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  • Throbbing Gristle – Mission Of Dead Souls
    Throbbing Gristle – Mission Of Dead Souls
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    “Mission of Dead Souls documents Throbbing Gristle’s last live performance in San Francisco before splinting into Coil, Psychic TV, and Chris & Cosey. It’s a given that [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Thobbing Gristle – The Second Annual Report
    Thobbing Gristle – The Second Annual Report
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    “Following a small quantity of limited cassette releases, 1977’s The Second Annual Report was the formal debut of British industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. (The First Annual [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Folkstorm – For The Love Of Hate
    Folkstorm – For The Love Of Hate
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    Swedish martial industrial/power electronics from the ever-prolific Henrik N. Björkk Label: Cold Meat Industry – CMI.99 Format: CD, Album Country: Sweden Released: 2002 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Karjalan Sissit – Karjalan Sissit
    Karjalan Sissit – Karjalan Sissit
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    “…an epic release of cinematic proportions where classical strains segue into period music. Karjalan Sissit use massed voices very effectively alongside the deep solemn strains of [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Kevlar ‎– Agitators Of The Mind
    Kevlar ‎– Agitators Of The Mind
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    “Agitators of the Mind is a collection of studio tracks selected for live actions in Germany, France and Poland.” Label: Unrest Productions – UNPRDCD16 Format: CD, Album Country: UK [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Maschinenzimmer 412* – Malfeitor
    Maschinenzimmer 412* – Malfeitor
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    “A history lesson, recorded in autumn 1989. Unavailable for over 20 years in any format, we proudly present “Malfeitor” – the now classic album from Maschinenzimmer 412. [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Metgumbnerbone ‎– Out Of The Ground
    Metgumbnerbone ‎– Out Of The Ground
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    “Seven new, previously unreleased subterranean events from the notorious Newcastle-Upon-Tyne ritual / industrial act featuring members of The New Blockaders, Masstishaddhu, Sir Ashleigh [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Nightspore ‎– Godseed
    Nightspore ‎– Godseed
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    “Mid-paced gnostic acid techno recorded to cassette 4-track. Deluxe CD with 6-panel fold out insert. The new full-length album of strange rhythms and ominous vocals strikes a tone for the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Nocturnal Emissions – Mouth Of Babes
    Nocturnal Emissions – Mouth Of Babes
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    “It looked so innocent at first. Picture of a shrine to a saintly infant on the cover, titled to suggest holiness and docility, it sat in the CD review drawer […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Pearls Before Swine – These Things Too
    Pearls Before Swine – These Things Too
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    “By the time of their third LP, Pearls Before Swine’s mainstay Tom Rapp hadn’t changed much in his approach. He was still singing inscrutable folk-rock-psychedelic songs with a [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Orplid ‎– Geheiligt Sei Der Toten Name
    Orplid ‎– Geheiligt Sei Der Toten Name
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    Ambient neo-folk Label: Eis Und Licht – rex regum 240399 Format: CD, EP, Reissue, 2nd Edition Country: Germany Released:1999 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Pearls Before Swine ‎– The Use Of Ashes
    Pearls Before Swine ‎– The Use Of Ashes
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    “For their second Reprise Records outing, Pearls Before Swine worked primarily with Nashville-based musicians, including a small orchestra who provide a stately feel to the highly intimate [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Pessary – Laid To Rest
    Pessary – Laid To Rest
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    Skeletal and minimal industrial ambient from the UK Label: Dirter Promotions – DPROMCD 07 Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: 1992 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Propergol – Renegade
    Propergol – Renegade
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    “The famous fourth album originally released in 2001 from this highly recommended French project. Pounding repetitive rhythms, cold power-electronics filled with noise effects and [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Psychonaut* – The Witches’ Sabbath
    Psychonaut* – The Witches’ Sabbath
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    Tribal dark ambient filled with occult influences. Label: Athanor – ATNR 007 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: France Released: 2000 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Randy Greif – The Shadow Traders
    Randy Greif – The Shadow Traders
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    “Greif’s final work of his early cassette era, initially released under Swinging Axe Productions in 1988. Quite the widely-distributed tape, several tracks were featured on V/A compilations [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Salford Electronics – Communique No. 2
    Salford Electronics – Communique No. 2
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    “SE is the follow up to The Grey Wolves – Communique 2 is a perfect Interzone eternal night noise or neon rain-soaked stalker science fiction vibrations for would-be blade runners, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Mz.412 – In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi
    Mz.412 – In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi
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    “1995 bore witness to the resurrection of nefarious Swedish horde MZ. 412 (previously manifest as Maschinenzimmer 412) – Nordvargr, Drakh, Ulvtharm and Shaitan. This ground-breaking, [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Scott Walker – Scott 2
    Scott Walker – Scott 2
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    “Walker’s taste remains eclectic, encompassing Bacharach/David, Tim Hardin, and of course his main man Jacques Brel (who is covered three times on this album). And his own songwriting [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Controlled Bleeding – The Drowning
    Controlled Bleeding – The Drowning
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    Controlled Bleeding perfectly meld their power electronics leanings with tribal influenced and ambient tracks. Label: Dark Vinyl Records – DV #14 Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released: 1994 [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Aube / John Duncan / Schloss Tegal ‎– The Mind Of A Missile
    Aube / John Duncan / Schloss Tegal ‎– The Mind Of A Missile
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    Three-way split between three titans of experimental & noise music. Label: Heel Stone Records – STONE 003 Format: CD, Limited Edition Country: Germany Released: 1996 VG/VG+. Light marks, some [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Caspar, C.O.C.* – CHoCH – Chants Of Change
    Caspar, C.O.C.* – CHoCH – Chants Of Change
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    “CoCaspar lives in Berlin and Sweden as a datoist, conceptor, constructor, author, theoretician and xeroxer. He works as a soloist, workshop organizer, actionist and musician with sound [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Christian Death – The Wind Kissed Pictures
    Christian Death – The Wind Kissed Pictures
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    “The endeavor features the vocal debut of Valor Kand, and marked the start of a new era for the revolutionary band. ‘The Wind Kissed Pictures’ was way ahead of its […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Coil – Scatology
    Coil – Scatology
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    “Coil’s first official full-length album, Scatology, is one of the essential landmarks in the group’s discography and, moreover, one of the ’80s industrial scene’s [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Controlled Bleeding – Songs From The Ashes
    Controlled Bleeding – Songs From The Ashes
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    “A slightly unusual CD in that it actually consists of two separate albums released as one. The entirety of the previous year’s Music From the Scourging Grounds, which had not […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Detrimental Effect – Your Truth
    Detrimental Effect – Your Truth
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    “After two release on the UK-base Label Unrestproductions, Detrimental Effect joins Tesco for their 1st CD release. Fresh Analog power electronic sounds that create an old school industrial [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Fire + Ice – Birdking
    Fire + Ice – Birdking
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    Classic Neo-folk from a genre stalwart, featuring contributions from Douglas P & others. Label: Fremdheit – FREMD CD 2000 Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: 2000 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Galerie Schallschutz – Montauk Project
    Galerie Schallschutz – Montauk Project
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    “Finally, 3 years after the “Haarp” CD, Galerie Schallschutz delivers another superior release with strong thematic content. We all know something is out there, but no one knows [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Grunt – Petturien Rooli
    Grunt – Petturien Rooli
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    “Recorded between 2007-2009, making it longest recording task of project so far. Presenting some of the new sides of Grunt, but with the touch known from before. Album contains no […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Institut – Live Like Traitors, Die Like Traitors
    Institut – Live Like Traitors, Die Like Traitors
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    “Allow yourself to remember the sixties for a moment, a world full of ideals, protesters and national secrecy. Steaming masses, no regrets, frightful threats. Influenced by political [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Intrinsic Action ‎– Peepland: The Complete Singles
    Intrinsic Action ‎– Peepland: The Complete Singles
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    “Compiles all of the official and authorized vinyl releases by Intrinsic Action.” Label: BloodLust! – B!052 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2006 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Intrinsic Action ‎– III
    Intrinsic Action ‎– III
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    “Re-mastered re-release of the third I.A. cassette, originally issued in 1987. The core recordings consist of the band’s third live show, ever. Includes two bonus SCTL tracks. [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Isomer – Serpent Age
    Isomer – Serpent Age
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    “Isomer is the solo project of Australian David Tonkin, who remains one of the few active producers of dark ambient music in this far-flung continent. „Serpent Age“ heralds a new […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine ‎– City Of Gold
    Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine ‎– City Of Gold
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    “”Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you” sayeth Jesus in Matthew […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Time Machines – Time Machines (1998 Pressing on Eskaton)
