CD, Aentitainment, 2009 www.myspace.com/jailhousedog Perhaps better known in the metal scenes as Thee Maldoror Kollective, T/M/K have been around as band and collaborative project for over a decade under various [ … ]
Tag: 2009
Hyios – Consuetudines
CD, Malignant Records, 2009 www.myspace.com/hyiosinfo Once again, here rises a promising newcomer in the dark ambient/drone scene. With “Consuetudines”, his debut album recently released on the US label Malignant Records, [ … ]
Tyske Ludder – Anonymous
CD, Black Rain, 2009 www.tyske-ludder.de Once again combining old-school EBM sensibilities with contemporary electro construction, Tyske Ludder bring us some of the catchiest electronic body music from the “dark side” [ … ]
Exocet – Grotesque Consumer
CD, Ant-Zen, 2009 www.myspace.com/exocetband In its first incarnation, Exocet was a New York-based, two-man band composed of René Klimaczewski and Dave Kean, who released their first CD, entitled “Violation”, on [ … ]
Hyperdriver – Naked Aggression
CD-R+DVD-R/MP3+video, D-trash Records, 2009 http://www.myspace.com/stevehyperdriver Hyperdriver, the one-man noise project of Steve Munslow, is best described in meme-riddled vernacular: a big plate of chicken-fried ‘WTF’, with side orders of ‘WTF…’ [ … ]
Sleepchamber – Sorcery, Spells and Serpent Charms
CD, Klanggalerie, 2009 www.sleepchamber.info Formed by John Zewizz early in the 1980s, Sleep Chamber like many other underground bands of the time featured an ever-changing cast of members. They also [ … ]
Tapage – Fallen Clouds
CD, Tympanik Audio, 2009 www.myspace.com/odakim It seems to be an unusual aim in industrial/IDM/whatever-you-want-to-call-it spheres to want to have any flicker of emotion other than rage and anger, although some [ … ]
Black Lung – Full Spectrum Dominance
CD, Ant-Zen / Tympanik Audio, 2009 www.worldwentdown.com/imcc/ Accompanied by an almost-plausible text explaining how it was funded by DARPA as a musical accompaniment to the state of the art in [ … ]
Pandora’s Black Book – Black Brothel
CD, Tympanik Audio, 2009 www.myspace.com/pandorasblackbook I first came across the work of Alaskan artist James Church through his album “Gravedigger”, released in 2008 under the alias Lucidstatic. Scarcely one year [ … ]
Accomplice Affair – Samotny Horyzont
CD, My Hands Music, 2009 www.accompliceaffair.za.pl The first situation that comes to mind while listening to Accomplice Affair is watching whales swimming in the vast blue ocean, somehow free and [ … ]