up lol

its good. real brain dead technical playing and deathcore bridges, but its fun while it lasts, maybe a bit too long

3

Kvadrat

The Horrible Dissonance of Oblivion (2024)

Dissonant Black Metal, Black Metal

Dissonant Death Metal

male vocalist, heavy, dense, apocalyptic, complex

apr24

decent caverncore. cool melodic riffs sometimes but honestly i cant say it does much to stand out in the grand scheme of dissonance.

3

Regler

Regel #4 (HNW) (2015)

Harsh Noise

Noise Rock, Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

this is actually super interesting and cool even if it does nothing for me. wall made from some like really intense drum machine and guitar loops? super industrial sound really unique especially in this kind of area, unfortunately though i just dont really get much of anything from this, not sure how but i bet theres a way to do this in a more successful way.

2.5

Yotzeret Sheydim / Dosis Letalis

Geomancy Experiments (2022)

Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

really lovely concept i think a super long time ago i said i was done with dosis letalis albums but i just needed to check this out geomancy has been super interesting to me for a little now and ive been meaning to get into it but just havent set aside the time or resources.

but of course this kind of sucked. i guess its like, more lowkey walls paired with some contact mic + rock action? DL’s side is better for sure but that isnt saying much.

2.5

Dead Housewife

Jane Doe (2023)

Ambient Noise Wall

apr24

obvious Missing Girls clone is obvious. but who said that was a bad thing?

not as sparse as MG but still that super subtle lofi crackle stuff. real good. rocky likey

3.5

Agent Orange Bath Tank

Ghost Tape №10 (2018) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

apr24

good bdm, but i think the best way i can sum this up is that the most entertaining track here is the dying fetus cover.

3

Cock and Ball Torture

Sadochismo (2002)

Pornogrind, Goregrind

Slam Death Metal, Nu Metal

sexual, vulgar, heavy, humorous, rhythmic

apr24

played a lit ass show and opened for Sexual Jeremy‘s 10 year anniversary. first time playing with them we’ve been trying to for years now lol. great stuff always love seeing them live.

i had a massive headache while listening to this but i think its because i was starving and thirsty so im not gonna knock off points for that. its really just the blandest most inoffensive grind music ever, so weird to me how many reviews are calling this like the worst metal album ever. i was telling fuckcomments that like its just wild how most people arent really ready for any kind of unpolished or extreme metal, people still calling ping snares st. anger snares you know.

also fuck that stupid fucking porn sample seriously fuck porn samples why do they always have to be like 5 minutes long ugh

2.5

Masonna

Vestal Spacy Ritual (1999)

Harsh Noise

noisy, psychedelic, male vocalist

apr24

just damn amazing. absolutely love this shitわ, super cool how hes able to so obviously tap into psychedelic music but like solidly within the world of noise music. of course that also extends to everything else from this period, i just particularly fw the vision on this one. love the droning synth bits, hes also surprisingly great and layering noise together to create these cool whirlwind head spinning sections

4

Pain Teens

Stimulation Festival (1992)

Noise Rock

Industrial Rock, Experimental Rock, Psychedelic Rock

noisy, female vocalist, depressive, sampling, dark

apr24

jeez okay now that that giant ass entry is out of the way i can get back to writing real entries

this is cool theres not enough of the weird pop-esque moments that made Born in Blood fun for me but theres still lots of nifty guitar experiment noise stuff. cool shitわ.

3

Hidden Ninja

My Favorite Pedophile [New Game+] (2008)

Breakcore, IDM

scary, dark, hateful, disturbing, depressive

apr24

transgressive art is not only important, but necessary. art is expression, it must necessarily be human. transgressive art forces us to look deeper into ourselves and what it means to be human. in order to properly engage with it, we must also battle within ourselves over our own feelings, the morals we live by, the ethics we mold them from, and perhaps the environment and society we've grown and continue to live in. transgressive art calls for freedom of expression; it attempts to live in spite of tyranny that aims to keep art "conservative". at one point in time, Olympia was transgressive, but now it was nothing more than an important stepping stone in the evolution of our freedoms to express. the (still) infamous R. Mutt urinal, absurdly "not art" for its time, is now a strong precursor to the post-modernist movement which i would argue we are still living through today. queer art, POC art, any art that has asked to reconsider the status quo, all transgressive in their context and necessary in history.

My Favorite Pedophile [New Game+] falls into the category of transgressive art. it is not the first art work to delve into such topics of pedophilia. Sotos' Proxy, Nabokov's Lolita, Seul contre tous [I Stand Alone], May December, and Mummy and Daddy (to an extent) are a few works that come to mind when i think of that kind of theme. My Favorite Pedophile, though, may be the only non-narrative album to try its hand at this kind of thing. it isnt the first concept album, nor is it the first transgressive concept album (think Sutcliffe Jügend - When Pornography Is No Longer Enough or The Victim as Beauty). it is, however, quite accessible and digestible, despite its ridiculous runtime (something ill touch on later). IDM and breakcore (really, a lot of this is just break-inspired, i wouldnt outright call most of it breakcore) are becoming more and more popular as artists like PinkPantheress and Sewerslvt bring drum and bass and electronic music in general to a wider audience. knowing all of this, i was honestly quite skeptical going into this album. that, and i wasnt sure how willing i was to sit through 2 hours of pedophile themed breakbeats.

in some ways, i was right to be skeptical. let me say this first, before i really dig in here: the music is fine. hidden ninja is a creative and strong producer, and manages to keep ideas flowing at a steady and engaging rate throughout the super long run time. i actually really enjoyed a few tracks. and thats something i'd like to preface before this next section: there exists transgressive artworks that fail to be transgressive because they dont sound engaging (快楽—逃避 [Pleasure-Escape]) or "good" or "convincing". but that is not why this album fails to be transgressive.

MFP fails to provoke, it fails to reflect, and it fails to really stick to the theme it sets its sights on. in fact, i hardly think this album takes its topic seriously at all, up until maybe the last several tracks and a few sprinkled elsewhere throughout. the concept feels completely haphazardly handled. a last minute idea that if you stretch just hard enough can kind of work for the entire album. what we really have here is a swathing shitload of decent IDM tracks that oscillate between being silly, high energy, or possibly a bit mellow, but nothing here asks me to consider the narrative or heavy themes of the album (again, bar the last few tracks). i feel no emotion, i feel no disgust, i feel nothing! honestly, the few tracks with in-theme samples just feel insulting! some girl repeating "pedophile" over and over again, i mean it just feels wrong. it feels exploitative. hidden ninja kindly asks us to consider that "This is merely a social commentary and a tender one at that," in the bandcamp description, and yet i feel none of that. i hardly feel there is a commentary at all. what kind of possible commentary could you make with tracks like "I Can Haz Ur Daughter Plz", "Lolicon Gone" and fucking "Pdo_Bearsql". oh, yes! pedophilia the meme! yes! this is the tender social commentary i was craving. beyond all of this though, is the simple fact that it is 2 fucking hours long, so its actually really really easy to get super bored of it and not care at all! if your artwork is supposed to be about sympathizing with a pedophile and im actually getting bored of it i know you did something wrong.

faux shock-value slop. im sorry, but i cant give any higher than a 2.5 for this. it feels like a slap in the face to people who seriously care about provocation, transgression, and honest engagement with art. at least Substitute managed to stay true to its theme.

2.5

Basuraastillada

demo (2020) [EP]

Screamo, Midwest Emo

lo-fi, female vocalist, male vocalist

apr24

wasnt crazy into this at first but theres actually some really well made emo here. great drummer.

3

Garden Angel

My Heffalump Eater <3 (2020)

Experimental, Spoken Word, Emo, Experimental Rock

Country, Nintendocore, New Age, Poetry, Screamo

chaotic, eclectic, female vocalist, noisy, lo-fi

apr24

well i mean. it’s certainly more memorable than yaamc, i think its maybe more sincere too, but this kind of experimental bedroom emo just doesnt do a whole lot for me. i respect it, but i cant say i like it. that said, Vaporeon is actually one of the best emo songs ever and if this whole album sounded like that itd be a 4

2.5

vide médian

Silent Dream (2017)

Ambient Noise Wall, Rain Sounds

calm, rain, noisy

apr24

its classic vide median. the rain kind of sounds like bongos at first lol.

3.5

I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale

I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

just dont care only listened for cover but its some air condition core and whats up with the sample being like 9 hours?

2.5

TAB IN/TAB OUT

Harsh Wall Cutters (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

im with you very shallow concept not super well executed in terms of aesthetic but ill be damned if these aint some good walls. i may not love tab in but he knows how to wall

3.5

Striations

Vietnamization (2018)

Power Electronics, Death Industrial, Sound Collage

Spoken Word, Sound Collage

war, martial, sampling, heavy, dense

apr24

effective collage, shits evil af. but it doesnt do much else for me.

3

Rape Revenge

Paper Cage (2012) [EP]

Powerviolence

Emoviolence

female vocalist, rebellious, LGBTQ, angry, energetic

apr24

less emo than their other album but still great. a band that understands how to properly pace stuff like this, just enough slow parts but never any bullshit. lots of passion and emotion ❤️

3.5

Sunshine Has Blown

Sunshine Has Blown (2006)

EAI

Free Folk, Tape Music

improvisation, instrumental, avant-garde, surreal, hypnotic

apr24

this is probably the last ea/free folk kind of album ill ever listen to (not rlly) this stuff just does not excite me or interest me at all anymore. some nice sounds i guess but again idrc

2.5

DHNW

Hanging Coffins (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

these last two days or so at work have been SO easy, either a super small truck or no truck at all (crazy) so ive been able to get a lot of listening done since im not having to focus so hard on work.

great wall as usual. never got how this dude just completely went under everyones radars. super crunch

3.5

Дисциплина и порядок [Discipline and Order] / DHNW

Дисциплина и порядок / DHNW (2017)

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

beh the first track is whatever very digital sounding to me dont care ab it but dhnw’s is good as usual

3

Koufar + Skin Graft

Revelation: This Country Is Mine (2011)

Power Electronics

political

apr24

just great power electronics. koufar (im assuming) has a perfect voice and delivery for this stuff, and skin graft’s noise onslaughts are typically lethal as fuck.

3.5

Barbed Wire Maggots

Aural Leprosy (2022) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

Free Improvisation

improvisation, raw, complex, male vocalist, manic

apr24

pretty interesting mixing and style for a free death record. even for this genre, the guitars are just super weird lol. i really like how stripped back it feels. just goes to show you that theres still a lot of soundsto be explored in this hypermicrogenre

3.5

nosgov

sleeping for days (2024) [Single]

Cloud Rap, Bop

apr24

sounds in the vein of crying thru horror. is this another gl0wrm track too? it has the tags. its okay, im not crazy ab it. dont love her vocals at the start

3

XoArK

Context 1 ... With Cretatriacanthus Guidottii ( Fig. ... View in Full-text (Draft) (2023)

IDM, Glitch

Drill and Bass

apr24

really interesting stuttering drill and bass ideas. cool seeing how he improvs this stuff, makes listening more engaging. i want to remix the first one

also why did someone vote neurofunk

3.5

Macronympha / The Rita

Sucking the Toes of the Creature Female (Nylon Electricity) (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall, Harsh Noise

apr24

kind of weird split not symmetric and also different styles but its not bad. macronympha is slow moving but interesting sounds lowkey digital at times. rita’s is dragging crackle on concrete usual this era rita things

3

Niku Daruma

Three Naked Sisters (2018)

Power Electronics

apr24

just dont care at all ab these recordings. why tf did they sample haunting of hill house 💀 shits stupid af

2.5

Taskmaster

Taskmaster (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

i guess everyone missed this? i added this to the database like last year lol.

pretty good. wasnt hella into the first track at the beginning but when he brings in all the layers it sounds amazing. second track is super good quality for a live track

3.5

Love Spirals Downwards

Flux (1998)

Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave, Ambient Pop, Atmospheric Drum and Bass

Downtempo, Atmospheric Drum and Bass, Jungle

soothing, female vocalist, mellow, atmospheric, ethereal

apr24

girlfriend sent this to me, wasnt expecting it to be a drum and bass album! very pretty songs, super chill. seems obvious but ive never heard a blend of like dnb and dream pop stuff, kind of hella ahead of its time prob. reminded me of portishead a little. cute stuff thanks bae

3

Dull World

Within the Boundaries of the Mundane (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

good crunch, very cool physical

3

Damien De Coene

The Sound of a Suicide Note (2019)

Ambient Noise Wall

death, depressive, lonely, suicide, minimalistic

apr24

im not crazy about it sounds like wind scraping against mic /neg good concept though

2.5

Schizophrenic Genius

A Thousand Open Wounds (2021)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy, self-hatred

apr24

oof harsh noise and wall really crunchy and honestly kind of harmful sounding. i noticed some higher frequencies in the last half that were interesting. very good.

3.5

Love Sex Machine

Canopy (2024) [Single]

Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal

apr24

so i basically listened to this so long ago but i honestly didnt feel like adding it to the database only just rating it now that i see someone else has lol.

its fine. i mean its nothing new i kind of expected that. doesnt tap into the ultra sludge they used to do but you know its good metal

3

Dirac Sea

Negative to the Power of Infinity (2019)

Ambient Noise Wall

Dark Ambient, Drone, Space Ambient

meditative, soft, atmospheric, space, hypnotic

apr24

oh fucking fuck yeah bitch. so cool. very dark and cold, i love the fucking math/sci fi shitわ this dude does it in such a cool not annoying way. feel like oldhead purists would dunk on this but i love how outside the box it operates for CNW. really distant and dark drones, i love those random synth stabs in the second track, just generally such a cool and unique vibe in this. i may need to revisit his other shitわ. cant believe he hasn’t released anything since this

4

Light Collapse

[untitled] (2020)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

apr24

decent collection of walls. the first one sounds like something human is trying to break through

3

Opaque

Chouette (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

apr24

yeah so i guess its wall wonday or something. nah but i saved like 96 brazillion perpetual abjection releases so im finally deciding to sit down and listen thru them.

pretty good honestly. its kind of awesome that the first track never gets annoying - makes sense that sven is pretty skilled at crafting and picking out wall textures at this point in his career. its definitely something not every wall artist has the talent for. comfy second and third tracks.

3.5

World Peace

The Most Noble Impulse of Man (2017)

Powerviolence

male vocalist, manic, aggressive, rhythmic, heavy

apr24

feel like a baby because i know in my heart i dont fw powerviolence like that but i see 7 min runtime and i just cant help myself lol

yeah i mean its good when its fast boring when its slow. i think PV is like in this weird uncanny area where its obviously an evolution of the hardcore punk stuff that i dont like but it just doesnt do enough to actually feel any different. skramz takes that idea and pushes it in a more emotional direction, grindcore brings it squarely into the metal realm, but PV still just feels like boring punk stuff. also, rings of saturns ex-singer is in this band? and weirdly enough thats the second time ive brought up rings of saturn this month…

2.5

Opaque

Pink Duvetica Diadema Nylon Down Jacket (2021)

Ambient Noise Wall

apr24

very nice. could probably listen to an hour of that last track. real comfy stuff

3.5

Consumer Electronics

Public Attack 3 (1982)

Power Electronics

Radio Broadcast Recordings

lo-fi, dissonant, noisy, raw, chaotic

apr24

meh just doesnt do anything for me. cool feedback i guess but i was pretty uninterested the whole time

2.5

Mania

Decrepit (2014) [EP]

Power Electronics, Noise

Harsh Noise, Industrial

dark, sparse, male vocalist, noisy

apr24

creepy. kind of sad sounding. amazing cover. doesnt do too much for me though

3

Malibu

Death in Paris x Malibu SLOW DEATH ~~~ (2016) [DJ Mix]

Ambient, Sound Collage

Mashup, Cloud Rap, Deconstructed Club, Weightless, Epic Collage

apr24

not bad. its an interesting mashup of styles and stuff. very epic collage-y.

3

xaviersobased

Nothingnesss (2022)

Trap, Jerk, Experimental Hip Hop

Plugg, Cloud Rap, Digicore, Ambient Plugg

male vocalist, surreal, urban, lethargic, playful

apr24

so heat awesome xav love his voice love all the production/beats n shit hes got tons of good lines in here love flee such a happy song

3.5

Goredozer

Biological Extinction (2020) [EP]

Goregrind

heavy, crime, noisy, violence, manic

apr24

may just be the greatest snare in all of metal... the wooden block snare!

unfortunately these guys dont really have the gumption to bring it to its full potential. good grind stuff, but other than the snare this is really nothing out of the ordinary.

3

Bronze Gates of Hell

Lucem Ferre - Satanic Death Metal Assault [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

apr24

fire concept for the cassettes (read comments) and this is crazy as hell. lowkey avant garde metal? obviously bdm but this feels wayyy out of line for what the genre usually consists of (it has this weird alien feeling that you only really get from like janky black metal releases). super crazy...

3.5

Gorgasm

Sadichist (2024) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

heavy, death, aggressive, chaotic, violence

apr24

god dammit. its just good as fuck. ive only heard their debut (and was rather indifferent to it) but after listening to this i just might have to keep looking through their releases. shits brutal as fuck. doesnt even feel like its doing anything special they just perfectly nail every decision

3.5

Maggotized Vertebrae

Demo 2023 (2023) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

Goregrind

apr24

not bad gore :thumbsup: not much to say would love to eventually hear a full length from these guys i like their violent style

3

Angel Mobb

Shiver (2015)

Cloud Rap

Trap, Contemporary R&B, Emo Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

apr24

my original plan was to listen to Tears in the Bando but i could just feel in my gut that i could not sit through that and not feel like my entire day was ruined and wasted so i picked this instead its shorter and seemed more emotionally charged.

and i mean it is, but it still sucks a lot. super uninspired/uninteresting beats, she sounds really apathetic but not in a lit way, she kind of just flat out sucks at rapping and honestly maybe if these werent all like random ass freestyles and she sat down to write some shit it might have turned out better.

i like the cover i guess.

1.5

Steve Roden

Some Small Soundscapes (Dedicated to George Nelson) (2015)

Sound Collage

Ambient

apr24

its a minecraft and music kind of sunday. working on a creeper farm since i need tnt to excavate a huge area for a SLIME farm which i need so i can make sticky pistons in a WHEAT farm!

interesting little loops and stuff. i guess each track is made up of multiple smaller little tracks, thats certainly what it sounds like at least. its nothing crazy.

weird to me how this basically went completely under the radar for just about everyone lol. released in 2015, on inhos' label of all places? just weird...

3

Sissy Spacek

Disfathom (2016)

Noisegrind

noisy, aggressive, chaotic, raw, male vocalist

apr24

thanks for asking me to relisten shave.

its good, feels like an evolution of the noise grind power death style, if you like that album you will probably fucking like this one too. dont think it stands out hella in terms of their whole discog but you just cant hate on this kind of shitわ

3.5

Viraemia

Viraemia (2009) [EP]

Technical Death Metal

Deathcore, Brutal Death Metal, Deathgrind

technical, aggressive, manic, male vocalist, complex

apr24

really interesting techcore stuff (think bdm but rings of saturn if it had some soul in it). i dont love it but its fun af. the guitars always makin me giggle

3

Masonna

Mademoiselle Anne sanglante ou notre nymphomanie auréolé (1993)

Harsh Noise

Power Electronics

dissonant, chaotic, noisy, raw, atonal

apr24

classic masonna. goated and violent. love the little guitar things towards the end lol. the bonus track concept is fire as fuck

3.5

Jim O'Rourke

Peel Session (2015) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Chamber Pop, Chamber Folk

Electroacoustic, American Primitivism, Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Post-Minimalism

mellow, longing, melancholic, acoustic, peaceful

apr24

didnt even know this existed. lovely tho. i like the second track a lot, this guy is good at making instrumentals! interesting version of halfway here too.

3

Jim O'Rourke

Eureka (1999)

Chamber Pop, Art Pop

Singer-Songwriter, Lounge, Progressive Pop

lush, mellow, misanthropic, bittersweet, lonely

apr24

was kind of excited to get into this, but i feel the same as i did for threeway. just gonna need to revisit it more. i love Something Big, huge fan of the first tracks instrumentals though the hook kinda gets annoying. last two tracks were standouts too

3

Jim O'Rourke

Halfway to a Threeway (1999) [EP]

Indie Folk, Chamber Pop

Chamber Folk, Jazz Pop, Progressive Pop, Progressive Folk, Post-Rock

sarcastic, mellow, soft, melodic, soothing

apr24

not really sure what came over me but today was jim orourke day i guess.

sort of exactly what i expected? but still good. its definitely (and this most certainly extends to just about all of his work for now) feels like a grower, or i at least need to relisten a bit to really get an idea of what/how to appreciate it. i love the second track, so beautiful. hes got a good voice too

3 for now

Sissy Spacek

Antitheater (2024)

Harsh Noise, Noisecore

Sound Collage

apr24

that post-civil war sissy spacek spark up 😮‍💨🤤

good shitわ. very intense harsh noise noisecore sound collage of sorts, seems like most of this was taken from some live show? lots of fragments of tracks, 97 around 22 min i think. gonna rip fuckcomments’ cd later

3.5

Civil War (2024)

apr24

me and bluddy ( fuckcomments for those of you that are slow) saw this in theatres. we also got some yummy ass asian grub before hand.

kind of the most inoffensive movie ever if im being honest. war movie but its about journalism, idk it doesnt speak volumes to me but i guess i can see why you might fw it. kind of ridiculous its getting any amount of hate, people treating this like its a jan 6th biopic lol. nick offerman def parodying trump on some levels but i dont think thats even something that weighs in on how you should receive this movie. garland directs violence pretty great, especially the ending sequence in DC. soundtrack is annoying as hell but props to that one suicide song. ending felt neutered af.

3

Cerebral Effusion

Idolatry of the Unethical (2014)

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

male vocalist, heavy, sampling, dark, death

apr24

by the numbers. i do love that drum sound (great drummer as well), but the guitars are just too wide and upfront to make it work with the rest of the music.

2.5

Bladee, Ecco2k & Thaiboy Digital

TL;DR (2024) [Music video]

Trap, Cloud Rap

Dark Plugg

nocturnal, party, rhythmic, male vocalist, boastful

apr24

they fell off im sorry i know its deep ecco and on that note like they all sound good here but no one gives a good enough performance that im hooked or even engaged at all. bros are getting old, not sure why they wanted to make a song called TLDR but it just dont sit wif me. and cmon wa, really dropping the ball here. some of his most boring inoffensive production to date. somehow sounds like a plugg beat even though i know hes doin that whole wave/trap dipset shitわ.

i didnt watch the mv really im just rating the song

2.5

Too Old to Die Young

apr24

not even sure how to start this. NWR’s giant middle finger to like, everyone lol. unflinching cinema, refusal to move any faster than a snail’s pace, refusal to adhere to any western norms, fuck relatable characters, fuck feel good stories, kill everyone and show everything. i can sit here and list off every single scene that makes this one of the best ‘movies’ ive ever seen or why the soundtrack and score are seriously so perfect or how i fuck with basically every character and storyline here or i can tell you to just sit your ass down and get too fucking old to die young.

i will elaborate on one thing though. to me, this is like, the only thing that gets american criticism right. fuckcomments was right that this is like, kind of speaking on the future of america, and its crazy this came out just a year before like a ton of rioting and protesting and then jan 6th shitわ, feels so in tune with what was going to come kinda unreal. of course, i just have to talk about a one particular episode 9. if you know the scene, you know the scene. spoiler: click to read.

if i rated series itd be a 4.5

Frataxin / Methlab Explosion

Frataxin / Methlab Explosion Split (2016)

Harsh Noise, Power Electronics

Harsh Noise Wall

apr24

frataxin side is worthless feels like baby-piss-drizzle power electronics

sad how good methlab explosion side is in comparison. i used to have recurring a nightmare as a child that i was shrunken down and a giant clump of metal debris and junk shrapnel bounced around trying to crush me in my dining room, and the noise it made is the exact same as the some of the noises present on this track. hella hypnotizing for me now, i could feel myself floating for brief periods of time during it.

3

Emasculator

Depraved Disfigurement (2022) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

female vocalist, heavy, aggressive, energetic, misanthropic

apr24

all female bdm? i know its kind of a weird thing to point out and it certainly has nothing to do with the actual quality of the work but its impressive in a field so totally dominated by men! apparently these gals are playing at a festival coming up soon near me so hopefully me and fuckcomments can go see them among many other bands ^_^

pretty good stuff! im not super in love with it, i wish they had some more material to dig into, but i like what i hear so far. definitely techy but doesnt feel mechanical or sterile. Mallika Sundaramurthy will always impress me lol

3

Sewer Election

Wreck (2016)

Harsh Noise

noisy, dark, aggressive, atmospheric, raw

apr24

more just good noise for today. i liked these textures a bit more than what i heard in the incapacitants and parasite nurse releases

3

Incapacitants

Mon, Ma? Mon!!! (2012)

Harsh Noise

apr24

not bad. its nice theyre still doing the half studio half live recording album format lol.

3

Parasite Nurse

Neglect (2022)

Noise

Drone

apr24

not bad, though it felt rather uneventful for me. interesting build up in the first track.

whoever wrote the bandcamp description deserves like 10$ for that shitわ lol

3

John Coltrane

The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (2001)

Free Jazz

Spiritual Jazz

lo-fi, chaotic, noisy, avant-garde, improvisation

apr24

bro, just ridiculous. first of all this shit sounds fucking crazy to i know it probably didnt sound like it live but this quality from a 60s recording is like unreal this sounds like something from the 80s or 90s idfk the drums are so fucking distorted and fat sometimes it feels like theres 10 different drummers at once, and coltranes fucking sax dude. just absurd, so demented and yet he somehow pulls out so much soul from it, he really is playing like this is the last damn live recording.

honestly, theres not a whole lot else i can say. ill include some discord conversating but you really should just read this review, says everything i could and more, lots of insight as well.

rocktime — Yesterday at 10:16 PM

took bro 30 minutes to play the my favorite things melody

shave)09 — Yesterday at 10:16 PM

When he does tho bro

rocktime — Yesterday at 10:16 PM

i know bo

bro

shave)09 — Yesterday at 10:16 PM

So beautiful

Just that tune finally coming out

With so much passion

Through the barrage of noise

rocktime — Yesterday at 10:17 PM

the drums sohnd so crazy

sounds like 100 drummers somehow

rocktime — Yesterday at 10:23 PM

around like 21 min in the sax sounds like wailing screams and just the way he plays it

felt so ridiculous

shave)09 — Yesterday at 10:23 PM

Yeah it’s insane

That’s fucking right rocktime

That’s Goddam right

rocktime — Yesterday at 10:25 PM

bro is lurking hard i literally just rated it

i may have to continue tapping into coltranes free jazz shit.

4

Professor A

Kill Your Colonizers, Volume 1 (2020)

Power Electronics, Noise

Drone, Death Industrial

noisy, violence

apr24

its decent, though i found myself losing interest a few times throughout.

