Der Eisenrost

the law of casualty

Past couple of weeks have seen a glut of Der Eisenrost uploads to youtube via dereisenrost2011. You would be well served checking these gems and other rusty artifacts out if industrial noise the likes of Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Dept, SPK or Der Eisenrost member Chu Ishikawa’s soundtrack work for various Shinya Tsukamoto films are in your wheelhouse. The following is Shinya Tsukamoto and company capturing a Der Eisenrost performance which was released as The Law of Casualty dvd. Enter at your peril. Der Eisenrost website is back online.

A few Chu Ishikawa soundtracks for Shinya Tsukamoto films:

Vital could be my favorite Tsukamoto flick after Tetsuo and Tokyo Fist. On another day it could be my absolute favorite of his filmography. Very subdued, yet transcendent, work from Tsukamoto.

New footage from Kajgūn in the form of Raur. Improv metal maelstrom traversing space and time along psyche and jazz frequencies with sci-fi theremin under and over tones in 10 movements.

Working doomscapes in free form improv is the prolific Belgian outfit Myælin. I’m shocked (shocked I say) they don’t have a February release lined up, but, they did have two for January. Typically a core trio of Timo Jacobs playing drums, synths, and providing vocals, Tom Bessemans on keys and guitarist Kevin Liekens, they will recruit other players on different recordings. Currently standing at 38 recordings since January 2021. Psyche doom on.

“Fields at Dawn” is a new track from San Diego’s metalmorphs Tideless. This offering is just shy of 15 minutes and brings heavier tones to the mix and pushing the material in the first few minutes closer to funeral doom realms of Esoteric and Thergothon. Washes of synths, dual guitar keening, plodding paces, Demilich croaked vocals turn on a dime to brittle black metal sorcery and rampant bloodlust to bliss out on waves of melodic shoegaze drift. Sure, this reads as a case of schizophrenia, but, those familiar with Tideless know this is their stock in trade, and, none of the genre bending on display is forced. The new album, Eye of Water, is due at an unspecified date in 2023.

Transcending Obscurity has picked up Ignominy - Imminent Collapse. The latest track to be previewed is the album’s version of “Reminiscence of Hatred.” This track was showcased last year in pre-production form. So, now, there are two songs to check out and determine whether or not this is your cup of dissonance. Being of the Quebec cultivated variety you will be treated to Voivod Piggy unchords and Blacky blower bass refracted through the sonic cloth of Steeve Hurdle, extracted in the LeMay laboratory by these four technicians and sent to mixologist and mastering engineer Erol Ulug (Teeth) at Bright Lights Studio.

Dialing back the aggro and heading to more atmospheric climes with Asteriæ - Gasn​ą​. There are horrors to be found here, but, much of it rests with the vocalist’s larynx shredding over the blackgaze swell of gloom and quiet/loud dynamic tension. One of the noteworthy things with Asteriæ is while they are mining CultofNeurIsis territory they have a shorthand approach compared to many of their brethern. These songs are compact and directly resolved under 5 minutes not unlike earlier Envy who had the screamo lean on the post hardcore monolithic style before going full post rock with raging vocals.

Lux Sine Lumine - s/t is a project from Ni/yydraah, a member from Centipede Abyss acts Zvylpwkua and Act of Entropy. Here she is working solo with a sound palette encompassing conventional instruments, synths, keyboards, and warping them into drones and incidental music for your nightmares. This would be a welcome addition to Cyclic Law, Old Captain and Malignant Records roster as it is on the budding Centipede Abyss crafting slow motion calliope threnodies to deities with unspeakable names.

Ha! No sooner than I mention Dead Register last Saturday that this pops up in my Youtube feed… rehearsal footage of “Ender” off Captive with the current line up.

KEVEL preview a new track from a recent show. Another case of in case you forgot, this Greek unit mutate the sci-fi Voivod thrashing rage into post metal sludge pits.

Sure, the name is Greek derivative and holds saintly connotations, but, Theophonos is splintered from Serpent Column and has now run amok. Mystískaos and Amor Fati Productions dropped this in their usual mode of secrecy - although I imagine a certain someone at Machine Music was well aware of the drop as he had 3 of the songs appear on the Milim Kashot Vol 4 comp from last year. Those songs were some of the highlights next to the 夢​遊​病​者 (Sleepwalker) / ח​ו​ש​ך (Choshech) collaboration I doted about on facebook last year. In any event, Theophonos bring DsO hanging chords and warped angularity to hardcore informed by United Mutation, Void, Mecht Mensch. “At Rest in Turbulence” is the standout here for me.

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Speaking of hardcore heavyweights, there is a reissue of sorts in the wings from Bl’ast! with Manic Ride. Take the Manic Ride is plagued with an odd job production, whether or not Manic Ride rectifies that is yet to be heard. Honestly, without the master reels, which were destroyed, how much can be changed is up to debate. I’m not really hearing a whole lot different. A whole lot louder, definitely. A little more Bill Torgerson kit smashing? Which, to me, is a great thing because no matter what Bl’ast! does without him lacks his presence and, ahem, manic energy. Dude brought a big sound and crazy feel to push the Neider and Dinsmore Black Flag antics to further extremes. Looking forward to hearing how the intro to album closer “Look Inside” sounds as well as the open spaces where Neider allows Torgerson and Cooper to interact. These guys really were a smashing machine.

Keeping toward the hardcore genre, the Prosthetic debut of Italy’s Storm{o} has arrived and Endocannibalismo is the barnburner I expected. Volatile, unhinged, twisting and unraveling sometimes within the same measure. Lively recording and mix that enhances the conflagration of short, sharp shocks on hand. Title track is an absolute headcleaner of dual lock grooves, warping riffs, blower bass and screaming in my great grandmother’s mother tongue.