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  Honey, wake up, the new SMEGMASMOG just dropped, on time for International Women's Day! It's super loud, really abrasive, and distinctively sad due to the keyboard lines added to the noise, feedback, shrieks, and tortured screaming. If there was ever a depressive blackened HWN genre, this is it. Obviously, it thematically revolves around the title, which gives you a whiff of the upcoming rot, BETRAYAL. It's a two-track album, over 40 minutes of pleasurable aural abuse. I could go on about it but you should really just listen to what these do. It's available on their Bandcamp , and will also pop up on streaming platforms within the next month or so. While you're clicking links, make sure to follow their Instagram page for more updates. They really deserve your attention. BETRAYAL by SMEGMASMOG

  xPhin - takahashi, album cover by Azalia Imamutdinova It brings us much joy to inform you about the next release! xPhin's "takahashi" is a unique delight, and every single track on this concept album is a certified banger. It's a wonderful type of minimalistic ambient music, originating in noise, but existing as melodic synth drones with a certain punch to them. That is until you get to the parts of the album where it's a full-blown, face-melting, HNW assault. This album has intricate layers, subtle motifs, and well-thought-out complexity. In "takahashi", xPhin is a skilled storyteller, taking you on a journey.  Speaking of tales and journeys, the nine tracks on this album might or might not correspond with the nine panels of the album cover. It's up to the listener to decipher and establish the connection. Tell us if you do, please; as the abstract might (and should) resonate differently with each listener.  xPhin is a name you might recall from ...

RAW POWER, the brand-new release by SMEGMASMOG is now available on Bandcamp.   We'll also be distributing SMEGMASMOG's back catalog soon, along with a few new releases that are currently in the works. RAW POWER by SMEGMASMOG

It brings us much joy to introduce the following release. Rzrecords SIX WAY SPLIT, Vol.1  the first in the series of what hopefully will become many. This is our way to bring artists together, spread the word, collaborate, and have fun. This is a purely online release, successfully spread like a virus across several streaming platforms.  A streaming format seemed right to us for the initial releases, with the thought of physical releases becoming a reality perhaps at a later point in time. We've already started conceptualizing the next releases in the series, so feel free to send in your materials! The participants in Volume.1 are: (in order of appearance) MettaUniverse The Crimson Rod MEZZUU gaop Sabixatzil Torture Prophet As always, we love to keep things interesting, so there's a mash-up of genres going on. While the color palette stays dark, the compilation travels between the industrial side of metal, free noise rock, noisy dark ambient sound art, dark avant...

The fine people over at  Delirium Psychosis Productions  have released yet another wonderful compilation, and yet again, we were lucky enough to take part. Here's a message from the DPP team: 54 years after the Stonewall Uprising inaugurated the gay rights movement, we find ourselves once again in the fight for our lives. Trans genocide must be resisted by any means necessary. We are undergoing a deep historic process in the fight for our liberation, one that has been met with the utmost cruelty at the hands of bourgeois counterrevolution. Stand up, fight back, smash gay oppression. All proceeds donated to The Trevor Project.   Harsh Noise Wall Means Fight Back: Smash Gay Oppression by Delirium Psychosis Productions This time, the contributions on our end were: Haggari Nakashe - Echoed Sentiments gaop - Thelxiepia   Special shoutout to MEZZUU , yet another participant, who's also starring on our upcoming split series.

Split album by Yasuyuki Uesugi and gaop . It's a very interesting listen indeed. FROM THE ARTISTS: A split release featuring the music of Yasuyuki Uesugi and gaop. The result is a harmonious blending, combining two schools of electronic music. Yasuyuki Uesugi offers layered, textured, repetitive and somewhat ritualistic works of sound art, honoring the long standing tradition of Japanese noise. gaop brings a different variation to the table, in the form of electronic ambient with hints of classical, minimalist, avant-garde. May this combination be a blessing to your ears. Yasuyuki Uesugi / gaop by Yasuyuki Uesugi, gaop