Legion of Andromeda

Basically the sound of Corrupted teaming with Big Black's trusty drum machine to jam out a completely borg-assimilated version of the final track on Eisenvater's "III" backed by the sound of a planet sized steam hammer. Endless. Mindless. Soulless. Inhuman. Fucking. Pounding.

At The Heart of The World

Chunky industrialized noise rock/ metal welded to sledgehammer drum machine rhythms and super gnarly synth textures fronted by a kid who sounds like the singer of Uniform crossed with JR Hayes from Pig Destroyer. 

They've got a bunch of other stuff out, but I think this might be my favorite of their releases because it sounds most like the album Chat Pile might make after listening to a ton of Pretty Hate Machine.

MVTANT

Surprisingly gritty Synthwave/ EBM from Texas. Listening to this as I drink my coffee this morning is making me wanna put together another Armed Memory album.

Head Of David

This late era Head of David album has a reputation for being terrible, and it definitely pales in comparison to the earlier one that had a young Justin Broadrick on drums, but at the same time it's a hell of a lot better than I gave it credit for back when I was 15.

Honestly, listening to this now I'm kinda wondering why I wasn't more into it back in the day 'cos it feels like a middle point between Cop Shoot Cop, The Young Gods circa "T.V. Sky", and "Gash" era Foetus and that was my shit back when I was in high school.

Put another way: If I ever got a chance to direct the insane 90's Tetsuo meets Hardware meets Project Metal Beast style sci-fi splatter flick that rattles around my head from time to time I would totally license a couple of these songs for the soundtrack. Sweetandlovingthing especially.

Dark Worship

Ok, I'm "officially" better... So fuck it, I'm back.

Let's start things off weird with six tracks of heavy industrial from members of Axioma (who are one of my favorite bands going right now), Exorcisme. and Ancient VVisdom.

If you can imagine a cross between Skinny Puppy, Youth Code, Hide, and Corrections House with an added splash of blackened evil you've got a pretty good idea of what's happening here... It's definitely a pretty strange combo, but it's also pretty fucking rad.

Side note: Is it just me or does the weird little vocal melody on "Destroy Forever" (you'll know the one I'm talking about) make anyone else feel like these guys are about to bust into the heaviest cover of Prince's "7" the world has ever heard?

SWANS

Probably my pound for pound favorite album that isn't by Black Sabbath.

Skuul

Pounding industrial rock/ metal that, weirdly enough, kinda made me think of Godflesh, Primitive Knot (which makes sense since this is the Primitive Knot guy and another guy), The Young Gods, and Evil Mothers all at the same time.

If I'm being 100%  honest the vocals on this thing sat really fucking weird with me at first because they definitely pack a lot of that sleazy mid-90's industrial rock swagger and that was not at all what I was expecting based on the opening riff, but they've been growing on me steadily since I grabbed the download the other day and now I think they're pretty cool... Dude sounds almost like the gothed-up spawn of Alan Vega and Iggy Pop.

I dunno... Your mileage may definitely vary on this one, but if you don't hate the idea of getting some greasy alterna-rock shoved into your industrial metal this shit is actually really cool.

Overdose

Since I just mentioned them in that Clockwork post here's some Overdose to hopefully help you limp your tired ass across that Friday-afternoon finish line and home to whatever couch/ TV/ internet configuration you plan to cancel plans from this weekend... I have been singing the praises of this band in general, and this album in particular for the past 25 years, but no one ever seems to give a fuck.

Oh well, your loss.

Seriously though, this is an absolutely killer and sorely fucking underrated slab of mid 90's tribal thrash with an edge of punch-press industrial groove and a whole lot of energy and style.

Equal parts Coroner, Clockwork, and later era Cyclone Temple. Hard to fucking argue with that. And yeah, I guess you could even sorta compare this to Sepultura "Roots"... Well, except for the fact that "Progress of Decadence" came out almost three full years earlier.

Clockwork

The relentless chunking groove of late era Coroner reconfigured into a clockwork precise (see what I did there?) industrial-thrash killing machine. If you dig Prong, Nailbomb, Overdose, Monster Voodoo Machine, and the later Coroner albums you'll probably fucking love this.

Godflesh

Both my wife and I are down with some kind of godawful stomach bug so I have nothing particularly fun or funny to say today... Just gonna hang out and listen to this super early Godflesh live set which is sheer inhuman perfection.

Stress Orphan

Two brutally concise tracks of power-electronic corrosion. Overall vibe here sorta reminds me of "Rogue Astronaut" era Bastard Noise with the mix tweaked somewhat in favor of gut-rumbling lows over ear-piercing highs. Pretty fucking gnarly, and definitely worth a look if you enjoy the style.

Ivory Primarch

Godflesh meets Bolt Thrower down at 90's Peaceville HQ for a spirited Warhammer 40k campaign... This was one of my absolute favorite albums of 2021.

Goddess, Destroyer

Primitive Knot... Probably my favorite "band" going right now. Trance-inducing industrial/ punk/ thrash pummel equal parts Bathory, Venom, Circle, Hawkwind, and Godflesh.