B-R-U-T-A-L industrialized Power Electronics from England. Surprisingly advanced in form and performance for it's time, the noise is amazingly structured and outright memorable upon first listen. I feel a modern equivalency to Propergol's paranoid terror attacks, even a shared abrasive tension in the "softer" sections (though Ethnic Acid doesn't keep their "songs" as tightly constrained to theme). I felt like I survived a Purge or two, with a fond reminisce of the massacre whilst twirling a cane through the nuked out landscape. The entire body of work (cassettes only, mastered superbly here) is so incredibly varied, fascinatingly and sensibly layered, so relentlessly disturbing, I'm shocked I zoned on their existence for so long! You don't need to wear a condom to annihilation yo, this shit's gonna hit you R-A-W! 
Ethnic Acid - "Power Works 1986-1988" 2xCD (2009)
B-R-U-T-A-L industrialized Power Electronics from England. Surprisingly advanced in form and performance for it's time, the noise is amazingly structured and outright memorable upon first listen. I feel a modern equivalency to Propergol's paranoid terror attacks, even a shared abrasive tension in the "softer" sections (though Ethnic Acid doesn't keep their "songs" as tightly constrained to theme). I felt like I survived a Purge or two, with a fond reminisce of the massacre whilst twirling a cane through the nuked out landscape. The entire body of work (cassettes only, mastered superbly here) is so incredibly varied, fascinatingly and sensibly layered, so relentlessly disturbing, I'm shocked I zoned on their existence for so long! You don't need to wear a condom to annihilation yo, this shit's gonna hit you R-A-W! 
Fatal Error - "The Drinking Sessions '88-'92" CD (Year?)
This discography is so old I don't even remember the year Sami Kettunen sent it to me. '97? '98? Holland's Fatal Error was a stalker level Agathocles clone, outright stealing their arrangements. There's long/short track mash-ups, stuff that resembles V.N.A. a great deal too...but even grimier in tone, underpinned by a unique and powerful gallop-blast that sounds totally fucking brutal. The packaging isn't brutal though, it's pro-pressed but the fold-out xeroxed cover is the only housing (I gotta say it's a GOOD xerox). The band was competent in general, creating something of their own with the longer crushers, and making me miss the fuck out of oldschool noisecore with the short ones. Demos/Reh/Live/you're used to the quality.
Goblin - "Sewn Together...Torn Apart" CDR Demo 2003 (Recorded 2000)
Raping-your-mind-if-you're-too-stoned-heavy, Sam Biles' "other" band got a fanboy review out of me 13 years ago, and I'm gonna do it again cuz I'm always fuckin' right. Soul grinding chug and sludge is what frighteningly backs Sam's truly fucking inhuman vocals. Like Keller on overkill or Mentally Murdered era Lee Dorrian on 33 rpm, crushing your brain's balls with judgements of contempt and rage against the puppet masters and societal zeitgeist. Coupled with what was initially extravagant home production and playing ability (BUT mastered to a 4-track, so there's tape clicks), the gory end is EXACTLY like dad belting your ass to the bone after he's psychotically screamed himself into a near heart attack over how bad you fucked up...again. THIS shit is SICK! Megatons of lengthy unmarked samples, so pre-game some Mortician if you need to get lubed up.
Whitehouse - Live In Paris 2003 FLAC
I believe I got this on a cdr-trade with the homie Guy from England (I'll eternally Goatse-stretch my brain to give all credits their due). Guy's own digital audience recording, it's clear and texturally full with NO mic movement whatsoever...though dynamics are distinctly lacking. There's no crowd chatter thank Trump, and mic placement unilaterally captures each and every perverted squirt from the duo, but "subdued" isn't a recording method that ever works in Power Electronic's favor (oh, the performance and pacing however is notable for it's precision and Machiavellian levels of control). A neat download (I think), but sonically underwhelming.
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