Sequencer Sequencer Stalker Figurehead Phoenix Slow Motion Tabula-rasa Storm Luminal Flux

Of all the bands I have been label mates with over the years, this is the one who has captivated me the longest. I am still a true fan to this day, and love most all of their cds. Unlike the scene that picks other lps and songs to adore covenant by. I stand by this cd. To me, it is simply their best. From start to finish, not one bad song, every song is gold. There is a dark core to these songs that I love, and so much emotion in the vocals. One of my favorite cds of all time. Below is a fan video I made for my favorite song of this LP, in fact my favorite song by Covenant, Tabula-Rasa.

I remember hanging out with these guys in 2000. So much fun. Those guys even out drank me back in those days. LOL. Eskil and Joakim were always great to talk to. In fact Joakim even confessed up that he sampled my strings from the start of decypher from fun with knives and used it in one of their tracks :) No problems here. I was so flattered. I remember arguing with Joakim over what synth is better, the jupiter 8 or the xpander. Funny, they got an expander and hardly used it he told me LOL. I what I love about this cd is the roland acid sound. I think they used some old roland SH mono synth, one of the weird ones like a sh-1000 or something(don’t quote me, he told me, but it’s hard to remember) and sampled riffs into their yamaha sampler. They worked lo tech like me back in those days. Below is a FAN video made for the figurehead, there was another version of this video on youtube but the sound was so bad you could not even make out what it was, so I fixed it and re=uploaded it.

My favorite tracks are: Sequencer(this dark foreboding electronic grinding rythmic sound, then this rubber band “ROLAND” synth sound drive the track, with awesome arpeggios and strange vocals and amazing lyrics), Stalker(This is a very cool ebm anthem track), Figurehead(Pure industrial ebm heaven, one of the best club tracks ever, I love the intermittent stuttering string lines, genius), Phoenix(can tell they tipped their hat to old front 242 here), Slow Motion(This is the song that reminds me of the sisters of mercy, well just because towards the end he really freaks out while screaming the vocals, and it reminds me of when andrew eldridge does it, I love the melody during the chorus), Storm(I want to get struck by lightning), Flux(I love the roland rubbery synth sounds on the arpeggios). Below is the video for the Stalker.

This is a must own for anyone who dares say they like EBM. To me this is better than most of the old front 242 stuff that i know and love, better than most nitzer ebb. Not only that, this band has evolved and stayed very relevant in the scene still. I give this a 10 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to download Sequencer by Covenant DRM FREE 256 mp3. Or Click Here buy Sequencer by Covenant on Audio CD.

Rotund For Success All Saints Day Triangle Triangle Tango Bad Times Too Midget Sings Greater Reward Big Car Intro Big Car First Steps Rotund for Success Lovesick Fascist Meathead Chasing skirt All Saints Day Original Bad Times Three Miles

One of my favorite 80s electronic pre industrial bands. I picked this LP because of the song All Saints Day which to me as good as any new order hit. I know a lot of you might think I am crazy, but seriously. I’m not. I really think Severed Heads is over looked. In fact these guys had a huge influence on Skinny Puppy when they first formed. This is probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite Severed Heads LP, but I wanted to introduce new people to this band via all saints day.

I still listen to this LP pretty often, It has good replay for me, reminds me of being younger. I think this still holds up over all this time. It sounds a tad dated, but that is it’s charm I think. I see Severed Heads as the avant guard australian version of NEW ORDER. I prefer the lp version of greater reward to the 2005 remix that is featured in the video below.

My favorite track is All Saints Day, this song reminds me of New Order. I love the production of this LP. Some analog, But a lot of yamaha DX synths too. I think his melodies are super cheesy in the way that I love. Other notable tracks: Greater Reward, Bad Times Too, Big Car, First Steps, Lovesick Fascist Meathead, Bad Times Three. I prefer the original Big CAR to the remix video version below.

I think this is a classic record. I love it. I still listen to it a lot. If you like New Order, and quirky weird music, This CD is for you. I give this a 4 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to download Rotund For Success by Severed Heads DRM FREE 256 mp3.

