BLACK SUN / THEY ARE COWARDS - 'Code Black / First And Only' 7" (At War With False Noise)
Black Sun take the first side with a surprisingly short, fast and loud number. Still as heavy as previous At War LP "Paralyser" but much more in the short, fast and loud vein. This one's been a set-closer for a while now and is a total rager, will hopefully be a nice surprise to a lot of you! This is the first release by Manchester-based doom-sludgers They Are Cowards and it's a beast. Totally focused, grim northern waste-inspired misery, building from a massive Celtic Frost-esque riff. A totally brilliant pairing of northern negativity! Ltd x 300 copies on heavyweight black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.
UK 6£
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CULVER / SEPPUKU - 'Dedicated To Soledad Miranda' CD (At War With False Noise)
First time on CD for both these bands: Culver is the awe-inspiring drone / noise project of Lee Stokoe (Marzuraan, Skullflower). Here he gives us a 30 min+ deluge of harrowing, bassy drone, purveying a sense of crawling dread at what is to come. Soon things get more desperate before being crushed into oblivion by a wall of crushing amplifier noise, which slowly develops into a more sedative shifting tone. Seppuku give two tracks in very different styles... the first is an unbearably heavy doom piece, giving way to some Throbbing Gristle-esque hydraulic pumping before the guitars kick in and everything is laid to waste... heavy duty! The second track sounds very post-industrial power electronics, with walls of bleak static forming the backbone of the track, interspersed with what sounds like post-apocalyptic winds of death, and some distorted lines of screeched vocal. Unpleasant. Ltd x 500 copies.
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GHAST / ABANDONER - 'Ghast / Abandoner' CD (At War With False Noise / Choking Hazard Records)
Two tracks each from bands coming at dark heaviness from different ends of the spectrum, but who compliment each other perfectly. The 2 Ghäst tracks are painfully slow, heavy and unrelentingly repetitive funeral dirges of ultradoom. There are some definite sludge overtones going on there but this is definitely for fans of bleak doom/sludge: think Moss / Burning Witch / Corrupted etc. Abandoner is Jay and Ryan from Unearthly Trance but this is a different proposition altogether: post-industrial soundscapes, this is almost like an alternative soundtrack to Eraserhead. Drenched in feedback, almost lost vocals, buzzing, processed guitar all come together in a massive dark, almost symphonic whole. Total void music. Ltd x 500 copies.
UK 10.50£
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GRUEL - 'Gruel' CD (At War With False Noise)
CD issue of this instant classic of avant-sludge (originally issued on vinyl in 2009 by Feast Of Tentacles). This is the only recording Gruel made, or will ever make since they announced their recent split, and what a testament it is! Like The Melvins playing King Crimson's "Red" album, this is at both theatrical, beautifully composed, and troglodyte-ianly heavy. Utterly immersive, each passage of quiet atmospherics is shattered by a barrage of brilliant repetitious riffing. Four 15 minute-long songs and it's totally captivating from start to finish. Will definitely be right up the alleys of those into Melvins, Swans, Grief, Throbbing Gristle, Goblin, Harvey Milk etc. Ltd x 500 copies in a PVC sleeve, with poster.
UK 9£
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HAARE - 'Madon Evankeliumi' CD (At War With False Noise)
Finland's Haare are one of the most exciting noise artists around. This is total swirling psychedelia, incredibly heavy shifting tides of drone with evil organ lines permeating the noise. Haare himself describes it as "a slow, heavy bell". Based on source sounds provided by MOSS members Olly Pearson, Chris Chantler and Dom Finbow. Ltd x 500 copies in an A5 pro-printed gatefold wallet and PVC sleeve with amazing art by Andrew Labanaris (Electric Wizard and MOSS).