3

Xome

Party (2001)

Harsh Noise

apr24

just some excellent harsh noise. hardly boring, always dynamic. i like this kind of noise that really doesnt have identifiable sources, like you cant really tell if this is some synth abuse or contact mic fuckery you know its just a pure noise onslaught. fun vibes too

3.5

Sunn O)))

The Grimmrobe Demos // Extended (2013) [Additional release]

Drone Metal

apr24

thought this might be a nice way to start the day in the freezer. was all by myself today so i had to fucking work my damn little ass off but its chill i only ended up rolling over a tiny bit compared to what i started with i just know the next day gonna suck like a buttsack if im by myself again.

kind of exactly what youd expect, i do prefer when they do this stuff without vocals though i understand the appeal its just nice to relax to some thick slabs of riff. ultimately though ive just come to the conclusion that this music doesnt really work for me much anymore until i hear it in like a live setting or something. or maybe i just need to listen on some speakers. last track was nice.

3

Depressive Silence

Depressive Silence (1997) [EP]

Dungeon Synth, Darkwave

Dark Ambient

lo-fi, dark, atmospheric, ominous, raw

apr24

not really sure why i saved this i guess i wanted to try out some dungeon synth i havent ever really tapped in before so.

idk its kind of boring i thought itd be like more lowkey and sinister but it feels honestly a bit orchestral and epic in some melancholic ways. i just dont care ab it tho im sayin that alot but its true it just doesnt spark anything in me sorry dungeon bros

2.5

Urged

Demo '18 (2018) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy, repetitive, dark, aggressive, male vocalist

apr24

its good. pretty nice slams. doesnt do too much to stand out tho

3

glosuka

🤕🤕🤕 (2023) [Single]

Euphoric Hardstyle

lobit, male vocalist

apr24

randomly queued this up not at all what i expected lol. i dont think this is bros lane but its chill he tried something new.

3

glosuka

Skin (2024) [EP]

Jerk

Cloud Rap, Plugg, Experimental Hip Hop

melancholic, bittersweet, drugs, boastful, male vocalist

apr24

dont care about any of this. why did bro drop the pinterest girls

2.5

ericdoa

Hi, I'm Dante (2020) [EP]

Pop Rap, Trap, Digicore

HexD, Cloud Rap, Hyperpop

drugs, anthemic, melodic, playful, quirky

apr24

dont like the hexd vocal filter and i just am not a huge fan of this kind of first wave hyperpop/rap delivery idk its hard to explain but like a ton of people around this time were doing the same kind of shit. also is his name eric or dante like pick a struggle bro. production is good tho

2.5

Kevin Drumm

Less Than Half as Loud (2017) [EP]

Drone, EAI

apr24

ehh i just dont care about it. i think im past my kevin drumm phase for now.

2.5

мища [Mischa]

Not for Ears (2009) [EP]

Post-Rock, Screamo

depressive

apr24

not as raw or feedbacking as some of their other stuff, def very honed in on the post-rock isms it wants to go for but its still good. in some ways im reminded of city of caterpillar

3.5

Dante Red

Movinglikeazombie (Umru Remix) (2020) [Single]

Hyperpop, Digicore, Pop Rap

Trap, Emo Rap

anthemic, progressive, androgynous vocals, playful, futuristic

apr24

prog hyperpop nah im just kidding its like a more dynamic Among Us Cypher but all the verses arent as good. kmoe delivers as per usual tho.

3

100 gecs

Rat Fucker (2020) [Music video]

Novelty, Epic Collage

Sound Effects, Downtempo Deathcore, A cappella, YTPMV, Deconstructed Club

humorous, sampling, avant-garde, parody, surreal

apr24

was kind of just mindlessly browsing the hyperpop essentials lists and remembered this existed. ive never actually watched all of it until now. its fun. silly not very timeless stuff but i think this came out at the right time if they released this now it probably wouldnt have been as successful.

3

Merzbow

Hatomatsuri (2023)

Harsh Noise

instrumental, noisy

apr24

not bad. regular modernzbow buzzing weeeewww harsh noise its nothing special, mostly notable for its very accessible runtime and the label it was put on (from the looks of it it specializes in eai/field recordings). he has another album on the label so i might check that out too.

3

мища [Mischa]

Joyless (2013) [EP]

Emoviolence, Screamo

depressive, aggressive, chaotic, noisy, pessimistic

apr24

god dammit. these guys are so fucking good. everytime i listen to something by them i like them more and more. maybe my fav screamo band besides orchid. feels like amazing retvrn to form for this kind of music, like trve jeromes dream pure feedback screeching and iwrotehaikus melody crafting, so much passion and intensity. need to listen to everything they made

4

Abhorration

Abhorration (2013)

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy, male vocalist, aggressive, rhythmic

apr24

its fine bdm stuff, the occasional good slam, but it doesnt stand out at all in the grand scheme of things. the samples were weird, like really jokey clips but this project strikes me as rather serious and sophisticated so its just like off putting hearing rape jokes on this

2.5

Saosin

Translating the Name Acoustic Demos (2003) [Additional release]

Acoustic Rock, Emo-Pop

male vocalist, acoustic, passionate, melodic, sad

apr24

good stuff. love anthony’s voice. i dont think these are particularly enlightening or reveal anything new about the songs that you cant already hear in their finished versions but theyre just good songs lol, cant go wrong w em

3.5

Stemple Pass (2012)

apr24

honestly not a whole lot to say. i think generally ted's messages outweigh his actions in terms of the people they reach, as someone that didnt grow up during the unabomber events the exact details have always been blurry to me. its quite elucidating hearing from his journals, i think you get a much clearer picture that he was evil through and through. this format is quite nice too. both pleasing, and quite plain, it not only presents its substance in the flattest, non-biased way possible, but it also allows you to really focus and hone in on it. being shots of the different seasons and a mock-cabin i found myself also imaginably wandering around the area, watching ted do the things he describes.

i dont think i can rate it, it feels much too close to a documentary.

n/a

Boris

Dronevil -Final- (2006)

Drone Metal, Drone

Dark Ambient, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Doom Metal

heavy, atmospheric, apocalyptic, dark, noisy

apr24

finally getting around to this jeez. i didnt realize this was one of their two-discs-at-the-same-time deals, so thats cool, feel like i need to get my damn hands on that shitわ now id love to play around w it.

just so cathartic. maybe some of their best riffs ever and the pacing/progression of this is just great, somehow engaging the entire time. honestly i kinda expected a stoner metal secondary with these kinds of riffs lol

3.5

Decortication

My Knife Is Still in Good Order (2021)

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

heavy, vulgar, concept album, sexual, technical

apr24

oh fuck yes this is awesome. idek how i found this band lol. super brutal stuff, the way the drums and bass sound together just feel so overwhelming, and of course there is ping a plenty here

3.5

Ice Nine Kills

Last Chance to Make Amends (2006)

Pop Punk

Melodic Metalcore, Easycore, Mall Screamo

apr24

was excited to get into this since i heard that its a bit similar to the burning ep but it really only is in the pop punk senses of that and the intricate but not so theatrical writing. lots of cute songs fun choruses but idk cant say i love it too much. also weirdly feels like a fan made comp? production changes drastically between some of these songs lol, not sure whats up with that. i really like the third song, wish it was longer

3

Embryonic Devourment

Prime Specimens (2023)

Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

apr24

nah cuz this is great. im a huge fan of this production paired w the very organic technicality these guys bring. love how the drums and guitars sound, plus they still got that like super janky prog edge to them.

dont get the hate but maybe im hypin it up too much? will probably relisten later

3.5

Gravity Falls Season 2

apr24

we finally finished the series! unfortunately we finished s2ep19 like right before our move so we just havent had time for like a week now to sit down and watch the last one, but now our living room kinda set up and we got wifi in this bitch.

honest to god this second season was crazy as hell. its awesome they moved it over to disney xd because they do so much wild shitわ for a kids show, like all the monster designs are way more detailed and honestly a bit scary fr, they lean into a lot more unsettling themes and horror shitわ, characters actually bleed?? idk its crszy that its still like a “kids show” at this point. id also never seen a single ep of this season before, my gf made a good point that they probably only rerun the first season since this second one is so lore heavy and a bit more serious. the finale was pretty good but kind of annoying at the end when it like has these false high stakes of like spoiler: click to read. bittersweet ending though. i like stuff like that.

not sure what else to watch now.

Koufar

Middle Eastern Promises (2020)

Power Electronics, Death Industrial

Ritual Ambient, Drone, Spoken Word

Christian, war, political, sampling, philosophical

apr24

obviously “A Worthy Gentleman” the big highlight here, pretty powerful track, but everything else before and after it just kind of feel like meh. kind of wish the noise was a bit more intense

3

Bladee

Plastic Surgery (2018) [Single]

Cloud Rap, Emo Rap, Alternative R&B, Trap

Pop Rap, Trap

suicide, depressive, drugs, cold, male vocalist

apr24

cant believe i just totally forgot ab this. literally didnt even remember that doorman was a song which is crazy bc its the best track here. actually every track here is better than the one before it. title track is a classic yeh but theres some lyrics i dont heavy fw and its kind of like autopilot bladee+ecco chill shitわ idk im probably gonna get flamed for that take. love the chorus on it suxx and in general bladee jusg sounds sooo good here on each track

4

Jute Gyte

Unus mundus patet (2023)

Avant-Garde Metal, Dissonant Black Metal, Black Metal

Dark Ambient, Drone, Totalism, Microtonal Classical, Black Noise

technical, microtonal, avant-garde, dissonant, dark

apr24

suuuper chill day at work. me and bro finished all the truck the day before so we literally had nothing to do, decided to take it easy and pump out some listenings.

this is definitely interesting. i wanted to like it more but i found that it kind of is just too long and fails to hold my attention for longer than id like. even though i was impressed w each track and theres lots of creative and unique ideas here it just didnt do much else to leave a very memorable mark in my brain. maybe listening on speakers wouldve been better

3

SOPHIE

SOPHIE LIVESTREAM HEAV3N SUSPENDED (2020) [Video]

UK Bass

Ballroom, Wonky, Ambient, Baltimore Club, Hip House, Footwork, Hybrid Trap, Bubblegum Bass, Euro House, Grime

female vocalist, sexual, rhythmic, atmospheric, nocturnal

apr24

had some downtime before work so i watched this and a few short films.

so awesome. obv the best visuals ever shitわ is so hypnotizing. also amazing music can neber go wrong with sophie sound design. idk not much to say its pretty self explanatory feel like this is something everyonr can appreciate

4

Timeshard

Crystal Oscillations (1994)

Psybient, Goa Trance

Progressive Electronic, Ambient Trance, Ambient Dub

progressive, psychedelic, repetitive, rhythmic, atmospheric

apr24

moved into my new apartment. unpacked hella boxes to this.

wasnt super into it for the first couple tracks but its definitely interesting at some points and quite dance-y at others. its not great but i enjoyed it

3

La Luna

Always Already (2016)

Screamo, Post-Hardcore

Emoviolence, Hardcore Punk, Math Rock

female vocalist, angry, passionate

apr24

its not bad but i just cant give points anymore to such generic shitわ. does nothing interesting aside from the last song. i can see why i onlg listened to this one time 6 years ago before forgetting about it entirely

2.5

Darkspace

Dark Space -II (2024)

Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Ambient

Dark Ambient, Industrial Metal

dark, space, atmospheric, heavy, hypnotic

apr24

so disappointing. ive said it before and ill stand by it now, i amNOT a n of the electronic sounding drums of darkspace. they just totally pull me out of the deep space vibe and they dont make this shitわ feel timeless. doesnt really go anywhere and yeah i just dont give a good god damn

2.5

Aghast

Hexerei im Zwielicht der Finsternis (1995)

Ritual Ambient, Dark Ambient

female vocalist, dark, scary, ritualistic, nocturnal

apr24

creepy. the vocals caught me off guard, guess this goes in the female ritual ambient playlist!

3

Kreayshawn

World's Biggest Idiot (2021) [EP]

Trap, Electronic Dance Music, Comedy Rap

Hyperpop, Glitch Hop, Comedy Rap

quirky, rhythmic, female vocalist, repetitive, sexual

apr24

yeah just kind of ugh. glizzy mcguire and the mom song are kind of silly and theyre definitely the standout tracks here since she kind of does some good freestyling but everything else is just really boring like 1 take funny freestyle over a cheap beat or something. the remixes range from DRUM AND BASS TRANCE REVIVAL BRUUUU to jersey club trend snooze.

2.5

Ruhr (2009)

apr24

gotta watch more benning i love bro. also been watching too old to die young. slow cinema. #boom.

normal benning stuff for the first half, a couple of filmography standout shots though (in particular the spoiler: click to read shitわ was so beautiful) but of course the standout here is the last one. i wont spoil anything (dont read the comments here either) but its awesome… TOO BAD ITS RUINED BY YOUTUBE! seriously so frustrating, the low quality actually hurts this so much this is probably 2nd best benning ive seen but im gonna withhold my rating until i see that shot in the higher quality it deserves.

n/a

March Recap

not a hwole lot of listening lots of relistening and also moving out and whatever kind of an on the DL month

awesome:

970

Coronado

Drumgasm

Capsule Corporation

Tales From the Dark Forest

Are You Shpongled?

Harbinger of Woe

best movie:

The Ninth Configuration maybe i really liekd Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai aand The Descent too

a ton of bladee revisiting Gluee reappraisal you know.

Little Girl Terrorist

Verses+ (2009) [EP]

Screamo, Experimental Rock, Noisecore

Mathcore, Grindcore, Emoviolence, Sludge Metal, Sass

noisy

mar24

happy easter. ive spent all day playing minecraft lol.

this is basically just a longer version of their debut ep from what i can remember. its fine, not a lot id want to come back to though

3

Werewolf Jerusalem

The Nightmares (2018)

Harsh Noise Wall

Ambient Noise Wall

nocturnal, disturbing, noisy, paranormal

mar24

interesting. short tracks. this felt like 20 min lol. its good but nothing stand out in his discog aside from the track times

3

saddyowner & TanookiAlex

Minewest Emo (2024)

Post-Rock, Midwest Emo

Video Game Music, Math Rock, Progressive Rock, Novelty, Dream Pop

atmospheric, instrumental, melodic, lush, mellow

mar24

its cute. actually really well produced and mixed and stuff it sounds really great. good interpolations of the og songs, its nothing ground breaking or amazing but its hard to hate on it.

3

Moiscus / Putrid Liquid / Viral Isolation

Splattered Exiles of Acquisitiveness (2020)

Goregrind, Slam Death Metal

mar24

crazy how no one has heard this yet lol. i guess its a bit tricky to find (its up on youtube tho)

really worthless stuff so i guess no one is missing out. not only very musically boring and grating but also lyrically (yes, the lyrics, somehow on all 3 sides, are quite intelligible). only in ohio i guess huh

2

Noism

Brutality and Complexity (2000) [EP]

Technical Death Metal

chaotic, dense, technical

mar24

weird how they went from this to Brutal Autonomy just a year later. its pretty standard demo-level bdm stuff. the resonant bass was lowkey annoying as fuck

3

cutspace + xang

The Angels Floss Their Teeth With My Bones (2023) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Ambient Plugg, Micromontage

Glitch, Cloud Rap, Plugg, Ambient

avant-garde, futuristic, atmospheric, mysterious, mechanical

mar24

interesting... not super captivating but i can appreciate it from like a producer standpoint i guess.

3

Darkspace

Dark Space -I (2012) [EP]

Atmospheric Black Metal

Industrial Metal, Dark Ambient, Ambient Techno, Industrial Techno

dark, space, male vocalist, cold, ominous

mar24

while i like the first track, the industrial techno shitわ they do sometimes just turns me off so much. still enjoyable but could be smth more without that element

3

Strawberry Hospital & Parasite Heart

Northwind / Sky Colored Dream (2023) [Single]

Blackgaze, Electronicore

nonbinary vocalist, bittersweet, androgynous vocals, ethereal, sentimental

mar24

comfy songs. its cool that the first one is like all electronic but mixed like actual black metal like mostly mid range shitわ very hhhhhhhhhsshhhh also crazy that its in 6 and the second song is in 5.

3

Hideous Divinity

Unextinct (2024)

Technical Death Metal

Brutal Death Metal, Progressive Metal

dark, death, aggressive, dense, male vocalist

mar24

just dont have a bone for this kind of tech death i guess. feels unengaging and so middle of the road to my ears. cool cover

2.5

Prurient

Oxidation (2012)

Harsh Noise

Drone, Harsh Noise Wall

mechanical, repetitive, anxious, nocturnal, abstract

mar24

been putting this one off for a min just cuz of length.

its good though. very slow, feels a bit meditative, but still a degree of intensity. my biggest problem is that its recorded like, live i guess? its got that thin live-recording quality that kind of hurts it from being something bigger. oh whale. last track is interesting. drums? contact mic abuse? then ends on some kinda beautiful type drone shi

3.5

gl0wrm

970 (2024)

Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop, Trip Hop

Emo Rap

depressive, melancholic, ethereal, female vocalist, drugs

mar24

i know the genres say trip hop but i really did not know what to expect from this and it was just hella different. very unique sound for this scene i guess. still a lot of vocal processing which is what makes this so weird. i actually liked a good amount of songs, especially the last two. so damn sad. the album *is* kind of all over the place but im in a good mood now so ill let it slide

3.5

SISSY XO

PUBLIC HUMILIATION (2024)

Cybergrind

Sass, Avant-Garde Metal, Punk Rock, Mathcore

heavy, LGBTQ, chaotic, technical, sarcastic

mar24

ok. dont ask me why i had to listen to this. we all have our vices. i can tell you though that while these buddies certainly know how to pack a punch and get loud behind the mic they spend far too much time dicking around for this to be worthwhile. that, and the god awful aesthetic (so over this MUH WEIRD EXTREME FETISHES ARE LIKE, TRANSGRESSIVE AND IRONIC!!!!!! thing) just make this leave a nasty aftertaste for me.

2.5

Embryonic Devourment

Fear of Reality Exceeds Fantasy (2008)

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

abstract, technical, fantasy, disturbing, death

mar24

ugh i dont even want to talk about how fucked up today has been fuck land lords iykyk work was chill tho

shave rec. surprisingly very proggy and melodic, was honestly expecting some like obtuse caveman slam or something. pretty fun, also guitars sound really good to me idk they stood out for some reason.

3.5

30 Immolated ; 16 Returned

The Burial of the Dead - excerpts from Stravinsky's the Rite of Spring (1913) (2021) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal, Dissonant Death Metal

Death Metal

male vocalist, surreal, dark, heavy, dissonant

mar24

uhehh yeah this kind of sucks. maybe cool in concept but it falls totally flat in execution. the melody interpolations just sound so goofy, and besides id much rather just have an ep of original material? its the same kind of weirdo avant garde metal though so i mean its tolerable

2.5

defficile

Enamored With Dread (2022) [Single]

Emo Rap, Experimental Hip Hop, Jerk, Dark Plugg

Cloud Rap, Jerk, Shoegaze, Glitch

raw, noisy, breakup, lo-fi, dense

mar24

this dread. immso fucking enamored with

really uniquesounding crazy blend of ideas also i can tell this was made in fl ill dig thru his stuff later

3.5

#twilight

eclipse... (2022)

PluggnB

mar24

lol good concept its hella all over the place but its enjoyable to a degree no huge offenders but also no big highlights ill prob listen to the other two releases

3

glosuka

; ( (2023) [EP]

Cloud Rap, Jerk

Plugg, Emo Rap

nocturnal, ethereal, sad, melodic, atmospheric

mar24

lowkey could see this growing on me i like the emotions and second track second half is some lit just feel like this is missing something or im not hearing smth on first listen

3

glosuka

Go Bestie (2022) [Single]

Cloud Rap, PluggnB

Jerk

mar24

first track aight but i heavy fw the energy on the second one i like his vocals

3

glosuka

p4in (2022) [Single]

PluggnB, Emo Rap

Cloud Rap

mar24

its aigjt im honestly hella over the whole repeat the entire song but sped up or slowed down thing like just end the song highkey or give it a quick fadeout i dont even really understand what could be enjoyable about it just feels lazy too like

3

Gargling

Demo 2019 (2019) [EP]

mar24

kind of just regular goregrind stuff. mixing kind of sucks i guess. i can see why he took this down.

3

Hallucinogen

Twisted (1995)

Goa Trance, Psytrance

Acid Trance

psychedelic, energetic, hypnotic, drugs, rhythmic

mar24

finally got my wither skeleton farm set up in my realm but i really need to tap into the wither rose technique cuz i get so many blazes its hurting spawn rates. worked hella in creative on an item sorter so i can automate that shitわ and i want it to have a gold sword smelter too idk i gotta keep working on it i suck at redstone stuff like that im too oldfor this shitわ

this is good but idk i find that a lot of “classic” goa just isnt super enjoyable for me i just love the more intense or weird stuff idk

3

30 Immolated ; 16 Returned

30 Immolated; 16 Returned (2019)

Avant-Garde Metal, Dissonant Death Metal

Death Doom Metal

dissonant, technical, infernal, vulgar, sexual

mar24

its interesting to me that theres not really any aesthetics or themes in particular that connect projects and albums in the disso death/avant metal scene but you can still always kind of tell when something will be in that style lol.

its definitely interesting and conjures a quite unsettling and unorthodox atmosphere but i find a lot of sections just fail to hold my attention for very long. they aimed high but landed low i guess. id love to hear how they follow this up

3

Kanye West

Yeezus (2013)

Experimental Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop

Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop, Electro-Industrial

vulgar, manic, aggressive, boastful, sampling

mar24

got like super bored redid all of my topsters from 2010-2019 realized i hadnt heard this in so long so decided to relisten before practice today. forgot how insanely fun and unique this album is. such a one of a kind vision, its such a crazy universe we live in where this exists like some shitわ like this making it to huge music studios being so professionally produced and recorded its just awesome. love all the risks he takes with this. literally every song is good filled with great lines he touches on deep themes and has a lot of humour too, each song got something special when it comes to instrumental its hard to complain ab this. maybe the only tracks i didnt love were im in it and blood on the leaves, just dont think they capture the same vibe as everythjng else. still good tho.

4

Fuckworld

Fuckworld (2015)

Noisecore

quirky, rhythmic, raw, humorous, deadpan

mar24

giving these guys one more chance and they drop the ball again. somehow so boring. i like the cool rainbow electronics on the last track they should do rhat for like 10 minutes

2.5

Final Resting Place

Prelude to Extinction (2024) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Beatdown Hardcore

aggressive, rhythmic, heavy, death, raw

mar24

its not bad but idrg the hype. new slam that sounds like old slam. doesnt feel very beatdown hxc to me.

3

Prurient

Time Began in a Garden (2008)

Dark Ambient

Death Industrial, Drone

ominous, sparse, dark, hypnotic, scary

mar24

it isnt bad but it felt like impenetrable i guess just couldnt not get totally into it i definitely need to relisten later lol. interesting atmospjere i guess

3

Scab Addict / Fuckworld

Scab Addict / Fuckworld (2015)

Noisecore, Cybergrind

Harsh Noise

noisy, energetic, manic, dissonant, chaotic

mar24

really wanted to love this scab addicts side is basically perfect cyber noise shitわ so brutal and intense but fuckworld’s was just boring as a bitch. dont caaaaare

3

Gargling

Demo 2023 (2023) [Additional release]

Slam Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

mar24

fucking. awesobe.

really love the subdued ping kind of grind sound this has, like using a muted kitchen pot as a snare. really good sound, super fun songs, im hyped for bros next full length

3.5

Kleistwahr

Myth (1983)

Power Electronics

raw, dark, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic

mar24

man i dont get the hate at all i really fucked with this! just nonstop dirty wreeerrrooowerreeeeee screaching old school power electronics, quite intense! i had to listen at a lower volume than usual lol.

3.5

Controlled Death

Symphony for the Black Murder (2018)

Death Industrial

Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient

anxious, mysterious, raw, forest, male vocalist

mar24

been hella listening to music this last few days im back in this damn game at least for this week lol. grinding thru old bandcamp saves rn.

scary noise stuff. doesnt do a whole lot for me but its intense and definitely murderous! i like the guitar on track 1

3

Farrokh Bulsara

Nieder mit den Thujahecken (2017)

Post-Hardcore, Screamo

mar24

wasnt huge on the vocals but i really like the guitar work and these songs are very fun to explore i guess, cool ideas and structures and stuff. kinda falls off hella in the last leg tho

3

Take Down Your Art

Vox Populi Capax Infiniti (2005) [EP]

Screamo

mar24

decent passionate screamo. cant say i love it but it isnt bad.

3

Steve Roden

View (1999)

Lowercase, Sound Art

Ambient, Field Recordings

atmospheric, surreal, urban, cold

mar24

decent little sound art installation pieces. sometimes comfy, sometimes unsettling…

gf and i got a new apartment, move in day is coming up so we spent all day packing up shitわ and just cleaning up. tryna get it done as quick as possible, but it looks like we’re gonna be on our own since we’re moving on easter lol. i didnt even realize ppl fr celebrated that shitわ until these last like 2 years of my life

3

Dev/Null

FR022 (2023) [EP]

Jungle, Breakbeat Hardcore

Atmospheric Drum and Bass

energetic, mechanical, uplifting, hypnotic, sampling

mar24

cant go wrong with this kind of stuff. fun jungle, bro knows how to mix breaks and pick loops. remixes are good, i liked the bonus track as well. prob never gonna revisit this tho

3

Mira Calix

One on One (2000)

IDM, Glitch

Ambient, Electroacoustic, Post-Industrial, Downtempo

noisy, female vocalist, surreal, rhythmic, complex

mar24

man i really wanted to like this more but i just couldnt get into it. i really appreciate the strangely dark yet warm atmospheres she's able to conjure here, but i just cant connect with any of it past like... "ohh thats kind of cool i guess"

idk, ill try out some more of her stuff and maybe revisit this in the future

2.5

UndaCova

Retrospect (2007) [Compilation]

Flashcore

Speedcore, Industrial Hardcore, Power Noise

complex, cold, manic, chaotic, dense

mar24

good stuff but it kind of feels like an underwhelming Xanopticon for most of the time? idk, not the greatest comp i guess

3

Four Tet

There Is Love in You (2010)

Microhouse

IDM, Organic House, Minimal Techno

warm, repetitive, playful, rhythmic, calm

mar24

im gonna be honest i really only listened to this because i love the cover art. this kind of house music isnt really my thing (im not even crazy into house anyway in the first place) but i decided to give it a chance anyway see if ive grown to appreciate this kind of stuff. well i guess i havent really. im not crazy about this kind of sound i guess, like how the drums sound very live and a bit loose and loop-based vocal samples. i think hes got a good ear for melodies though so this really isnt a bad listen, its at least tolerable, i just dont feel anything at the end of every track.

shrug

2.5

Concrete Violin

Ligotism 2 (2022)

Noise, Harsh Noise

Dark Ambient

scary, dark, depressive, ominous, noisy

mar24

not bad. strong opening but it doesnt hold my attention too well as it closes out.