Autoimmune International I Hold the Mic! Hellfire Less Solid Waste Lonely Soldier Children of Earth Young Cassius Guns N Lovers Return To Bass 62 Dub Colors of Sound Spanish Vocoder International Reprise

Ok, here we go. This cd tips it’s hat to the past a bit. The production is really up there. This is maybe the best sounding meat beat as far as the production goes. I hear a huge reggae dub vibe in many of the songs. I also here this avant guard aphex twin style modular madness in the music as well in some of the songs. The production is what sets this above aphex twin in my opinion. So warm and fat. Where this lp really stands is above the last couple of mbm releases. I think the songs on this have gotten back to the catchy side of jack’s psyche. The songs are structured more like songs, rather than just avant guard blips and beeps. It is not as catchy as say subliminal sandwich or 99% or satyricon, but it sounds like the logical step after actual sounds and voices which I liked a lot. I usually skip over in dub and ruok. This is not like the last 2 mbm cds. This one really is song oriented in the vein of actual sounds and voices. So if you were like me, not a huge fan of the last 2 MBM releases, this one reeled me back into the Jack Dangers camp again. The live show for this CD is amazing. That is what sold me on it more than anything. Go see them live. Below are some youtube videos, just the songs, low quality, so dont judge production by those videos.

Huge analog sounds, Big bass. Very goo drum production and beats. Sure Meat Beat’s Music has slowed down a lot over the ages tempo wise, but this one remains interesting despite being slow. The sound programming is amazing. I can tell he uses a lot of modular and vintage gear. His recordings have this warmth and fatness and smooth sound that many productions in the electronic genre lack. I think he is big on analog tape machines as well and I can tell that is part of what glues his mixes together. Not sure how he pulls it off. I am envious of the production.

My favorite track is Solid Waste, this song reminds me of the old consolidated records from way back when. I love when Jack sings. I wish he sang more on his lps, and that really is my only complaint about this record, the lack of Jack’s voice. Other tracks I really like on this cd are Young Cassius(kick ass rap like song, done in the tricky style), Less(very cool modular strange alien groove, reminds me of aphex twin), Children of Earth, Lonely Soldier(big ass bass), 62 Dub(alien dub, trippy), Spanish Vocoder(another aphex twin sounding track).

I really like this cd, I still think Jack should sing more and that is what keeps me from giving it a 5. The production on this CD is great. I give this a 3.8 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to buy Autoimmune by Meat Beat Manifesto. Click Here to download Autoimmune by Meat Beat Manifesto
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She is so overlooked in the spooky scene. To me she is the tops, The spookiest of the spooky. When I was just 18, I had an acid kult of sorts. We had acid tests. This was one of them. One of our rights of passage in our crew was at least 3 hits of strong lsd, and 3 hrs of Diamanda(litanies of satan) while peaking. I’m not kidding. Only a few of us Didn’t pass. I passed with flying colors. This music gave me some of the most intense visuals and audio hallucinations I have ever had in my life. There is so much emotion and passion in her performances. Like a possessed witch. But knowing her back stories, sorrow. So much sorrow in her older works. With good reason. Some of her songs are about aids, rape, insanity. She is a very intelligent woman. A very attractive stone faced force of nature.

She is super avante guard. Completely in a class of her own. Super talented. The voice of a very well trained opera vocalist, trapped in a body that has knows real scorn. I always loved how she attacks modern religion, the church. Her old music is some of the strangest and most insane music I have ever opened my ears to. I’m not kidding.

Not all of her work is super weird and spooky. Most of it is dark though, so I warn you, this music is not for the squeamish. I’ve seen this music scare the shit out of people. Send them running in horror. I’ve seen it tear people apart mentally. Especially if you turn it up really loud, it becomes very insane!

Her cover of Gloomy Sunday is AMAZING!. The emotion in her voice, how she plays the piano, the story she tells at the beginning is awesome as well. I miss the days when there was real innovation and a real desire to stand out and be different and really be different in the music industry.

I used to describe our acid test like, “How much hell can you swallow with your ears?”. I’ll be honest, I’m only really a fan of her older works. The spooky stuff. Not a fan of her jazzy or blues stuff. Just not my thing. So i will focus on the old stuff I like. the video below is not work safe, contains male nudity.

I recommend The Litanies of Satan, Plague Mass, The Devine Punishment. Buy these, They are the creepiest, spookiest, darkest CDs in my collection. I think I own a lot of death rock and goth music. This is the darkest in my collection with out a shred out doubt. My favorite songs are Wild Women with Steak Knives, Double Barrel Love, Deliver Me From Mine Enemies, free among the dead, Exeloyme, and Gloomy Sunday.

