Headstone Brigade & Weregnome Records present “Victory & Defeat”; the new full-length of all new original material from your favorite dark folk n’er do wells. To be released Halloween 2023!!!
Headstone Brigade Announces New Album “Victory & Defeat”
August 15th, 2023
8/23 – Moth Drakula, Xiphoid Dementia + more
August 7th, 2023
August 23rd, 2023
@
Belltown Yacht Club
8PM, $12, 21+
Moth Drakula
Infinexhuma
Xiphoid Dementia
In Spite of Dreams
Advance Tickets
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Enamel Pins Now Available
July 4th, 2022
Enamel pins now available for both Xiphoid Dementia and Headstone Brigade! Included with the purchase of a Xiphoid Dementia pin is a digital copy of Prison of Hope:
You can purchase them on the Xiphoid Dementia BandCamp page.
Included with the Headstone Brigade pin purchase is a digital copy of the new EP Dark Shadows In Bright Light:
You can purchase them on the Headstone Brigade BandCamp page.
6/17-6/21 Litha Cascadia 2022
May 21st, 2022
This year’s Litha Cascadia will be host to both Headstone Brigade and Xiphoid Dementia. Headstone Brigade will be performing as a 4 piece featuring cello, guitar, backup vocals and percussion on Sunday afternoon of June 19th. While Xiphoid Dementia will be delivering a full multimedia experience on Monday night June 20th.
For more information visit the Official Litha Cascadia website and grab your tickets now!
Human Larvae live @ Orden
July 19th, 2021
Prison of Hope Now Available on BandCamp
August 7th, 2020
Today is the digital release of Prison of Hope The latest effort from Xiphoid Dementia released on vinyl in February 2020 – bandcamp release August 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.
Very pleased to announce that through the Xiphoid Dementia bandcamp page and shop over $300 has …
Might Is Blight Now Available on BandCamp
March 22nd, 2020
Originally released in March of 2009 Might Is Blight is the seminal release of Xiphoid Dementia marking a turning point in the project’s evolution. The album is driven by envisioning apocalyptic scenarios and then meticulously crafting an aural accompaniment of prophetic proportions.
Might Is Blight by Xiphoid Dementia
New Shop and Sale Items
March 5th, 2020
We’ve set up a new shop with the complete list of currently available items from Existence Establishment, Xiphoid Dementia, and Headstone Brigade including a large list of bundles and sale items to save on shipping!
Click here to check out the new Existence Establishment shop!
Embalmed In Purity Now Available on Xiphoid Dementia BandCamp
February 22nd, 2020
Now available on the Xiphoid Dementia bandcamp page Embalmed In Purity: the debut full-length released in 2005 remastered.
Originally released in edition of 100 copies on CDR in 2005 this is the debut full-length of Xiphoid Dementia. These tracks have been remastered from the originals.
Cascading waves of distortion weave through seething ambience. Echoes of dying machines invade the psyche only to be swept up into the metaphysical tempest. Tendrils of (super)natural phenomena tear the last thread of flesh and bone. A raw twist of fate overloading your sixth sense. Embalmed in …
Xiphoid Dementia’s 20th Anniversary – 2019 Prospectus
December 13th, 2019
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 …
Xiphoid Dementia Bandcamp Launch and New Digital-only Release!
October 22nd, 2019
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 – SH:HS, Terror Cell Unit, Xiphoid Dementia
May 10th, 2019
6/1/19 – Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge – 8PM
SH:HSTerror Cell UnitXiphoid DementiaObsidian NeedlesHostage Execution
FACEBOOK EVENT
Human Extinction Engine Reviews!
March 26th, 2019
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 …
4/11-4/13 – Xiphoid Dementia PNW Mini Tour
March 13th, 2019
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
Bastard Noise – Mandatory Human Exit Video Premiere
March 5th, 2019
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.
EE21: XIPHOID DEMENTIA / BASTARD NOISE – HUMAN EXTINCTION ENGINE LP
March 1st, 2019
*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 …
Video Premiere of “Malevolance”
February 5th, 2019
Cvlt Nation video premiere for “Malevolence” from the upcoming split with Bastard Noise! View the article and video here.