3

Torso

Demonic Vomiting (2019) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, anti-religious, hateful, male vocalist

mar24

first two tracks have some really good bits, love the grind influences here. lots of dope chugging, but it just feels like its missing something that could take it to the next level. would love to see a full length from them one day

3

Tall Ships Set Sail

I'd Have Money If I Didn't Spend it All (2014) [EP]

Screamo, Midwest Emo

mar24

eh its performed with skill and theres certainly passion but this sounds like very very default midwest screamo stuff that a brazilion people have done before and after. not too keen on this one.

2.5

deaththreads

grandma (2021) [EP]

Dark Ambient, Lowercase

Experimental, Field Recordings

mar24

comfy dark ambient stuff. its quick, but actually quite cohesive, i enjoyed the atmosphere. not much else to say though i guess

3

Gravity Falls Season 1

mar24

me and my gf have been watching this on and off for a bit now but these last couple of days we finally sat down and binged it for a few nights after work. ive seen a few of these episodes of course growing up, but never the whole season.

still a fun show, surprisingly good humour most of the time (especially whenever justin roiland makes an appearance lol (though his kind of improv feels lowkey way too aggressive and abrasive for this rather tame kids show)) and the episodes are usually decent stories. its lowkey racist af sometimes? like they do a ton of AAVE jokes and theres an ep where mabel is in a native american costume for some reason. i kind of expected there to be more lore building than there was but they really only do that in the last stretch of the season.

curious to see how they follow up that crazy last episode lol, i dont think ive seen a single s2 ep in my life.

Merzbow / Sissy Spacek

Coronado (2023)

Harsh Noise

Noisecore, Sound Collage

raw, instrumental, dissonant, chaotic, dense

mar24

pretty good imo. i can see how this might strike someone as average or even disappointing, but for me it does everything i want it to. crazy laser squelching and massive crunching harsh noise, and the occasional brief intelligible noisecore bits helping to further engage me with this. i think both artists complement eachother well

3.5

Weiss / Cameron / Hill

Drumgasm (2013)

Free Improvisation

Experimental Rock

instrumental, energetic, improvisation, dense, rhythmic

mar24

pretty great. really cool how during the improv sections it doesnt even feel like you’re listening to drums, everything is just a texture, and during the rhythmic beat driven sections everyone is able to constantly build around eachother, it creates this really cool living and moving kind of song.

3.5

Inhuman Dissiliency / Vomitous

Supreme Engorgement of Exquisite Disembowelment (2007)

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

mar24

i was gonna 2.5 but both sides here have some damn good highlights. Vomiting Decayed Fecal Matter honestly a top 20 slam songs OAT, and the last stretch of Vomitous’ side is really fun. otherwise tho its pretty run of the mill slam, the end of IH’s side has what i assume to be a cover? it sucks a lot

3

Sissy Spacek

Spirant (2018)

Free Improvisation, Harsh Noise

European Free Jazz

improvisation, manic, chaotic, noisy, instrumental

mar24

basically hell free jazz. good way to pass the time, but its nothing super impressive i guess. very anxious sounding. i like that the album still opens up with 4 snare hits lol

3

Ophanim

Delphic Moorage (2020) [EP]

Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Progressive Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

uncommon time signatures, complex, abstract, warm, uplifting

mar24

quite interesting. way more epic than i was expecting lol. love the mixing, the biggest problem with tech bdm is that it can sound so mechanical and sterile, but this feels like its a living and breathing organism or something. dont think im ever gonna come back to this but ill be damned if that isnt the best solo of all time at the end of the first track. on that note its kind of interesting how melodic and conventionally death-metal some of this sounds. tghanks for the rec shave

3

emorave

Everfresh (2024) [Single]

Trap

female vocalist, melodic

mar24

meh dont care her pitched up stuff will always sound better to me ig

2.5

gyrofield

The B (2024) [EP]

UK Bass

Neurofunk, Minimal Drum and Bass

rhythmic

mar24

i dont even fucking know why i continue to pretend to keep up with her music shes never going to make another Depths of Winter i mean this stuff is like fine its good but i just dont really gaf about it in the grander scheme of things she was really onto some epic shit with Depths but i guess this is probably easier to make.

i dont really love any one individual song but its all pleasant and she uses interesting textures, comfy cold atmosphere this isnt bad by any means

3

Sissy Spacek

Freaked With Jet (2011) [Compilation]

Noisecore, Noisegrind, Grindcore

lo-fi, raw, atonal, aggressive, manic

mar24

i have to assume the 7”s this compiles are all from the exact same recording session this thing sounds so damn cohesive its impressive af. theres some slight variation towards the end i think on Vacuum tracks there is a bit more raw noise or sparse playing. overall though this is great every section is awesome, its kind of a thinner style of noisecore but these guys are legends for s reason they know how to make it sound good

3.5

Sulfuric Cautery

Found Slaughtered (2024) [Single]

Goregrind, Gorenoise

mar24

super awesome ldoh style shitわ love it kind of a weird move in this genre to release a single but im fw it

3.5

Wormed

Quasineutrality (2010) [Single]

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Technical Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy, science fiction, aggressive, technical, male vocalist

mar24

exactly what you would want from some weirdo bdm. plenty of amazing memorable grooves and riffs, splitting technicality, lots of chaos - jumping around to new parts or ideas - but it never sounds overdone or inappropriate. its fucking wormed. bitch

bonus tracks whatever kind of interesting to hear them do like a electronic song reminds me of that rainbow bridge bonus song

3.5

Sissy Spacek

Benigemony Asiniscrepancy (2024)

Noisecore, Noisegrind

Harsh Noise

heavy, anxious, dark, death, aggressive

mar24

fuck yes fucking yes this is it. just beautiful noisecore amazing blend of grind vibes too i mean this is literally just Noise Grind Power Death part 2 right

cant go wrong w this shitわ

3.5

gl0wrm

Junkie (2022)

Trap, Experimental Hip Hop

Digicore, Trap Metal, Rage, No Melody

noisy, chaotic, dense, raw, drugs

mar24

way more intelligible lol. love the beats i love how distorted they are, this kind of sounds like Someone Help on estrogen or something. idk shits just good like i said i love the higher pitched vocal shitわ and these really fuzzy instrumentals

3.5

gl0wrm

Mud (2023) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Plugg

female vocalist

mar24

so fucking crazy literally feels like nothing has structure and its all just chopped up and filtered. honestly dont know what to say i have to relisten to this lmao

3.5

yvm3

A Tragic Beginning (2023)

Deathstep, Tearout [Brostep]

Riddim, Minatory, Briddim

dark, noisy, aggressive, heavy, mechanical

mar24

i know i was hating on the deathstep shitわ but i saw this and i skimmed it and it seemed like it may actually be worth investigating. i was half right. the sound design is crazy like how shitわ is purposely clipping all the time it feels like it has this really cool and experimental edge to brostep that i fw and i think it blends deathcore in well (for the most part) but man those last few tracks really hurt this with all of the singing and shitわ. if a project like this could just stick to the bad ass fucking drops maybe emphasize some hella sound design and progression feel like if could easily be a 4

2.5

Marshmello & SVDDEN DEATH

MELLODEATH Tapes Vol. I (2024) [EP]

Briddim

Tearout [Brostep], Future Riddim

heavy, aggressive, dense, melodic, male vocalist

mar24

ffruhhhhh hmmmm uhhhh gggggaaahhgggggmmm mmmm meehhuhhhh

just sucks. doesnt do enough awesome “briddim” things and some of the deathstep ideas so outdone overplayed. last track had some hope i like the melodies but nah idgaf sorry mellogang

2

The Sawtooth Grin

Jabberwocky (2024) [EP]

Mathcore, Sass

Avant-Garde Metal

rhythmic, technical, manic, complex, dissonant

mar24

they prove they still have it. great mathcore, though im not huge on the last track its a nice change of pace i suppose. wish this was mixed like their first album tho, nothing tops that shit

3.5

STAYC

Fancy (2024) [Single]

K-Pop, Contemporary R&B, Electropop

Breakbeat, UK Garage, Bubblegum Bass, Atlanta Bass

female vocalist, playful, rhythmic, melodic

mar24

finally back to making competent rnb. sounds good, great mixing imo and i love the breakbeat influences here. hoping whatever ep comes next is more like this but you never know in this industry.

3.5

David Shawty

Rick n Morty 2 (2024) [Single]

Trap, Jerk

Jerk

quirky, rhythmic, male vocalist

mar24

lmfao this is so awesome. actually some of davids best bars ever here so ear pleasing and also funny asf. bro is flowing on this beat like water. marlon's verse is dope af too probably the only worthwhile thing ive heard from him. wish the outro wasnt so long feel like that holds this back from being a 4 but its still a good af track

3.5

Turnabout

Widdit (2024) [Single]

Rage

Tread, Lowend

male vocalist

mar24

i mean i was just going on a shpeal about how his witchhouse shit is awesome and this obv isnt that so like... but i mean its good he proves that he wasnt just a one trick hm member he genuinely flows pretty great on this beat, plus its not a bad beat. i know rage beats kind of fell out of style and to a lot of people they just leave sour aftertastes but i dont hate them just yet so im fine w this. kind of hoping its a one off but i guess an album/ep of this wouldnt be worthless.

3

Turnabout

Obscura noctis mors (2024) [EP]

Witch House

Emo Rap, Trap Metal

dark, atmospheric, nocturnal, sampling, male vocalist

mar24

if you couldnt tell im just going thru a ton of the shorter 2024 releases/singles ive saved since i got some time today.

you know i really fw this it doesnt feel way different than what we usually get from turnabout but he hella taps into the emo shit way more than any other member of hm since ghost mountain and i love the very true witch house beats, no more keef big ass beats a return to salem really. i think if he kept it a liiitle more lowkey in the first half of better off alone it wouldve been his best track ever but its still pretty cathartic. excited to see where he goes from here now that hes not hm anymore

3.5

Chromatic Bastards

This Is How They'll Welcome You to Heaven (2024) [EP]

Noisecore

Spoken Word

heavy, chaotic, noisy, male vocalist, sampling

mar24

bro. im so tired of the anime samples. they have their place, and it isnt here. whats crazy is that this band actually had hella promise with their debut album and the weird drone/psych influenced and aesthetic it was cool but i guess they have totally forgotten about that shit. if this was just straight noisecore (WHICH THEY ARE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD AT!!!) shit might be a 3.5 but its constantly bogged down by the stupid ass vtuber samples. ok some of them are good the one where she is talking about killing and skinning is lowkey funny and fits but like shit always takes me out. something yall might not realize about this genre is that its all about immersion and if you arent immersed then you can feel every 6 seconds pass you by because youre constantly waiting for the next microsong to start and the 6 minute releases start to feel like 12 minute ones. learn from your elders and just fucking play some music skip the samples yall.

2.5

gl0wrm

Decoy (2022) [Single]

Trap, Cloud Rap, Emo Rap

female vocalist, repetitive, surreal

mar24

im sure fuckcomments and gayvalentinokhan gonna disagree with me but im just such a sucker for these really candy-sweet fuzzy electric trap instrumentals and high pitched blurry vocals. really like this, surprised i havent heard it before either since emorave is on it.

3.5

Oneohtrix Point Never

BOTDF Eccojam (2011) [Single]

Eccojams, Vaporwave

Glitch, Chopped and Screwed, Alternative Dance, Melodic Dubstep

sampling, hypnotic, lo-fi, surreal, atmospheric

mar24

the original is great and i think this "remix" had potential but i really dont fw how messy some of the chopping is about halfway thru to the end. idk, plus i think its like, a weird thing to enjoy more than the original feels like oh yeah now i can ironically fuck with BOTDF. just enjoy the og bro, we all know its good you dont need to ecco jam it or chop and screw it.

3

Blue (1993)

mar24

crushing shit. amazingly hypnotizing and so well done. the anecdotes hurt and the poetry is pretty moving, i love the musical numbers too. i think they add an extra dimension to this and also make it even more engaging. i soo seriously wish i could see this in theatres or something, being so overwhelmed by the blue and hearing all of this intricate collage work on big theatre speakers would be amazing. if any art house theatres nearby are reading this figure that shit out and lmk

3.5

Sematary

Headlights (2024) [Single]

Witch House, Trap, Horrorcore, Experimental Hip Hop

Plugg

death, suicide, male vocalist, drugs, boastful

mar24

i like the production agree with everyone that this is a fresh sound for him i hope he pursues this shit im so over this latest era of hm stuff its time to grow and move on bro. lyrics tho i mean yeah his lyrics are always dumb but like i really dont give a fuck about what hes saying here im always gonna miss the awesome horror mysticism of early hm and i just should probably give up on ever hoping he might come back to that.

3

nosgov

Crying Thru Horror (2024) [Single]

Trap, Cloud Rap

Electroclash

melodic, female vocalist, anxious, nocturnal, longing

mar24

pretty damn good, basically exactly what you would want from the cloud rap x electroclash snow strippers crystal castle ass shit that no one has really nailed yet up until now i guess. a whole ep like this would be cool. the vocals kind of remind me of magic is strong but obv a bit more intelligible

also rip gl0wrm that sucks ass. not that im familiar w her music at all but it just sucks when people so young part of such promising projects die so early on. shits just fucking evil i guess

3.5

Angst [Fear] (1983)

mar24

im disappointed to say it just didnt land with me as well as i wanted it to. of course there are great scenes (spoiler: click to read) but i dont know i just didnt feel super invested in most of this. i really like how the narration skirts around what hes doing in the present, instead ruminating on the past, its kind of like hes regressing as he commits these crimes? the camera work is certainly captivating as well.

3

Younger Brother

A Flock of Bleeps (2003)

Psybient

Psytrance

rhythmic, psychedelic, ethereal, sampling

mar24

holy frickin crap. this was way better than i was expecting. feels very close to actual psytrance theres a lot of gated warbly synth lines etc you know but theres a toooon of experimentation and diversity here. the vocals on receptive are literally peak how did they think of that. i even fw the guitars on this. def gonna be relistening for a bit. only thing i dont fw in this genre is how they really dont be taking this shit seriously like theres a lot of humour which like i guess isnt bad i just think it kind of holds some of these projects ive heard back a bit.

3.5 for now

Moiscus

Idiomorphic Practices (2023) [EP]

Goregrind

Slam Death Metal

heavy, vulgar, disturbing, aggressive, dense

mar24

you know i was hella vibing w this first few tracks good ping awesome dense songs and i wanted to doubt shave but bro is right this lowkey just kinda gets more boring as it goes. its good, but i think its just lacking something that would bring it up to the next level.

3

Permanent Green Light (2018)

mar24

i wasnt hella feeling this at first but the longer i let it sit with me the more i began to feel it. kind of a beautiful exploration of growing up. seeing destruction everywhere you go and internalizing it, realizing their is only really one outcome for you, embracing it. feel like im going to be ruminating on this for a long time. lots of beautiful shots as well, i love the very sparse dialogue and how it makes room for a lot of background noise and nature sounds as well. theres a weird mix of comedy in here too? idk i could do without it i guess but it lands well when it comes up (the bdm scene? lol)

been meaning to talk to fuckcomments about a particular scene, so bro if ur reading this bang my line, but the single shot where spoiler: click to read.

3.5

Shpongle

Tales of the Inexpressible (2001)

Psybient

Psytrance, Ambient Dub

psychedelic, ethereal, tribal, drugs, summer

mar24

whoa. wayyyy more rhythmic and beat-y than i was expecting. doesnt even really feel psybient anymore but i guess the eclectic instruments and general very laid back atmosphere put it into that camp anyway. the latin influences are so cool, i think they do them with taste and effectiveness, hardly cringeworthy! definitely more focused than their debut as well, but i dont think i love it quite as much. cant wait to hear what they did after this one.

3.5

Brodequin

Harbinger of Woe (2024)

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, dark, energetic, aggressive, male vocalist

mar24

hoooly shit we are so fucking back

some of the best riffs in the entire fucking game, literally every song is fun and engaging despite being all very very dense and complex. feels like this (much like the rest of their catalogue) is like infinitely loopable. there may not be any ping but i dont think they even need it at this point. absolutely LOVE the dynamic shifts and atmospheric sections they implement them sooo well so refreshing to see a band in this scene figure out how to evolve and change their sound without losing sight of what made them special in the first place and without totally neutering their momentum and status. possible aoty?

4

Simon Posford

Flux & Contemplation - Portrait of an Artist in Isolation (2020)

Psybient

Ambient, Space Ambient, Field Recordings

atmospheric, cold, hypnotic, lonely, psychedelic

mar24

i mean egggghhhhhh its pretty but like... this is sooo fucking boring lol. psybient with a BIG emphasis on the -bient part. kind of lousily moves along and theres just nothing here for me to grab onto idk. i do sympathize with the concept but it just doesnt capture the emotions it wants to that well.

2.5

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

mar24

randomly got the urge to rewatch this with my gf. this is one of my dads fav movies, ive been meaning to rewatch it for some time too.

concept is so cool. my dad always used to stress to me how crazy it is whenever cruise is doing something and randomly makes a small adjustment to what hes doing - like he had to have been through whatever this is about a thousand times at that point but we only see the successful attempts. its awesome. i like cruise's character here too, its neat to see him play a coward that dies a lot. wouldve been dope if this went even harder on the kill scenes but im fine with them how they are. i think the love story between cruise and blunt is maybe at first a bit weird and forced feeling, but you have to remember cruise's character has basically spent years with blunt's character. its tragic, because she only ever just meets him, but he knows her inside and out. kind of effed up if you ask me. the only thing hella holding this back for me is that last act after spoiler: click to read. kind of neutered ending too but i mean feelsgoodmanamirite?

3

Shpongle

Are You Shpongled? (1998)

Psybient

Ambient, Psytrance, Ambient Dub, Chillout

psychedelic, hypnotic, surreal, progressive, drugs

mar24

dont wanna write too much on this now i feel like this will continue to reveal itself to me for literally years after this initial listen, but i will say that im glad i waited to check this out. definitely would have totally passed this by without getting a good footing in psytrance and some psybient first. honestly a masterpiece; so many cool sound design experiments and trippy rhythmic stuff, lovely melodies and i love the eclectic instrumentation both live and electronic. its kind of unfortunate this is most peoples gateway into psytrance/psybient stuff because its obviously a bit silly coded and its easy to take at face value as like a meme band or something ohhh lol they do dmt and their name is funny but these guys are seriously talented its crazy. i expect their secodn album to be even better. a lot of creativity here some sections totally threw me off like some of the intricate break sequencing or the talk box vocals on divine lol

4

Intruders (2011)

mar24

me and fuckcomments saw this on lb on our way home from austin last week and decided to watch it.

honestly whag a worthless movie. missteps everywhere and is just such a mess. for some reason it juggles these two unrelated stories (one is in spanish for petes sake) in an attempt to create this CRAZY TWIST! at the end but you can both kind of see it coming from like the halfway mark and also it literally is so unsatisfying and you’re just like alrigjt whatever idgaFUCKKKK and somehow feels so fucking long but also like it takes forever to “start” i remember looking at the time an hour in and thinking how are we still like establishing things this late in the movie. all of that is really just icing though what takes the cake for me here is the fucking ending dude im not even gonna spoiler this shitわ it doesnt matter. so the original hollowface is actually just the juan kid’s way of coping with the trauma of his ex convict father breaking into his house and assaulting him and his mother, and then he dies but i guess like the trauma haunts juan until juan like “faces” the monster and gets over it by writing his “story” alright so then fast forward and juan(now john yes thats the twist why did they whitewash him😭)’s daughter (hollowfaces grandaughter) discovers his story and reads it and… inherits the trauma?????? or is her grandpa’s ghost haunting her???? it literally doesnt even explain it!!

some shots were nice and there is a on-off light moment that i felt had good suspense and tension. this has some crazy nerdle play potential too

1.5

Carbon Based Lifeforms

World of Sleepers (2006)

Psybient, Ambient

Downtempo, Berlin School, IDM

aquatic, ethereal, soothing, mysterious, hypnotic

mar24

cleaned the apartment to this and tjen spent the last few songs eating leftover pizza and watching the rain outside.

its nice i like the calm mood but its a bit boring at times. a bit too “ambient” for my taste (i mean that in an aesthetic sense, not that it literally is very ambient). i much prefer the dub/reggae influenced psybient ive heard

3

Sinister (2012)

mar24

such a god damn boring day at work. ive been working on strategies to improve my mood and mental game recently: listening to music less, not relying on other people to help me, reflecting every day etc., and honestly these last two weeks pretty much have flown by. work has gotten a lot easier and im not dreading the workload, im able to end every day satisfied and start the next one motivated. but god damn, not sure what happened today but i just was not feeling it. was so unmotivated all day pretty much. sucks ass it feels so blegh. im just glad its my friday lol

fucking FINALLY got around to this i bought the dvd for this like summer of last year and i just never got around to watching it until now. kind of an interesting story i guess i was expecting this to be something like the conjuring or insidious, but i think it honestly falls more in line with like paranormal activity meets annabelle or something. all the found footage is great, ethan hawke is dope as fuck, and there are some definitely creepy scenes. lowkey a big part of this was the family/marriage drama. kind of annoying how towards the end it feels like it just gives up almost but i guess it is what it is. it also just generslly feels like its missing something like nothing here elevates this to great heights for me

this scene literally was so amazing just the first 15 seconds is some crazy meta shitわ i love it its so genius

Sinister [Boards of Canada - Gyroscope Scene]

3

Failure Addict / Potion

Failure Addict / Potion Split (2023)

Grindcore, Avant-Garde Metal

mar24

fa: 3 kind of hate the samplez but its good weirdo extreme grind stuff

p: 4 trimming all the unnecessary stuff out this is just nonstop potion style math insanity just over 6 minutes so fucking aaesome

3.5

Potion

Diaphonized (2018) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal, Mathcore

mar24

this one feels a bit closer to mathcore. i can certainly make out the parts a bit better. really awesome outro track, i wonder why all their outros so long tho

honestly feels like a mike patton project lol

3.5

Potion

Cemetary (2020)

Mathcore, Avant-Garde Metal, Grindcore

Jazz Fusion, Brutal Prog

chaotic, noisy, manic, technical, playful

mar24

alright alright i was just joking back to the potions

very jazzy, i guess in the second half. first half is butthole crazy free brutal shitわ again idk it doesnt feel mathcore to me but maybe im just listening to cursory

this style doesnt really get old im feeling like

3.5

Shit Birthed

Concealed Beneath Layers of Digitech Whammy (2020) [EP]

Technical Death Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, cryptic, abstract, atonal, technical

mar24

more friend recs.

cover art and concept honestly make this look like total goat diarrhea but its actually pretty impressive encenathrakh-esque bdm stuff. the last track in particular has this really crushing doom-ish inspired section that sounds so fucking cool. could honestly do without the samples though but i guess they make the concept more obvious to those who do not know anything about rings of saturn lol

3.5

Ott

Blumenkraft (2003)

Psybient, Dub

Ambient Dub

atmospheric, rhythmic, psychedelic, calm, uplifting

mar24

except sike. psybient time instead fuck potion

this is cool i saw it in the recommended section of In Dub’s discogs page. its not quite as laid back and atmospheric but its definitely the same kind of reggae infused psy stuff. great grooving basslines, eclectic percussion, the reggae ping fills never get old, and i love all the different instruments he uses. Splitting An Atom has some great vocals too. its a lot more dance-y than i anticipated but i like it.

3.5

Potion

Ghost Bed (2019) [EP]

Mathcore

Noisecore, Ambient

mar24

per request of a buddy, its time to tap into Potion.

wild tracklisting structure lol, but this is pretty great. i dont really feel like its mathcore but at such short runtimes it is really anyones guess. i like the dark ambient outro

3.5

Chloroma

Suicidal Technology (2018) [Single]

Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

mar24

doesnt really sound like the ep but its definitely chloroma. chaotic song structure and those alien guitar solos are clear M.O.’s. no ping, but its still great bdm!

3.5

Man on Fire (2004)

mar24

pretty awesome. obviously the best example for this kind of filmmaking - i know i complained about the constantly moving cameras in Now You See Me but theres a lot of style and flair here that actually makes it kind of work. still a bit of a sensory overload but you just dont see movies getting made like this anymore. intense, builds up very nicely, and very cathartic i think. ending was some emotion vibes. i like denzel washington, walken did good too. i dont think i like this as much as deja vu though

3.5

Les 7 jours du talion [7 Days] (2010)

mar24

really really cold, made it so hard to watch. very unflinching and straightforward style i was practically begging for it to switch away from the torture scenes. its not very substance heavy, i guess its a good character or morality study thing, but i still really enjoyed it.

3.5

Bladee, Ecco2k & Thaiboy Digital

D&G (2017)

Cloud Rap, Alternative R&B, Emo Rap

Trap

atmospheric, drugs, lonely, cold, love

mar24

had a show in austin (actually, we had fucking two, one on friday and one on saturday) and , even though im writing this like a few days after the fact i can still feel some leftover exhaustion from going there, playing, coming back, working a fucking opening shift, going BACK, then finally coming back home. never gets easier. i had fun though im glad i got to go with my friends and we made some decent money. the first show was kind of ass we just dindnt sound great and there was technical issues on top of some sloppy playing, but the second show more than made up for it. we got to open for fucking Snõõper so the thing sold out! our biggest show yet, and one of our tightest performances. sound guy was also great we sounded so amazing. overall a positive experience and at least now i know that i never want to double book austin shows again

we decided to listen to this otw home because i really just needed to give it a second chance i literally never listen to anything from this. at first my complaints kinda the same its all way too consistent and laid back it feels like theres no highlights everyones playing it way too safe and also it doesnt feel like a drain gang effort, theres of course some ecco tracks but theres hardly any thaiboy (not to mention his solo tracks really just aren’t good) and more than half of this 47 min runtime is just bladee. revisiting it over the past few days though i have actually come to appreciate the consistency a bit more. thaiboy still a problem but thats whatever i guess. honestly i just made a playlist of only the bladee songs and this hella works as a bladee solo album a nice solid 27 min. the ecco tracks would be a cool lil ep or like ecco+thaiboy trackd as a cool weird split collab thing. idk im fucking coping

i should also note that we listened to red light as well but honestly im still hella torn on it i need to continue to do some research on my own before a new entry for that

3 still prob

Arca

&&&&& (2013) [Mixtape]

Glitch Hop, Wonky, Deconstructed Club

UK Bass, Wonky, Deconstructed Club, Instrumental Hip Hop, Post-Dubstep, Witch House, Grime

surreal, aquatic, atmospheric, futuristic, mysterious

mar24

kind of random little song “sketches” it feels more like a demonstration of skill/creativity rather than a fully fledged piece of music. good ideas here and there but nothing sticks around long enough to make a lasting impact. still interesting though, the hiphop angle was kind of surprising.

