‘The Hell of Icarus is the deluxe version of Necropsyk’s 2nd full-length album The Fall Of Icarus. This deluxe version includes 3 bonus tracks not included on the standard version, including Necropsyk’s remix of :wumpscut:’s “Furunkel Lolita”, which was featured on the :wumpscut: promo release DJ Dwarf 14. Necropsyk’s self-released albums can be purchased on bandcamp…
The annual springtime ritual has arrived. Time to listen to :Wumpscut:’s latest work, Siamese, and examine its strengths and weaknesses in comparison with at least 12 other full-length albums. This year’s task is made all the more difficult because Siamese arrives on the heels of last year’s Fuckit and Bunkertor 7 Resample, two highpoints of Rudy Ratzinger’s long music career. So…
It is rare that a press release actually contains a useful band description. In this case, Earth Loop Recall themselves write: “Think The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers. Add The Process by Skinny Puppy, AEnima by Tool, Mezzanine by Massive Attack, Never Mind the Bullocks by the Sex Pistols, and In Utero by Nirvana.…
On their sophomore album, Prelude to Annihilation, Red Reflection comes across as the neo-classical progeny of Skinny Puppy side-project Doubting Thomas. Somber orchestrations are layered over tribal rhythms and the stray hip-hop beat; elegant piano passages are bruised by intermittent patches of electronic static. A spoken word intro, reminiscent of Boyd Rice, prepares the listener…
I’m not really sure what to make of this collaborate release, Last Train to Cocksville (2003). Not being familiar with Cock E.S.P. or Panicsville, I was initially expecting derivative Whitehouse-style misogynanthropy, to coin a new word. After all, with song titles like “Good Clean Cock” and “I Can’t Get Her Off My Cock,” one could…
If you’ve been sleeping on the whole terror EBM phenomenon, Interbreeding II: Industrial Mutation from Arkansas’s BLC Productions provides a neat little primer. Including unreleased material from mainstays Hocico, Dioxyde, and Tactical Sekt, this CD is hard enough to satisfy the underground, but with a danceable edge to keep any floor packed. BLC provides a…