die ANGEL – Utopien I

[bandcamp width=400 height=274 album=38720040 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] Utopien I begins with “Epikouros”, which starts with a heavy, distorted, brassy pad that is soon accompanied by higher pitched bell-tones that play forward and backwards in a repeating pattern. A reso-sweeped synth joins the fray, and soon so…

Serene Ailment and Mutations – Serene / Mutations

[bandcamp width=400 height=241 album=560609869 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] This album is a split between Mutations and Serene Ailment. Mutations’s side starts with the track “False Sense of Security”, which begins with a wall of noise, higher in the mid-frequencies without much low-end. It fades in, and is soo…

Shit Creek & Territorial Gobbing – Bastard Radio

[bandcamp width=400 height=208 album=2761328937 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] The first track of Bastard Radio is “Proper Bastards”, which starts with multilayered periodic noise overlayed with what sounds like some kind of sphincter letting out air with a bit of distortion with what sounds like the rattle of tin can…

Other Matter – MON ROYAUME DE CHAINES – V – DES ENTRAILLES

[bandcamp width=400 height=439 album=994160902 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e32c14 artwork=small] “Fable de Force” starts with low noise, what sounds like a ring modulated violin, atonal guitar playing, which is joined by a trumpet which plays over a fomenting cacophony of guitar, non-tonal synthesizer, and noise. An effect-laden guitar …