    Time Machines – Time Machines (1998 Pressing on Eskaton)
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    “4 Tones to facilitate travel through time.” So begins the listeners’ journey into what has become one of the most treasured and revered pieces of COIL history ever released. Each […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine ‎– …Beautiful Lies You Could Live In
    Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine ‎– …Beautiful Lies You Could Live In
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    “”Beautiful Lies You Could Live In was the sixth Tom Rapp/Pearls Before Swine release, the fourth and last on Warner Brothers. Originally released in 1971 with a more country/rock [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Toroidh – Europe Is Dead
    Toroidh – Europe Is Dead
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    “The great project from Nordvargr Kremator, aka MZ.412 and Folkstorm! Powerful Orchestral, very dark folk, the sounds of history and echoes from the past. “Folk music from the times [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • V/A – Sacred War
    V/A – Sacred War
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    Features tracks from Savage Republic, Death In June, Sol Invictus & more. Label: Gymnastic Records – GYM 205 Format: CD, Compilation Country: UK Released: 1990 VG/VG+. Light marks, some [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Death In June – DISCriminate
    Death In June – DISCriminate
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    “This collection of tracks, “a compilation of personal choice”, was put together by Douglas P. to be sold during the 1997 Death In June U.S. tour. However, the CDs were […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Controlled Bleeding – Plegm Bag Spattered
    Controlled Bleeding – Plegm Bag Spattered
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    “70 minutes of material, mostly unreleased from the 1983 recording sessions for “Knees And Bones”.” Label: Dark Vinyl Records – DV 02 Format: CD, Album, Repress Country: [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Throbbing Gristle – D.o.A (The Third And Final Report)
    Throbbing Gristle – D.o.A (The Third And Final Report)
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    “Actually the group’s second official full-length, D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle is nearly as harsh and uncompromising as The Second Annual Report. While both [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats
    Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats
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    “Released at the tail end of the 1970s, Throbbing Gristle’s third official full-length, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, found the pioneering industrial group making a grand leap toward [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Throbbing Gristle – Heathen Earth
    Throbbing Gristle – Heathen Earth
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    A tight glimpse into the caustic world of live Throbbing Gristle. Label: Mute – 61096-2 Format: CD, Album, Remastered Country: US Released: 1991 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Coil – Horse Rotorvator (1988 Force & Form)
    Coil – Horse Rotorvator (1988 Force & Form)
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    “The title Horse Rotorvator is explained in the liner notes as a device large enough to “plough up the waiting world,” created from the bones of the horses of the […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Nurse With Wound – A Sucked Orange
    Nurse With Wound – A Sucked Orange
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    “Sucked Orange was not conceived as an album. During the eighties I had accumulated several dozen reels of old worn and drastically edited quarter inch magnetic tapes, the debris from […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The New Blockaders + Ice Yacht – Wer Ist Wer Und Was Ist Was
    The New Blockaders + Ice Yacht – Wer Ist Wer Und Was Ist Was
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    ‘In my hand a beautifully designed CD on Nihilist Records from Chicago. It contains four long soundscapish minimal noise-ambient ‘constructions’ developed by The New Blockaders [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Diana Rogerson – Blue Bottle In A Jam Jar
    Diana Rogerson – Blue Bottle In A Jam Jar
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    “Heavily obscured sounds, along with her voice, gives the music a rather radiophonic and sound poetry-like nature. Sometimes quiet and intimate, something loud and jubilant; in that sense, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The New Blockaders – Live At Morden Tower Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
    The New Blockaders – Live At Morden Tower Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
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    “Armed with hammers and some carefully chosen materials, TNB perform a ‘conceptual destruction’ of pure sonic violence. By deliberate saturation of the environment by way of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nurse With Wound With Bladderflask – Backside
    Nurse With Wound With Bladderflask – Backside
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    2024 – New studio album featuring Bladderflask. Originally issued as a limited edition Lp lathe cut. STEVE STAPLETON, ANDREW LILES AND RICHARD RUPENUS Contains 20 minutes extra material. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Clifford Thornton – Ketchaoua
    Clifford Thornton – Ketchaoua
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    Official BYG Records release: one of the defining labels of the Free Jazz era – Follow-up release of Live at the Panafrican Festival by Archie Shepp. After appearing with Archie […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz