The latest effort from Xiphoid Dementia released in February 2020 on Boston based label Divergent Series. Five new tracks of abstract industrial with elements of noise and power electronics. The release sees more exploration in a stripped down semi-rhythmic approach and even some more musical elements here and there. Considered the next phase of evolution for the project.
Purchase the record at the new Existence Establishment shop.
From Musique Machine:
Long awaited LP follow-up to 2012’s Secular Hymns, Divergent Series unleashes Xiphoid Dementia’s latest, Prison of Hope. Continually impossible to pigeonhole, Egan Budd (Existence Establishment, Headstone Brigade) rolls out the big guns for his full length return. Departing from and adding to his sound from his recent split with Bastard Noise, Xiphoid Dementia melds together cinematic grandeur, industrial urgency, bleak ambient, and almost pop sensibilities.
Emerging from the low, oily murk, the bubbling synths that open up Prison of Hope propel the track forward, while at the same time …
The proprietors over at Doc Monomer’s Audio Emporium have been working meticulously on their new television series and with the 3rd episode they are premiering the latest Xiphoid Dementia video from the most recent LP Prison of Hope.
“Black Sunrise” is the second single from Xiphoid Dementia’s most recent offering Prison of Hope LP. The song is pushes the project’s previously drawn boundaries into new territory with clean sung vocals and further explores the martial industrial sound that the project has dabbled with in the past.
MONOMER TV Episode 3 – 4/27/2020 …
Now available on the Xiphoid Dementia BandCamp page is Part 3 of Collection of Lost Thoughts; a deep retrospective, spanning the life of the project and featuring many unreleased works from over the years.
Released as a cassette box set on Black Horizons in August of 2019. Full color front and back 4-panel large triple norelco case j-cards on pearl metallic stock. Edition of 66 copies on magenta tapes with silver labels.
Collection of Lost Thoughts 2012-2019 by Xiphoid Dementia
British Columbia’s dark circle collective The Covenant has premiered the first video from Xiphoid Dementia’s Prison of Hope. Check out the write-up here or view the video below.
Originally released in 2010 as a 4×3″CDR set on FTAM and later re-issued as a tape on Repentance Products In The Land of the Living is a recording of unique live material. The first two tracks were recorded straight from a performance at Richmond, VA Noise Fest 2005 and the second were recorded in studio in late 2009.
The release is a pay-what-you-want item available on the Xiphoid Dementia bandcamp page.
In The Land of The Living by Xiphoid Dementia