3

4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)

mar24

i fw the concept, i really like willem dafoe here, some great editing across this whole thing, and theres a small handful of impactful scenes. but idk, ferrera’s style just totally evades me. like he just makes choices here and there that i dont really totally vibe with and i dont even know why i just don’t. ending was beautiful, and its crazy that the delivery boy is trung nguyen 😭😭😭

Hallucinogen

In Dub (2002)

Psybient, Ambient Dub

Dub, Psytrance, Goa Trance

psychedelic, playful, quirky, summer, rhythmic

mar24

i was gonna listen to more ep/singles but this looked wayyy too fucking good.

honestly loved it. im generally not a huge fan of merging live and electronic instrumentation but every element here just works so well to build this crazy super trippy psychedelic experience nothing sounds out of place or like feels jarring at all. literally all vibes. i love the aesthetic too such a good cover and great range of both psy and dub techniques but it never shies away from throwing in something new like vocals or nature samples. gonna be relistening a bit for sure, need to tap into shpongle ASAP

3.5

Traxx / Josh Werner / Stephen Hitchell

Fractal Rip (2010) [Single]

Acid House, Chicago House

Outsider House

mar24

first track so fucking cool. solid acid lines and i love the comb filter delay on the drums, never doesnt sound good. second track isnt as great but i like the transcending type vibes of it

3.5

Ability II

Pressure (1990) [Single]

Bleep Techno, Dub Techno

rhythmic, female vocalist, hypnotic, atmospheric, psychedelic

mar24

im not crazy about it but i do love the atmosphere of old techno like this, i wish it was a bit easier to navigate releases for this stuff, but at the time everyone and anyone was just getting record deals and making whatever so it feels like theres a lot of quality inconsistencies and just a crazy amount to sift through

3

Tsuyoshi Suzuki

Sympathy in Chaos (1997) [DJ Mix]

Dub Techno, Psybreaks

mar24

really awesome stuff, love how fluid this is mixed, amazing song selection and just crazy psych vibes. some super interesting parts too around the middle section. guess im gonna look into more dub stuff

3.5

Bogdan Raczynski

CAPITALISM (2024)

Spoken Word, Satire, Sound Poetry, Novelty

repetitive, political, male vocalist, novelty, humorous

mar24

listened while taking a shitわ like 2 weeks ago when it came out

he says capitalism 134 times.

1

Yung Lean & Bladee

Psykos (2024)

Alternative Rock, Post-Punk

Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock, Emo Rap, Gothic Rock

male vocalist, ethereal, depressive, introspective, atmospheric

mar24

honestly i dont totally get the hate. i mean its like generally really well received but i know some jittleyangs that are hating on the low.

bladee sohnd beautiful af on all these songs instrumentals arent offensive theyre pleasant nothing to write home ab i havent dissected the lyrics too much but they seem aight im neutral on most of lean’s parts but he occasionally shines (still)

3

The Bay (2012)

mar24

pretty cool. i don’t think i’ve seen somethings that does mockumentary like this where its entirely made out of found footage but is still presenting itself as a documentary. really cool concept too. obv some covid prophecies but also weirdly a bit post-9/11 vibes (it takes place on july 4th too). crazy body horror at times. i fw how ambitious this was too, lots of actors/characters and settings/locations

3.5

No.305

萌えるデモ音源 もえでも (2007)

Synth Punk

Denpa, Noise, Cybergrind

noisy, male vocalist, dissonant, humorous, manic

mar24

lmfao, why was this bro hella associated with the lolicore scene 😭

crazy fun shitわ. super whacky synth/sampled instrumentals with crazy little cybergrind drums at times, and hes just wailing away. nothing else really like this and it doesnt go on too long

last track samples the same thing that the first track on S.E.X. - Sound of EXtreme does. i felt like a genius mastermind for figurin that out

3.5

Orchidectomy

Demo 05 (2005) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Slam Death Metal

heavy, rhythmic, infernal, raw, aggressive

mar24

relistened. some of thd best slam tracks ever up there w some of the Bring the Suffering tracks.

4

Noism

Brutal Autonomy (2001) [EP]

Cybergrind

Technical Death Metal, Sass

mechanical, chaotic, instrumental, aggressive, technical

mar24

weak comparison saying this reminds me of jenovavirus but that programmed technicality aint common. super awesome tech shit more cyber bands need to be doing this sjit

3.5

Bladee

Gluee (2014) [Mixtape]

Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop, Alternative R&B

Trap, Emo Rap

ethereal, futuristic, winter, cold, surreal

mar24

jesus christ i’m so fucking stupid how did i not fw this so hard until now. deletee literally one of the best songs of all time thaiboy verse actually got me on my knees losing life force. bones delivers the softest hard feature ever so good such subtle swag. honestly no bad tracks, but i think everlasting flame my least fav.

4

Lurid Panacea

Demo II (2018) [Additional release]

Deathgrind, Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

male vocalist, violence, heavy, aggressive, chaotic

mar24

6 min of really awesome crazy grind. you love it or you dont. great cover

3.5

Atka

Six Pieces of Atka (2007) [EP]

Grindcore

Mathcore, Deathgrind

male vocalist, energetic, chaotic, noisy, raw

mar24

playing minceraft.

its fine i dont like this roomy mix and the songs dont hella stand out so i wouldnt call this essential.

3

The Outwaters (2022)

mar24

uheeeehhhhhuuugggggg i dont even know feels really hard to write about. super special movie. first hour is pretty standard fare found footage horror setup stuff its slow and i hate the damn characters but its pretty and i love the preoccupation with nature all the little curiosity shots and stuff. second half just goes batshit crazy no regard for the story or mystery just pure evil things happen and its constant nonstop cosmic horror shitわ. some really beautiful moments in here, i think he just needs to hone his direction in a little bit more, trim out the filler, pace it a bit better, keep up the incomprehensible nightmares, hes got a masterpiece brewing. apparently his new one comes out this year, cant wait to go see it with my friend fuckcomments!

3.5

Various Artists

Tales From the Dark Forest (2003)

Psytrance, Forest Psytrance

mar24

must cleanse ears… with forest goa…

great va comp. lots of rich, deep and organic sounds. very dark but something about forest psy always feels so comforting. essential listen for this genre i think

4

Maggie Lindemann

HEADSPLIT (2024) [EP]

Alternative Rock

Trap Metal, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Pop Punk, Emo-Pop

introspective, female vocalist, anxious, nocturnal, longing

mar24

i hate that i have to write a lot about this but seeing a good amount of users here seem to be liking it, and because i hardly hand out 1 star scores, its only natural that i at least explain myself.

i dont know really where to start but this is a fucking highway pile up mess of a release. a lot of songs here are the kind of expected schlop of neutered deftones alt rock/alt metal with quiet tension verses and “soaring” cathartic choruses. unfortunately, maggie lacks any kind of charisma or personality at all really (seriously she sounds bored out of her mind on most of these) and the instrumentals feel totally soulless and gutted, not to mention how quietly mixed they feel, which only works to hurt these songs more since it places even more emphasis on maggie. and the fucking lyrics. oh my god the lyrics. “Find who you’d die for / that’s who you’d live for” its like she isnt even really trying. shitわ sounds like my lifestyle determines my deathstyle.

there are a couple of “trap metal” tracks where maggie is scream rapping i guess. i dont like her voice at all, sounds so forced. a lot of the problems i have with stuff on this seem to be that they simply lack soul and passion. which brings me to the fucking… drum and bass song. last nail in the coffin for me. i dont have a problem with big artists making drum and bass (NewJeans) because there are tasteful ways to go about it, but it just feels insulting here. and that brings me to my next point. i thought a lot about “appropriation” while listening to this. appropriation is defined as “the act of taking something for ones own use, typically without the owner’s permission”, and further defined in regards to art as “the practice or technique of reworking images from well-known paintings, photographs, etc., in one's own work.” i believe there are good and bad ways to practice this.

Headsplit, to me, reeks of terrible appropriation. appropriation of all the y2k aesthetics it wants to dress up as (the fucking saw cover. STAY AWAY FROM SAW), mallcore metal and emo it wishes it was, and for some reason it tries to also appropriate a deep and rich area of electronic music seemingly just to jump on the trend (yes, dnb is becoming a trend whether you like it or not; think Sewerslvt and PinkPantheress). i dont have issues with the whole scene revival thing or dnb trending stuff, but this seriously fails to understand any of its source material. so clearly just a hopeless cash grab preying on impressionable younger kids who dont know that this lifeless record comes at the end of the line of a massive history of actually amazing music and scenes. maybe the worst part about this is that no one else seems to give a fuck. POPTIMISM!!! i dont really understand how you can give this higher than a 2.5 if you were really listening. signs of the end for this whole emo in the mainstream shitわ, but what do i know, maybe this will be like evanescence and come back as trve mall scene when im 50

1

Necrotik Fissure

Reclused (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

mar24

depressive air condition core. dont care

2.5

Aghast / 1000 Travels of Jawaharlal

Aghast / 1000 Travels of Jawaharlal (2004) [EP]

Emocore

Screamo

angry, melodic, melancholic, raw, male vocalist

mar24

honestly dgaf ab any of this. aghast good guitars but hate the vocals and 1000 travels so boring

2.5

Déjà Vu (2006)

mar24

lowkey light spoilers on this whole entry

so touching. reaching across space and time to save what matters to you. i know that i always fw destiny/fate and you cant change the course of nature but its so fucking powerful seeing (when movies can capture it effectively) the fucking immovable strength of human willpower. actually so hopeful.

4

Mandy (2018)

mar24

2.5

Odd Harmonic

Coincidentalism (2000)

Suomisaundi, Psybreaks

mechanical, rhythmic, psychedelic, drugs, repetitive

mar24

really wonky. a variety of different and eclectic sounding psy stuff, never sticks to convention. tasteful little breaks scattered throughout this which i liked. weird cover. weird they only dropped like one thing. its good i like it.

3.5

Dune: Part Two (2024)

mar24

really big and flipping epic. could have honestly been like 4 hours and i wouldve only complained that at some point i had to pee. love how much time we get with the harkonnens they kind of fascinate me in a car accident kind of way. austin butler does a surprisingly great job. worm scenes so bad ass, and theres a few quite touching parts (especially when shes gotta wake paul with spoiler: click to read). wish the direction was a bit more subtle (ala blade runner 2049) but i get it this is a huge movie whatever. my mom made an awesome point that this is basically spoiler: click to read which makes me suuper excited for the next one. shits evil and sad af thinking about it rn

4

SP 23

Stormcore (1996) [EP]

Freetekno

mar24

not bad but b side got boring towards the end of it

3

Pimouss

Fenek 01 (2006) [EP]

Freetekno

mar24

eh doesnt really do much for me. its cool it kind of plays around with structures and some tempo things but otherwise just very bland. iirc this has some silly samples too which i think do more harm than good

2.5

Crystal Distortion

Better Than Nothing (1997) [EP]

Freetekno

mar24

well… yes i mean it certainly is better than nothing. the tracklisting is kind of interesting with the shorter little interlude sample things

3

Various Artists

Dilatations (2000) [EP]

Freetekno

Hardcore [EDM]

mar24

not bad. b side was great. very random goatse appearance

3.5

Capsule Corporation

RADIOACTIVE "LSD25" (1999) [EP]

Freetekno

mar24

cleaning tje apartment and listening to more freetekno.

another good record from these guys. not quite as exciting as the other, but still super fun

3.5

Capsule Corporation

Capsule Corporation (1998)

Freetekno

mar24

oh my godthis is insane. absolutely banging techno stuff and some really intense instrumental work - love the tasteful breakbeats here and there, B1 is ridiculous the ‘synth’ reminds me of like some serious af dark psy stuff. so good.

4

69db

Le Fuck Techno Import Mix (1997) [DJ Mix]

Freetekno

Industrial Techno, Acid Techno

repetitive, rhythmic, instrumental, manic, sampling

mar24

a little bit slower paced but still pumping. i think this counts as more “tribal” style? idrk, its good but also the length and its not super captivating id prob never listen to this again

3

Mam

Mammut 001 (1998) [EP]

Freetekno

Industrial Hardcore

mar24

so i guess i begin my freetekno journey.

pretty good, just kind of sniping some of xoarks ratings for now. not much to say - b side energetic af i love it

3.5

Lurid Panacea

The Insidious Poisons (2019)

Deathgrind, Brutal Death Metal

Technical Death Metal

aggressive, energetic, male vocalist, dense, rhythmic

mar24

so apparently i listened to this like 4 years ago and i just dont remember AT ALL but somehow gave it only a 3?

shits crazy and awesome raised up to 3.5

3.5

Diplo

Random White Dude Be Everywhere (2014) [Compilation]

Trap [EDM]

Big Room House, Twerk

mar24

i like the cover so i listened to this.

its not horrible but i only really enjoyed a handful of these songs. some of the drops are just way too silly, dont go hard enough, or hes doing some boring other shitわ (why did he make a hardstyle track? who is looking for diplo hardstyle?)

remixes werent bad either.

3

Anal Birth

Top 28 Chapters of Infant Atrocities (2023)

Gorenoise

heavy, aggressive, noisy, lo-fi, raw

mar24

goat is back. idk why but all the gore ive consumed lately is evil and brooding as hell this is no exception some of these tracks have very little drums on them just noise or they are so flurried its hard to tell exactly. monster vocals never get old

3.5

Diplo

Express Yourself (2012) [Music video]

Twerk

mar24

at first kind of jarring but i fw’d it tje longer it went. he does a lot of different weird things here its interesting. i like how this is like lowkey an inspiring song like doesnt matter what you look like who you are just fucking bend over and twerk god dammit

3.5

Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)

mar24

so stupid. the premise is just so dumb and it fails to live up to the ingenious low budget character study that the first one was. props to them for exploring as much of the “multi dimensional” aspect as they could (actually, the spoiler: click to read was pretty cool) though. i hate most of the characters, and the twists at the end are just more stupid slop. they try to explain way too much and it just hurts the story i feel like. im curious if cube zero will continue from this one or will be another stand alone universe. yeah its also weird that this is like not even connected to the first movie is just like a whole new cube or smth

2

Effluence

Liquefied (2022) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Free Improvisation, Free Jazz, Gorenoise

manic, chaotic, dense, noisy, improvisation

mar24

crazy. the snare is so pinged out its not even there really. wasnt expecting this to be as jazzy as it was - surprised by how many very audible melodic elements there are. very good stuff, goes hard as a therapy pre game

3.5

Chamber of Tapeworms

Esoteric Epistemology of Umbilical Webs throughout the Omniverse (2019)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

mar24

decent walls. im not crazy about it tho.

3

Gonococcus

Sessions #10-15 (2023) [Compilation]

Gorenoise, Harsh Noise Wall

mar24

holy crap. not at all what i was expecting. harsh noise wall caverngore?? so eerie and ominous. truly from the deepest pits of earth, shit goes crazy in the freezer.

3.5

The Descent (2005)

mar24

soooooo much better than i was expecting. its just really effective, does exactly what it needs to do with masterful execution. first of all, such a jaw dropping opening lol so awesome. spends a lot of time fleshing out the terrifying atmosphere of caving before showing its monster cards, and then it just goes full on fucking splatter awesome. some really well crafted shots/sequences, plays around with low light environments in a really nice way.

4

Deadpool (2016)

mar24

the only thing my gf wanted to watch lol.

i wouldnt say its aged "poorly" but i mean clearly a product of its time. i still think its entertaining and funny but the second one is a lot better from what i remember. lowkey hella predicted rick and morty/solar opposites.

n/a

Intestinal Disgorge

Drowned in Rectal Sludge (2000)

Goregrind, Noisegrind, Noisecore

chaotic, dark, disturbing, aggressive, vulgar

mar24

LOL this is not at all what i was expecting. i mean, i respect it as fuck for its... creativity... its definitely something new for the genre lmfao. drums are great they somehow feel both programmed and also live? cant say i loved it but it at least something unique

3

Nuclear Death

All Creatures Great and Eaten (1992)

Deathgrind

Avant-Garde Metal

lo-fi, psychedelic, manic, raw, heavy

mar24

actually so demented. giving lori all the instruments was such a good idea; such a tornado blend of evil death metal, diabolic grind and weird psych influences. she sounds so insane on this too, i need to relisten while reading the lyrics apparently they are just as evile.

3.5

Last Days of Humanity

The Xtc of Swallowing L.D.O.H. Feaces (2004)

Goregrind

heavy, vulgar, death, energetic, raw

mar24

i fw it this would be so awesome live. probably sounds so different when youre there but as a bandcamp listening experience the mix makes this sound so evil and tormented.

3.5

The Wicker Man (2006)

mar24

a bit of an interesting remake. i was expecting it to be rather faithful to the original but they have a lot of leniency with the foundation of the story here. this one focuses a lot of misogyny, apparently cage would ask himself during rehearsals "what would a belligerent misogynist say here?"

i wish it was more visually consistent or at least bold. cage does a good job here. ending is more painful than the original's i think. i didnt watch the version with the bees scene but that scene is fucked up.

3

The Box (2009)

mar24

really the only thing connecting all of kelly's movies is probably just how high concept they are. i do agree with some sentiments that kelly expanding this idea of "the box" kind of ruins one of the main appeals of the original story but i still think this is fun and to an extent thrilling. i was certainly watching closely to try and figure out the mystery lol. i fw the message and shit theres some beautiful ass moments in here but i think on the whole it kind of misses me. someone needs to give this dude like 250 million dollars and the cast of babylon, this is the end, and infinity war combined.

3

The Ninth Configuration (1980)

mar24

it feels like william peter blatty just fucking gets it. he just knows what a story is supposed to do, and he knows exactly how to put a story onto a screen. though, it definitely helped since he wrote the book and then had a lot of control over the movie. every frame fits as much information as possible, all the dialogue feels weirdly alien and humorous - a double edged sword of both wit and existentialism. theres definitely a ton of stuff i probably missed, id love to rewatch this soon.

aside from the masterful cinematic craftsmanship, the story here is quite touching. if the exorcist explored the existence of pure evil in our world, the ninth configuration asks if there is really any good left for us.

i love the hard switch in the middle from an offbeat comedy to a dark philosophical crisis of faith. the spoiler: click to read will be stuck in my head forever

4

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

mar24

just a great movie. you cant help but love forest whitakers character, and i love how languid the pacing feels while still being so inviting and both interesting or comedic - always engaging even during the “filler” bits, but those work to help flesh out our characters or continue to build the world of ghost dog. i dont know how this dude went on to make The Dead Don't Die.

4

February Recap

good month. pretty slow in the music department, ive been listening less at work, a lot of relistens (which i wont include here), and some movie watching.

shit i heavy fw:

Lawn Funeral EP

Someone Help

Bizarre Uproar / The Cherry Point / Gelsomina

Prurient

Hierharshie

Inescapable Anatomical Deterioration s/o fuckcomments

Diprosopus s/o fuckcomments agaaain

For Liza, Beyond the Event Horizon. new 4.5

Captivity; Dig Through the Wall

best movie:

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me nwew 4.5

also listened to so much phreshboyswag gotta finish going thru all his soundcloud singles cant wait for vip

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

feb24

decided to watch it since he also directed last voyage.

again, good premise falls short bc it takes predictable horror movie route. seriously though like actually so crazy predictable its nuts how soulless this felt. effectively scary though i found every story to be creepy in its own ways. dont gaf about tje characters moral of the story: go to war

2.5

La Peste

Drug Store Core Boy (2000) [DJ Mix]

Industrial Hardcore

Gabber, Ambient, Frenchcore, Flashcore, Acidcore, Noise, Industrial

noisy, mechanical, energetic, dark, manic

feb24

listened while playing minecraft. i got a pink sheep!

idk its good but its kind of underwhelming i was expecting more given its hype. good first half i guess

3

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

feb24

had so much awesome potential felt like it was gonna be some alien meets moby dick meets 30 days of night type shitわ but ends up being just like regular boring predictable horror movie. idk i dont hate it its cool how dracula is done but i just dgaf ab it

2.5

7e Phalanx

Pulse (2004) [Single]

Flashcore

Glitch

instrumental, complex, cold, chaotic, mechanical

feb24

amazing stuff, beautiful showcase of some of the best talent in all of electronic music. glorious climax, though i wish more was going on in the first 2/3rds

3.5

UndaCova

Induction (2004) [EP]

Flashcore

Speedcore, Noise

surreal, chaotic, dense, rhythmic, mechanical

feb24

not bad at all. qwerty’s review sums it up well. great batshit flash stuff

3.5

Lady in the Water (2006)

feb24

i can lowkey see why people didnt fw this its kind of silly and also cocky as hell spoiler: click to read but i kind of fw it in a way feels like some lars shitわ house that jack built type vibes. awesome message too funny most of the time just wholesome as well. always love the camera work in m night movies.

3.5

I:gor

Sztorm (2001) [EP]

Breakcore, Power Noise, Industrial Hardcore

Flashcore

feb24

alright and with that im basically finished w hangars liquides (i still have to add some to rym and theres a senical album i have to hear i think but thats later).

more breakcore influence here again not super crazy but its still good. fluster was pretty amazing tho i remember that track

3

Venetian Snares

Venetian Snares (2001) [EP]

Speedcore, Breakcore

Power Noise, Gabber, Industrial Techno

manic, violence, lobit, sampling, aggressive

feb24

i know all of these have been released on fuck canada… but i honestly remember jackshit about any of them so this might as well have been my first time hearing them.

if youre familiar w early breakcore vsnares then this isnt anything too spectacular. very hardcore abrasive complex breakcore speedcore with an edge of humour and violence.

3

Fist of Fury

The Exorcist (1999) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore, Speedcore

Terrorcore

heavy, ominous, dark, energetic, atmospheric

feb24

most notable thing on this one is the title. dont get the hype for the last track

3

Malaria

Some Relations With Girls (2000) [EP]

Speedcore, Industrial Hardcore

heavy, repetitive, dark, dissonant, ominous

feb24

more standard speedcore ind hxc stuff you know its good nothing too notable otherwise

3

I:gor

Absurd (2000) [EP]

Speedcore, Industrial Hardcore

feb24

more hardcore than what ive heard from his later stuff. its fine but kind of boring at times

3

Ghost Ship (2002)

feb24

i kind of half watched this i got hella bored halfway thru so i was working on some minecraft shitわ.

really stellar opening sequence so crazy lol butfalls off kind of hard afterward and is just a haunted “house” kind of ordeal. some interesting twists, i think it had potential but idk.

n/a

Venetian Snares

Doll Doll Doll (2001) [EP]

Breakcore

Drill and Bass, Dark Ambient

quirky, rhythmic, dark, atonal, aggressive

feb24

really i only needed to hear interstellar narcotics bc the rest of this is released elsewhere. great track, all great tracks.

4

Dark (2017)

feb24

pretty amazing stuff. obviously love nic cage, but the direction paul takes this in is just amazing. very good editing, i love the variety of camera shots here especially ones where hes just recording the dvd on a screen lol, works so well for this. beautiful as fuck ending too. i also love what this stands for, the rights of the artist, a middle finger to studio interference and pandering. great shitわ. so awesome when he smells the plant.

4

Datach'i

Black Trees (2006)

Flashcore, Breakcore, Drill and Bass

Flashcore

avant-garde, dark, complex, instrumental, noisy

feb24

revisiting this bros earlier discography.

honestly such a strange record. feelz very hardcore influenced but exists in like the drill n bass/complex idm space and also like weird flashcore textures. pretty unique, pretty short too. will be relistening more and more.

3.5 maybe 4

Cosmopolis (2012)

feb24

i think i was initially way too hard on this. its really not THAT bad its just fucking boring and like ugh i just dont gaf about most billionaire-criticism movies. the dialogue is very cool, it honestly feels like pg13 peter sotos lol. i dont know why bro had to have so much sex. i kind of wish more of it took place in the limo. a movie where shitわ just happens for no reason idk i hate that. probably works way better as a book.

2.5

David Shawty

Whatever 2 (2024) [Mixtape]

Digicore

Experimental Hip Hop, Plugg, Dark Plugg

quirky, male vocalist, drugs, surreal, addiction

feb24

getting hella overhated i admit that its kind of forgettable and not his best work but i mean its literally just Whatever: 2

not bad

3

Woody

Smile in Her Sleep (2024)

PluggnB

Emo Rap, Cloud Rap

melodic, love, bittersweet, male vocalist, drugs

feb24

he must have seen fuckcomments entry for dollhouse because this is basically a full album (“full”) of that shitわ. not quite as tortured but still very emo plugg shitわ. the last track is another pop punk inspired little tune but its probably his best sounding one to date. the whole grandma shitわ killed me

3.5

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

feb24

saw in theatres 35mm with friend.

impossible to write about and i just have to come to terms with it. somehow, david lynch was able to create a piece of art that is infinitely deep and truly honestly timeless. a movie where every single second matters; theres no breaking it down and trying to wrap a bow around whatever you think the solution is. 134 minutes that you could probably pick apart more exhaustively than other directors entire filmographies. im beating around the bush because im afraid to dig into this because i just dont know where to damn start. basics: its all beautiful amazing shots, genius camera work, stunning editing, lovely soundtrack, great performances (seriously). perfect balance of traditional genre tropes and lynch’s own magical fascination with the spiritual - love when directors ask you to just suspend your beliefs and watch - and theres an edge of experimentation that really elevates this to a level beyond storytelling. that mother fucking ending bro.

and the damn monkey.

4.5

La Peste

WTC.XTC (2004)

Flashcore

Dark Ambient, IDM, Musique concrète, Sound Collage, Industrial Hardcore, Glitch, Industrial Techno

avant-garde, complex, mechanical, atmospheric, rhythmic

feb24

eventually i will relisten to the dvd tracks that arent present in the download i have of this, but this entry is only in reference to the first disc.

definitely unique, monolithic and yet never quite familiar, i think that it just isnt dense enough compared to For Liza…

still always rewarding listening through but its definitely grown a bit off me.

4

Tusk (2014)

feb24

you know, i agree, this really had potential. it had potential to be funnier, scarier, more disturbing, more complex and interesting, more abstract or weird, but it falls short in every one of these categories because it just doesnt know which one to pick.

lowkey feels like kevin smiths house that jack built feelsike he’s critiquing his own life or something especially because in the beginning it credits him as “KEVIN SMITH: DIRECTOR, WRITER, PODCASTER” or something like that. also literally fuck johnny depps character i think that “that was a bad character “ is like a weak criticism but genuinely every time he is on screen he drags the movie down even further SOMEHOW

n/a

Twixt (2011)

feb24

im still gathering my thoughts on this, but damn is it amazing. really honest exploration of what it means to be an artist, and what it feels like to experience grief. i dont know how to word what im feeling, but you should read fuckcomments’ entry for this because he puts it into words better than i ever could. such a powerful and truly eye watering ending.

the camera work reminded me of the boss of it all at times lol

4

Autechre

Amber (1994)

IDM, Ambient Techno

Ambient

atmospheric, mysterious, hypnotic, rhythmic, repetitive

feb24

listened throughout the day before and after band practice.

its warm, weirdly impenetrable and distant at times, like its got its back turned towards me. i prefer the percussive and cold sounds of Tri Repetae more, but i appreciate Amber’s emphasis on ambience and mood. the last track is amazing.

3

Only God Forgives (2013)

feb24

apologies to my quirkbros but i just did not get this. so hard to care about anything going on and the narrative is so weak it was a real struggle trying to understand what the story even was. as others have pointed out it feels like it wants to be a few different things but isn’t particularly good at any of them. it does look very pretty though, good job there. theres a few good scenes too.

