15 tracks of bitter, hateful, shit.
A mix tape I compiled where I try and showcase music that is distinctly anti-music. I took a page out of the Black Metal philosophy book for this one. Original Black Metal of the late 80s to early 90s was not about agreeable or listenable music. The structure, movements and tones were designed to strike a chord of raw, visceral rebellion. Total opposition for all things. Hence the hyper Satanic imagery, under produced (Necro) sound, and primitive structure. Remember, BM came out in a time when excess in culture was peaking yet again. Punks early caveman roots were dead, and had morphed into several splinter groups. Thrash, New Wave, and Goth, to name a few of the big sellers. However, like all things, BM was crushed by popularity and diluted into the mainstream rock canon. Luckily though, we are now sitting at the dawn of a new movement in music and culture. Each new wave that precedes its originators creates a commercial side, and an underground side. And each splintering goes to further extremes. For example, if you took a piece of popular music from the 40s and compared it to pop music of today, it becomes quite clear what is happening. Commercialism equates to efficiency. Not simply with regards to greater means of delivery, but also with the cultural "product" itself. In the 40s, if you wanted to enjoy a piece of music you would still have to go and fork out hard earned money for a record, or radio to listen to your favourite tunes. A person appreciated the music. It was all the blood sweat and tears, all the hours spent away from your loved ones in the factory, office, diner, where ever. And this was reflected in the kind of products the consumer would get. Music that was actually thought through, dwelled upon and explored. It may have been commercial, and surely the youth did not appreciate it, but in hindsight, I now see, we were getting small glimpses of art from the years before. If only we had taken the time to apreciate it a little more. As I said though, there was always 2 sides to the story. The mainsteam and the underground. The youth would always search for their own sound, and would inevitably proliferate the coming of a new style of play. And much like commercial music has focus on making its products more efficient and easily digestable in order to get a quick buck, we have the underground that has stepped further, and further into dark realms of obscurity. But where will it end? Is it the mainstream that forces the underground into shadowed corners, or does the mainstream react to the deeper artistic developments of counter-culture? Something to think about perhaps. So I leave you with this chunk of solid 'Anti-ness' to 'enjoy'.
Out.
1. Reverend Bizarre - The Wandering Jew (From their 2003 'EP' Harbinger Of Metal)
2. Void Meditation Cult - Sulphurous Prayers (Listen to the entire demo here - http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/vmc )
3. Serpent Venom - Four Walls of Solitude (Listen to the whole album here - http://youtu.be/wvWfbTcQwvw )
4. Unearthly Trance - Penta(grams) (From their 2005 Debut 'In The Red)
5. Totalselfhatred - Sledge Hammered Heart (From their S/T 2007 Debut)
6. The Puritan - It is your own decision to respect life (Another Alber "Witchfinder" project, of Rev Biz fame. This comes off a compilation of their LP material entitles "Lithium Gates")
7. Sorrow - Human Error (Long out of print release entitled 'Hatred and Disgust' from 1992, that has recently been re-issued on Metal Mind records. Sorrow along with Winter were tipped as being titans of Death Doom genre.)
8. Moss - Tombs Of THe Blind Drugged (From their 2009 EP of the same title)
9. Gallhammer - Hoof and Proud Silence (From a demo and rarities compilation entitled 'The Dawn Of...', released on Peaceville records in 2007)
10. Evisc - Bleeding Into a Black Tetragrammaton (Rare as fuck release from fledgling UK Black Metalers. If you have this tape, you deserve a pat on the back. Otherwise head here for the DL http://www.psychocydd.co.uk/details.php?id=f75cab0c4c13422652547df3f341d2f60f652c94 )
11. Satanic Warmaster - Rotting Ravens Blood (From their 2010 release 'Nachzerher' on Werewolf Records)
12. Sabbath Assembly - Hymn of Consecration (From 2011 release, 'Restored to One')
13. Austere - This Dreadful Emptiness (Australian BM band that called it quits too soon. From 2009 album, 'To Lay like Old Ashes'. Hopefully one day it will get a re-issue)
14. Orchid - He Who Walks Alone (2011 album 'Capricorn' out on The Church Within Records)
15. Conan - Satsumo (The mighty fucking CONAN!! From their 2010 EP 'Horseback Battle Hammer')
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