Gnawed – Pestilence Beholden Label: Malignant Records – TUMORCD97Format: CD, Album Country: USReleased: Sep 2016Style: Industrial, Power Electronics Since its inception in 2009, Grant Richardson’s Gnawed has propelled itself into the top tier of heavy electronics and death industrial with a stream of high quality releases over a variety of formats. For his 3rd full length disc, Pestilence Beholden, the template set forth by prior works remains intact, but is dragged down into an even darker space, this time enriched by added layers of foreboding atmospherics and foggy ambience. Make no mistake, this is Gnawed through and through, but Pestilence Beholden is even more sculpted and refined than before, finding…
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Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous Names
Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous NamesLabel: Malignant Records – TUMORCD102Format: CD, EP, ReissueCountry: USReleased: 20 Jan 2017Style: Dark Ambient Active since the late ‘80s as a member of MZ.412 and Pouppée Fabrikk, few names within the realm of dark industrial and blackened ambient carry more weight and presence than Sweden’s mighty Nordvargr. Though side projects Muskel and Körperwelten have been released on Malignant, The Secret Barbarous Names is the first solo recording done for the label, and Nordvargr’s first physical release since 2013’s The Dromopoda Transmissions on Old Europa Café. A vocal based work inspired by the Draconian and Typhonian traditions, the title refers to the hidden meanings of the…
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Phragments – All Towers Must Fall
Phragments – All Towers Must FallLabel: Malignant Records – TumorCD92, Construct.Destroy.Collective – noneFormat: CD, AlbumReleased: 01 Feb 2017Style: Dark Ambient The all new, fifth full-length album of Phragments is unmistakably dark ambient in nature, yet the overall feeling of the songs is more industrial this time. Moving a step further into harsher territory, “All Towers Must Fall” brings together dark ambience, heavily treated field recordings, classical instruments and also analogue synths, all echoing with orchestral grandeur. Phragments still follow a rather abstract and minimalist path, but this time the compositions have a touch of subtle chaos. With the atmosphere ranging from brooding to menacing, “All Towers Must Fall” is a…
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Phallus Dei – Black Dawn
Phallus Dei – Black DawnLabel: Dark Vinyl Records – DV 70Format: CD, AlbumCountry: EuropeReleased: 08 Mar 2017Style: Drone, Minimal, Industrial, Krautrock, Free Jazz “Stigmata” is exclusive to the CD version. Phallus Dei (one of the most important German industrial & darkwave project of the 90s!!) are celebrating their 25th anniversary with the new album Black Dawn. Combining industrial guitar drones with minimal music, Phallus Dei’s signature elements melt together creating a repetitive, orchestral wall of sound on what is definitely their heaviest, deepest album ever. Featuring guest performances by Merzbow, Peter Brötzmann, Niels van Hoorn and Jacqueline Hamelink . Phallus Dei are: Mk. E. / Oliver St. Lingam / Richard…