2.5

Office Space (1999)

feb24

way more subtle than i expected it to be. very dry and the humour kind of creeps up on you; its good, i enjoyed it. not much else to say, i like that the ending is either trying to say that work is necessary, just find something you dont mind or fuck white collar jobs resort to bone breaking labour

3

Legion (2010)

feb24

girlfriend decided to put this on because we saw a tiktok of the grandma diner scene.

really stupid and honestly such a mess i dont even really understand what this is trying to do. the very “who?” cast and the ridiculous premise just make me wonder why anyone on earth would want to watch this movie. there are one or two really good scenes that i like (when they are all staring at the tv, for one) but just about everything else here is awful.

2

Heat (1995)

feb24

doesnt really strike me personally or touch me on an emotional level but its still very good.one of the few movies im glad has an insane runtime like that, it uses every minute effectively and for a story this big every second helps. great performances, and a stunning and intense ending sequence.

3.5

Various Artists

Untitled (1999)

Industrial Hardcore

Speedcore, Flashcore

noisy, dark, futuristic, atmospheric, instrumental

feb24

really cool a ton of different ideas and approaches to this kind of experimental techno. all of la pestes tracks good but other standouts are joker's and both of noizecreator's. cool concept for a VA album

3.5

XKV8

Spasm (1998) [EP]

Speedcore, Industrial Hardcore

feb24

gotta be the most straightforward HL record yet. pretty boring. cant say theres anything interesting or noteworthy at all other than some of the titles.

2.5

Cytochrome C

Un arbre en lévitation (1998) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore, Industrial, Noise

Power Noise, Speedcore, Flashcore, Glitch

ominous, infernal, dark, apocalyptic, lo-fi

feb24

feel like i may need to reevaluate this everyone sayin its some hella peak crazy hellish music but i was just like ... ._. s'aight idk its really scary sounding which is cool but isnt what i wanna hear from this label maybe this guy got some other lit stuff

3

EPC

Nickelodeon (1998) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore

Power Noise, Speedcore

feb24

pretty much just straight forward noisy speedcore shit it has interesting dark atmospheres but again its just whatever =

3

Korrigan

Antisocial Korporation (1998) [EP]

Speedcore, Industrial Hardcore

Power Noise

energetic, chaotic, dense, rhythmic, instrumental

feb24

ok well i guess i need to listen to every hangars liquides release now (i know a lot arent on rym ill get to them later)

this was aight its definitely a bit weird but its not crazy like some other shit

3

DJ Attila

Methane Trax (2008) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore, Glitch

Speedcore, Flashcore, Experimental

feb24

since im on this ihc/flash binge i had to return to dee jay mutha fuckin attila this shit is awesome as fuck super crazy first track is so intense love the kicks this may be a 4

3.5

La Peste & Helius Zhamiq

Spanking Sounds Better With You (1999) [EP]

Speedcore, Industrial Hardcore

Flashcore, Power Noise

rhythmic, surreal, mechanical, noisy

feb24

daft punk inspired flash/indust? idk

its pretty consistent and intense but hella unmemorable and its just not the best work from la peste i think. idk anything about this helius guy but i dont feel compelled to find out now

3

La Peste

Le syndrome des draps cassants / F-117 Crash (2001) [Single]

Industrial Hardcore, Speedcore

Flashcore

rhythmic, complex, avant-garde, instrumental

feb24

feel like la peste knows that the best tracks on these are on the b side hes like fucking with peoples heads or something

3

La Peste

Part 2 (2001) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore

rhythmic, instrumental, mechanical

feb24

honestly, even though this is a bit more into flash territory, i wasnt fw it as much. still good, but that first track was just kind of boring. second track raises the score back up tho

3.5

La Peste

Part 1 (2001) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore

rhythmic, instrumental, mechanical

feb24

pretty good. i was surprised by how great just the regular "techno" track was. perhaps i have been misunderstanding what this whole industrial hc tech was about.

3.5

Southland Tales (2006)

feb24

feel like theres literally no right answers. no right way to think about this, talk about this, absorb it or even hate on it. anti art? "tries to be nothing so it ends up being everything" ive sat on this entry for a few days now and i cant come up with anything i think is coherent so im just going to mention some things and talk about them.

one of the few movies that genuinely feels "American" (up there with Harmony Korine's works and Rob Zombie's general approach and imagery). it seems prophetic in that it kind of predicted an entire movement of digitally obsessed post-9/11 meta-ironic sincerity and wild unorthodox storytelling; constantly fascinated with violence and drama but at its heart nihilistic and twisted; a mindset that grew up with fantasy and epic stories, afraid of authority and unsure of revolution. im not going to lie, i was really polarized for the first maybe 1.5-2 hours of this. plot/story wise felt so impossible to grasp, but it always had my attention. Timberlake's "dance" scene has stuck with me every day that has passed since i saw it, genuinely beautiful (i feel like i overuse that word but i cant think of a better one), and the entire ending sequence was just jaw dropping. i love how this film embraces faith despite the wild sexual and needlessly violent influences or the misanthropic and absurd undertones. Dwayne Johnson is a great actor. i said it. i love his acting. the way he plays off spoiler: click to read actually makes me so sad its so effective, and its amazing when he just fucking accepts that he is the spoiler: click to read. i dont think theres anything wrong with this movie per se but its just such an information overload i feel like i need a month before i consider a higher score. apparently there is a 6 hour directors cut in the works which would be awesome to see i mean how much more could he fit into this.

two things to finish this off:

1. the found footage sequence to open this is kino as fuck

2. shoutout to fuckcomments for the blu ray that i watched this with.

3.5

Krystal Jesus

For Liza, Beyond the Event Horizon. (2021)

Flashcore

IDM, Glitch, Power Noise

avant-garde, complex, dense, chaotic, death

feb24

im sorry lmao but you just cant beat this. nothing in human history, nothing in 10, 50, maybe 100 years can even dream of holding a candle to For Liza. surprisingly very melodic, especially on the bookending 10 or so minutes - but i guess it makes sense given its context. probably the only truly emotional flashcore, the only release in this genre that is more than just wild sound design experiments, or whatever ascension bullshit La Peste was originally preaching about with his particular brand of it. that isnt to say this is mild - no far from it, in fact this might be the most insanely complex and dense music ive ever heard. around the 40 minute mark i just totally lost track of everything and the flurries of kicks and lasers and waves of delay and tempo changes all meshed into a cohesive wall of plastic, squishy, bright rainbow sounds. the ending is just jaw dropping, i’d’ve never guessed that Laurent had it in him to create something as beautiful and calm as that closing sequence. shows so much maturity; feels like what flashcore autechre would actually sound like.

may lower the wtc.xtc score because of this.

4.5

Lorde

The Love Club (2013) [EP]

Alt-Pop

Synthpop, Alternative R&B, Electropop, Indietronica

female vocalist, atmospheric, melodic, passionate, introspective

feb24

christ what an awful cover.

its more dance-y and upbeat than everything on her debut but its not bad. nothing super memorable though. obviously im not talking about royals

3

Yung Sherman

How the Sky Was (VFILES Mix 6) (2014) [DJ Mix]

Uplifting Trance, Euphoric Hardstyle

Footwork, Deconstructed Club, Trap [EDM]

feb24

on some dj shitわ prolly.

im bot a huge fan of the hardstyle stuff (in this context at least) but its not bad. sherm has some real good transitions in here. i liked the sophie song

3

Whitearmor

Judgement Day Megamix (2013) [DJ Mix]

Vaportrap, Instrumental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Experimental Hip Hop, Wonky, Glitch Hop, Witch House

lo-fi, rhythmic, mellow, surreal, sampling

feb24

if youre at all familiar with early wa/dg then you kind of know what to expect from this but its still a treat if you rlly fw that shitわ.

i dont know how much of this is unreleased or not but its all new to me. beautiful ethereal shitわ, light salem influence, feels like heaven fog, you know.

wa honestly doesnt do a good job djing this tho tons of weird transitions things just crossfade lol

3.5

Neural Indent

Diprosopus (2022)

Gorenoise

Avant-Garde Metal, Free Improvisation, Free Jazz

chaotic, dense, atonal, aggressive, manic

feb24

god damn. i dont know why but this one feels so much darker and more evil than the ep, feels so ominous and fucked up its crazy. i dont think ive ever felt that from any gore or anything like that. they go even harder here too tbh especially on that 7 minute track

4

Martin Bladh

Dirge; The Peter Sotos Files (2008)

Power Electronics

Sound Collage, Interview

disturbing, misanthropic, concept album, sampling, dark

feb24

wonderful reimagining of some of sotos’ works. honestly, sotos would probably be one of the most revered and appreciated artists in all of power electronics if his whitehouse contribution tracks sounded anything like this. while sotos’ originals certainly have their own merit and purpose, i think its his unflinching and cold, nihilistic approach that makes him such an sour sight to most people. it feels like bladh treats these audio clips with a much more serious and empathetic attitude, though. the opening collage is kind of perfect, a whirlwind of torture and abuse, constantly sucking you further in until it explodes into the next track. its really quite effective. unfortunately, i think the noise here isnt anything too special. sure, its good, but it leans further into drone territories than i might have preferred. though, i do think this sort of laid back attempt at power electronics has its pros, it complements the themes here nicely regardless. bladh also utilizes sotos’ own voice as he reads excerpts from Proxy. i think sotos’ writing has a very interesting impact in an audio setting, and maybe in part due to his very unconfident and quietly rushed delivery. it feels like rambling, but he’s quite sure of what he will say next. it blankets itself nicely with the drones. bladh also apparently does some vocals, though i’ll be honest i couldnt really hear them, or i didnt notice them at all.

3.5

Now You See Me 2 (2016)

feb24

somehow these movies are the only ones my gf and i can decide on 😭

its p much the same shitわ as the first movie but its sillier and more involved w our horsemen. i really didnt like the new girl’s character. seems like a dollar store zooey deschanel and it just does not fit with the rest of the group. card seen was admittedly bad ass but also stupid as fuck. kind of confusing overall too, but they wrap it up nicely. now i sit and wait for the third.

2.5

Excrescence

Inescapable Anatomical Deterioration (2022)

Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

manic, chaotic, technical, aggressive, raw

feb24

fucking insane craziness. its a miracle these guys arent from columbia. masterful ping, disgusting alien range on the vocals, and plenty of headbanging brutal slams front to back. i cant believe i missed this - thanks shave

4

永松亮 [Ryo Nagamatsu]

Wii スポーツリゾート (Wii Sports Resort) (2009) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]

Jazz Fusion, Video Game Music, Sequencer & Tracker, Easy Listening

Sound Effects, Ambient, New Age, Bossa nova

sports, tropical, melodic, soft, calm

feb24

dont know why the tracklist here is so short, the one on youtube is 30 min longer lol.

obviously this isnt the intended way to digest this kind of stuff, you gotta play the game, and honestly its kind of counter intuitive to listen as an album anyway, especially a soundtrack for a game like this where main themes repeat themselves A LOT. still, this is pretty fun and inventive. lots of easy listening tracks and a great display of live and programmed musicianship here. the ping pong section especially is some crazy drum work.

3

The Gerogerigegege

>(decrescendo) (2019)

Ambient, Field Recordings, Insect Sounds

Nature Recordings, Reductionism, New Age

repetitive, peaceful, atmospheric, lo-fi, meditative

feb24

you know, i respect it and its amazing to see gero mature and evolve in this sort of way, but it just aint my thang. its chill but honestly i dont care much for the steel drum feel like it couldve been way more spacious and reflective idk it feels like im listening to a loop

3

Metropia (2009)

feb24

random impulse watch because this looked really stupid and had a crazy cast.

kind of basic 1984 social commentary stuff feels like it wants to be vulgar but hella holds back and idk just not very profound. also pretty boring. animation was interesting though it reminds me of noisia’s Machine Gun music video

Noisia - Machine Gun (Official Video)

2.5

Neural Indent

Brainless Infant (2022) [EP]

Gorenoise

Free Jazz

dissonant, chaotic, atonal, aggressive, manic

feb24

its matt stephens so it goes without saying that this is crazy but damn this is crazy. utilizes a lot of piano i believe? i was expecting it to be a bit mindless but its actually quite actively engaging.

3.5

Prurient

Sexual Magic (2004) [EP]

Noise, Ambient

Power Electronics, Impressionism

sampling, sombre, raw, dissonant, noisy

feb24

interesting and surprisingly very lowkey for prurient. meditative almost; the classical samples were nice. i dont understand why he does these multiple tape releases and only has like 5 minutes on each side lol

3

Congenital Interior Defects

Thanatophilus Rugosus (2009)

Goregrind, Cybergrind

Gorenoise, Pornogrind

violence, vulgar, manic, chaotic, dense

feb24

this is just crazy. feels like musical parody how every track starts with a regular ass riff and then just melts into gore madness. drum programming is ridiculous, and the vocals are wild. i think theres a track where they are doing melodic toilet vocals?

3.5

JAPSHITFUN

LOLISPEEDSHIT (2009)

Lolicore, Harsh Noise, Plunderphonics, Mashup

sampling, chaotic

feb24

exactly what it says. this feels less sound collage-y and more like actual programmed music buuuuut idk its probably not

3

Twin Peaks Season 2

feb24

FWWM is playing in a theatre not too far from me on saturday so i needed to finally get through this. its been a bit dreadful for me in the past because ive heard that a lot of these episodes are filler shit since lynch p much left production up until the last couple of episodes, which is true because a lot of this is boring as fuck. really strong first 8-10 episodes i think but then it does so much random bullshit with bobby and james and nadine and norma's stupid ass convict husband and the entire fucking catherine line is so stupid im sorry i dont care at all whenever josie or catherine or eckhardt or whatever are on screen its always literally the stupidest shit ever im fucking glad their entire plot lines ended with spoiler: click to read. and on that note, is that seriously the fucking ending of this? it just ends like that? fuck you david lynch. i guess i have to watch the return now

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

feb24

finally, all finished with the first two star wars trilogies.

goes without saying really that this is the best prequel, hands down, and i honestly might consider it to be the best star wars movie period. i dont think its quite as impressive as Return of the Jedi (costumes and real set pieces will always be preferred over cg) but its the only one in this series that really makes me feel something. anakin’s transformation is just so fucked up, its complete pure evil. his murderous rampage so devastating, and then the final fight with obi wan is just so sad. theres a couple scenes in here that were kind of gay, like when he becomes darth vader and palpatine tells him he killed padme, or when padme is naming the children feels so like last minute thrown in there lol but i can overlook these scenes. i also loved any scene that yoda fought in, hes so bad ass. r2’s fight scene in the very beginning is also really awesome.

4

Forever United

Still in Search of Sunrise.1 (2024) [DJ Mix]

Hard Trance

Trance

female vocalist, energetic, rhythmic

feb24

shrug its consistent but i just dont fw this kind of trance i guess. doesnt go as hard as id like, not as euphoric as it presents, and some of these transitions just sounded wacky. maybe in a club setting it wouldve hit but idk

2.5

Prurient

Arrowhead (2008)

Harsh Noise

Power Electronics

mechanical, nocturnal, dark, death, sparse

feb24

eeehhh i mean its intense and its something different in a way but this went nowhere and was mostly just really boring. i enjoyed the feedback a bit but i dont know it felt like it lacked a lot of the violence i was expecting. the drums were interesting but i dont think theyre used to their full potential here.

2.5

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)

feb24

honestly, in my life ive probably only ever seen this two or three times as a child, so going in im essentially watching it for the first time. i remembered a few fighting scenes (obv the arena one) but not much else.

its definitely the weakest, at least for me. it spends a lot of time engrossed in the politics and weirdly unlikely relationship between padme and anakin. i dont know i mean shes like way older than him and he acts like a damn baby sometimes and shes basically the president of something so its strange that she even still fw him after hes like yeah i think we should just force everyone to believe the same thing. its still good though i enjoyed it, it just doesnt feel as awesome or magical as any of the other ones.

3

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

feb24

finally getting around to rewatching the prequels now.

this one is probably the star wars movie i watched the most as a kid, way too many bad ass scenes and awesomeness. i loved all of the big monsters and fun action sequences. one thing that they definitely improved on in the prequels is fight scene choreography - seriously, the darth maul fight sequence at the end is just brilliant. the force field section to force patience is so cool. the cg is pretty jarring though. one thing i love about star wars these days is the very admirable and intense effort to use purely practical effects and real set pieces (of course im not talking about the cg lucas added in later - it looks horrible imo) along with real puppets or costumes. of course, i understand that its much easier to simply greenscreen or cg something, and theres a higher level of potential (which lucas will learn more about in the coming sequels to this). he does his best here, though, and its still watchable and very enjoyable.

3.5

Yayayi

Yayayi (2013)

Chopped and Screwed, Glitch Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop

Trap, Wonky, Snap, Cloud Rap

surreal, psychedelic, hypnotic, sampling, futuristic

feb24

i didnt fully relisten to this, i just kind of skimmed through the remix tracks, but i just wanted to comment on some recently developed thoughts on this. really just that its kind of grown off of me. it doesnt feel quite as magical as it used to - its still really unique and special but it just doesnt hit me the same anymore. some of the mixing i think kind of hurts it, a lot of really high highs and muddied lows idk it just feels like this needs way cleaner production. maybe when i relisten to the first half of this ill change my mind again idk lol

3.5

phreshboyswag

What I Love (2024) [Music video]

Jerk, Trap

nocturnal, rhythmic, boastful, hedonistic, male vocalist

feb24

its good phreshboy, not much else to say. apparently snow strippers in this video so i wonder if they collabing ever.

3.5

Prurient

Rubber Bullets (2005) [EP]

Harsh Noise

Death Industrial, Harsh Noise

feb24

also does nothing for me, and it was a bit disappointing since i was expecting more.

is it just his streaming stuff that is so quiet or did he do that on purpose?

2.5

Yayayi

After Playing GTA V You Feel Like This (2013) [Single]

Balearic Beat, Downtempo

Outsider House, Chillwave, Deep House

psychedelic, repetitive, mellow, ethereal, hypnotic

feb24

shrug i mean i just dont care at all about this. i can understand its vibes and stuff but it just does nothing for me

2.5

Return of the Jedi [Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi] (1983)

feb24

so bad ass and awesome. still feels so satisfying. love everything w the ewoks. its kind of impressive and touching how much emotion they were able to pull out of darth vaders mask when luke was dying. not much else to say i think

4

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

feb24

gonna try to get through rewatching the rest of the star wars movies and prequels (none of the newer ones) in the next week or so.

i remember the hoth yeti scene freaked me out as a kid. this ones pretty good but i dont think its as good as 4 or 6 from what i remembered. its crazy how much story this covers in just 2 hours - as a kid it felt like a lot of these segments were from other movies.

3.5

Prurient

Dracula Syndrome (2002)

Harsh Noise

Sound Collage, Power Electronics

surreal, aggressive, noisy, raw, male vocalist

feb24

its good noise stuff interesting collages (cool use of nature recordings) but theres just so much dead time for me i cant imagine ever coming back to any of these tracks. its also weirdly quiet which i didnt fw

3

Autechre

AE_LIVE_KRAKOW_200914 (2015)

IDM

Glitch

mysterious, technical, avant-garde, atmospheric, futuristic

feb24

just so fucking awesome i forgot how seriously insane this is i cant believe i just wrote this off when i first heard it. no description i feel is apt for this, just go listen to it.

i do plan on getting through all of their lives, from this point up until their newest material, but i probably wont be doing entries at all for them until i finish up with the larger comps. just a heads up.

4

EPC

Haikumputer (1998) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore, Amigacore

Speedcore

feb24

aaaand a bit disappointing. was hoping for more things like Attila but this is kind of just regular industrial hardcore. some interesting sounds/textures but nothing else to report on.

3

Attila

Gastrocrature (1999) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore, Flashcore

Speedcore, Industrial

manic, instrumental, aggressive, mechanical, chaotic

feb24

ok yeah so this is actually fucking insane. a similar approach to Hierharshie but leans way more into flash territory, and it also generally feels a lot more focused and intense. gonna be revisiting this a bunch for sure

4

Attila & A.N.T.I.

Hierharshie (2000) [EP]

Industrial Hardcore

Speedcore, Flashcore, Glitch

feb24

idk what exactly to say but just so crazy, its a cool blend of very familiar hardcore and weird alien experimentation. first half is some wild

3.5

Salt (2010)

feb24

its fun i guess. the action sequences are honestly way better than i was expecting, angelina jolie is surprisingly very bad ass. the story is pretty stupid, as is some of the twists and stuff.

n/a

Prurient

Self Rape (2005) [Single]

Power Electronics, Harsh Noise

feb24

i dont have time for I Used to Sell Flowers by the Roadside so we’re doing this one instead (cover connection). its insane feedback only microphone type shitわ its raw its lit some dope old school pe vibes i get

3.5

Prurient

Rainbow Mirror (2017)

Death Industrial, Dark Ambient

Drone

nocturnal, atmospheric, cold, surreal, noisy

feb24

yeah so its prurient ptuesday and im finally motivated to sit down and get this one over with.

really, its way better than i thought. i knew Frozen Niagara Falls wasnt going to be my cup of tea, and i was really worried this would kind of strike a similar chord (of dissonance) in me, but to my surprise this is actually much more noise focused then FNF. prurient spends a lot of time and energy crafting really intriguing and engaging textures on a lot of these, and while im still not entirely sold of death industrial like this i have to admit that i can totally understand why this might be the crown jewel of the genre. unfortunately it is way too long and especially at the end it drags on like crazy especially those buddha tracks. overall i appreciate this and i like enough tracks to say that this is at least good enough.

3

Prurient

Prurient (2007)

Harsh Noise

Power Electronics

scary, apocalyptic, infernal, anxious, raw

feb24

uhhhhhooooghhhhhh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckcc

dizzying really fucking crazy and intense batshit hyper aggro harsh PE stuff feels totally depraved and pure agony like total chaos nihilism shitわ. the craziest thing is is that i couldnt stop turning it up louder. hella repeat listens coming for sure

4

Gupi

Puppeteer My Corpse at the Renegade Please (2024) [EP]

Acid Breaks, Drill and Bass

Darkstep

dark, energetic, noisy, rhythmic, complex

feb24

after their brief return to hyperpop, gupi is back with more hardcore edm/breaks inspired electronics. imo, this might be their most boring release yet in this style. each track is good, its interesting to hear them play around with acid stuff, but they dont really go anywhere? i just feel a bit unfulfilled after listening to this i guess. Freaks was pretty good though. also bro really needs to work on their title and cover game

3

The Machinist (2004)

feb24

if youve seen like any movies then youve probably seen this movie. guy that is fucked up (repressed) gets hella fucked (physically) and reality is not what it actually fucking looks like.

really plot story alone this is like basically worthless BUT i do really like christian bale and i love how dystopian they make his world. shitわ feels like im watching like alien or some shitわ that takes place so far in the future its hard to accept that thats just what this shitわ is like. the twist is like kind of stupid but it makes sense cuz its like ohh yeah so the whole movie spoiler: click to read yadda yadda yadda. its fun, its a good watch, i cant hate on it too much really.

3

Prurient

Frozen Niagara Falls (2015)

Noise, Industrial, Post-Industrial

Death Industrial, Dark Ambient, Power Noise, Electroacoustic

cold, noisy, winter, depressive, death

feb24

a respectable effort, and im glad Dominick is able to create releases like this that do gain as much notoriety and success as they do so that he can keep making the stuff i do care about, but good god damn do i not care about this.

i find a lot of his synth work cursory and mind numbing. none of his melodies stick with me, the actual synth tones themselves sound either so plastic and cheap or just plain grating to me. im not totally against this style of industrial, i think its worked in some places like Uboa‘s work or some Very Little Fun songs IIRC, but i just really dont fuck with the execution of it here.

now, there are songs on this that i do enjoy. there are a handful of songs where he dips further back into his harsh noise/power electronics roots and the outcomes are honestly pretty good (Frozen Niagara Falls p.2, Lives Torn Apart) and in general he is always utilizing harsher elements that i enjoy on pretty much every track (Dragonflies was a standout to me). but i just dont think any of that can make up for the total slogfest that the rest of this is.

more power to you if you like this and Dominick if he keeps making this, but im going to happily stick with my harsh brickwalled prurient instead.

2.5

Sutcliffe Jügend

The Victim as Beauty (1999)

Power Electronics

Drone, Death Industrial, Harsh Noise

violence, disturbing, crime, sexual, vulgar

feb24

really good! normally, i dont care at all for any power electronics that loves taking its time with the drone/death industrial songs but 1) they actually make sense here as they help tell the story and 2) the actual PE on this is honestly some of the best ive ever heard in my life. not only is he delivering with such ferocity and intense passion but he has such a good ear for what makes a PE track effective and worthwhile. pummelling noise that swells and bubbles underneath his vocals and goes fucking wild off of the chain when he isnt screaming at you. the “call and response” shitわ in Humiliation was literally jaw dropping so fucking cool

thanks for the files shave.

3.5

Un-Kommuniti

Mindretch (1983)

Power Electronics

feb24

i mean theres nothing like bad here but its just so fucking meandering and pointless? seriously like nothing here grabs my attention or warrants and kind of active listening feels like it’s purposely trying to avoid me or something lol

2.5

I Melt With You (2011)

feb24

fucking beautiful as a god damn fucking sick little bitch.

i was honestly kind of hesitant going into this. the plot seems kind of boring at first glance, i felt like i would find most of these dudes pretty insufferable too, and im only really watching this because its mark pellington, but damn am i glad i put it on. its true, these guys are fucked up and evil, but in this way it reminds me of Ett hål i mitt hjärta [A Hole in My Heart].

to me i watched this as a kind of deeper and very heartfelt examination of masculinity and what it means to grow up - not coming of age but really grow up and get fucking old. there are some seriously, i mean seriously fucking raw and beautiful scenes in here. both content wise and visually; mark pellington i know from The Mothman Prophecies is amazing when it comes to visual storytelling and eye catching imagery, this one was no exception. so many amazing and creative shots in here, plus a huge diversity of camera work, this shitわ looks good af.

my biggest complaint though is definitely the soundtrack. probably some of my least favourite music ever but it does make sense in this context because i guess its like what alt-dads listened to in the 80s and shitわ so you know i can honestly look past it.

and, i just have to say this so that it goes on record, but spoiler: click to read was literally the most fucked up beautiful thing ive ever seen in my life i dont think those images will ever leave my brain

4

Now You See Me (2013)

feb24

the only thing gf and i could decide on.

expecting anything less than typical blockbuster hollywood epic schmuck makes you an asshole. its fun sometimes, really stupid other times, i just dont care about it that much. i really like woody harrelson, hes a great actor and i like his character. andy samberg is annoying af here though. i think its interesting how this movie is about the 4 magicians but mark ruffalo is actually our main character for most of this, theres really only like one scene where we see whats going on behind the scenes for our magicians. the apartment fight scene was awesome. the twist at the end was so damn stupid. i also really dislike that they used so much cgi in this, it wouldve been a 3 or 3.5 if they made the magic here as real as possible. also, fuck this camera work dude every single shot the camera is spinning and im ngl noticing that made me slightly sick 🤢

2.5

Burmese

撚樣 [Lun Yurn] (2011)

Noisecore, Noise Rock

Grindcore, Sludge Metal, Powerviolence

chaotic, female vocalist, aggressive, noisy, avant-garde

feb24

i lowkey didnt wanna listen to anything new so another relisten entry.

just ridiculous. some of these songs feel like no one could have written them they are so stupid (genius), and nothing else, all female extreme metal included, really covers the same area as Burmese does here. of course the star of the show is the final track. proto encenathrakh free bdm type stuff? though its more like grindcore type playing, and its also multiple takes at once, putting it closer to the end of Meshuggah’s spoiler: click to read. still, very respectable and highly appreciated.

4

Masonna

Ejaculation Generater (1996)

Harsh Noise

manic, noisy, heavy, raw, avant-garde

feb24

honestly still so insane to me. i absolutely love the ethos here and just how much Masonna is actually able to accomplish in this format. maybe the closest to “noise grindcore” ever? something i found interesting was that for this project (and especially this era of it) he took a lot of influences from psychedelic music (hence the cover?) and relistening to it knowing that it makes a lot of sense. a lot of the noise here feels so colourful and trippy i guess and there is a weird smoothness to everything that i dont hear in any other noise really. it really never gets old, i need to continue tapping into his other stuff

4

#4U

Nightvision VIP (2021) [Single]

Rawstyle

Cloud Rap

cold, dense, rhythmic, male vocalist

feb24

🤷🏻‍♀️

you know how i feel ab it

2.5

Forever United

Score Like Salah (2021) [Single]

Wave, Cloud Rap, Chicago Drill

Trance, Witch House

heavy, repetitive, ethereal, male vocalist, cold

feb24

feels like a pretty average 4U track to me. he really likes soccer. i bet itll hit hard in the car

3

The Black Dahlia Murder

What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse (2001) [Additional release]

Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal

Deathcore

heavy, energetic, aggressive, melodic, raw

jan24

its melo death/core. what youd expect and i does it decently. not much else to say

3

Annabelle (2014)

jan24

gf wants to get thru the conjuring universe.

im a bit conflicted. on one hand, this is pretty predictable and whatever, not to mention how little it cares about world building (something i loved about the conjuring) and the whole magical black character shitわ? oh my lord 😭

on the other hand, this is shot just beautifully. wonderful stills, curious and anxious handhelds; i love the shots of the doll - we never see any actual movement, the doll doesnt do anything, yet its the center of attention for this whole movie. very wonderful scares here and there as well.

ill have to think on this more. for now, no rating.

n/a

Sogobi (2002)

jan24

as expected, this one feels a lot less like a documentary than the previous two installations and more like a meditation. some real beautiful shots of the california wilderness in this. despite avoiding humans entirely, the human presence is nonetheless very relevant and sometimes impossible to ignore in this. highways built into mountains, dirt roads for military personnel, waterways for big freight ships to slowly pass through, quarries and forest fires to strip the earth. in some ways, this is kind of what i wanted from El valley centro. this feels like a very true yet abstract way to dissect its subject. benning always reminding us that no area is safe from mankind. the shot of the helicopter taking water from a secluded mountain lake, a scarred and barren dirt plane with nothing but two out of commission fence posts. it feels like a proper summation of what he aimed to do with his california trilogy.

its interesting to me how he aimed to tie each film together with beginning and ending clips, stating that its all one big puzzle. ill have to think on that some more.

3

Destroyer Destroyer

Littered With Arrows (2007)

Mathcore, Grindcore

Sass, Technical Death Metal

aggressive, heavy, male vocalist, chaotic, manic

jan24

eh it was pretty good going into this when the songs were shorter and more grind focused but the end run of tracks got pretty long and tried to be all sludge which they dont really pull off in a super engaging way so i was crazy bored as fuck

3

Tower of Rome

All Is Lost, All Is Lost, All Is Yet to Be Found (2004)

Grindcore, Mathcore, Sass

chaotic, cryptic, aggressive, energetic, dissonant

jan24

maybe even better titles? this production isnt as good but i actually kind of fw it a lot the kicks sound triggered lol. otherwise its kind of the same material as ww1. good ping

3.5

Tower of Rome

World War 1 (2006)

Grindcore, Mathcore, Sass

war, aggressive, energetic, chaotic, raw

jan24

pretty solid sassmathgrind nonsense. funny titles. the production is like perfect for this kind of music. stays for exactly as long as you need it to

3.5

Sunny Day Real Estate

Novum vetus (2024) [Additional release]

Midwest Emo, Alternative Rock

Post-Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Rock

male vocalist, poetic, breakup, longing, melancholic

jan24

alright. so. Sdre 30 anniv diary tour, and theyre back (new music). its kind of what you might expect from this sort of very long overdue sophisti-alt-rock reunion and oh its 7 minutes too so really i dont think any of this is catching me off guard. it doesnt really go anywhere, but the guitars sound lovely and i enjoy the atmosphere towards the end. not big on jeremy’s vocals but i can look past them. drums sound very sterile? not quality but the actual way theyre being played here, dont love that snare. curious to see what comes next.

3

Los (2001)

jan24

part 2. focuses on los angeles. i suppose the most enlightening part about this is just how big the city really is. benning is able to capture 35 totally unique shots of very different areas, with plenty of different feelings and moods. there is of course a greater emphasis in this one on human life. i suppose it makes for a more visually stimulating experience, but i prefer his shots of nature more. maybe im too cynical.

again, this feels much too close to a documentary to rate. something tells me though that i wont feel the same about sogobi… we’ll have to see what tomorrow holds, im too tired for anymore landscape cinema tonight.

n/a

El valley centro (1999)

jan24

starting his california trilogy. if you dont know, each movie is ~90 min of 35 different 150 second still shots of whatever the subject matter might be.

El Valley Centro focuses on juxtaposing human technology with the natural beauty of the great central valley. it seems pretty obvious to me, that this is a very eco aware documentary. ginormous natural gas fires placed side by side serene forests and vast bodies of water, huge areas of land culled for a profit. its interesting, but i wouldnt say it strikes any profoundly resonant chords within me. the images benning presents are quite plain, telling me that he isn’t necessarily taking a strong stance, rather its just simply a showcasing.

this work feels much too close to a documentary then some of his other, a bit more abstract and touching works, so i have a hard time rating it really. perhaps after watching all of the trilogy my mind might be a bit more open to rating

n/a

Untitled

I (2011)

Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

god bless ramirez for uploading just about everything hes ever done to his bandcamp.

decent wall, good to clean to, im excited to dig through the rest of this series

3

The Sick Tour

Rita (2005)

Harsh Noise Wall

Drone

jan24

the rita… wait?!

really boring droning wall stuff. story seems pretty sad though. weird that this very american release was distributed thru a UK label lol

2.5

An Innocent Young Throat-Cutter

Lately (2013)

Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

took my car to walmart today for an oil change. shitわ took like 3 hours because they broke some plastic thing inside and needed to call a special guy to buy a new part and replace it lol. was a bit peeved but in the end its chill.

a big buzzing first wall that doesnt do much for me. i did like the second one to some extent, i wish it was the longer of the two

3

Corrupted

Llenandose de gusanos (1999)

Drone Metal, Dark Ambient

Funeral Doom Metal, Ambient

ominous, atmospheric, heavy, winter, lethargic

jan24

spoilers

spoiler: click to read

3

A Summer Scene

More Than a Memory (2011) [EP]

Pop Punk

Easycore, Power Pop

anthemic, longing, male vocalist

jan24

a batch of similar tracks to their other ep, but i like this one less. seems like they played it a bit too safe

2.5

Zubrowska

One on Six (2003)

Deathcore, Mathcore

Grindcore

heavy, aggressive, chaotic, male vocalist, dark

jan24

very spastic myspace mathcore. this was pretty fun, but im going to wait to see if i ever want to come back and raise the score or not

3

Thumbscrew

Enlightenment (2020) [Compilation]

Mathcore

Grindcore

heavy, aggressive, energetic, dissonant, chaotic

jan24

last two entries vvvvv

3

Thumbscrew

Within Hearts of Redemption (2006) [EP]

Mathcore

Grindcore

uncommon time signatures, male vocalist, manic, chaotic, noisy

jan24

here we go. way darker and more abrasive, plus theres a hint of ping so you know im finna enjoy this. the last track was pretty cringey but overall i liked this way more than their debut

3.5

Thumbscrew

All is Quiet (2004)

Mathcore, Grindcore

Grindcore

heavy, raw, passionate, aggressive, angry

jan24

decent mathcore, strong personality, but it left me wanting more for some reason. i respect the last track even though its a bit cheesy

3

...Of Death

Build a Bridge and Get Over It (2003) [EP]

Emoviolence, Screamo, Sass

Noise Rock

aggressive, raw, noisy, lo-fi, androgynous vocals

jan24

a bit better. thanks to a studio setting everything just sounds cleaner, but also there is a bit more effort put into tje songwriting here. the vocals are still pretty ridiculous, do these tracks even have lyrics?

really amazing cover also. i love the three little stars they use for the ellipses in their name

3

...Of Death

Winter Demo 2001 (2001) [Additional release]

Emoviolence

raw, aggressive, androgynous vocals, angry

jan24

i forgot to rate this yesterday. i wonder what else ive forgotten to rate… best not to think about that too hard.

its pretty boring but the vocals are fucking insane they sound like hello kitty suicide club lol

2.5

.crrust

Pain Is a Mere Sensation (2007)

Mathcore, Progressive Metal

Drone Metal, Electronic, Post-Hardcore, Ambient, Screamo, Avant-Garde Metal, Industrial

manic, aggressive, complex, technical, atmospheric

jan24

all that potential and momentum just to cop out with some boring idm…

good posthardcore leaning mathcore stuff they blend songs together really naturally but like it said it falls completely off at the end.

3

The Forgotten Archetype

The Forgotten Archetype (2007) [EP]

Deathgrind, Electropop, Avant-Garde Metal

Electronicore, Cybergrind, Pop Rap, Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Black Metal

humorous, eclectic, chaotic, technical, playful

jan24

surprisingly good for what it is. the grind parts are crazy, but these guys lose focus a little too easily. if they fixed some of tje production issues and worked on meshing these genres just a wee bit better then id like this a whole lot more

3

Small Roads (2011)

jan24

lol watching news from home hella reinvigorated my desire to watch everything benning has put out so hopefully over next few days i can get some viewings in

decades into his career and he is still fascinated with american landscapes and culture. each shot gives us enough time to take in the full breadth of the space before a car or two pass by, then benning moves onto the next in a similar fashion. a lot of diversity in these shots as well, filming in all kinds of biomes and climates.

3.5

News From Home (1976)

jan24

watched with fuckcomments.

beautiful shots. i wasnt expecting this to be so sad. i dont know i dont have a lot to say about it. the reflection shot was amazing, as was the final shot. seeing the twin towers is sad

3.5

Alaizabel Cray

Alaizabel Cray (2008) [EP]

Deathcore

jan24

if they tuned down just a little more it would be better probably. painfully boring deathcore stuff

2.5

Loli Hymen Buffet

Weeaboos Get on My Level (2016)

Gabber, Lolicore

jan24

gabber experiment tracks with stutter looped anime samples on them. i can see why this project did not really take off.

2.5

A Summer Scene

Story for Your Friends (2010) [EP]

Pop Punk, Emo-Pop

anthemic, rebellious, male vocalist

jan24

warm emo pop stuff. its cute, catchy, hard to hate one

3

Audeka

Business Box (2014) [EP]

Neurohop

Drumfunk, Tech House

jan24

its good neurohop but hes still doing ridiculously stupid EDM shitわ with silly samples and stupid live music implementation. fuck that jazz song.

3

Fuck the Facts

Desire Will Rot (2015)

Grindcore, Mathcore

Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal

aggressive, female vocalist, chaotic, heavy, complex

jan24

well, 12 years later, what has FUCK THE FACTS been up to? well for one Mel got even better at vocals, and i believe here she is also joined by one of their guitarists which definitely adds a nice dynamic to the songs. they also shaved off a lot of their violent mathy tendencies it seems and play a more straightforward, slightly sludgy and depressive kind of grindcore that i found to be both decently exciting and quite unique. unfortunately though, they still suffer from the really mindless autopilot soft passages. this is also a bit on the longer side (i know 38 min is not long at all but in terms of what these guys are doing it might as well be a 2xLP) and wouldve really benefited from a more tight tracklisting. still, i enjoyed it. i may dig further later

3

Fuck the Facts

Backstabber Etiquette (2003)

Grindcore, Mathcore, Deathgrind

Deathgrind

dark, female vocalist, chaotic, manic, disturbing

jan24

well fuckcomments watched Slave to the Grind: A Film About Grindcore which featured Mel Mongeon the singer of FUCK THE FACTS and you know im always looking for more female fronted extreme metal so i just had to tap the fuck in.

definitely violent and mathy, but they do a lot of boring softer passages that kind of hold this back for me.

3

Portal

Hagbulbia (2021)

Noise, Death Industrial, Black Ambient

Black Noise, Dark Ambient

mysterious, dissonant, infernal, male vocalist, noisy

jan24

PUREACIDHELL puts it best into words here, so you should read that, but yes, pure textural existential cosmic horror portal, always shifting distant whispering in your ears always indecipherable never familiar. up against the rest of portals discog i obviously dont think this is their strongest or even a fair contender for a great portal album, but its still a noteworthy and respectable entry in their discography. its great that even a band like portal is able to subvert expectations and polarize audiences even further.

3

Slipknot

Iowa (2001)

Nu Metal

Death Metal, Groove Metal

aggressive, misanthropic, angry, hateful, heavy

jan24

growing up i was always fed the idea that all nu metal was worthless. industry plant musicians picked up by major labels to whine and complain so that 14 year olds in hot topics would buy their music and merchandise. soulless, pointless edginess, packaged and sold for a decent profit.

all that i can hear on this album is nothing but ambition and vision. a lot of boiling emotions and fantastic, cathartic performances. corey is a really talented singer. i dont always love his lyrics and his clean passages can be wild swing hit or misses, but hes undoubtedly good at what he does. its crazy this is only an hour long, they pack in so many ideas across a bunch of different songs and it never drags on or loses its charm. i also respect the fuck out of the outro track. i know its kind of not the best execution but i appreciate the dedication to ending with a bang.

3.5

Alessa

My Brother Was Eaten by Wolves on the Connecticut Turnpike (2008) [EP]

Screamo

jan24

decent skramz. i might actually come back to this or visit the rest of their discog later

3

A Crisis Andrea

Demo (2004) [EP]

Post-Hardcore, Metalcore

Emo

male vocalist

jan24

another very forgettable very emo little release but honestly if the production was better and they honed in the songwriting just a little more itd be pretty good

2.5

A Day in the Life

Nine Reasons to Say Goodbye (2002)

Emo-Pop, Pop Punk

Skate Punk, Post-Hardcore, Emo

urban, romantic, male vocalist, energetic, dense

jan24

very very emo lol. i cant really stand his vocals but otherwise nothing is like memorable at all. theres passion though ill say that

2.5

Random Number

The Fact That I Did (2001) [EP]

IDM

Flashcore

jan24

thanks for the files greentop

something tells me this guys entire discog is a gold mine, somehow went totally under the radar from the looks of it too. really heartfelt meticulous idm stuff. im gonna search for his other stuff later

3.5

Audeka

Masada / Blood Magic (2013) [Single]

Brostep

Neurohop

jan24

more festival friendly sounding neuro stuff. quite slow and not so technical either. doesnt hold a candle to what hes actually capable of

2.5

Meticulous Butchery

Quasi-Sentient Decentralization (2023) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind

Slam Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

chaotic, manic, aggressive, heavy, rhythmic

jan24

a lot more spacious, which allows the fusion/atmospheric elements i mentioned earlier to come even further forward. this thing sounds seriously alien at times. i dont know which i prefer more - i love the chugging slammage of the first ep but appreciate the boundary pushing sound of this one as well.

3.5

Meticulous Butchery

Induced Serotonergic Despoliation (2021) [EP]

Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

heavy, raw, complex, technical, aggressive

jan24

at first quite dense and unassuming, but in the second track begins to reveal its true intentions. moments of fusion and more technical and withdrawn playing are sprinkled throughout the last two tracks that add a really strange layer of atmosphere to this release which i like.

3.5

Snuff Prom

White Stuff (2004)

Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

decent wall. a lot better than Wish You Were Here / Crush on Student Bodies. quite subdued

3

Neoandertals

Neander Valley (2005) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal

Avant-Garde Metal, Technical Death Metal, Brutal Prog, Free Improvisation

prehistory

jan24

about what i expected from a neoandertals demo. the drums arent so busy here, and the vocals are just a bit too loud and dry. paves the way for some craxy stuff to come though

3

Brodequin

Of Pillars and Trees (2024) [Single]

Brutal Death Metal

Deathgrind

heavy, aggressive, rhythmic, violence, male vocalist

jan24

holy shit! this has me so excited for the new full length, some crazy dynamics (FOR BRODEQUIN? RIGHT?) on here. starts off ridiculously dense and face melting then miraculously turns into some atmospheric brutality in the second half. really well done too doesnt come off cringe as hell oh we are so back

3.5

The Empty Tomb

The Empty Tomb (2009) [EP]

Slam Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

jan24

so insane. at times the constant blasts and ridiculous chugging feel like enmity. this thing is also mastered loud and fat as fuck which is so cool. super short and sweet, a lot of fun. wish they made more then just this but it looks like i may just have to investigate the members’ other projects

3.5

Minipony

Ajna (2022)

Djent

Avant-Garde Metal

heavy, female vocalist, aggressive, quirky, rhythmic

jan24

on the hunt for some female fronted djent and this seemed promising but unfortunately the worst part about this is… the vocals! she’s no doubt talented but her style is just way too all over the place and is reminiscent of all of the worst tropes of nu metal in combination with some melt banana ear grating shrieks. i dont think the music is competent enough to make up for that either. it’s respectable and well put together; technically impressive at times and there are lots of great ideas being thrown around but nothing feels cohesive enough for me. i wanted to like this more, but its probably going to take a considerable style switch up or evolution before i can say i rlly fw these guys

2.5

Euclid C Finder

The Mirror, My Weapon, I Love You (2023)

Mathcore, Sass, Grindcore

manic, aggressive, dissonant, chaotic, uncommon time signatures

jan24

by the numbers mathsass that is respectably technical but not at all convincing enough to warrant further investigation. plus the vocals kind of suck

2.5

Audeka

Texture Pack (2014) [EP]

Electronic Dance Music

Brostep, Halftime, Neurohop

jan24

ridiculous. every drop is crazy stank maxxing and the sound design so damn good. think on relistens this might be a 4. super great drums too this shitわ feels so much more mature than the Dice ep

3.5

Audeka

Dice n' Flow EP (2013) [EP]

Neurohop, Dubstep

Halftime

jan24

decent neuro stuff. theres some silliness in here that holds it back for me though (like those realistic sounding funk bass lines). the end of Dope Day was fucking crazy though

3

Hong Kong Fuck You

Third World Fighting Music (2020) [EP]

Powerviolence

Noisecore

manic, aggressive, energetic, dissonant, chaotic

jan24

always skeptical going into PV but this wasnt bad. super fast and to the point, quite violent as well.

3

Sky Eats Airplane

Everything Perfect on the Wrong Day (2006)

Nintendocore, Metalcore

Chiptune, IDM

male vocalist, cryptic, poetic, energetic, melodic

jan24

not nearly as grating as people make it out to be. trust me, there are much worse nintendocore projects out there. in fact, this is quite a melodically sound and well put together release all things considered.

3

Deadbeat Nightlife

Deadbeat Nightlife (2009) [EP]

Mall Screamo, Melodic Metalcore, Post-Hardcore

Emo-Pop

heavy, raw, melodic, love, male vocalist

jan24

i guess it must just be how my girlfriends speakers sound but when she played this i thought it fucking sucked. listening now though i liked it a lot more. very very emo. the version on spotify has some bonus tracks, i wonder where these came from? hmm…

3

Slipknot

Slipknot (1999)

Nu Metal

Rap Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal, Avant-Garde Metal

aggressive, misanthropic, heavy, manic, violence

jan24

less nu metal than korn, i think, and its honestly quite heavy. there being 9 damn members in this band means that every track is ambitious and filled to the brim with ideas and sounds. some miss, some hit, but its surprising how well they are able to pull off such a maximalist approach to this kind of music. im a bit excited for Iowa, it seems like it might be their peak

3

Ghost TV General Disinterest Film (2020)

jan24

i wish you could send me more recommendations

n/a

Vildhjarta

Måsstaden under vatten (2021)

Thall, Djent, Progressive Metal

Post-Metal, Downtempo Deathcore

uncommon time signatures, atmospheric, heavy, rhythmic, dissonant

jan24

just fuckin beautiful. amazing djent with some gorgeous reverb guitar melodies on top sounds so atmospheric and never gets old, genuinely emotional playing here, i love how much material there is to dig into here this feels like an album that you cant truly understand the machinations of unless you fucking made it. there are some clean vocal sections that i dont like but otherwise this is basically awesome.

3.5 for now

LeftyFish

Hello Kittie's Spank (2018)

Mathcore, Avant-Garde Jazz

Grindcore, Brutal Prog, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Metal, Sass, Jazz Fusion

manic, technical, female vocalist, avant-garde, chaotic

jan24

fucking off the wall total technical zany jazz metal incest child.

CHALLENGE MODE: DO NOT MENTION ANY BANDS WHEN TRYING TO DESCRIBE LEFTYFISH

every track is intricate, precise, feels so meticulous in how they find space for the double vocals, sax, piano, guitar AND the grinding drums but it never feels choked out, sterile or mechanical. there is a very loose feeling to the whole album despite the band being tight as fuck. the sax screams never get old, the piano adds a crazy new layer to all the ridiculous shredding on the guitars, and her fucking vocals are so awesome. when she isnt bird chirping or screeching she has these really fucking intense hatred gutturals that sound so aggressive literally fills me with such hype when i hear them. it’s unfortunate they have not released anything else yet, i could probably listen to another 10 albums of this shitわ

the ending to the title track is beautiful as fuck

4

Attack Attack!

Attack Attack! (2010)

Electronicore, Metalcore

Mall Screamo

energetic, male vocalist, playful, longing, Christian

jan24

loses the natural humour, heaviness, and earworm catchiness of the first album. way too by the numbers (unless its a rap bit. which is so painful).

2

Sailing Before the Wind

Sanctuary (2016) [EP]

Metalcore, Melodic Metalcore

Deathcore

male vocalist, heavy, aggressive, rhythmic, bittersweet

jan24

the breakdowns are good and the melodic parts are actually hella beautiful i may relisten just to hear that shitわ again his vocals are pretty annoying though

3

Uneven Structure

Februus (2011)

Djent, Progressive Metal, Post-Metal

Ambient, Space Ambient

atmospheric, heavy, uncommon time signatures, dense, ethereal

jan24

ehhh idk i mean its not poorly made the djents are good but its too symphonic for me (not literally). finale was good though. i dont likd tje clean vocals

2.5

Ion Dissonance

Breathing Is Irrelevant (2003)

Mathcore

Deathcore

chaotic, dissonant, technical, complex, aggressive

jan24

fun mathcore. i was gonna tap into their newest but the vocals suck a lot and i prefer this tighter drum sound

3

Lets Be Friends

IOA (2013) [EP]

Complextro

Speed House

jan24

much more concise and in terms of bangers way better than ep1, while still showing off all of their different styles. still some heavy knife party worship but its good.

3.5

Lets Be Friends

FTW (2014) [Single]

Complextro

Festival Progressive House

energetic, sampling, sports, chaotic, rhythmic

jan24

this might be their magnum opus though. a total maturation of their sound that transcends the skrillex/knife party worship of everything that they released prior. really elegant structure with some masterful production, a drop that is both banging and melodic asf, super memorable just so awesome. i think the only problem i have is that the transition to the last drop is kind of wonky

3.5

Lets Be Friends

Manslaughter (VIP Mix) (2013) [Single]

Moombahcore

sampling, aggressive, energetic, chaotic, dense

jan24

they literally took out everything from the original track that weighed it down, totally rebuilt it from the ground up and its honestly so much better. really great build up and then its just nasty bass drop after nasty bass drop. crazy chopping wubs and it feels like it leans into some lowkey riddim territory with how wild it gets. i remember how fucking hyped i was when this came out, still holds up to this day

3.5

Lets Be Friends

Lets Be Friends EP 1 (2013) [EP]

Drumstep

Moombahcore, Complextro

energetic, sampling, party

jan24

im not sure why i felt compelled to revisit these guys’ entire discog again but here i am.

despite riding the coattails of knife party and skrillex pretty damn hard, they actually bring a surprisingly great combination of styles to the table that makes their music still worthwhile and honestly dare i say even a bit influential? they were able to capture a sound knife party had been working on and fuse it with the more sophisticated brostep and sound design trademarks of skrillex. the result is a fairly listenable and sometimes kind of impressive 6 track ep. i wont lie, its a major product of its time. the reggae elements still sound bad, a handful of the drops are way too silly to enjoy, and there are weird choices made here and there that come off very amateurish. still, i cant hate on this at all. i get why i loved it so much in middle school.

3

Battery Suspects

Catch (2003)

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

noisy

jan24

weird anomaly sounds super digital but is obv all analogue. strangely thin and melodic.

3

Central Intelligence (2016)

jan24

the rock carries here i love his charisma and hes a funny actor. his character is pretty funny too. the CIA plot that this follows is like ridiculously confusing sometimes but i was having fun throughout the whole thing so i really cant say it sucked at all. im not crazy about kevin hart but he does a decent job here hes not super over the top but he knows when to deliver a funny ass line. the ending was pretty gay

3

Kraanium

No Respect for the Dead (2002) [Additional release]

Brutal Death Metal

heavy

jan24

well, it is their demo so i guess i cant be too hard on them but this is so very boring. they do weird deathcore kinda vocal switch offs which is interesting i guess

2.5

Origin

Omnipresent (2014)

Technical Death Metal

Brutal Death Metal

heavy, technical, aggressive, male vocalist

jan24

sadly, fuckcomments was right that the best track here is the shortest grind track. otherwise, its mostly just good bdm. they do some interesting more death metal inspired parts here and there that make this sort of stand out just a bit from the crowd but i dont think id ever listen to it again

3

The Alliance - Producer Army

Trance Party 4 (2012) [Mixtape]

Instrumental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Trance, Wave, Trap

sampling, ethereal, rhythmic

jan24

honestly, its about as good as the first one, and maybe i like it even more. its wickedly consistent, 90 tracks and i literally never felt bored once listening to this. theres only a handful of tracks id probably consider skipping but in total this is very good. some beautiful ass samples in here

3.5

Shellac

At Action Park (1994)

Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore, Math Rock

Pigfuck

raw, dissonant, rhythmic, angry, male vocalist

jan24

undeniably groovy and nasty. its not something id listen to again but it was fun. really cool song ideas. im not huge on the vocals

3

Bizarre Uproar

Bunker Sessions (2007)

Harsh Noise

aggressive, dissonant, chaotic, noisy, infernal

jan24

if only each track was 14 seconds longer…

crazy ass harsh noise take on noisecore, though really its more like a power electronics take on masonna to me. its awesome, not much else to say

3.5

SpaceGhostPurrp-Muney Jordan

NASA the Mixtape (2010) [Mixtape]

Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

Memphis Rap, Trap, Dirty South, G-Funk, Cloud Rap

space, humorous, lo-fi, vulgar, drugs

jan24

i suppose i just dont get it quite yet. its good, love how sgp flows over these songs, but aside from a couple tracks nothing stuck to me too hard. friday is so damn good though. i love the loud ass samples too lol

3

Effluence

Destructive Transfixed Incorporeality (2024) [EP]

Avant-Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Sound Collage, Gorenoise, Electroacoustic

manic, surreal, dark, aggressive, dissonant

jan24

pretty ridiculous. in some ways their least dense material ive heard so far. also a good bit of slammage on the first two tracks, but of course the star of the show is the last one. real unsettling, the vocals being kind of quieter intensifies that. curious to see where they continue to go from here

3.5

猫 シ Corp. [Cat System Corp.]