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LOCRIAN - 'Drenched Lands' CD (At War With False Noise / Small Doses)
First full-length studio album from one of the most consistently good bands around today, Chicago's Locrian. "Drenched Lands" is a beautifully thought-out piece of music, from a gentle guitar strum / synth opening which cuts out abruptly just as you're becoming entirely engrossed, only to give way to an epic cavernous drone. The whole thing brings to mind some sort of disused industrial factory or barren post-apocalyptic landscape. Dark tones, noise, keys and the odd well-placed guitar strum combine brilliantly to evoke feeling of desolation, loss, a submission of will, almost tangential in sound to Earth's "Hex" album. Ltd x 1000 copies in a Stumptown 'Arigato' pack (pro-printed, high-quality card envelope) with 4-page insert.
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MIKE PAGE - 'Page' CD (At War With False Noise)
The first solo release from Fire In The Head's Mike Page is finally issued on Scottish label At War With False Noise. This is one long and untitled U.S. Noise / Power Electronics piece, clocking it at almost 44 minutes and is fucking brutal! Ltd x 500 copies only!
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REDRIGHTHAND - 'They Sang And Chanted For Hours, Then The Locked In Hundreds Set Themselves Ablaze' CD (At War With False Noise)
RRH played quite a bit in the UK and built up quite a name for themselves over the years, and this record is a perfect distillation of their sound: incredibly slow, interminably heavy and possessing an atmosphere of complete and utter despair. Recorded in 2004, this is one of the best documents of the UK sludge/doom sound. The band's members were in/went on to be in Hard To Swallow, Narcosis, They Are Cowards, Charger, Ocksen, Like A Kind Of Matador and Gruel. Ltd x 500 copies with 'manifesto' insert.
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THE GUILT ØF... - 'The Guilt Øf...' LP (At War With False Noise)
Debut full-length from Mike Williams (Eyehategod, Arson Anthem) and Ryan McKern (Wolvhammer) after their recent split LP with Merzbow. This is very different to Mike's usual output and provides him with the perfect outlet for his singular, dark world view. Early industrial, punk, electro and noise are all references here and are tied together by Williams' distinctive vocal style. This is some very dark stuff and definitely has the feel of Eyehategod even though it's got a totally different sound. Reference points: (early) Skinny Puppy, Throbbing Gristle, Suicide, Head Of David. Equal parts primitive industrial, noise and punk; most certainly their most fully-realised recording to date by some way. Ltd x 250 copies on black vinyl.
UK 11.00£
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VOMIR & TORBA - 'Unstable Geometry' 7" (At War With False Noise / Swollen Avantgarde / Aaltra Records / Underground Pollution / Suoni Grezzi / Nhdiystrec)
Collaborative effort between Torba of Italy and French harsh noise wall legend Vomir. On the first side Torba takes the fore: his scraping metal trash collapses down Vomir's crumbling static walls. Torba has a HNW-approach to his noise in that the sounds on here don't really go anywhere; it ends abruptly just as it came in. The second side has the harsh Vomir wall really to the fore, with piercing insect noise scraping away at it constantly. A top HNW collaboration! Ltd x 325 copies with a screenprinted sleeve.
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VOMIR - 'Proanomie' CD (At War With False Noise)
The first ever "proper" CD of this French harsh noise wall unit doesn't disappoint. "I find it difficult to describe the sheer brutality of either the concept of Vomir's music or indeed the sound of the music itself. It's long, it does not change, and it leaves me with a feeling of intense loss and depression afterward. Truly some of the most powerful music I know. For Vomir there is nothing, and this is how he makes that statement. It's an ugly listen for sure, but well worth the effort". (AWWFN). Ltd x 500 copies.
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WHITE HETEROSEXUALS - 'Modern Heterosexuality' SINGLE SIDED 12" (At War With False Noise)
What we have here are three tracks of old-style power electronics, reminds me particularly of Sutcliffe Jugend's "When Pornography Is No Longer Enough" album. Very minimal in places, with periods of lull interspersed with piercing explosions, static bursts, and constant weird, heavily processed vocals. Lyrics are very stream-of-consciousness stuff, and the delivery is bang-on, incredibly jarring stuff. Completely at odds with a lot of PE acts around today who tend to go for the muscular beefed-up US-style approach, this is very much more in the old Come Org vein, aesthetically in the musical delivery. Ltd x 300 copies with old school xerox artwork and lyric sheet. Note: Single-sided vinyl.
