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.
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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.