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…
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…
Deluxe vinyl reissue of an early classic from Incapacitants
Besides issuing new material such as the latest release from Masonna's Controlled Death project, Urashima is also known for unearthing some long out of print classics and the latest such…
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…
New collaboration from Merzbow and Gareth Davis out early next year!
After another very busy year, that included several new albums and reissues (the latter including the classic Venereology and countess long forgotten releases on Japan's Slowdown Records) Merzbow will start…