Linekraft: Asura / #2021reviews
Masahiko Okubo's Linekraft was never one of those extra-prolific industrial / noise / power electronics acts that drop new material literally every few weeks and in 2021 he only released…
Grim: Totem Song / #2021reviews
Unlike the previous entries in the "A Year In Reviews" series, this one is not an album, but a 7" single, however it is a very special one, the kind…
Plasticzooms is back with a darker sound and a new music video!
Plasticzooms was mostly silent during the last few years: they released a new single a few months after their 2017 EU tour (live report here), but since then only dropped…
New limited 7″ release from GRIM on Ant-Zen!
After Hermit Amen, this summer's surprisingly quiet Grim release, Jun Konagaya's project is back with something from the other end of the spectrum: three tracks of pure, raw, noisy industrial.…
Controlled Death’s new releases in 2020
Back in January I already posted about Controlled Death, the current project of Maso Yamazaki (of Masonna fame) and this year turned out to be extremely busy for him with…
New Linekraft album out on SSSM
In just a few years Masahiko Okubo's Linekraft became one of the best known and busiest Japanese noise / industrial / power electronics acts and obviously there is no stopping:…
GRIM’s new 12″ Hermit Amen collects unreleased rarities from the last four decades
Following the recent news about the upcoming European dates, GRIM also announced an upcoming release: Hermit Amen, which marks his return to Austrian label Steinklang Industries. Coming out mid-June it…
Linekraft: a 2 CD reissue + two EU festival dates!
In the post about Grim a few days ago I already mentioned the upcoming live performances by Linekraft, because Masahiko Okubo aka. Linekraft will join Grim on stage both at…
EU dates for GRIM and a new 8″ from Jun Konagaya
Even though in the current situation unfortunately all tour and concert announcements seem so uncertain, the two European shows that Grim announced recently are still months from now, so let's…
New album from Masonna’s Controlled Death project
Back in the days when Japanese noise had its international breakthrough in the '90s Masonna (aka. Maso Yamazaki) was one of the best known acts: he was one of the…