THE HIGH CONFESSIONS – “Turning Led In To Gold With…” Industrial rock from four very different musicians. THC are Chris Connelly (Finitribe, Revco, Murder Inc.), Sanford Parker (Minsk), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) and Jeremy Lemos (White/Light). They play a real heavy psychedelic industrial rock mixed with electronic ambience, drone soundscapes and avant-garde. The combination of Chris Connelly’s vocals and Steve Shelly’s drums reminds me of Pigface’s early records, just a wall of sonic sound. On the last two songs “Dead Tenements” and “Chlorine and Crystal” this group really comes together and delivers in my opinion, two of the best songs in recent times.
DECREPIT BIRTH – “Polarity” Brutal death metal from Santa Cruz, California.
LIFE OF AGONY – “20 Years Strong – River Runs Red Live In Brussels.” Alternative metal from NYC.
ANGELS OF BABYLON – “Kingdom Of Evil.” Heavy metal from Arizona (spic haters) featuring David Ellefson founding member of Megadeth.
INSIDIOUS DISEASE – “Shadowcast” Death metal co-op featuring Silenoz (Dimmu Borgir), Jardar (Old Man’s Child) Tony Laureano (Angel Corpse, Nile), Shane Embury (Napalm Death) and Mark grewe (Morgoth).
HELL MILITIA – “Last Station On The Road To Death.” Black metal from France.
EL-P – “Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3” Strange hip-hop from Jaime Meline aka “EL-Producto” from Brooklyn, NY.
BLOOD REVOLT – “Indoctrine” Black metal from Canada.
FLESHWROUGHT – “Dementia/Dyslexia” Death metal band featuring Jonny Davy (Job For A Cowboy) and Navene Koperweis (Animosity).
CHARLES MANSON – “Air” A four part seasonal lp series from this crazy motherfucker from prison.
NEFARIUM – “Ad Discipulum” Italian black metal.
ISIS & MELVINS – “Split” Two of the last Isis songs recorded before they broke up, and two newer ones from The Godfathers of sludge.
RAMESSES – “Take The Curse.” Crushing blackened doom, torrential riffing, concussive percussion, free-form psychedelic jams and enigmatic spells are what this UK band does best.
DAS ICH – “Koma” Industrial goth from Germany.
LISA GERRARD – “Departum” Vocalist for Dead Can Dance solo album.
ANDROID LUST – “The Human Animal” Industrial solo project from Shikhee, “alien sexual.”
PROJECT PITCHFORK – “Continuum Ride” Industrial/darkwave from Germany.
THE FUNERAL PYRE – “Vultures At Dawn” Real good blackened death metal from La Habra, California.
DAX RIGGS – “Say Goodnight To The World.” Rock/blues/experimental solo album from Acid Bath’s vocalist.
ALL OUT WAR – “Into The Killing Fields.” Punk/metal from Newburgh NY.
DESTRUKTOR – “Nailed” Australian satanic black metal.
VOTUM – “Metafiction” Progressive metal from Poland.
“Bones begin to break, smash your fuckin’ face, Beaten, you plead to live, Born to mutilate, live to desecrate, die, I will kill again, Adrenaline rush, pumping through my veins, boiling in my blood, Methodically, this hunt has just begun!”