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Existence Establishment helps usher in the Canadian invasion with this brutal masterpiece of wall-noise drone. BT.HN (The Rita & Sick Buildings) and Sistrenatus (formerly Funerary Call) present one long harrowing track of pure depravity. Droning overblown synths, unrelenting spasms of crunchy distortion, and subtle atmosphere form a hopeless barrage of industrial waste.

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Metallic …

By Peter J Woods

Just about every picture of Milwaukee is of the art
museum. This is a picture of our gross ass lake.

It’s a filthy city, grimy and decidedly unpretentious, filled with violent crime and enough racism to make segregated schools feel like home. It’s just an hour and a half north of Chicago, so most people don’t even bother with it, either moving away or never even stopping by in the first place. Despite all this, I like the place and am happy to call it home.
This is Milwaukee, and …

I got a chance to talk at length with Mark Durgan of Putrefier while on tour back in March of ’09. We had quite a long conversation spanning things like Broken Flag, zines, politics in noise, and his label and distrobution “Birthbiter”. Since the conversation went on for quite some time, I’ve edited it down a bit to make it more manageable for listening.
Putrefier Interview 03/09

Brain Lesion – Abomination of Desolation CDR
Heretic Recordings
Yes yes yes yes yes. Abomination of Desolation is such an out-of-nowhere amazing release! This totally took me by surprise as I had never even heard of the artist before. What Brain Lesion delivers is 34 minutes of varied structured/unstructured noise/power electronics that sticks to old school aesthetics while bringing new sounds and feel to the genre.
Every track on this baby is overflowing with pure intensity, noise, and industrial atmospheres. Analog distortion over rhythmic industrial loops, ambient field samples, and somehow Lesion crams …

Bitchneck – The Best I Can Do C20
Self Released
Perfect, here is quick cassette of raw heartfelt power electronics from just around the corner! Bitchneck presents 4 new tracks on this C20 (I’m guessing at the length here). Armed with a cavalclade of pedals Bitchneck creates layered compositions of pulsating, grinding, abrasive power electronics with distorted vocals blasts and call-and-response feedback squeals.
Side A consists of three shorter tracks the first two “What do I know” and “Death Ought to Be” probably clocking in around 2-3 minutes each with the third “The …

Ichorous/Broken Diode – Malevolence Vol. 1 C24
Cipher Productions
There’s something about having a tape come in a zip-lock bag that just doesn’t appeal to me. That said the large printed card with artwork on this is still pretty cool. The artwork is blurred, red, almost bloody like a photo from a camera shoved into something’s stomach. It matches the sounds quite well because they are like an evisceration of feedback and distortion.
Ichorous supplying the first wall of assault on this side with a heavy dose of what I …

Strom.ec – Divine Legions Beyond Psyche CD
Malginant Records
Divine Legions Beyond Psyche is a testament to the intensity and determination of this legendary Finnish power electronics/industrial project. This vision is so excellently constructed and executed as to be a unique, original and comprehensive body of work. Not to mention, dark, disturbing, innovative, and seriously foreboding. The sounds literally make me feel the tension presented in the relevant concepts, ideas that seem very pertinent to current international tensions and governmental programs especially on that fine line where individual rights are breached. But …