Palm Mall (2014)

Mallsoft, Ambient

Field Recordings

sampling, lethargic, soothing, atmospheric, mellow

jan24

just trying to fucking play skeleton dude everytime i get to the labs i cant die in a necro circle or i die outside of one so stressful to get melting to that point too requires so much mental fortitude

pretty boring but i guess its "well made". cool tracklisting translates well for vinyl i think

2.5

luvlxckdown

Give Yourself a Hug (2020) [Single]

Hyperpop, Digicore

Drum and Bass, Electropop

male vocalist

jan24

OH MY GODDDD YES HYPERPOP AND BREAKCORE THIS IS GOING TO BE SO CATHARTIC AND TERMINALLY ONLINE

some vocal melodies werent bad

2.5

Yorohaerte

Switch (2023) [Single]

Cloud Rap

jan24

well i was supposed to listen to like 12253 singles with mlp covers but a lot of them taken down from soundcloud so fml i guess heres 2

super boring tries to be funny doesnt work

2.5

That Same Street

Demo (2020) [Additional release]

Screamo, Midwest Emo

Emoviolence

lo-fi, raw, bittersweet, manic, sad

jan24

actually... not that bad at all? i saw fucking electronicore whatever nonsense vocaloid and im like oh great another shitty INDIE BEDROOM NOISE SCRAMZ NIGHTCORE project but this is actually some solid pretty straight up screamo. but it looks like later releases utilize the vocaloid, not sure if ill tap into more of this

3

Carrion Crawler

Blubber Mound (1998) [Additional release]

Grindcore

jan24

lole. the fact that anyone could mistake this for enmity is just hilarious. i suppose its fair in a way since the dude in enmity literally sent this as their demo but cmon, be a little skeptical.

i dont really know what to make of it. a youtube comment that likened this to No Le$$ and Plutocracy grouped them all under the term "dankcore" so i guess thats what it is. so far, not a huge dankcore fan. its silly, its sloppy, but if youre going to be silly and sloppy you need to be charismatic, and this just doesnt have charisma. i guess its worth looking into if youre into weirdo metal. some kind of litmus test

2.5

Meshuggah

Destroy Erase Improve (1995)

Djent, Progressive Metal

Technical Thrash Metal, Groove Metal

technical, uncommon time signatures, aggressive, mechanical, futuristic

jan24

continuing the shuggers track ratings.

unfortunately, to the detriment of this album, they had to include Future Breed Machine. not only is it the best song here, but in my opinion i think that it is so good it kind of hurts the entire rest of this. only worse that its first too. this is a good album though. lots of cool stand out moments spread throughout, and they take on an interesting fusion style that they never do on any other albums, so its certainly worth exploring for anyone interested in the band.

3.5

The Used

In Love and Death (2004)

Emo-Pop, Post-Hardcore, Mall Screamo

Mall Screamo, Pop Rock

love, death, male vocalist, passionate, melodic

jan24

i was going to round out 100DR!!!'s discog but those last 2 releases really put me out of the mood.

this is... good? i guess? its kind of an important album i think because this literally predicted Black Parade and Danger Days and then shit like Pierce the Veil and friends, but at the same time bites so hard on everything MCR had already done up to this point (fittingly released just months after Three Cheers... hmm). they do a lot more upbeat instrumentals here and a slew of theatrical vocal deliveries that you either hella fw or die of crige when you hear. if it wasnt already apparent enough how much these guys were worshipping MCR they literally name drop them in the lyrics of the first song :sob:

that said though i really cant hate on this, its competent and theyre good songwriters, i wasnt bored at all and even though the hooks or parts arent as cathartic or memorable as on their s/t, its still good stuff.

3

100DEADRABBITS

Do Reploids Dream of Electric Sheep? (2007) [EP]

Cybergrind, Deathcore

Nintendocore

angry, male vocalist, lo-fi, sampling, raw

jan24

that makes 3 different releases by this band that all contain the track "Nightmare" (unchanged, as i recall) as the second track.

again, really really boring.

2.5

100DEADRABBITS

Teeth (2007) [EP]

Nintendocore, Deathcore

Cybergrind

jan24

another release with "Nightmare" on it. more electronic than guardians - doesnt work out in their favour. very boring.

2.5

100DEADRABBITS

Guardians (2008) [EP]

Nintendocore, Deathcore

Cybergrind

heavy, lo-fi, sampling, aggressive, male vocalist

jan24

randomly compelled to revisit this and then listen to some more of their stuff.

my biggest problem with this is honestly the production. i know, i shouldnt expect so much from shortlived myspace nintendocore and thats true but god damn, listen to that intro track! it sounds fucking crazy, its lowkey some djent. why on earth they did not tap into that production for the entire rest of this? beyond me. wouldve probably made this a 3.5 if im being honest. would stand out a lot too.

otherwise, my opinion is unchanged on this. rainbow road is kind of amazing though, honestly emotional second half and songs like that give me hope that one day my endless trawling of this shitty cyber nintendo death slop will uncover a band who took themselves just seriously enough and had just enough talent to crank out a demo of the most exciting, heavy and emotionally charged music in this style before never releasing anything ever again. one day.

3

Veil of Maya

All Things Set Aside (2006)

Deathcore

Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Djent

heavy, progressive, aggressive, energetic, dense

jan24

i really like the cover.

its probably the best of their earlier works. a bit more focused on deathcore, they hadnt yet figured out the djent tone, but dont let that fool you - this thing is about as djenty as you can get without an 8 string. very technical. its not great but its fun, i enjoyed a lot of the breakdowns and even melodies they sometimes throw into the mix. for some reason they thought it was a good idea to end the album with a memphis rap song?

3

I, Frankenstein (2014)

jan24

no better movie to double feature the zone of interest with. other than maybe norbit

pete1 — Yesterday at 8:16 AM

did you like it

rocktism — Yesterday at 8:16 AM

the fight scenes are pretty well done i think

even with all of the cgi they use

good martial arts lol

it highkey had a crazy amount of mythos

pete1 — Yesterday at 8:19 AM

Might watch today

fooly — Yesterday at 9:58 AM

I rewatched TFW NO GF

Agin last night

n/a

The Zone of Interest (2023)

jan24

been mulling over this entry for a couple days now. feel like im not in the right position to be so properly reviewing something like this yet, i do have my thoughts, but they arent so organized. as best i can ill just jot down some of what came to mind while i watched this

i really like how Glazer asks us just to listen in the beginning. some people compare the beginning overture to a "blinking" moment - our eyes are closed in the beginning, and then we 'unblink' - but thats something i'd associate more with the methods used in Landscape Suicide or even Love. i know Glazer to be quite the visual storyteller, that much is true. so to me, opening with a black screen (nothing) and just music tells me that what we are about to watch places an emphasis on listening. just listen. and its true. i dont particularly think the visuals or composition in most of these shots are necessarily "beautiful", certainly not on par with the visual monster that Under the Skin is, they seem second priority to Glazer, and, as i said, the audio is what is really important here to me. Usually sparse dialogue only further helps to bring the background noise, the gunshots and industrial machinery and agony from across the concrete fence right front and center. the camera work is cold, almost always still, distant, as detached as it could possibly be, Glazer trying as hard as he can to simply be a spectator, but not even he can escape the anguish and weight of this injustice. In particular, im thinking of the shot where spoiler: click to read.

the shots spoiler: click to read took me by total surprise. im... still not quite sure what to think of them entirely. i'll say this though: in a lot of ways, they remind me of Lars Von Trier. specifically, in The House That Jack Built when Jack explains to Virge spoiler: click to read. also during these scenes an unsettling score plays, much like in the comparable scene within Jack.

and the ending was just ridiculous. floored me. maybe one of the best transcendental scenes of all fucking time? surely a top 10.

4

A Love Ends Suicide

New Blood (2009) [Single]

Melodic Metalcore

jan24

going thru the myspace archive project and downloading a bunch of shitわ that looks interesting.

its a good song. im not crazy ab the vocals but i like the guitars and the last half of this was pretty emotional

3

No Le$$

Boxed In (1997) [EP]

Powerviolence

Sound Collage, Grindcore, Experimental Rock

noisy, sampling, dissonant, chaotic, violence

jan24

i mean… its… im not sure how to feel about it? its definitely super weirdo grind which i appreciate - crazy sample collages and style mashing, shitわ feels like a tornado - but i seriously could not get into this. when it isnt boring af its just kind of annoying? i dont know.

the hiphop samples remind me of dripping

2.5

Haemorrhaging Fetus

Parasite (2008) [EP]

Harsh Noise Wall

Harsh Noise

jan24

so intense. crazy that this is live because the quality is really nice for what it is. i felt like i could barely make out some stuff in the background. love the harsh noise undertones too

4

Dipset Trance Party

Dipset Trance Party 3 (2011) [Mixtape]

Instrumental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Trance, Wave

female vocalist, sampling, ethereal, rhythmic

jan24

again, not quite as good as 1, but i certainly prefer this over 2. not much else to say

3

Florian Hidden

Harsh Noise Wall (2016) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

im kind of surprised im the first one to be rating this, but i guess its a pretty non canonical longer release - a random one off of Ivan’s that was all apparently recorded and released in just a few months, the only surviving piece of its existence is this compilation’s bandcamp page.

i really like the presentation here. its very plain and straightforward. all 10 parts of the Black Death series, as well as three of the albums that followed. the only thing not included here is Low Blossoming. i wonder why.

all in all, its a rather decent collection of some harsher, bigger feeling walls. occasionally very lightly dips into some ANW textures but never loses its rough edge. very consistent, but there are highlights. i cant say i really recommend it - youre probably better off listening to one of the longer releases by vomir/wallmaster/necrotik fissure

3

Eastern Promises (2007)

jan24

i mean. its not horrible. its pretty boring though. cronenberg's story telling is clearly not as sharp as it needed to be for this. i found that the combination of a lot of the shots, actors, performances and music really took the serious edge off of this for me (which is obviously not a good thing). the spoiler: click to read fight scene was brilliant though.

2.5

Veil of Maya

[id] (2010)

Deathcore, Djent

Progressive Metal

technical, energetic, aggressive, heavy, male vocalist

jan24

early VoM suffers for me because of the very thin and quiet production. makes everything hit less hard. there are good moments here - some standout riffs/djents and nice melodies - but by and far its a very average djent/deathcore album.

3

Dipset Trance Party

Dipset Trance Party 2 (2011) [Mixtape]

Instrumental Hip Hop, Cloud Rap

Trance, Trap

female vocalist, sampling, ethereal, rhythmic

jan24

its good, but honestly a bit of a step down from 1. theres a couple misfires here, and in general the highs just arent as high as they were on 1. still good, but i do have to dock points. the bonus tracks were… lol

3

ATM (2012)

jan24

just stupid. i dont have a problem with the plot - i like horror pseudo chamber films like this - but i just cant buy any of this. paints the killer out to be some super organized and methodical mastermind but he is clearly very sloppy and impulsive. and its like the characters didnt even care about surviving. i dont know its dumb. its thrilling and i like the concept the performances were aight but meh

2

Tristam

I Remember (2012) [Single]

Moombahcore

Melodic Dubstep

repetitive, atmospheric, energetic, rhythmic, melodic

jan24

a similar sound to what he was doing on Truth, but i think its a bit less focused on constructing a real narrative and instead is just a straight ahead moombah track. vague and slightly emotional lyrics that could probably be impactful but are kind of just ear filler to me now. lovely melodies. the structure is kind of boring, but the song is still a classic and doesnt really get old.

3.5

Protostar

Scorpion Pit (The Remixes) (2013) [EP]

Neurohop

Dubstep

heavy, energetic, dense, atmospheric, desert

jan24

remix releases are usually really awful and just not even worth anyones time but this one is actually kind of crazy. VIP mix is a classic, so tasteful and creatively flips a ton of parts of the OG; isnt just the same track but some wubs get swapped and they add a DnB beat on the second chorus lol. Disprove’s isnt as good but its still a fun neuro song, not too much to say but its quality stuff. Audeka steals the fucking show though, whirlwind production and it sounds like the breakbeats are panting in your ear - seriously, its crazy something this out there was released through monstercat. batshit. the last track is unfortunately kinda mid, its a bit too melodic i think, ruins what makes the OG so good in the first place

3.5

Protostar

Scorpion Pit (2013) [Single]

Neurohop, Dubstep

Brostep

energetic, dense, bassy

jan24

always loved this one. hella slept on, so intricate, still holds up to this day. i love the drum work here

4

Various Artists

8 Sides of Nico Nico Douga (2013) [Video]

YTPMV, otoMAD, Electronic Dance Music

Video Game Music, Denpa

sampling, raw, medley

jan24

never realized this was added to rym along with ytpmv genre.

probably my favourite ytpmv ever. amazing medley and really well made video, i know most of this by memory lol. highkey emotional at some points too, and i love the credits part of the song

4

El laberinto del fauno [Pan's Labyrinth] (2006)

jan24

gf and i have been meaning to watch this forever but could never find a good subbed version of it. luckily its on tubi now!

good story, touching in some spots, i appreciated the creative costumes and creatures. i really fuck with this being set up as a kids movie but is gorey as fuck, but i just cannot get over the camera work and direction here. it feels like im watching a disney movie, if that makes any sense. im like constantly being pulled out of the world by all of these really ugly transitions and soulless shots i just cant stand them idk. feel like this had a lot of potential that it didnt really capitalize on. beautiful ending though

3

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

jan24

rewatched because its snowing.

beautiful sad grief. sometimes there isn’t an answer. sometimes there isnt a reason. you arent special. you were just next in line. stop looking for explanations, let go, its just life. just because he can see the crash before you do doesnt mean he knows more than you

4.5

Chernobyl

jan24

been wanting to watch this since it came out, but i just never got around to it, but now that im mooching off someone’s max account i finally decided to start it. and since it snowed today i decided to call off work and just stay home with my gf and chill all day.

very excellently paced and quite engaging. despite being literally about the corruption of russia/soviet, i found that it didnt really come across as anti commie propaganda, like most westernized media depictions of it do. lots of beautiful scenes, and it is fairly easy to understand without being too dumbed down or too simple; there is lots of areas for artistic flexibility which i appreciate.

one of the main reasons i even considered watching this originally was because the score is so highly rated here. funnily enough, i didnt care for it all that much.

n/a

Tristam

Truth (2012) [Single]

Electro House

Festival Progressive House

female vocalist, energetic, rhythmic, uplifting, melodic

jan24

still just as chilling and emotional as it was 10 years ago. i never understood why - and i still dont understand why - this song always makes me tear up, but it does every time. i dont think theres anything else quite like it. represents so much to me: the time, the place, the feelings, the people, the events, the loss and the gain. a strangely large patch of my heart. magical when the female vocals come through, they still feel so cinematic even though i expect them every time now, but ill never forget the first time i listened to this how blown away i was. such a lovely synth lead too, its so awesome when he expands on it in the last chorus. apparently Tristam has really fallen off since his glory days as a monstercat singles artist, but i always hold a special place for the beautiful EDM he was playing around with during this time.

4.5

Spiteful Womb

Mirrorgazing (2020)

Death Industrial

jan24

it is snowing outside, which is awesome. i love snow. but it isnt much, sad…

first track had me so excited for the rest of this. such sad collage of samples, decent noise and a chilling vocal delivery. i was ready for Bottomfeeder but actually done right - giving its sources the proper respect and treatment they deserved. unfortunately, what followed was a handful of very mediocre and super boring death industrial that really does nothing to stand out, other than the subject matter of course. really bummed, maybe another one of SW’s projects will hit harder

2.5

Necrotik Fissure

I Am Finally Become That Extraordinary Nothingness (2023)

Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

i would consider it DSHNW 🙂 very classic NF super harsh nonstop. this sound is what should be the poster child for HNW

3.5

Various Artists

HNW Compilation /// 3,000 Members /// #OFF# (2017) [Compilation]

Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

been in the queue for much too long. my goal this year is to clear out a lot of the long i have saved. most of it is necrotik fissure lol

a pretty good compilation. i wouldnt say any of these tracks are amazing, they kind of are too short and relatively insignificant to say that, but they are all still solid walls (except for Å and gaping jaws’ tracks. seriously, fuck airconditioncore). didnt even realize it was alphabetical until hours after i finished it lol

3.5

The Brood (1979)

jan24

struggles with a really boring and formulaic set up and ends with a beautiful strong cronenberg bang. seriously, when everything comes together at the ending and it all climaxes, thats some crazy shitわ. a lot of reviews (typically higher end) praise this one for its depiction of a broken family, child abuse, etc., but other than where its painfully obvious (candy’s bruises, wife’s therapy sessions, the climax) i dont really see it, it was more about the mystery for me i guess.

3

Underoath

They're Only Chasing Safety (2004)

Post-Hardcore, Mall Screamo

Metalcore, Emo-Pop

passionate, Christian, energetic, melodic, male vocalist

jan24

its a good blend of all of its styles. i wouldnt say its particularly great, but i liked it. i can see it growing on me. vocals are pretty good in this.

i also finally got steroids B skin while listening to this so i do suppose i owe it some respect

3

A Skylit Drive

Wires...and the Concept of Breathing (2008)

Post-Hardcore, Mall Screamo

Emo-Pop, Melodic Metalcore

melodic, androgynous vocals, energetic, passionate, male vocalist

jan24

really wanted to like this more than i did i love the cover but its so boring seriously. gave it a few listens and it really just did not click. feel like no choruses are memorable and no heavy parts are actually that heavy, idk just like no song has any identity here.

2.5

The Kingdom: Exodus

jan24

i watched this last season of The Kingdom with my buddy fuckcomments.

i dont think im going to be able to talk about this better than he did, so you should probably read his write up (spoilers).

obviously a massive culmination of literally everything in his career. ridiculously meta. fuckcomment’s makes a good point about literally nothing in the show being relevant, perhaps thats why its been a bit tough to write about. i do think this might be lars’ funniest work ever though. seriously he is so silly in this shitわ.

for the lars heads. otherwise stay off the trve path

Peso Pluma & Anitta

Bellakeo (2023) [Single]

Reggaetón

Neoperreo

female vocalist, male vocalist, nocturnal, urban, party

jan24

there isnt much going on here but its fun. probably the best sounding kicks and snares for a reggaeton beat ive heard.

3

VGA Host

Copper Lemon Zinc (2005)

IDM, Glitch, Tracker Music

Glitch Hop, Ambient

mechanical, surreal, playful, chaotic, dense

jan24

lovely heartfelt experimenting idm with such cute little chippy melodies and quirky delays and time signatures. “Breathe” “Castle” and “Ellis B” all catch my attention. i wish some ideas were more fleshed out and expanded on though. itd be awesome to have a much conciser version of this with less tracks and longer songs

3.5

Wendigo (2001)

jan24

such a weird movie that appears to have hella fallen under the radar. a bit like communion in its surrealism and really trippy narrative. definitely a bit exploitative of native american culture but what are you gonna do its 2001.

3.5

Snuff Victim

Lustful and Unwilling (2022)

Harsh Noise Wall

noisy

jan24

at first i had some confused ideas about this project, but after doing some meditation i think ive figured them out.

bobby maggard says “NO mastering … NO purpose … NO substance … NO contact” in the description of this. it strikes me as curious. a look at the title. “Lustful and Unwilling”. two very different feelings, it doesnt sit right to couple them. the cover art depicts a blood splatter scene, perhaps directly from our unwilling snuff victim. “NO purpose”. it all happens for no reason. whether lustful, or unwilling. perhaps why “and”. but “NO contact” is what catches my attention. maggard is merely a spectator, not even an operator (“NO mastering”), a bystander letting it all go down. watch, record. bobby is the snuff artist in this case? “NO substance”. no, it means nothing to our spectator. or maybe it means nothing at all.

quite crunchy and thick.

3.5

Bakbakwalanooksiwae / Antikriist

Bakbakwalanooksiwae / Antikriist (2003)

Black Ambient, Black Noise, Noise

Death Industrial, Electroacoustic

lo-fi, dark, noisy, infernal, raw

jan24

rounding out bakbak’s discog for me. theur side is quite interesting, its a huge collage it sounds like, very war samples politically inspired. antikriist’s side felt even more obtuse somehow. again, its all very amateurish stuff but its the best black noise i think ive heard

3

Pleasure Fluids

Show No Mercy (2009)

Power Electronics

jan24

decent power electronics. the first half bored me a bit. not much else to say. probably hits way harder when you own the physical and the “items” it comes with.

3

Scatmother

Flowers of Maltreatment (2016)

Power Electronics

Drone

sampling, dark, disturbing, aggressive, dissonant

jan24

painful and disturbing. some difficult samples in here for me (CHILD ABUSE). fierce performances with some excellent accompanying noise, though there are some “traditional” sounding death industrial sections that i dont really care about.

3.5

Worship

Last Tape Before Doomsday (1999) [Additional release]

Funeral Doom Metal

depressive, heavy, apocalyptic, suicide, pessimistic

jan24

i was a bit skeptical (lol) going into this because im kind of giving up on funeral doom after a string of really boring releases i’d heard, but this honestly surpassed all my expectations. amazing doom parts, tasteful drumming, beautiful and truly emotional clean sections, and such a great vocal performance. theres one part where hes doing the harsher vocals over a clean section and it sounds like hes crying. probably the only funeral doom thats touched me other than mirror reaper. i do wish production was better

3.5

Last Rape & Bizarre Uproar

Collaboration (2008)

Harsh Noise

Harsh Noise Wall

aggressive, chaotic, noisy, lo-fi, infernal

jan24

crushing and quite dynamic. always engaging.

3.5

The Used

The Used (2002)

Emo-Pop, Mall Screamo, Post-Hardcore

passionate, melodic, aggressive, love, male vocalist

jan24

thank you brooke and taylor for putting me on 🤘

really great emo pop posthardcore early 2ks stuff, lots of great dynamics and impactful parts, very painfully honest lyrics. not every song is a hit, but its a really easy album to listen to fully

3.5

ITZY

BORN TO BE (2024) [EP]

K-Pop, Pop, Electronic Dance Music

Dance-Pop, Trap [EDM], Pop Rock

energetic, female vocalist, boastful, rebellious, playful

jan24

ugh… another fucking miss…

itzy’s newest ep (honestly i consider it an album, its about as long as the canon run of tracks on Crazy In Love) another disappointment. after an unimpressive run of very boring and middle of the road tracks (though Dynamite was a bit good), we get to the heart of this release, which is all of the girls’ first solo songs. yeji, lia, and ryujin’s i am obviously uninterested in. i enjoyed ryujin’s choruses, lia had an alright instrumental. im disappointed with chaeryeong’s, its a boring synth/dance pop song when i would have much rather she slayed on an itzy trap banger, but alas, i suppose thats not her shtick. i enjoyed it a bit, maybe id listen to it again, i dont know. the last track is alright, but like everything else its either quite forgettable or nothing special.

2.5

Famine / Bakbakwalanooksiwae

Famine / Bakbakwalanooksiwae (2007)

Black Metal, Noise, Black Noise

Black Ambient

nocturnal, dark, ominous, noisy, lo-fi

jan24

famines side is good, but it goes on just a bit too long. the shrieks are cool, they sound so far away and cold, like im in a blizzardy forest at night. Bakbak’s side was cool though. probably the best black noise ive heard. vocals sound like gorenoise which is crazy. the overall composition is still hella amateur sounding (generally my problem w most black noise ive heard so far)

if this was closer to 30 min, id prob like it more

3

Tricorn & Queue

Perennial Language (2009)

Drone, Ambient

jan24

distant, soft ambient. admittedly, i wasnt getting into it too much in the beginning, but it continued to grow on me as it went on.

3

Bizarre Uproar

Rape Africa (2012)

Power Electronics, Harsh Noise

heavy, hateful, noisy, aggressive, menacing

jan24

amazing PE. though i love the wailing feedbacks of Xen. Ejac., i have to say that i much prefer pasi’s thick, violent walls of noise. some of his vocal deliveries remind me of GR.

4

Fun in Latex / Vomir

Vomir / Fun in Latex (2012) [Single]

Harsh Noise Wall, Ambient Noise Wall

jan24

i enjoyed vomir’s side (of course). FIL’s was interesting. not sure about the anw tag

3

William Bennett

Examples of Cannibalism (1981)

Power Electronics, Spoken Word, Audio Documentary

crime, raw, nocturnal, violence, death

jan24

first track: boring pointless worthless whyu would you make this music oh because you like to shock people SCARY!!! CREEPY!!!

second track: amazing super creative (especially given the PE scene at this time) noise music lovely textures just great

2.5

Xenophobic Ejaculation

18 (2018)

Power Electronics

noisy, raw, nocturnal, male vocalist, repetitive

jan24

blown away by the first track, but the second left a lot to be desired. still, overall its good, but i dont think its anywhere near his best work.

3

Frozen (2010)

jan24

effectively thrilling and disturbing. i like this kind of out-of-the-box (literally) take on a chamber film. i appreciate the dialogue a lot and, despite what a few reviews are saying, i actually enjoyed all of the characters and in some ways connected with them. beautiful score, and there are tons of great shots of the scenery that i though really elevated this.

though we do not always agree, and i cannot always trust kaleb, he mightve been right about this one...

3.5

The Frozen Ground (2013)

jan24

potential to be something really great (zodiac... BUT COLD!) but theres a lot of missteps and in general it doesnt do enough to form a really strong positive opinion about it. nic cage does great here, as does cusack. spends too much time glorifying the prostitution industry; it wouldve been a bit better if it took a more Hardcore approach to that kind of stuff. the ending slideshow was just insulting also. not the slideshow itself, but the god damn music.

2.5

Veil of Maya

[M]other (2023)

Djent, Metalcore

Deathcore, Alternative Metal

technical, male vocalist, melodic, mechanical, aggressive

jan24

well… its another mixed bag of deathy alt djent stuff. i really wish theyd either just stick to clean vocals on all the tracks or only the harsh vocals. i guess i respect that they want to do all this crazy nu linkin park (yes im riffing off that one comment) shitわ with the synths and electronic drums and whatnot but god dammit focus on writing some good ass music. i like when they sound like djent pierce the veil, and i like when they sound like djent deathcore. but the inconsistency pisses me off.

still, its not bad. this album doesnt have Mikasa on it though, so its not their best.