WELT Water Devil Kettle Earthworm Lusid Pore Chaos Cracker Solow Suhleap Minus

I remember when this came out. I was burnt out from my tour the year before. I remember kind of being like, Wow. I like this more than Rx and download. I was kind of let down at first, because of how much I loved the old skinny puppy sound. But what I realize now, this is a great LP that stands the test of time.

There are HITS on this record. I cannot say that about most of the music in the industrial genre in the last 10 years. Seriously. I mean, really, this lp came out about 7 years ago, and I still listen to it and remember 2 or 3 of the songs really well. Catchy stuff.

My favorite track is Lusid. It’s so upbeat and catchy and fun. I always sing along with this track any time I listen to it. It’s the beat and the lyrics that really hook me. That is where ogre always really shines to me, on the lyrics and vocals.

Some might say I am nuts, but I honestly like this way more than the 2nd ohgr cd sunnysyop, and the last 2 skinny puppy cds. I just think this CD has this magical power to it. It kind of came out of the blue and brought a whole new sound to the scene.

The music production on this CD is strange. It doesn’t sound like anything else I have heard. Well, now I think the new puppy kind of borrows from this heavily. But for some reason I still think welt has more edge to it. I can tell they must track digital, all the vocal edits are very obvious. I still really like the raw sound of this record. This isn’t ultra evil, or spooky. Instead, it is brilliantly ALTERNATIVE and ORIGINAL.

Best tracks are, Water, Solow, Pore, Lusid, Suhleap, and Minus. I sure wish that they would do a new ohgr record that is even more catchy than this one. I hope he does another solo record for sure. I thought this really broke ground for it’s time, and still holds up over time.

I give this a 4 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to buy Welt by Ohgr.

The Con I was Married Relief next to me The Con Knife Going in Are you ten years ago Back in your head Hop a Plane Soil, Soil Burn Your life down Ninteen Floorplan Like O, Like H Dark Come Soon Call it off

To me, this is the acoustic canadian more rocked out version of Ladytron. Well, a lot more than that, but that is what it initially reminded me of. But when I bought this lp a week ago, it has not left my mp3 player since, and I have listened to it over 20 times now. I LOVE THIS. Reminds me of the musicality of the Legendary Pink dots, The kick ass song writing of the beatles, and the cute alternative canadian charm and angst of both Tegan and Sara, and I don’t care, I like TEGAN MORE. AHAAHAHAHAHAHAH take that sara. What stands out he most on this lp? By far, The vocal harmonies. Sometimes its haunting.

I cannot even tell you, these girls are so talented. So much power and emotion in their voices. Both can play instruments very well. Something I love about real musicians. There seems to be much more emotion in the music and sounds.

Sure, some of this is like ultra pop. But it has this desperation to it, this urgency and emotion that really calls out to me. I have not liked a pop record in a long long time. I really love the frantic sound of “are you ten years ago”. I love the drums on this LP. I only wish i could hook up with a drummer like this and a studio to really record it well like on this record. I am a sucker for well done acoustic guitar that doesn’t sound corny, I think they write with and record acoustic guitars perfect.

If there is one complaint I have, it is that the record is WAY TO FUCKING HOT and as a result sometimes the mid range and high hits get a tad crunchy for me(this could because of the mp3s I bought, I don’t own the actual cd, just the amazon mp3 downloads). I wish people would master stuff lower like they did in the 80s. I’m sorry it just sounds better and more hi-fi, if you want loud, buy loud hifi audio stereos!

My Favorite song is “Relief next to me” Especially the part where she says in my slamming in my frame, then my framework and then the crash hits. I love details, I love how powerful the vocals sound and how it really pushes the song. So many little details. The songs are short and and they possess you to listen to them over and over and over. I discovered this band on Myspace, it was on a fan’s page as the default music. I went to their myspace and fell in love with the songs and videos. I love their demeanor in their videos. Their Home movies made me laugh as well.

The best songs are Back in your head, Releif next to me, Nineteen, Are you ten years ago, The Con, Burn down your life. Thank you Canada for RUSH, Hockey, Skinny Puppy, Socialized Medicine, and now Tegan and Sara. I give this a 5 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to buy The Con by Tegan & Sara. Click Here to buy The Con by Tegan and Sara mp3s high quality DRM free for 9.99.