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Blue Sabbath Black Cheer: Dried Up Corpse

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Artist: Blue Sabbath Black Cheer (@)
Title: Dried Up Corpse
Format: 10"
Label: Gnarled Forest (@)
Rated: * * * * *
Two long sides of dark, brooding, sound and fury. You might liken this to a soundtrack to a horror flick with scary visuals and growled voices. Not bad but not new either. I would call this Gothic-tinged.


Blue Sabbath Black Cheer: no escape

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Artist: Blue Sabbath Black Cheer (@)
Title: no escape
Format: 7"
Label: Static Caravan (@)
Rated: * * * * *
Two tracks of satanic-themed noise for the hell-bound in all of us. Not badly done but does any of this really scare anybody anymore? After the tenth Merzbow I got bored. But I guess there's always new recruits entering the ranks of the dark one and they need something to listen to while awaiting his appearing. Surprisingly issued on white vinyl. I would have expected black considering the themes.


Shrine: Distorted Legends, Pt.1

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Artist: Shrine (@)
Title: Distorted Legends, Pt.1
Format: 7"
Label: Drone Records (@)
Rated: * * * * *
Very nice dark ambient with a dose of symphonic for good measure. A deep sense of longing and isolation. Like looking into the face of a snow storm, lost and confused. Good stuff!


Dysthymia: Only One Memory Remains

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Artist: Dysthymia (@)
Title: Only One Memory Remains
Format: 7"
Label: Diophantine Discs (@)
Rated: * * * * *
Dysthymia is the project of Diophantine label owner Kyle Wright. In case you care, the dictionary defines dysthymia as: a tendency to despondency, which should give you an idea of what this sounds like. Roiling noise and droning tones that pull you in and spin you around till you don't know which way is up. Not a bad experience if you have some time to kill and don't care how you kill it. Good stuff! BTW, this is marked as being playable at 45 RPM, but it also works at 33 RPM.


Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain: Nearer My Gxd To Thee (For Albert Davis)

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Artist: Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain (@)
Title: Nearer My Gxd To Thee (For Albert Davis)
Format: 7"
Label: Diophantine Discs (@)
Rated: * * * * *
DSNHDIV is one Marc Brenner, who takes the kitchen sink approach to sound, adding the noise of everyday life to the musical drone. Like doing the dishes while listening to the hum of existence (if we could actually hear it, of course). Limited to 300 copies on clear vinyl.