Pulse Demon

Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
User Score
1996 Ratings: #617
May 28, 1996 / Release Date
LP / Format
Harsh Noise / Genre
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87
Pitchfork

In these leadenly gray days, everything from Black Dice to Fennesz is being played on the campus radio and it's easy to lose sight of what was truly revolutionary. And yet, even compared to the most recent Merzbow releases, Pulse Demon will still slaughter innocent orphans in a fraction of a second.

80
Alternative Press

Forget songs; this is about texture. Pulse Demon's eight tracks range from the three-and-a-half minute `Woodpecker #2' to the near half-hour of `Worms Plastic Earthbound.' Grating, high-pitched frequencies and low-cycle rumblings abound ... Dive in, or run screaming.

50
AllMusic
Merzbow's second American release offers more of the deafening white noise that is his trademark, mastered for maximum loudness. Not for the faint of heart, but ideally suited for the hard of hearing.
Toasterqueen12
81

I've heard better noises to be honest. Like this one time I was walking on the sidewalk and I heard my favorite noise...THE ICE CREAM TRUCK! It was playing pop goes the weasel in an adorable music box fashion. So I waved the truck down and a jolly old gentleman in an apron and butchers cap opened the window and said

"What can I get for you kiddo?"
and I said
"I would like a Sonic the Hedgehog Ice Cream with Gumball Eyes...but I don't have any money."

Defeated I was about ... read more

Sagittarius
1

Noise music!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! This is just noise!!!!!!!! Not music very much at all!!!!!!!!! Try another time to make real music and not noise idiot

Tacorillaz
NR

Hi, Phil Swift here with Pulse Demon! The super-strong new earache simulator! That can instantly destroy, tear apart, twist, and brutally murder your ear drums! Pulse Demon is no ordinary album; its triple thick noise layers virtually launch itself to the eardrums, instantly crushing your hearing abilities. A lot of noise can cause major damage, but Pulse Demon grips on tight and strangles your ears to death INSTANTLY! Plus, Pulse Demon's powerful noise is so strong, it even works underwater! ... read more

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Everon
6

It works like brainwashing.
There's really something to it, and I think I understand people who are fans of the genre. Nevertheless, Pulse Demon remains an extremely difficult to digest record that leaves your head splitting.

th3obs3rv3r
0

not better than trinket by tsubi club

Oyo555
NR

just writing but why did bro just spamming shitty random ahh mixtapes with ai slop ??? bro every day (literally) bro's dropping an album (I didn't listen and don't want to). bro fr fell off BAAAAAAD πŸ’” πŸ’” πŸ’” πŸ’” πŸ’” πŸ’” πŸ’” πŸ’” πŸ’”

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Track List

1Woodpecker No. 1
6:43
58
2Woodpecker No. 2
3:37
52
3Spiral Blast
4:30
51
4My Station Rock
4:54
50
5Ultra Marine Blues
11:29
56
6Tokyo Times Ten
11:08
51
7Worms Plastic Earthbound
24:53
48
8Yellow Hyper Balls
6:03
48
Total Length: 1 hour, 13 minutes
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