Monday, February 25, 2019

Lace - Façade

"What is this mask for?
What is this portrayal of agony?
A self hatred that knows no bounds.
A ceaseless mania.

No longer withheld, no longer burdened by words.
Who are you when the lights recede?"

Industrial/power electronics from Weston Czerkies (Sunken Cheek, Prime Ruin) and V. Sinclair. Check Built to Blast for an in depth review. Get a copy from discogs. Every Prime Ruin release is beautiful, almost worth getting just for looking at the art.

Friday, February 22, 2019

Ulcerous Diseased s/t

Goregrind from Mexico, I think (there's virtually no information to be found online about the band, but Mexico is mentioned in the insert). It's fairly old school in style, nothing special but it's solid. And it has minimal samples, which I always appreciate.
I have no idea if this is still available so hit up Fermented Bile Vomit if you're interested. Also Rotten Death Core Mutilation put out a tape titled El Canibal with the same songs plus three extra in 2017, so you have options.

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Sculpted From Flies - A Calm Before the Swarm

I was going to share this the other day but thought it would be appropriate to post this project's namesake first.
So when I first learned of Sculpted From Flies I assumed it was a Black Mold Phallanx worship project based on the name. It wasn't until much later that I found out not only was it a project from Jen Lazarus herself, Sculpted From Flies was intended to be a continuation of what she did with BMP. I have to be honest, with that in mind it's kind of disappointing for me. The weird industrial elements that made Black Mold Phallanx what it was are absent, leaving behind somewhat harsher than average gorenoise that sounds like it's on the verge of breaking down into full on harsh noise at times. My expectations aside, it's still good shit - better than what most fuckers in the scene are putting out.
This was released by Campaign for Musical Destruction in 2015 and is shockingly still available from the label (especially considering their blog says it's limited to 30) as well as a couple of different discogs sellers.

Friday, February 15, 2019

Black Mold Phallanx - Sculpted From Flies

I've been sitting on this way too long - Black Mold Phallanx's first demo. BMP often gets labeled as a cybergrind project, but that has never felt like the right description to me. Maybe I just have too narrow an idea of what cybergrind is though. Anyway, despite it being the first demo, the BMP sound is pretty much already fully formed here. The one thing I notice is that the vocals are more like typical goregrind gurgles and roars than the distinctive monstrous vocals that are present in later releases and in nearly all of Jen's projects. But the churning bass, industrial touches, and emphasis on interesting drum patterns are intact. I love Unsanitary Breeding Ground, but one thing this tape has over that one is greater cohesion. These tracks all feel like they were made for this release whereas Unsanitary Breeding Ground pulls some of its tracks from previous splits. Anyway, I could go on for paragraphs talking about this tape and Black Mold Phallanx in general but I'll leave off here.
The tracks from this can also be found on the comp of BMP's first two demos and first two splits that Newborn Porn Prodz put out a few years ago, although that tape probably isn't much easier to track down than the originals at this point.