The metal

Female-fronted (that's singer & guitarist) acid-jazz-fusion metal sounds way different from what you'd expect. Although occasionally pegged with the black metal title, which is entirely untrue & wrong on many levels, there are more beautiful, clean-sung parts on this album than there are high pitched shrieks coming from the same mouth - but expect a lot of both (and lots of intense piano action, and SYNTHS). The collision of beauty and ugliness where needed makes for the artsiest metal release ever - done Japanese style. You do not want to miss out on this, if any of this peaked your interest you're about to enter a new dimension of underrated, beautiful music clearly crafted to make you insane.

Gonin-Ish - Naishikyo-Sekai

I am the carcass

If you are not yet familiar with Government Alpha, this is some high quality noise - not your run of the mill brickwall shit. We're talking circuit-bent speak & spells, drum machines, other toys... you name it - and 100% experimental. This is as shrill as it gets, but there's never a dull moment. Think - a younger Killer Bug // Kaz // Masonna // Kylie Minoise, but possibly on more drugs than any of them combined. This is fan-fucking-tastic.

Government Alpha - Robo Alpha 2000

Pray! Slay!

This is some pissed off shit. I can only compare it to being caught in a torrential downpour in the ocean and pissing yourself at the same time - or possibly falling into a deep bucket of shit, while shitting yourself. This tape has it all. Lots of high-ended HNW. Need I say anymore?

Gomeisa - Tourniquet

I was born to drown

Half-walled, half-atmospheric, but ALL AWESOME. If you like the spacial HNW shit with a lot of obvious reverby goodness going on in the background, you are going to love it.

Sorority Row - Sisters

All hail the mighty lucifer

Imagine taking a snow shovel and scraping it so hard on the cold ground that you create sparks. This doesn't quite describe the sound or epicness contained here in this hour-long journey, but it will have to do. Harsh noise wall content. You know the drill.

Goat - Oceanic Thrones

Zombies, Motherfucker!

This shit might just rot your brain, but it'll be sure to eat it afterward, so nothing is going to waste. Take the plunge into some fantastic HNW and hold on tight.

Burial Ground - Dawn Of The Dead

Improv, ya don't sto...v

Steadily creeping just below the radar is a hard life, especially when you have magical keyboard-fingers (not the sticky, qwerty kind) and know just how to use them - and not only to work your magic on the ladies. Two 20 minute tracks might seem a little verging on absurdity in the ambient & drone world, but I can assure you with it's ever-unsubtly-changing nature, it's like each track is full of 20 mini-tracks. A point is demonstrated, and then you get engulfed by the next.

Bataille Solaire - Baal Shamash...