Preorder Now: Xiphoid Dementia / Bastard Noise – Human Extinction Engine LP
January 8th, 2019
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 …
7/20 – Echo Beds, Xiphoid Dementia + more
July 12th, 2017
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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
6/8-6/10 – Covenant Festival III – Revenger, Bolzer, Xiphoid Dementia + more
April 28th, 2017
Covenant Festival III
6/8-6/10 @ Rickshaw Theatre
254 E. Hastings, Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1P1
3-day passes $90
2/21 – Filth, Gnawed, Xiphoid Dementia + more
December 17th, 2016
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2/21/17 @ The Black Lodge, 9PM
Filth (MINNINAPOLIS, MS)
Gnawed (DENTON, TX)
CBN (OMAHA, NE)
Xiphoid Dementia (Seattle, WA)
Furniture Worship (Seattle, WA)
Flier art by Vladimír Vácovský
Now Available – V/A – The Echoing Black
September 16th, 2016
The new installment of Malignant compilation is out now!
This 2016 edition showcases the talents of Theologian, Xiphoid Dementia, Phelios, Phragments, Shibalba, TOMB, Aderlating, Steel Hook Prostheses, Gnawed, Analfabetism, Of Earth And Sun and Leila Abdul-Rauf and more! The compilation is available for download purchase or to stream free here.
6/16-6/18 – Covenant Festival II
February 9th, 2016
June 16th-18th, 2016 Sponsored by Modified Ghost, Sound & Salt, and CVLT Nation -Deiphago (Philippines/Costa Rica)
– Xiphoid Dementia (USA)
-Demoncy (USA)
-Funeral Throne (England)
-SHEOL (England)
-Volahn (USA/Mexico)
-Unaussprechlichen Kulten (Chile)
+ more
4/14 – Control, Scard, Xiphoid Dementia
February 9th, 2016
Pent Up Release presents
SEATTLE, Thursday 4.14
PORTLAND, Saturday 4.16
Seattle, WA
Thursday April 14th, 2016
REBAR 21+
CONTROL
SCARD
GRIEFER
RUSALKA
XIPHOID DEMENTIA
PRISONFOOD+MASAAKI MASAO
__________
Portland, OR
Saturday April 16th, 2016
HIGH WATER MARK 21+
CONTROL
SCARD
BLOOD BOX
JONATHAN CANADY
6/19 & 6/20 – Minneapolis Industrial Noise Fest
May 7th, 2015
FRIDAY JUNE 19th & SATURDAY JUNE 20th
Murderous Vision (OH)
The Vomit Arsonist (RI)
Climax Denial (WI)
Xiphoid Dementia (WA)
Plack Blague (NE)
Filth (TX)
Of Earth and Sun (CO)
Apócrýphos (PA)
Anal Hearse (IL)
Machismo (IL)
Rape-X (PA/TX)
Bonemagic (OK)
Breaking the Will (MI) + more
12/7 – Bastard Noise, Xiphoid Dementia + more
October 26th, 2014
12/7/14 | 7PM | $8 | 21+ | Facebook Event
@ O’Briens Pub 3 Harvard Ave, Allston, Massachusetts
Bastard Noise
Nyodene D
Ultra Negative
Xiphoid Dementia
Hospital Bomber
Eaten
11/21 – Morne, Xiphoid Dementia + more
October 26th, 2014
11/21/14 @ Geno’s Rock Club 625 Congress St, Portland, Maine 04101 | 9PM | $7
Facebook Event
Morne
Ramlord
Xiphoid Dementia
Mugwort
11/7 – Horror Vacui, Xiphoid Dementia + more
October 26th, 2014
11/7/14 @ The Bat Haus | 7PM | $7 | Facebook Event
Horror Vacui
Sewer Goddess
Stranger
Xiphoid Dementia
email egan@existest.org for address.