3

Various Artists

#99TRACKS!!!!! #SEASON 4✦✦!!! (2022)

Jersey Club

Mashup, Dariacore

sampling, humorous, pastiche

jan24

its a decent TN28 mix of tracks. i found some flips to be kind of boring or just too silly to enjoy.

3

Various Artists

Retro: 10 Years of Israeli Trance 1 (2001) [Compilation]

Psytrance, Goa Trance

jan24

amazing two disc comp covering some of the greatest psy ever. the first disc, “sunrise”, is of course quite melodic and not so immediately energetic, but its still a super solid line up of tracks and its masterfully mixed by none other than Astral Projection. seriously, some great transitions in here. the second disc, “party”, is much darker in nature, obviously. slightly more energetic but manages to stay consistent with the first disc. i find it falls off just a tad towards the end but i really cant complain when theres so much other amazing content here.

4

Dipset Trance Party

Dipset Trance Party (2010) [Mixtape]

Instrumental Hip Hop

Trance, Cloud Rap, Trap [EDM], Witch House

female vocalist, sampling, ethereal, rhythmic

jan24

thanks for clopping my attention to this, fuckcomments. and since i essentially already heard a mixtape by them, might as well finally tap into this.

pretty far ahead of its time, really lovely flips, i recognize a good amount of these samples too. it looks like the next few trance parties are increasingly difficult to find? i would hope not, id like to get through all of them at some point. lovely sincere beautiful represents the creativity of the underground to me

3.5

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

jan24

so fucking funny i fw’d all the music and i love the style of humour thats more absurd than directly offensive (im looking at you borat). the celebrity interviews were so funny

hard r caught me hella off guard

3.5

Glitter Fortress

Spiraling Blacklight Party (2015) [Mixtape]

Nightcore, Trap [EDM]

Vocal Trance, Wave, Hardstyle, Instrumental Hip Hop

sampling, ethereal, futuristic, repetitive, atmospheric

jan24

entertaining and fun throughout the entire 2+ hours. though, i suppose credit goes to Trance Party 4 for that... lol. say what you want about nightcoring, i think its fun and harmless; it looks like this album isnt trying to obscure anything from the original, it just got lost in translation i guess. plus it seems to be freely distributed. not to mention how apparently hard it is to actually find the original. no harm no foul, quite a moral quandary though. but, isnt all plunderphonics?

3.5

DJ Elmoe

Burn Up Vol. 1 (2014) [Mixtape]

Footwork, Juke

manic, rhythmic, sampling, ethereal, minimalistic

jan24

super playful and fun. no other way to put it really. i also find it quite sincere and raw. lovely cover

3.5

The GAG Quartet

le Internet Medley (2011) [Music video]

Progressive Rock, Novelty, Comedy Rock, Experimental Rock

Surf Rock, Reggae Rock, Funk Metal

novelty, internet, playful, medley, eclectic

jan24

never rated the mv.

the chocolate rain bit made me laugh

4

Xenophobic Ejaculation

Black Hole (2016)

Power Electronics

misanthropic, repetitive, nationalism, sampling, nocturnal

jan24

powerful and pure feedback intensity. the last track was interesting - felt like guitars.

3.5

In Memorium (2005)

jan24

probably the most notable aspect about this movie is that it is essentially Paranormal Activity 2, 5 years before it came out and 2 years before the original came out. motivated by something, a young couple install security cameras around their house and end up catching something paranormal on them.

the problem with In Memorium is that it really doesnt want to be a found footage movie. every camera (and there are WAY too many to reasonably keep track of as a viewer) is fixed in such a... regular shot kind of way? i dont know how to put it, but none of the shots feel like security camera shots. camera wise, this is probably as close as anyone got to Direktøren for det hele [The Boss of It All], lol. there is also a lot of cuts between cameras, which just feel insulting really. you dont need to tell me where to look or how to feel! thats not what found footage is supposed to do! on top of this, the entire thing is way too boring: very weak story (interesting premise though), super unconvincing acting, and way too boring. has no idea how to build an atmosphere or tension, and i dont really understand how they "solved" the paranormal stuff at the end? seems bs. also his brother is like super randomly god fearing but only for a few lines? i dont know. a big miscalculation, and i can see why this didnt take off at all. case and point that the geniuses behind Paranormal Activity were in fact GENIUSES, this is what you get when you have no idea how to direct something like this!

1.5

The Cherry Point / Dried Up Corpse

The Cherry Point / Dried Up Corpse (2009)

Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

two impressive slabs. there are some crazy bubbling crackling sounds during TCP's side that are awesome af. never heard DUC before but im satisfied with what they offer here.

3.5

Marjorie -W.C. Sinclair

Joyeux Noël (Ghost of Christmas Past Freestyle) (2023) [Single]

Christmas Music, Vocal Group, Carols

Barbershop

jan24

lmfao

3

Leviathan (2012)

jan24

had to tap in before this became some hmlcore. i was already lacking letting shave get to it first. highkey though go read his entry for this, i think he put it into words better than i can. instead, i will try a new format here, and share some notes i took as i watched.

notes:


  • the underwater shots are just gorgeous. feels like when you hold your breath and sink to the bottom of the pool and watch the underbelly of the water above you and everything sounds like muffled pops and cracks.
  • the up close shots of the dead or squirming fish being gutted and decapitated felt like watching pornography. fetishistic; that low angle and wide lens, feels totally perverted exploitative. all below the waist too.
  • same with the bird clips. taking a bystander position and not interfering but reveling in the filth of all of it.
  • are they listening to mastodon? lol
  • the hard cut to a totally stationary camera was interesting.
  • spoiler: click to read
  • the slow steady hum of the boat and the machinery feels like a soundtrack. its kind of amazing really.
  • the shots of spoiler: click to read are sad.
  • the drills sound like screams and agony.
  • so spoiler: click to read. poor dude.
  • beautiful shots of the birds. all of this night footage feels so scary, ominous. seeing the silhouette of the boat underwater is intimidating.

3.5

oOoOO

oOoOO (2010) [EP]

Witch House

Synthpop, Alternative R&B

dark, nocturnal, cold, ominous, mysterious

jan24

thanks shave for urging me to give this a second chance. its actually not too bad, theres some creative electronic moments and i like the alt rnb take of witchhouse, sometimes its even a bit beautiful

3

Joeyy

Just Tired 2 (2024) [EP]

Experimental Hip Hop, Plugg, Ambient Plugg, Cloud Rap

Dark Plugg, Ambient

atmospheric, lethargic, Christian, drugs, nocturnal

jan24

first 2024 release im rating.

sorry fuckcomments, but the nod stuff doesnt hit like that for me just yet. the beats are a bit more interesting this go around, and i appreciate the more creative producer tags/dj call outs, but i still feel about the same with this as with the first one. it comes and goes. the full potential of this kind of stuff hasnt been proven yet, though Nod Theory got close.

3

The Cure

Pornography (1982)

Gothic Rock, Post-Punk

Coldwave, Neo-Psychedelia

dark, cold, depressive, sombre, atmospheric

jan24

captures a feeling of cold painful darkness that nothing else does quite the same way, but i wish these songs did more for me. the opener is one of my fav cure tracks, and i liked the last three as well. the title track is kind of crazy, blending pummelling drums against some fucked up noise guitars, and ending on a weird little sound collage of sorts. i respect this effort a lot, and its shorter than other cure albums making it more replayable. perhaps when i grow up some more ill fw it.

3

Pendulum

Hold Your Colour (2005)

Drum and Bass

Liquid Drum and Bass, Dancefloor Drum and Bass, Jump-Up, Neurofunk

energetic, futuristic, sampling, rhythmic, space

jan24

a band i’d been putting off for far too long. also another widely influential release, some of the reviews touch on that a bit better than i could, go read those. of course im a huge fan of knife party, and that cover art is just gorgeous. im not a huge fan of the stadium/festival drum and bass sound, and its weirdly rock influenced, which can be hit or miss, but this is still high energy and fun. doesnt feel at all like an hour+, and the middle section has a really good run of tracks. i wish they tapped into some beautiful shitわ more (i dont think these songs fit the cover) but oh well. i probably wouldve liked some of these more when i was a kid.

3

☆LiL PEEP☆

HELLBOY (2016) [Mixtape]

Emo Rap, Cloud Rap

Trap

suicide, alienation, love, melancholic, sampling

jan24

undeniably a hallmark in rap, probably infinitely influential, but i wish i liked this more. some of his choruses are just a bit too repetitive for me, and i think some of the lyricism is lacking (girls), but he knows how to write some catchy shitわ and in general all of these instrumentals are pretty nice and they tap into some deep emotions. basically any track w lil tracy is a classic amazing. kirblagoop best feature hands down

3

Merzbow

Antimonument (1991)

Noise, Industrial

Industrial, Tape Music, Musique concrète

chaotic, noisy, atmospheric, sampling, avant-garde

jan24

and now for something completely different. im not usually a big fan of industrialbow, but ill be damned if this isnt a masterpiece. some genius junk metal sound exploration during the first half, and a crazy tour de force soundscape filling up the second, switching back and forth between dirty metal noises and strange japanese sound collages. quite a complete and fleshed out experience in my opinion, highly recommended to any merzbow fans wanting to hear some more under the radar (but still worthwhile) albums

also: that bonus track, even though its not as good as the rest of the material here, is quite good, and comes with a unique blend of live drumming via (i assume?) masami himself

3.5

Merzbow

Pinkream (1996)

Harsh Noise

instrumental, dissonant, noisy, aggressive, chaotic

jan24

as nightwrath put it, this is one of merzbows most electronic, (and likely purely) synth-y albums ever. tons of oscillation fuckery and crazy laser squirting as per his usual mid 90s forays, but the intense focus on only synths makes this a lovely standout in my books.

3.5

Björk

Vespertine (2001)

Art Pop, Electronic, Glitch Pop

Ambient Pop, Glitch Pop, Micromontage, Folktronica, IDM

sensual, sexual, romantic, winter, ethereal

jan24

many long time rock viewers will know that i dont really fw bjork like that, and nothing ive heard from her has really satisfied me at all. but, admittedly, this is really god damn beautiful. not that shes a bad singer at all, but i felt i could hear on these songs better than anything else ive heard from her just how talented she really is. i do think her vocals are the center piece, but the production and instrumentation is doing a lot of heavy lifting too. i love the xiu xiu feel of cocoon, and i prefer these idm influenced electronic beats on this rather than homogenic. they feel much warmer here, not so cold. chills during that last track’s climax. im going to hesitate on a higher rating, if im compelled to come back more we’ll see…

thanks for the rec taylor

3.5

Grunt / Bizarre Uproar / Deathkey / Caligula031

Beyond (2017)

Power Electronics

Drone

angry, male vocalist, noisy, infernal, dissonant

jan24

grunt’s track is pretty good, and while i dont love BU’s, i think that its very interesting. seems like a live take, and i believe i hear some drums… cymbals?

the real stars of the show here though are deathkey and caligula. with material that totally blows whatever else ive heard from him out of the water, deathkey brings out some super intense hateful tracks here, and caligula just about mirrors them in ferocity.

3.5

Koufar

Glory/Snobbery (2015)

Power Electronics

jan24

im just really not into power electronics like this. dont think it reveals anything interesting or does anything spectacular.

2.5

Melvins

Lysol (1992)

Sludge Metal, Drone Metal

Stoner Rock

heavy, hypnotic, repetitive, male vocalist, atmospheric

jan24

its good. im not really a big fan of melvins’ style, kind of why ive never really digged into their stuff. the double drums are very interesting sometimes, and the guitar tone reminds me of sleep. felt like this couldve been a lot longer

3

Millionaires

Your Girl Does Party (2012) [Mixtape]

Electropop, Pop Rap

Dance-Pop, Crunk, Crunkcore

alcohol, vulgar, nocturnal, party, hedonistic

jan24

maybe their strongest effort. not that that means much, but theres a lot of catchy choruses and standout verses/lines here. all of the features are good i think, these girls are actually a bit good at rapping as well. theres a lot of racist asian lines but i guess one of them has to be asian? a lot of BBC lines too, and on My Chick Bad (Remix) one of them just says the n word? not sure what was up with that lol.

3

Various Artists

The Christmas Album (1996)

Christmas Music, Experimental Rock, Experimental

Noise Rock, Harsh Noise, Indie Rock

Christmas, quirky, noisy, surreal, female vocalist

jan24

getting to this late. sorry mim.

but maybe thats not so bad, because this was really boring. hella disappointing given the concept and lineup, most of these just go into one ear and out the other. i enjoyed god is my co-pilot’s, and merzbows is alright.

2.5

Biocyst

Gastrojejunostomy (2002) [Additional release]

Gorenoise

Harsh Noise Wall

aquatic, dissonant, repetitive, sampling, disturbing

jan24

super bbbbbvvvvvfffggggggghhhh gore bordering on gorewall at times. its not particularly great but its interesting and there is a level of comfiness that i like. i like when he does vocals over the samples

3

World Trade Center (2006)

jan24

its hard for me not to get emotional watching anything about 9/11 so even though theres a fuckton of hollywood schmooze here and there is some weird pro-war/-military undertones i still enjoyed it. nic cage gives a strong performance despite spoiler: click to read and there are crazy random totally blissful scenes in here that kind of floored my ass.

3

Meshuggah

Immutable (2022)

Djent

Groove Metal, Progressive Metal

repetitive, technical, dark, heavy, uncommon time signatures

jan24

continuing the track ratings.

its a good album. really. i dont hate it, theres good moments here, great even sometimes. but, this is by and far their weakest. i know i was saying obzen was weaker, but after a relisten this just doesnt even come close to obzen in terms of worthwhile material. again, i enjoy this album, but in the grander shuggah scope its just a shrug. kaleidoscope, abysmal eye, shortening fuse are some highlights for me. there is a lot of filler though, the intro track i found to be very very boring, and especially long for a damn intro track, black cathedral and past tense as well, and despite the excitement of a 9 min meshuggah instrumental it really just does not deliver as much as id like.

3.5 tho

Lorna Shore

Pain Remains (2022)

Deathcore

Technical Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal

technical, heavy, aggressive, male vocalist, melodic

jan24

all of this thall deathcore makes me want to revisit this. cant stop thinking about it for some reason. its not particularly great, though they blend black metal and deathcore quite nicely, besides maybe sun eater nothing is really memorable at all about this. its quality consistent stuff. the song structures and the way i visualize this in my head are very satisfying. not sure i know how to explain that. its a good album to just turn on and listen, there isnt many super slow or boring moments to make it a chore to sit through.

im recording drums for our demos today. and doing laundry. id like to watch a movie later. we’ll see…

3

Humanity's Last Breath

Humanity's Last Breath (2013)

Deathcore, Thall, Djent

Downtempo Deathcore

heavy, complex, misanthropic, angry, male vocalist

jan24

i believe C9PLMS puts it best. very very consistent, constantly engaging, heavy as fuck, and doesnt really get old over the course of its runtime. i may have to revisit Abyssal to see if i missed something. im gonna hesitate rating it higher for now, but i expect this to grow on me a bit

3

Derango

Tumult (2005)

Dark Psytrance, Forest Psytrance

forest, dark, psychedelic, rhythmic, hypnotic

jan24

just some god damn amazing fucking forest goa dude. super dark and deep organic sounds, production is immaculate, so much playful experimentation here, transcendent af soundscape shitわ.

i listened to this while my girlfriend got a new tattoo. its very awesome as fuck

4

Meshuggah

obZen (2008)

Djent, Progressive Metal

heavy, technical, mechanical, complex, male vocalist

jan24

its good. for sure. no doubt. some strong material here (combustion, bleed (yes, its actually a good song), dancers) and theres hardly any bad or dragging moments, but in my honest opinion, this album is kind of all over the place and is highkey their weakest djent album. really, just listen to the first three tracks. a djent-y thrash song, a super janky meshuggah song, and then the ridiculous bleed. not that any of them are bad, if we got an album in the style of bleed or combustion that would be really cool! but it just isnt the case. i suppose everything else fits decently together, but theres nothing here that surpasses what they did on Nothing or what they’d go on to do on Koloss

3.5

Internally Mutilated / Anal Birth / Biocyst / Vomitoma

4 Way Repulseorhea Split Tape (2008)

Gorenoise

jan24

fucking gorenoise perfection awesome. the tracklisting is fucked up cuz of that reissue but idegaf. vomitoma’s side was insane the drum programming was fucking nuts at times. biocyst was cool as fuck sounds like insane wind instead of drums. anal birth is fucking anal birth you cannot go wrong, the monster vocals are such a classic. internally mutilated prob the weakest side but still really good, samples are funny and vocals are liquid.

also first time ever getting to loop 2 in nuclear throne while listening to this so its basically my go to lock in album

4

Pathogen

Null Space (2020)

Djent, Deathcore

Progressive Metal, Thall, Mathcore

male vocalist, rhythmic, complex, technical, heavy

jan24

ok nevermind. THIS is djent and deathcore. fucking elephant heavy and i love the balance of headbanging breakdowns with slightly complex technicality. i dont think theres a lot of memorable stuff here but this is definitely worth relistening to.

3

Frostbitt

Frostbitt (2020)

Thall

Nu Metal, Alternative Metal

male vocalist, rhythmic, cold, complex, angular

jan24

THALL

this one may actually require some further inspection. ridiculously heavy at times. the vocals are kind of gay sometimes but i can move past them they arent horrible.

still not really sure what thall is, this is like djent+deathcore with very clean vocals? is thall just djent+genres?

3

Darknet

Darknet (2016) [EP]

Metalcore, Thall, Djent

Nu Metal

male vocalist, internet, aggressive, bouncy, chaotic

jan24

thall

so, vildhjarta was like djent+post metal, this is like… djent+nu-metal/hardcore? im really not a fan of the vocals, especially because i can understand all of the lyrics, and they SUCK

2.5

Vildhjarta

Måsstaden (2011)

Djent, Thall, Progressive Metal

Post-Metal

atmospheric, heavy, mysterious, dark, dissonant

jan24

thall

in some ways im reminded of Pain Remains. i like how complex and changing these song structures are, i think the way they play djent is pretty tasteful. theres a track with clean vocals that i didnt like.

3

SpaceGhostPurrp, Kane Grocerys, Black Kray, Pollàri, Fauni & Mista Splurge

Terror Gang (2015) [Single]

Trap, Gangsta Rap, Cloud Rap

nocturnal, urban, male vocalist, boastful, crime

jan24

such a good beat. super evil ass fucking shitわ.

3.5

cignature

Listen and Speak (2020) [EP]

K-Pop, Dance-Pop, Electropop

Trap [EDM], Electro House, Future House

quirky, playful, energetic, chaotic, dense

jan24

i think a few of the choruses lack something crucial to make this amazing or weak verses will hold songs back but this is pretty consistent (which is important for kpop since most kpop releases are just like compilations) and every song complements one another. maybe a grower? i love the last two tracks especially

3

Mats Gustafsson & David Stackenäs

Blues (2005)

Free Improvisation

Drone, Ambient

improvisation, atonal, atmospheric, sparse, instrumental

jan24

cover = perfect

music = boooooooooriiiiiiiing

2.5

Black Chastity

Predator's Breath (2007)

Noise, Harsh Noise Wall

jan24

just lovely. sounds like breathing at times (purposeful?!). good for nuclear throne.

3.5

Emit

The Dark Gods (2004) [Additional release]

Black Ambient, Black Noise

dark, occult, noisy, lo-fi, scary

jan24

i enjoy a lot of the very strange atmospheres here, the noise is quite nice.

3

Operation Miranda

Children's Pornography Review Vol. 1 (2006)

Power Electronics

noisy, violence, disturbing, male vocalist, ominous

jan24

pretty good power electronics. quite violent. im not gonna lie, he repeats stuff enough that it almost has a pop-y element to it lol.

3.5

Zyklon SS

Racial Superiority (2019)

Industrial

Power Electronics

jan24

very boring. other than its shocking and radical imagery, this kind of just weakly sells some power electronics and putters out.

rating: 2.5

Alesana

Where Myth Fades to Legend (2008)

Post-Hardcore, Mall Screamo

Emo-Pop, Melodic Metalcore

mythology, energetic, concept album, melodic, male vocalist

jan24

jesus christ what an awful cover.

as bad as it is though, the music here is damn amazing. these guys really know how to write songs and melodies. every song has something to appreciate. this album, similar to their debut, also reuses songs from their first EP, which is cool if you’re familiar with that before you hear this. theyre obv done better here ofc.

3.5

Genocide Organ

虐殺機関 (2003)

Power Electronics, Death Industrial

Dark Ambient, Drone

war, misanthropic, political, sampling, dark

jan24

i dont think ill ever get the GO hype.

a lot of this is quite boring and borderline headache inducing. so repetitive and thin

2.5

Agoraphobic Nosebleed vs. Dental Work

ANBrx3 (2017)

Harsh Noise, Terrorcore, Plunderphonics

Cybergrind, Glitch, Speedcore, Power Noise

disturbing, mechanical, noisy, scary, dark

jan24

not quiet what i was expecting. certainly in its own lane. the only trve power noise? no not really. but maybe. more interesting to me than exciting. i like when the vocals are fucking all fucked up and shit.

3

Bauhaus

The Sky's Gone Out (1982)

Gothic Rock, Post-Punk

Art Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

nocturnal, surreal, dark, male vocalist, noisy

jan24

quite an impressive and strong A side, but they noodle and fuck around for most of the B side which means this ends on quite a sour note. wanted to like it more, but it just doesnt compare to the dirty and raw stuff of their earlier works.

3

Siouxsie and The Banshees

Juju (1981)

Gothic Rock, Post-Punk

Neo-Psychedelia, Art Rock, Deathrock

nocturnal, dark, female vocalist, mysterious, energetic

jan24

a strange fascination with african spiritualism. reminds me of the exorcist in some ways. gorgeous guitar work on this, some of their best melodies from what ive heard, and this is way more consistent of a record than Dreamhouse…

very catchy as well, the second side also sees them get a tad more experimental with their songwriting, sometimes harking back to the experimentation of Bauhaus’ early works.

3.5

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

I See a Darkness (1999)

Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country

Slowcore, Indie Folk, Country Folk

sombre, lonely, depressive, autumn, dark

jan24

its all very pretty - his vocal delivery, guitar work, and instrumentation are much cleaner and well organized than i kind of expected. while it is not quite as dark as i assumed, it is definitely sad. i can see myself loving this a lot more in the right mood, but for now, its just Good.

3

No Trend with Lydia Lunch

Heart of Darkness (1985) [EP]

Post-Punk

Gothic Rock

jan24

compiles just the lydia lunch tracks from Roses

first track probably one of the best things either artist has ever done

3.5

No Trend

A Dozen Dead Roses (1985)

Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore, Art Punk

Noise Rock, Gothic Rock

love, female vocalist, male vocalist, manic, melancholic

jan24

it starts off weak but this has a ton of amazing no trend songs here, i love the sloppy take on gothic rock, and the lyrics are weirdly unsettling at times. this features a different take of For the Fun of it All, which isnt superior, but is still good nonetheless. lydia lunch’s contributions were amazing too, so cool they got her on this.

3.5

Logcabin

A Forest (2006)

Post-Hardcore, Art Rock, Indie Rock

Post-Rock, Slacker Rock

winter, melancholic, mysterious, atmospheric, sombre

jan24

trying not to drink and energy drinks or soda. its tough. im tired.

i was thinking this would be more post hard core y but its kinda atmospheric emotional af. a few good tracks, but i prob wont come back to this.

rating: 3.0

Meshuggah

Chaosphere (1998)

Djent

Technical Thrash Metal, Groove Metal

heavy, mechanical, technical, aggressive, chaotic

jan24

i listened to this on the way to the nye get together my buddies had. forgot to add until now.

on relisten im liking this so much more. ive always known this was their most fucked up album but seriously this deserves like a mathcore tertiary or something. something ive never noticed is just how good kidman’s vocals are on this. seriously, some of his flows are just beautiful and awesome.

4

Sicko Tracy

☩ Desire ☩ (2016) [EP]

Emo Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

Rap Rock, Political Hip Hop, Alternative R&B, Cloud Rap, Trap

anxious, ominous, sad, male vocalist, angry

jan24

you know what fuckcomments maybe we should just agree to disagree. the first track is pretty bad but i think the other two more than make up for it. beautiful ass second track and the last one is alright. it aint too deep.

3.5

Eliane Radigue

Trilogie de la mort (1998)

Drone, Acousmatic Music

meditative, hypnotic, spiritual, instrumental, minimalistic

jan24

another 2h48m album today lol. this time, instead of many smaller tracks, its few larger tracks. ive had this set aside to listen to for like, probably 4 years now lol

im not gonna pretend im familiar with Radigue or drone or electroacoustic music at all, but i dont think i need to be to understand from this alone that shes the god damn goat of this shitわ. very lovely, calm yet at times unsettling works that tip toe on a line between background noises and front-stage atmospheres. whats great is how little it demands of the listener. i found the last track to be kind of weaker, but the first two are quite good. will definitely be looking into her stuff.

3.5

Brighter Death Now

Very Little Fun (2011)

Death Industrial

Drone, Dark Ambient

dark, ominous, hateful, disturbing, death

jan24

listening at work. tired as a god damn bitch, didnt go to bed till 5am and ive been up since like 9:30.

despite its impressive 2h48m runtime, this is honestly not that bad or tiresome at all. ive never heard any other BDN before this, but it seems like i may have to give his other works a chance. im generally very bored of death industrial but he keeps things very interesting and nasty for most of this. depressing outlook with an angry execution. the songs lean into noise/dark ambient territory a lot which is probably what makes this whole thing a worthwhile listen for me. i dont love it, but its by no means bad.

3

Caligula031

Private Venus (2015)

Power Electronics

Interview

dark, dissonant, ominous, noisy, sexual

jan24

while the power electronics half of this is quite good, quite intense, i have to give credit to this for including an interview collage that i actually enjoyed listening to. “An Empirical Analysis of Escorting” is exactly what it says - quite informative and honestly very interesting. does not utilize anything shocking or depraved i think to give you an idea of how this kind of world operates, though you could certainly interpret it that way.

3.5

Abscheu

Pretense (2017)

Power Electronics

aggressive

jan24

really fucking boring drum machine power electronics. vaguely about nazis. DONT CARE ✋

2.5

The Skaters / Axolotl

The Skaters / Axolotl (2006)

Drone, Noise

Ritual Ambient

lo-fi, psychedelic, ethereal, dense, surreal

jan24

axolotl > skTers but honestly i didnt love either side too much, this kind of stuff is usually pretty boring to me. i admit axolotl’s is very pretty though

2.5

Menometrorrhagia

Extreme Gore Noise Terror (2013)

Gorenoise

heavy, chaotic, dense, aggressive, noisy

jan24

what better way to start off the year than with some ping. competent gorenoise (perhaps a little too competent…). good drums. was good background noise for some morning nuclear throne

3