Merzbow: Kaoscitrone – a new album, out on Japan’s Slow Down Records
The first few months of the year were extremely busy for Merzbow with a truly incredible amount of new releases and besides all those that I posted about (see here)…
Merzbow & Pándi Balázs takes Northern Europe in October!
The duo of Merzbow and Balazs Pándi will return to Europe yet again, this time for a short trip to the northern regions of Europe: - Finland, Helsinki: Ääniwalli -…
Melt-Banana: European tour in Sept / Oct!
The incredible Melt-Banana brings its trademark noisecore madness to Europe yet again for another long tour, this time mostly covering the southern and eastern part of the continent, playing in…
Napalm Death Is Dead offers you Meat of Slave
The amazingly insane and noisy grindcore act Napalm Death Is Dead is back with a new, single-sided 7", out on the Polish The Child With No Name label: Meat Of…
Apocalypse Factory: a new CD from Linekraft!
Shortly after Iwatsuki on Italy's Old Europa Cafe and Kikai Dansou on Portugal's Narcolepsia, Masahiko Okubo's noise / industrial project, Linekraft is back with another release on another European label!…
Three new releases from Contagious Orgasm!
Hiroshi Hashimoto's industrial / noise / experimental project Contagious Orgasm is very active nowadays with three new releases out in a matter of a few weeks: a new tape, a…
Japanese noise meets Italian ritual industrial on Merzbow & Qdor’s Biorhythm 12″
The God Of Noise is back with yet another release (it is already getting difficult to keep track, but if I am correct, it is his seventh this check the…
Linekraft returns with “Iwatsuki”, a limited cassette release
Linekraft is a solo project of Masahiko Okubo, that takes noise and industrial back to its roots, mixing electronics with metal percussion and now he will drop a new cassette…
Haino / Merzbow / Pándi trio, OOIOO & Afrirampo in Europe!
One of the best and most interesting Japanese noise release from last year was a trio recording, out on UK's Rare Noise by Japanese noise / experimental legends Merzbow, Keiji…
Endon: Through The Mirror – complexity meets brutality
Talking about the differences between their first album, Mama and their brand new follow up, Through The Mirror, Endon's singer, Nagura Taichi said in a recent interview with The Japan Times…