Rehearsals for Extinct Sonorities now on YOUTUBE
September 22nd, 2014
EE04 Xiphoid Dementia – Rehearsals for Extinct Sonorities DVD was originally released on DVD Feb 2006 for free or trade only. Rehearsals for Extinct Sonorities is an alternate aural interpretation of the masterpiece film Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies by the Brothers Quay. Foley sounds in this interpretation were mostly recorded with a lo-fi microphone in a one bedroom apartment and are derived from everyday household items. Sound sources include scissors, paper, wires, chairs, pencils, radiators, hair, glasses, knives and more. The musical score deals with the resonances and electric ghosts …
Verdant & Xiphoid Dementia interviews in Tironas Magazine
September 21st, 2014
We’re proud to announce that the new issue of Tironas Magazine features interviews of Verdant and Xiphoid Dementia! Check out a video preview of the magazine below and order it here.
EE20: BITCHNECK – NO POWER C20
September 9th, 2014
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Bitchneck is a no-holds-barred power electronics unit from Boston representing the MA/PE/FU mentality. The project has released a few DIY cassettes on his own but this is first proper label release and hell hath come with fury. Twenty minutes of harsh noise and power electronics with lucid moments of experimental industrial.
Short and to the point No Power will not let down fans of American PE.
Perfume
Mere Ceremony [ Full Track ]
Even Worse Than the Last Time
Fevers & Carwrecks
Strictly limited to 50 copies.
Professionally duplicated cassettes.
Full-color 4 panel j-cards with collage art by …
8/15-8/24 – Xiphoid Dementia & Regosphere 2014 West Coast Tour
July 11th, 2014
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3/14 – Yoshiko Ohara, Xiphoid Dementia + more
March 5th, 2014
3/14 @ Machines With Magnets | All Ages | $5 | 9PM
Yoshiko Ohara
Xiphoid Dementia
Tovarish
Cygnus Herd
FACEBOOK EVENT HERE
EE19: GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD – BURY ME IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND 2xC11
February 14th, 2014
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Call it cybergrind, digital hardcore, or power electronics Matt Serven of Goodbye Cruel World isn’t hindered by genre boundaries or labels. The only essential elements to the sounds of Goodbye Cruel World is that it’s hard fast and totally unrepentant. Recorded in the early 2000s but never officially released Bury Me in A Hole in the Ground is a document of a hardcore kid with a weird streak and a whole lotta anger. Serven is a causalty of heavy music in New England as he is also an integral part …
EE18: SHARPWAIST & MARABOU STORK – COLD SHOTS C60
February 14th, 2014
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Cold Shots is a collaboration between Sharpwaist and Marabou Stork. Recorded several years ago but not seeing the light until today this material is an abstract meditation on autumn; a season whose true pinnacle can only be experienced in New England. Sharpwaist is Carl Haas a long time Boston industrial artist and Marabou Stork is a former Boston resident and musician now living in New York.
Spanning roughly 60 minutes Cold Shots brings the listener on a sepia-tinged journey through dry crunchy leaves, chilly nights, and the smell of organic decay …
Existence Establishment is looking for collaborators!!!
August 10th, 2013
Calling all writers, reviewers, promoters, photographers, graphic designers, video artists, web designers, entrepreneurs, fanatics, and artists who have a passion for noise/industrial/experimental/ambient/power electronics. Existence Establishment is looking for your help. Whatever your passion and/or strengths we can use it.
Do you like writing articles about your favorite releases? The best show you ever went to, scene reports? Want to get free music and write reviews? Want to design fliers or spread the word about shows? Want to help organize events or meet other noise artists? Do you enjoy capturing videos of …
Summer Scum Festival II
June 28th, 2013
Summer Scum is the second annual Buffalo, NY noise fest focused on Harsh Noise and Power Electronics. This years fest will take place at The Flesh Tunnel (1245 Niagra st) on July 18th,19th, and 20th. The lineup features over 50 acts from all over the country such as: Ferveur Noire, John Mannion, Ahlzagailzehguh, Deterge, Skin Graft, Envenomist, Gnawed, Xiphoid Dementia, Hostage Pageant, and many many more.
