(DAY OF NOISE #05)

i don't know about you guys, but personally this is just a bit too sporadic and scattered for me to really enjoy it. While You Were Out, in comparison to the past 4 day of noise entries, is much more in line with classic Japanese noise styles popularized by people like Merzbow. it lacks structure, it's not drony or ambient, it's wild, untamable noise that's hitting you from all angles. Endo differs from Merzbow though in his approach to this style - whereas Merzbow makes ... read more

(DAY OF NOISE #04)

listening to this record is allowing yourself to enter the darkest, dirtiest caves of rock music. Between the Dead sounds exactly like what the name implies - this music was found, buried and corrupted, in a pile of bodies. or maybe, these are what the conversations between the dead sound like? either work honestly. it's heavy, grimy, and caked in years of dirt and dust. and that's all a big compliment. this album is definitely noisy, absolutely undoubtedly a fuckfest of ... read more

EDIT: oh hey, this is my 200th review! neat!

(DAY OF NOISE #03)

jesus this is some terrifying noise. this is horror movie level shit, music that shakes me to my fuckin core - at least some of the songs do. Sheer Hellish Misama is a very respectable and dark noise record, but it's a bit too inconsistent for my tastes. it's a bit all over the place, with each song hitting a distinct style in the noise genre - you have more ambient sounds like the opener, Impotent Hummer, hellish, untameable ... read more

(DAY OF NOISE #01)

mmmm, MMMM! now this is some good fuckin noise. i've only seen holsgr on AOTY as a reviewer, this is my first time both hearing he made music and actually hearing his music, and let me just say i'm pretty damn impressed. Hypnoise, while honestly not being super hypnotic, is an incredibly dense, fuzzy excursion into some very thick and meaty noise territory. Hypnoise is unique from most other noise records i've heard just due to it's sheer weight and size - it's not ... read more