Due to 2019 being the 20th Anniversary of Xiphoid Dementia there was a lot of activity planned. Most was accomplished but some still has yet to pass. Below is detailed significant milestones in review from the year of 2019.
February:
In February Xiphoid Dementia descended on Oakland for an total onslaught of industrial noise at Industrial Aktions I Festival featuring an insane lineup of some of the heaviest industrial noise acts currently operating. It was quite an honor to play on the same bill as heavy hitters like Control, Bloodbox, and Brighter …

Finally catching up with the times Xiphoid Dementia has a bandcamp page! Along with a new release entitled Ritual Indexx Volume I which is the first of a two part release that features unreleased material and compilation tracks that did not make it onto Collection of Lost Thoughts 3xC64 on Black Horizons released a few months ago. Again, there is no overlap – Ritual Indexx features all it’s own exclusive re-issued material. 
The bandcamp page will enventually be filled in with many of Xiphoid Dementia’s past releases some more obscure. Eventually …

6/1/19 – Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge – 8PM

SH:HSTerror Cell UnitXiphoid DementiaObsidian NeedlesHostage Execution

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The reviews have started rolling in. Here’s what the press is saying:

From Side-Line:
Background/Info: This work is a split album between long-time active noise-maker Bastard Noise and Xiphoid Dementia. The album has been released as a collaboration between different labels.
Content: Xiphoid Dementia takes off with 3 harsh industrial-noise pieces. The tracks have been achieved with a few spoken samplings and bombastic/epic arrangements. Bastard Noise takes the B-side delivering 4 harsh pieces mixing industrial, noise and pure improvisation. Both last cuts are supported with a dark, tormented sphere.
+ + + : You’ve …

Xiphoid Dementia will be joining Zvi and To End It All for the three following shows on his upcoming tour:
4/11 – Seattle, WA @ Teatro de la Psychomachia w/ Lye Feast
4/12 – Olympia, WA @ Cryptotropa w/ Clayface
4/13 – Portland, OR @ Azoth w/ Caustic Touch

Brooklyn Vegan premiere of Bastard Noise – Mandatory Human Exit video from the Xiphoid Dementia / Bastard Noise – Human Extinction Engine LP available now at the Existence Establishment shop.

*purchase this from the shop*

Human Extinction Engine is a split record between the throttling yet textured death industrial of Xiphoid Dementia and the harsh space ambience of Bastard Noise. Conceptually both artists unite in seeing a world where humans slowly tighten the noose around their own neck through “advancement” and “industry”. Yet each artist reflects this concept in very different ways. On side A Xiphoid Dementia turns inward with cryptic spoken samples and delivers one track of pummeling industrial, one track of seething dark ambience, and concludes his piece with …

Cvlt Nation video premiere for “Malevolence” from the upcoming split with Bastard Noise! View the article and video here.

Now available for preorder here.
Human Extinction Engine is a split record between the throttling yet textured death industrial of Xiphoid Dementia and the harsh space ambience of Bastard Noise.
Conceptually both artists unite in seeing a world where humans slowly tighten the noose around their own neck through “advancement” and “industry”. Yet each artist reflects this concept in very different ways. On side A Xiphoid Dementia turns inward with cryptic spoken samples and delivers one track of pummeling industrial, one track of seething dark ambience, and concludes his piece with a …

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7/20 @ LoFi Gallery 429 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, Washington 98109
$8 – 21+ – 9PM
Echo Beds
To End It All
Xiphoid Dementia
Lye Feast
Scarcity