Summer Scum was conceptualized in early 2012 when curators Justin Lakes and Matt Goodrich decided to start doing a fest shortly after Lakes …
EE17: VERDANT – SINCERITY CD
January 1st, 2013
*purchase this from the shop*
Verdant is Zach Adams who is also the man behind BKPR the esoteric and obtuse harsh noise project of relative obscurity. With this new work Adams presents a new dimension to noise in the form of quiet power electronics. The work of Verdant focuses on spoken word, secret promises, dusty corners, delicate instruments, and obsolete equipment. In the span of a few tracks Verdant’s sound can range from a seething attack of brooding noise and industrial to carefully constructed soundscapes that have been packed away in …
New reviews of Existence Establishment releases
November 26th, 2012
Bereft/Fire In The Head – MA/PE/FU Vol. 1 LP
From Heathen Harvest webzine:
Concrete. A perfect metaphor for the hardcore spirit that infects both the past and the present state of the Massachusetts underground. It is the brutal, severed face of American power electronics. It greets flesh with all the subtlety of a nuclear blast wave, and its only voice is the crushing crumble under the rumble of an Earthquake or the gut-wrenching clash of jagged metal against itself, the white noise of the heavy rain that washes away …
EE16: LAVAS MAGMAS – ACTS OF WORSHIP CDR+DVDR
July 15th, 2012
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Lavas Magmas is the project of Luis Gonzalez hailing from Portland, Oregon. After touring with Regosphere and specializing in sound and video projects it was decided to focus a DVDR/CDR release on Existence Establishment. Lavas Magmas creates industrial ambience with a precision that is rarely heard from artists today. Pulsating oscillations collide with unearthly scrap metal improvisations and ghostly drones to form a thick tapestry of otherwordly brilliance.
Accompanying the CDR is a DVDR mind-altering video/audio experience that utilizes convergence of saturated, vivid source material and manipulations which portray a plethora …
EE15: LACKTHROW – RELEASE 2xCDR
July 15th, 2012
*purchase this from the shop*
Lackthrow is a name most unknown to noise fans of today but Andrew Powell has been active and creating noise under several different guises – twit/ch, Internal Empty, A Hymn For Her – since 1990. The project has been alive and hyperactive for many years and time has seen it take many forms from experimental surrealism, or harsh Masonna-influenced cut up noise, to power electronics and back again. Even spanning into weird ambience, synth-pop and cybergrind influences.
With Lackthrow’s Release Existence Establishment strives to present a cohesive …
Xiphoid Dementia on Bandwith TV
June 1st, 2012
CCTV’s Bandwith TV was gracious enough to create an episode of their Bandwith TV dedicated to Xiphoid Dementia. Special thanks for visuals provided by Deftly-D of Voidstar Productions.
7/6 & 7/7 – INDUSTRIAL LIBERATION FESTIVAL 2012
May 30th, 2012
PRESALE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
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The Artists
Deutsch Nepal (Sweden)
Deutsch Nepal – Heartbomb
There´s a big gap between what exist and what possibly could….. Deutsch Nepal try to fill that gap by concidering what is true, what is pure and possible. With a conviction of the purity of it´s own distorted creation Deutsch Nepal twist the truth and turn the impossible into a reality existing only inside your head. Never mind this statement …. mind the gap!
iVardensphere (Edmonton, Canada)
iVardensphere – Ancients
Based …
New reviews from Special Interests and Heathen Harvest!!!
February 5th, 2012
Thanks to Mikko Aspa over at Special Interests and Sage Weatherford at Heathen Harvest for the in-depth and opinionated reviews!!!
GM Electronics – Trashwalker CDR
From Heathen Harvest webzine:
GM Electronics is a decade-old experimental / noise project from UK-based sound explorer Jirí Balšínek. Though originally from Hustopece, Czech Republic, his relocation to Driffeld, UK seems to put him in place for a larger audience, even though the town is 30 miles from the closest city in York. Though you’re more likely to know him through this project, Jirí also owns …
2/16 – Xiphoid Dementia, FRKSE + more
January 25th, 2012
2/16 | $5 | @ Spaced Mountain
FRKSE/TEMPLE RAT
XIPHOID DIMENTIA
JOEY MOLINARO (NY)
+ 1 MORE
Email: egan@existest.org for address info.
New BT.HN/Sistrenatus reviews + free zine with next few orders!!!
December 21st, 2011
We’ve been lucky enough to get 2 more reviews on the BT.HN/Sistrenatus – Exposing the Ribcage CDR! The first is from a print zine And Then And Yet who was kind enough to send us a few extra copies, so they will go out free with the next few Existence Establishment label or distro orders. Review is in the image!
