nightmare lodge - "the enemy within" (1997 Minus Habens)

1 Lost Message 2:39
2 The Enemy Within 10:26
3 Recent Flow 4:52
4 Bloodline 2:36
5 Red 4:55
6 Snake Function 6:20
7 Mankind Sanctuary 3:50
8 Empty 7:54
9 Bodiless 3:15

doors: for the opening & the closing 

Impregnable - "smile she says" (2005 troniks)

single sided 7"
limited to 170 copies.
1. smile she says

Faith and Disease - "beneath these trees" (2000 Projekt)

faith and disease delivers yet again (as does the wonderful projekt records btw) on this 2000 release of female fronted acoustic-leaning darkwave.
this stuff works on so many levels, music for so many occasions ...can't really put my finger on it..something nice n magical about this chilled out dark forest ride.
i could(and should) have spent more time on a better  bit of yakkity on this band and this release, but i opted for getting it up fast and watching a hannah montana marathon instead.   clearly, my priorities are in proper order.

1 Beneath These Trees (Ombra Mai Fu) 1:10
2 Rubina Verde (All Things Must End) 7:30
3 If I Drink From This Cup (I'll Go Mad) 5:48 
4 Mayim - Water Is Flowing (Back To Life) 5:12 
5 To See Her In This Light (My Mentor) 3:10
6 This Part Of Fortune Lies (Formerly: Stray) 7:24
7 Eventually Again (Even To Ally) 5:01 
8 Shallow: Two Doors Down (And Down We Go) 4:37
9 Banks Of The Ohio (Trad. Murder Ballad) 4:43 
10 Born And Died On The 23rd (Your Brilliant Dental) 3:18
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native son and the foundation - "life in the grave" (1992 ocean)

little known side project from mark salomon of the crucified fame, not to mention neon horse, stavesacre, outer circle, and tons of work with industrial artists the likes of argyle park, chatterbox, and mortal.
this is early 90's hip hop/rap with a healthy dose of funk injected.  it sounds kinda dated and i've always liked it a bit, but i can't help but wonder where this could have gone if mark had gone further with it and let it progress.
"native son" has always been my favorite track, for what are probably obvious reasons, but they all have a strange charm to them and are growing on me more now than when i first heard them 17 (gasp!) years ago.
enjoy this sorta weird turn:)

1&2 - a day in the life / native son  (i combined them when i ripped this as they always sounded great together as intended)
3. gone split second's time
4. the sound the family fou
5. equality
6. heirs to the crime
7. a.w.o.l. society
8. my thing (don't worry 'bout me)
9. people watchin'
10. life in the grave
11. message to a prodigal
12. lift your voice, brothers and sisters
13. day's end

the color of my thing ain't none of your business 
(no, seriously, that's a lyric from track 8:))

Kites - "Vol. 4: Execution Style" (2003 unskilled labor)

***no cover art***
a1 execution style
a2 pacifist II
a3 pacifist III
b1 execution style I
b2 execution style II
b3 VW

AHW GO FLY A KITE!

various artists - "Seedmouth" (1996 cold spring records)

click to enlarge images with text...its large enough to read, and worth it.
limited to 1500 copies.
really killer compilation of the dark and the
ambient, though...'dark ambient'?..maybe not...
excellent ambient comp.

1 Deutsch Nepal - Surgery 9:41 2 Illusion Of Safety - The Most Familiar Enemy 5:45 3 Inade - Gihad Khor 4:09 4 Cranioclast - The Gestalt Of The Doppelganger 10:54 5 Inanna - Zero Twice 7:01 6 John Watermann - A Bewildering Number Of Brides 6:54 7 Mikhail Atom - N2 3:34 8 Band Of Pain - Bluebell Hill 4:03 9 Experimental Audio Research - Ring Modulator 2:41 10 Jawbone - Chemical Wedding 8:00 11 Lustmord - Deep Calls To Dub 11:12 Ω

outermost/grunt- "stab in your ears" (1995 Cat Move)

20mincass
grunt- controlled rebel against the power
outermost- metal sting

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Sword Heaven - "Entrance" (2007 Load Records)

1. town hag
2. skinned and glued
3. sights not long gone
4. faceless nameless
beat and scream in silence

Slogun - "every mistake a little deeper" (2007 circle of shit)

limited to 100 copies on b-card cd.
1.bury yourself
2. gutter lane
go and check it out, you'll be right back.

Mindflayer/DeepJew - "bored fortress" (2007 not not fun records)

1. deep jew - night eyes 2
2. deep jew - cops wet pussy
3. mindflayer - frizzle fry 2

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luasa raelon - "Automatic satan" (2002 snip-snip records)

luasa raelon was a bit harsher back then, but still atmospheric.

there's a story here.

i know... pretty cool, right?

the second snip-snip release. awesome.

1. Caustic Eye              2:33
2. Empire                    9:10
3. Analog Cauldron       8:27
4. Analog Spectra         8:26
5. Satanica Automatos 11:17

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Sword Heaven - "fan death" (2006 fuck it tapes)

loud, simplistic noisy rock which ends up sounding like  old school heavy industrial madness. feedback is their friend and distortion a constant companion.  the beats are big and bad, the guitars are ominous & the  vocals are low screams, all quiet effective. its not all so hard on though, some tracks are filled  with quieter moments....& no less interesting. A1 Buried In Ohio A2 Big Animals A3 Ragged Overloard A4 Jam A5 We Of The Fucking Mountains A6 We'll Sell B1 Now Sir B2 Chainsaws B3 Dust Pheumonia Blues B4 Shaved And Glued i am the loop fairy, sniff sniff asplooh!

Gator Surprise - "Camping Trip" (2006 jugular forest)

*no cover AGAIN*
before artist Kyle Parker started making a more ambient type of sound with infinite body he did harsh noise as gator surprise.   full on harsh walls at times, at others insane vocals, some quiet, ambient parts, harsh noise fuckery.
this is a 3" from 2006

1. a sword
2. a window
3. a friendship
4. a species
Go Camping

Internal Empty - "Je Ne Peux Pas Respirer" (2003 alOne productions)

limited edition of 20.

notes from cd insert:

tracks 1 & 6: created from the cd 'grey becomes black' by lackthrow
tracks 2-5: created from the cd 'female' by lackthrow
quiet to loud.. a slow march up the steps...that painting on the second floor is a lie, but it remains a powerful metaphor...all in this house are dead. i told you the truth.

1. build for me the end
2. she goes willingly
3. her name is written in blood
4. fettered with chains of memory
5. the crippling effects of experiencing the self
6. a wound to open the gates of hell

yes, i want to go wind diving. Take me.

haemorrhaging fetus - "Procreation: a disease" (2006 Gaping Hole)

fucking killer wall noise shortie.
-mid/fast-
1. cankered womb
2. stillborn
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