{"id":4896,"date":"2012-05-01T23:07:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T03:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2012-05-01T23:07:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T03:07:29","slug":"steel-hook-prostheses-cut-off-the-nose-to-spite-the-mouth-2xcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=4896","title":{"rendered":"Steel Hook Prostheses – Cut off the Nose to Spite the Mouth 2xCD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Steel Hook Prostheses – Cut off the Nose to Spite the Mouth 2xCD<\/p>\n

Syzmic Records<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a mighty 2 disc set of reissued material from the ever bleak Syzmic Records camp. Delivering 100% dark and hopeless sounds here Steel Hook Prostheses is as unforgiving as ever in their apocalyptic vision. Coming housed in a pro digipak with simple artwork the packaging comes off with a succinct retrospective feel. <\/p>\n

Disc one contains the releases Sadistic Surgery, Cold Embrace of an Iron Lung, Controlled Sense of Decay all released in 2003 and 2004. The tracks are a perfect example of SHP’s death industrial leanings while most remain unobtrusive enough to file under dark ambient. One of my favorite tracks here is Untold Atrocities<\/i> which features an exemplary execution of flowing soundscapes. As with most of SHP’s material the vocals are usually quite prominent in each and every track and they have a unique feel each time, being quite separated from the noisy core and industrial hum of the soundscapes.<\/p>\n

Disc two ups the ante a bit with an all-out noisier cavalcade of tracks. The releases featured on this disc are Hollow Eyes Behind a Sterile Mask, Violent Cutting Motion, and then a handful of live tracks. I really enjoy the variety presented on this disc, from Vehemence<\/i> a dark track that builds to a driving, almost techno synth rhythm, to Violent Cutting Motion<\/i> which is probably the noisiest and most intense track on the two disc set, and finally to the closer Live At The Firehouse Gallery<\/i> which is an anthemic dark ambient drone track never rising to an aggressive level, but keeping in an obscenely creepy atmosphere for its entirety.<\/p>\n

This is a great set with the first disc perhaps being a touch forgettable – due to it’s unwavering consistency in style and sound – but the second disc easily giving Cut off The Nose to Spite the Mouth some bang for your buck. Plus, it’s great to have a few of the releases I’ve missed on hardcopy, as well as all these collected into a box set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steel Hook Prostheses – Cut off the Nose to Spite the Mouth 2xCD
\nSyzmic Records
\nHere is a mighty 2 disc set of reissued material from the ever bleak Syzmic Records camp. Delivering 100% dark and hopeless sounds here Steel Hook Prostheses is as unforgiving as ever in their apocalyptic vision. Coming housed in a pro digipak with simple artwork the packaging comes off with a succinct retrospective feel.
\nDisc one contains the releases Sadistic Surgery, Cold Embrace of an Iron Lung, Controlled Sense of Decay all released in 2003 and 2004. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-webzine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}