The next review is from the always prolific yet quality webzine Heathen Harvest who are now active once again! Here’s what they had to say:
Exposing the Ribcage is a collaborative effort …
12/8 – Houstin, Texas – Sistrenatus + more
November 28th, 2011
A rare U.S. performance from this Existence Establishment recording artist!!!
12/8 | Avant-Garden | $5 | 9PM
Sistrenatus
Black Leather Jesus
Steel Hook Prostheses
Concrete Violin
T.E.F.
Serum Fantis
Review of BT.HN/Sistrenatus – Exposing the Ribcage CDR from Animal Psi
October 17th, 2011
The guys over at Animal Psi were kind enough to write their thoughts on BT.HN/Sistrenatus – Exposing the Ribcage CDR.
“‘Exposing the Ribcage’ is a pile-up live Noise collaboration involving BT.HN (Sam McKinlay of The Rita and Josh Rose of Sick Buildings) and Sistrenatus (H MacFarlane). This six-handed way to kill an hour leaves little slack in this massive track, and the tripling of efforts means any idiosyncratic misstep is redressed by the oversight of the averages. This is not to say all we get is 65 minutes of …
EE14: GM ELECTRONICS – TRASHWALKER CDR
August 1st, 2011
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Trashwalker is a post-apocalyptic journey through waste strewn fields of radiated digital noise. GM Electronics presents a chaotic, multi textured, walk through, dark ruined streets littered with needles and debris, teaming with desperate characters seeking some sort of seedy appeasement. Originally recorded in 2004 and released in a limited edition first on I.N.K. Recordings, then once again re-released on Cyberblast Records. Now Existence Establishment once again revives this abandoned matter for yet another strictly limited run with all new artwork and packaging.
…
7/14 – Rosenkopf, Gash, Xiphoid Dementia + more
July 5th, 2011
This event is organized in conjunction with Fucker Productions
The Artists
Rosenkopf (Brooklyn, NY)
Rosenkopf – Untitled
Rosenkopf is a three piece band who creates sounds that range from, dark, dancey, noisy, and at times loud. Electronic elements are mixed into the music as well. Recorded a demo as only a 2 piece then added in a live drummer for extra sound. Members of Thriller, Dawn of Humans, Detestation, Question.
They will be playing a complex set using bass guitar, vocals, and a drum machine as well as an electronic and acoustic drum kit.
…
MA/PE/FU article in the Boston Phoenix
May 1st, 2011
Special thanks to Ian Duncan-Brown for his inspired article about the first EE vinyl release and first volume of the MA/PE/FU series!
Here’s the introduction, follow the link to read the article in it’s entirety:
Beneath New England’s long-established hardcore, metal, and indie scenes lies the increasingly vital subculture of noise and power electronics. Once or twice a month, an unsightly, intimidating crowd packs into a dingy basement in Allston or Somerville, where they stand shoulder-to-shoulder and exchange barbed, sidelong glances as they jostle for space at the front.
As the artists set …
Review of MA/PE/FU Vol. 1 on Rock! Shock! Pop!
April 26th, 2011
Paul Casey over at Rock! Shock! Pop! has been kind enough to write up a glowing review of Existence Establishment’s first vinyl release! MA/PE/FU Vol. 1 is still available at the shop.
About four hundred years ago, a bunch of losers left England because their religion wasn’t strict enough. Instead of doing a massive group castration and subsequent suicide (why live without the batteries to your funmobile?), they sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately, they settled in Massachusetts, and this place still holds a lot of the same ideals that existed …
Xiphoid Dementia Pacific Northwest Tour
April 25th, 2011
5/15 – Portland, OR @ Mudai w/ Lavas Magmas, John Mannion, Soup Purse, Indignant Senility
5/19 – Seattle, WA @ Teatro de la Psychomachia w/ Bloodbox, Masaki Satsu, Venessa Skantze, Cathartech
5/20,21 – Victoria, BC @ 9th Annual Festival of Noise w/ Chefkirk, Severed Flesh, Frozen Body, Marlo Eggplant, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Slates, Merdique, GRKGZL, Wapstan, Static Kitten, Ryan Bloomer, Acid Attack, Suicide Bomber, Monarch, The Rita, Sistrenatus, Whip of the UFO, Froghat, Grandpa Big Balls, Griefer, Quebec lePink, Ha Ha Terror, Brutophilia, CSTL, Sea Lion
4/26 – Xiphoid Dementia, Beyond, 3 Moons + more
March 28th, 2011
Tuesday April 26th 8PM @ Asteroid M:
Xiphoid Dementia
Bill Doob
Beyond
3 Moons
Idaho Joe
Email for address info.
