A Japanese noise & experimental Who’s Who by Ochiai Soup
While the music industry and live music in particular was hit especially hard by the pandemic, there are also some great things coming out of all this and one of…
New collab album from Boris & Merzbow, inspired by 2020.
The first collaboration between Boris and Merzbow called Megatone was released back in 2002 and ever since then they drop a new joint album every few years. The new one,…
New collab album and cassette releases from Viviankrist
Viviankrist is the name Eri Isaka (probably still better known as Vivian Slaughter, singer / bassist of black metal band Gallhammer) started to use for her solo releases after she…
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.…
New “Cuts” album from the Merzbow / Pándi / Gustasfsson trio
In the fourth installment in their Cuts series (which started with Cuts in 2013 and was followed by Cuts Of Guilt, Cuts Deeper in 2015 and Cuts Up Cuts Out…
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 split single from The Gerogerigegege!
After 15 years of silence one of the most infamous acts coming from the Japanese noise scene, The Gerogerigegege returned a few years ago and started to release both new…
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:…
New split cassette from Government Alpha!
Recently Government Alpha, Yoshida Yasutoshi's prolific noise project teamed up with Portuguese noise artist Ogata Tetsuo for a split cassette: the untitled tape is out on Slovenian label Debila Records,…
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…