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Napalm Death - Scum
Sorry for the delay: I've been busy and unfortunately have a backlog of reviews to finish (as well as some which have been begging for rewrites. More will be forthcoming soon).To me, it is difficult to...
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Jesu - Heart Ache
The long-awaited Jesu review; this went through at least eight revisions. I am still not 100% satisfied, but it is a lot better than when it started. May go back and tweak a few things later, but for...
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Employer, Employee - Discography
"He's stabbed a hole the size of Tennessee in the hull, and he exhibits no concern!". These and other intriguing lyrics permeate the two "Employer, Employee" releases. A quick glance at the lyrical...
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The Legendary Pink Dots - Under Triple Moons
Collecting many songs from four of their earliest cassette-only limited releases ("Premonition", "Chemical Playschool 1/2", "Kleine Krieg", and "Traumstadt 2"), this collection is an entertaining...
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An apology to Death In June, Tony Wakeford, and "Alwc"
This post has been heavily edited, for a variety of reasons. It turns out that my acceptance of some of the research sources I utilized was perhaps premature. If that is the case, I will apologize. I...
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Shankar - Who's To Know?
At long last, the often delayed "Shankar" review:I am not a huge fan of "world" music. To me, even the name is a misnomer, as if the listener and their respective cumulative cultural experiences were...
View ArticleThe Tuss - Rushup Edge
Featuring a rather inconspicuous design, with ultra-minimal packaging (as is standard for certain Rephlex artists), The Tuss is a recently created project helmed by Brian Tregaskin, along with certain...
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Stephen O'Malley & z'ev - Magisterial
My thoughts regarding this album are (as they have been for many of O'Malley's recent releases) somewhat conflicted. Though it is far from a resounding failure (as I believe neither artist capable of...
View ArticleAidan Baker - Within The Final Circle
One of the many releases from the incredibly prolific Aidan Baker, "Within The Final Circle" is one of several net releases from Baker that explores the periphery of ambience, dark ambience,...
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The White Mice -- BLasssTPhlEgMEICE
Perhaps it would be prudent for me to stray away from too many 'mice' references in this review (after all, The White Mice have enough of their own to fill several Third World countries). Thus, instead...
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Ulver - Blood Inside
This review has been in the works for quite some time. During the time it has been silently fermenting, many changes specific to the world of Ulver and it's members has taken place. When I first began...
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The Swans - Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money
Every time someone blithely mentions the phrase 'I remember the '80's!', I often have the irresistible urge to slap them. Why? Because 90% of what people 'remember' from the decade is either worthless...
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A Chud Convention - Sorrow
Now this is a rare and interesting oddity if there ever was one. Though Skinny Puppy has plenty of rare releases and side-projects (W.E.L.T., The Petty Tyrants, Raw Dog, the excellent Mutual Mortuary...
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Mutual Mortuary
Continuing with the theme of 'rare Ogre recordings', here is another extremely short-lived side-project: Mutual Mortuary. Consisting of Bill Leeb (no longer going under the name Wilhelm Schroeder) and...
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Institut - Live Like Traitors, Die Like Traitors
I once read a ridiculous analogy written about the Ministry album "Houses Of The Mole". In the (rather clumsily written) review, after simultaneously praising and criticizing the album's production...
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Johnnytwentythree - JXXIII
I recently got a copy of "JXXIII", having seen the highly moving and effective music video for "A Minute's Warning", the final track off of the album. Featuring highly distorted washes of shapeless...
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Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun
"Great sorrow from the Norwegian legends Ulver. Music driven to despair, all sad and solitary, written and produced under the threat of extinction. Low-key, dark, and tragic."This description, found on...
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Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth
Bohren & Der Club of Gore - ProwlerAdd to My Profile | More VideosBohren & Der Club of Gore - Midnight Black EarthAdd to My Profile | More VideosWith a name that in English roughly translates...
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Beyond Sensory Experience : No Lights In Our Eyes
"You know what they say about funerals? There is always someone catches his death..."Perhaps as time continues onward, the urge to experience feelings of fatalism, gloom, and/or melancholy do not seem...
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Swans - The Great Annihilator
IN"This album is actually really good in a lot of ways. Too much reverb here and there, but not as intrusive as other Swans releases...I can still listen to most of this sometimes, so that counts for...
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Kevin Drumm: Imperial Horizon
[I might alter this slightly, since I wrote it in one session, but it is basically the semi-complete version].After his well regarded noise masterpiece "Sheer Hellish Miasma" was released in 2002,...
View ArticleNod : The Story Of The Three Little Pigs And The Big Bad Wolf
Once upon a time, many years ago, I created a music review blog. In the beginning, it was created as an assignment for a college class, but over time it expanded into something of a full-time hobby....
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SEIROM : Seiromistkreig
Maurice De Jong is a busy man. In addition to his main project Gnaw Their Tongues, he also has many side-projects (most notably De Magia Veterum and Aderlating), his own label Devotional Hymns and...
View ArticleSTEREO ATE MY LAST TAPE (NEW BLOG)
I have started a new 'companion blog' to this blog called "Stereo Ate My Last Tape". Basically, it will serve as mini-reviews, opinions, possible future MFTROU reviews, etc. I have no set update...
View ArticleREVIEW COMING SOON: Beyond Sensory Experience "Modern Day Diabolists" CD/DVD
Beyond Sensory Experience "Modern Day Diabolists" CD/DVD (46th Cycle) by Cyclic LawNo, neither this blog nor Stereo Ate My Last Tape is dead or retired. Due to a number of reasons, both personal and...
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