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Love the cover.

Mostly instrumental post-noise rock agitation from Russia; Appealingly spare, frantic and occasionally rather catchy. Songs range from the short and sweet (below) to extended feedback drones. Related bands include I Am Above on the Left & Kruzer Ken.

wild moustaches

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Death Comes Along : Psychedelic Inferno

(the mighty Crow himself, and yes, this is the cover.)

Fronted by Crow of the eponymous titans of crust; Death Comes Along are an odd by-blow of an orgy of genres.  The dedication on their 1st lp read:

Funeral March for Amebix, The Mob, Dirt, Antisect, Crude SS, May Blitz, Flower Travellin’ Band, Diamanda Galas, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Amon Duul, Black Sabbath and German Oak.

Which should give some idea what to expect.  The four tracks jump from a long brutal psych jam to a few minutes of breathy whisperings, then into another long track, this one an unrelieved feedback drone, which bleeds into a morose refrain topped with throat singing and buzzing bees: the first and the last at least are pretty damn good.



PSYCHEDELIC INFERNO

Boris : Vein (Hardcore & Drone)

Vein (hardcore) is Boris's take on the fuzzy, distorted extremes of Japanese hardcore. Minute long blasts of furious riffs & screams smothered in a lovely thick blanket of static and buzz. I quite enjoyed this release. The Drone version does less for me (it just sort of goes and goes and goes...wait, you mean that's the point of drone? Hmm.), but I've upped it for the sake of completeness.





VEIN :

HARDCORE

DRONE

Sally : C-Earth

Heavy. Evil. Gooooood.
Harsh, sludgy, low-end heavy rock from England, released in 2003.

Sally's first album was a raw, stoner-type affair, and fairly entertaining. But on this, their second and sadly final album, they produced something really awesome.
C-earth is an album of pounding, sludgy, hypnotic, fuzz-drenched droning, doomy riffs, stripped of the sort of southern elements which appeared on their first disc (and good riddance too- I can really do without). Billy Anderson's production drenches everything in a nice layer of mud, which suits the grimy, semi-liquid nature of the sound perfectly.

Heavy and hypnotic sum this up best- Sally brings some krautrock and drone influences into their sludged out rock: awesomeness ensues. One of my favorite albums of late--though nothing jumps out initially, it's a grower--and one that I feel deserves a wider audience than it got (apparently it was poorly supported by their record label). Definitely worth checking out.

This band features members of Mistress(drummer), Penance(vocals) & Einstellung.

Standout tracks: 2, 7, 8.

C-Earth (2003)