BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE - 'The Dull Routine Of Existence' CD (Cold Meat Industry)
On "The Dull Routine of Existence", the Swedish duo Beyond Sensory Experience find themselves carefully scrutinising the conventions of everyday life applying an impressive new take on their characteristic experimental dark ambient. This time delivering dark, complexly melodic and rhythmic waves of sound that penetrates mind and body. In short, this is BSE at their very best. Beyond Sensory Experience was formed in Uppsala, Sweden in 2001 by Drakhon (MZ. 412) and K. Meizter. Digipak.
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DRAKH - 'Bethlehem' CD (Essence Music)
One third of the cult post-industrial Swedish legends MZ.412, one half of the amazing experimental act Beyond Sensory Experience and Nordvargr’s long running loyal partner on classic endeavors - including the abyssal black ambient duo Nordvargr/Drakh. While mostly known for his demonic, truly Swedish guitar interventions on the MZ.412 or N/D pitch black ambiences, "Bethlehem" finds Jonas Aneheim walking through slow, quasi-harmonic, subtle, yet thick drone fields weaving elaborate and unexpected damaged electronic rhythms and harsh, crackling ambient textures that can become at the same time both delicate and haunting, warm and freezing, to finally drown in a sea of reverb, glacial riffing and distortion on his own shadowy interpretation of the city of Bethlehem. Ominous sonic vistas and pallets truly honor the charming aura and tradition of the bleakest Swedish sounds. Ltd x 400 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve with photography by Seldon Hunt.
MASCHINENZIMMER 412 - 'Macht Durch Stimme' CD (Dark Vinyl)
Reissue of the debut album by these Swedish legends - first issued as a 6-track cassette in 1988 (x50), then issued onto CD with 6 extra tracks in 1990. Maschinenzimmer 412, founded by Kremator Nordvargr and Drakhon, were resurrected in 1995 as MZ. 412, and can be described as the rightful leader of true Swedish Black Industrial. Dark, doomy and challenging.
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MZ. 412 - 'In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi' CD (Cold Spring CSR136CD)
First of 5 albums in the MZ. 412 reissue series, with a new album planned for next year. 1995 bore witness to the resurrection of nefarious Swedish horde MZ. 412 (previously manifest as Maschinenzimmer 412) - Nordvargr, Drakh, Ulvtharm and Shaitan. This ground-breaking, genre-defining album saw the inventors of "Black Industrial" blur the boundaries between Black Metal, Ritual Industrial, Dark Ambient and Power Noise. "In Nomine..." captures the darkest sides of Satanism, death and ritual sacrifice. An enduring, blasphemous statement of True Swedish Black Industrial. This remastered version features two previously unreleased tracks ('In Ritual Of Blood And Oath' and 'Infinite Hollow'), alternate versions and all new artwork. Just under 74 minutes of music housed in a matt digipak with spot varnishing.
NORDVARGR - 'Helvete' CD (Eternal Pride Productions)
The newest creation from Villa Bohult, the Nordvargr family burial vault. This time the "cursed poet" Wrest from the USBM Leviathan and Drakhon (Beyond Sensory Experience, MZ.412) have joined the night sessions of the never sleeping Swedish zombie. It would be totally insane to be waiting for something life-asserting, light and positive for the three of them. "Helvete" is just the overwhelming Darkness and the ice-cold all-filling Terror. Meditative and sinister Dark Ambient rhythms are filled with the ominous whisper of Wrest and Drakh. Deep and lengthy drones as well as the charming atmosphere of the Swedish industrial decadence. At the end of this trip all of those nostalgic for the times of the "Burning The Temple Of God" MZ.412 will be fully rewarded for all the years of waiting. Digipak.
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NORDVARGR / DRAKH - 'Cold Void Of Nothing' CD (Fluttering Dragon)
Nordvargr / Drakh is an ambient project hailing from the MZ.412 camp. The sound is darker and more ambient than the classic rhythmic sound of MZ.412 - perfect for magick practices and sex rituals. You can expect a weird and strange dark ambient journey which does NOT sound like anything you are used to... but it is music that "grows" on you!
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NORDVARGR / DRAKH - 'The Betrayal Of Light' CD (Tumult)
Nordvargr once again joins forces with fellow MZ.412 cohort Drakh, for another essential output, delicately balanced between dark ambience and grim blackness. 'The Betrayal Of Light' is one massive sonic event, a black cloud of sound. Slow beautiful crawls, murky soundfields and a delicate web of softly plucked guitar strings are swallowed by massive mournful dirges and majestic, funereal doom. An intense and overwhelming sonic journey, as heavy and brutal as it is delicate and beautiful. Doomy and blackened, drifty and droney, soft hazy, dense and devastating. 6-panel digipak.
