Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Merzbow/Venereology/Release Records/1995 CD Review


  Merzbow  are  a  1  man  band  from  Japan  that  has  a  long  history  going  back  to  the  mid  70's  and are  one  of  the  creators  of  the  harsh  noise  genre  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1995  album  "Venereology"  which  was  released  by  Release  Records.

  Noise  effects  from   from  avant  garde  sounding  noises    to  very  harsh  power  electronics  mixed  in  with  some  heavy  distortion  coming  from  guitar  amplifiers,  while  the  vocals  are  all  high  pitched  noise  screams.

  Song  themes  cover  darkness  with  a  touch  of  Japenese  Mytholgy,  while  the  production  has  a  very dark,  heavy,  raw  and primitive  sound  to  it  with  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length  and  if  you turn  up  the  volume  loud  enough  you  could  experience  hearing  loss.

  In  my  opinion  Merzbow  are  a  great  sounding  brutal  harsh  noise  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Klo Klen  Phantisie"  and  "Slave  New  Desart".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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