This release is
fucking brutal, and the fact that the internet doesn’t seem to know anything
about the origins of Knifecream, or their/his/her debut record “Bind, Torture, Kill”,
somehow only makes it that much better. It leaves you free to lend credibility
to images of its creation at the hands of some grisly, Clive Barker-esque
murderer (a theory supported by the bloodspatter guaranteed on each
of the physical cassettes), or deep underground at the ends of the earth like
in a Lovecraft novella. The only thing I can say is that it was delivered to
venerable Seattle label Hanged Man at some point and unleashed upon the world
in mid August. So what does it sound like? The BC tags include: black metal,
experimental doom, psych, and my personal favorite: harsh noise. They aren’t
lying. This is ambient black noise at its fiercest and it isn’t for the weak of
heart; sometimes pensive and stormy, and sometimes dissonant and chaotic, but
always becoming something new without regard for your sanity. Check out the third track, "Leper Lord (Death in June)", for a small taste of what to expect, and when you're ready, head over here to hear more/buy the tape. Also, whatever you do, don’t let the plug fall
out of your computer while you're listening to this in public. Goddamn I love fall.
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