4/23 – Controlled Bleeding, Sharpwaist + more
March 15th, 2011
Brought to you by Existence Establishment in conjunction with the Together Festival Boston
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photos by observationpost and contrastic
The Artists
Controlled Bleeding (Massapequa, NY)
Controlled Bleeding – Trawler’s Song
Controlled Bleeding is a prolific experimental music group based in Massapequa, New York. The group was founded by Paul Lemos, the group’s only consistent member. Most of Controlled Bleeding’s released recordings feature two main collaborators, Chris Moriarty and vocalist Joe Papa, who both died in the late 2000s.
Since their first full-length release in 1983, Controlled Bleeding have released over 30 albums spanning several different …
4/3 – Xiphoid Dementia, Phog Masheen, FRKSE + more
March 14th, 2011
Sunday April 3rd 8PM @ Starlab:
Phog Masheen
Xiphoid Dementia
FRKSE
Trachypithecene Entity
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EE13: FIRE IN THE HEAD/BEREFT – MA/PE/FU Vol. 1 LP
January 1st, 2011
*purchase this from the shop*
Massachusetts power electronics heavyweights go head-to-head in the first Volume of the MA/PE/FU series. Fire in the Head is Michael Page the prolific artist also behind Sky Burial and Irukandji who hails from Cape Cod. On Side A FITH offers a fast paced whirlwind of unrelenting noise complemented by ambient interludes, frantic samples, and rhythmic mayhem.
Side B features the forsaken death industrial tinged power electronics of Salem, MA based Bereft. The brothers in arms behind this 2 man operation being Peter Lee of the long-running Force …
This Is My Own Hell review from Musique Machine
October 22nd, 2010
Musique Machine just published a new review of Stratvm Terror – This is My Own Hell CD which has been added to the release page and is still available from the shop.
Holding the cover of Stratvm Terrors This Is My Own Hell one can feel a bit of apprehension. The long awaited release is bathed in the artwork of Mia Makila, in what seems to be an ode to Hieronymus Bosch, and quite a good one at that. Released in 2008 in limited copies; eight songs drown the …
Exposing the Ribcage review from Musique Machine
October 22nd, 2010
Musique Machine just published a new review of BT.HN & Sistrenatus – Exposing the Ribcage CDR which has been added to the release page and is still available from the shop.
Exposing the Rib Cage is a live recording revealing the results of a three-way British Columbian power electronics team-up involving Sam McKinlay (The Rita), Josh Rose (Sick Buildings) and Harlow MacFarlane (Sistrenatus and Funerary Call). The set is a single piece just over one hour in length that explores the extended interplay between a limited arsenal of generators and effects …
Funerary Call /// Xiphoid Dementia 2010 East Coast Tour
October 9th, 2010
11/1/10 –> 11/6/2010: Burlington VT, Buffalo NY, Boston MA, Providence RI, Greenfield MA, Far Rockaway NY
9/26 – Xiphoid Dementia in Chicago
September 14th, 2010
Sunday Sept. 26th 8:30pm @ Ball Hall Chicago, IL
Xiphoid Dementia
Manners
Teaadora
Forbes/Young
ballhall@gmail.com for directions/info
9/25 – Xiphoid Dementia @ Milwaukee Noise Fest 2010!
August 25th, 2010
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Xiphoid Dementia – Might is Blight review in Special Interests #2
August 23rd, 2010
The boys over at Special Interests have been kind enough to write an extremely comprehensive and detailed review of Xiphoid Dementia’s Might is Blight CD released by Existence Establishment and still available from the shop.
Here is the review in it’s entirety:
Comparing this to past CDR works I have heard from this American project, and most of all comments I have heard from less open-minded noise crowd, I must say I was taken by surprise. Progression has been great. And even steps towards originality and more ambitious fields of creation. Xiphoid …
Upcoming releases on Existence Establishment!
August 19th, 2010
It has been some time since our last manufacturing report. The headless bureaucracy of Existence Establishment forges ever on processing, analyzing, and producing with efficiency and with discriminating eyes and ears of which none can escape. This transmission contains vital information pertaining to upcoming releases.
Coming Sooner:
EE13 – Bereft/Fire In The Head – MA/PE/FU Vol. 1 LP
Existence Establishment’s first vinyl release will not be the last. MA/PE/FU Vol. 1 is the first of a 3 part series that will present several mainstay artists, and some new artists of Massachusetts power electronics! …
Human Larvae – Home is Where the Hurt Is review in Special Interests #2
August 16th, 2010
The boys over at Special Interests have been kind enough to write quite a glowing review for Human Larvae’s Home Is Where the Hurt Is CD released by Existence Establishment and still available from the store.
Here is the review in it’s entirety:
I had heard many good things about this project. Knowing his earlier harsh noise unit Broken Diode being good, I still hesitated checking out previous 3″cdr release simply due to format. Now Existence Establishment label from the USA was bold enough to invest money on full color digisleeve CD …
7/10 – Mindspawn, Retribution Body, Xiphoid Dementia
June 17th, 2010
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7/3 – Steel Hook Prostheses + more in Boston!
June 11th, 2010
Steel Hook Prostheses (Dallas, Texas) – Steel Hook Prostheses is J.Stillings and L.Kerr. Formed in 1999, this Texas heavy electronics duo has become purveyors of sick and twisted nightmarish soundscapes.
6/20 – Xiphoid Dementia, Sewer Goddess, The Vomit Arsonist
June 11th, 2010
Sunday June 20th 6pm FREE
Xiphoid Dementia
Sewer Goddess
The Vomit Arsonist
@ Fools Mansion, 127 Essex St., Salem MA
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Review of “Might is Blight” CD from Musique Machine
May 25th, 2010
Musique Machine just published a new review of Xiphoid Dementia – Might is Blight CD which has been added to the press page and is still available from the shop.
‘Might is Blight’ offers up quite a varied, original and often bleakly epic mixture of: electronic and junk based industrial textures, powerful and avant grade tinged neo-classical elements, animal and environmental field recordings, power electronics and cinematic tinged noise.
Each of the six ten minute plus tracks that make up the album seem to tell their own distinctive sound story and tale …
5/8 – PDX – Xiphoid Dementia, Pulse Emitter, Frozen Body + more
May 3rd, 2010
9pm @ Pocket Sandwich/Abyssal Behemoth
5245 NE 15th. Ave., Portland, OR.
Donation for touring band.
Xiphoid Dementia (Boston)
Pulse Emitter (Portland)
Frozen Body (Portland)
Wall Of Blubber w/Ben David (Portland)
Wi♰ches (Portland)
Xiphoid Dementia live @ The Plough and Stars
February 25th, 2010
Thursday March 4th @ The Plough and Stars, 912 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
10pm – FREE – 21+
Xiphoid Dementia (industrial drone)
Michael Monroe (spoken word)
Ted Billings (acoustic guitar folk)
Ryk McIntyre (spoken word)
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Uncompromising Music for Uncompromising People
February 25th, 2010
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EE12: BT.HN & SISTRENATUS – EXPOSING THE RIBCAGE CDR
February 21st, 2010
*purchase this from the shop*
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.
[ Excerpt 1 ] [ Excerpt 2 ] [ Excerpt 3 ]
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Existence Establishment Web Launch Show/Party
February 18th, 2010
The Existence Establishment Web Launch show/party is to celebrate the launch of the new EE website and present a varied bill of electronic experimental, noise, industrial, ambient, and drone music to Boston. From the shut down of Blood Ties WebZine in December of 2008 Existence Establishment has focused on completeing releases (Might is Blight CD, Exposing the Ribcage CDR) recording new material for Xiphoid Dementia and sponsoring our first U.S. tour (Xiphoid Dementia, Zerfallt, Waterdogs in March of ’09). But we’ve been itching to get back to doing reviews, interviews, …