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I Own Some Records
Just a few.
![Xasthur - “Subliminal Genocide” (Hydra Head Records 2006)
Hate all you want, but I think Xasthur is fucking awesome. Sure he has like 4000 releases and all of them sound the same, but I can’t get enough of it all!
For those of you who don’t know Xasthur is a one man band who plays a style of black metal that all the internet douches of the world call Suicidal Depressive Black Metal. I mean its a fair description, this album especially sounds like something I would be playing as I offed myself, (not that I ever would) but it’s just a lame sub genre name. On this record (which I remember when it came out was a huge deal because it was the first time a hardcore label like Hydra Head put out black metal [that I could think of at least]) it was Xasthur’s first stepping up in terms of recording quality. You can clearly hear the different aspects that create his signature sound; the waves of guitars that create a sea of nightmarish hiss, the very well programmed drum machine, the lead guitars that sound like funeral harpsichord (TO ME THEY DO! FUCK OFF!!), the droning keys, and of course Malefic’s signature vocals. They really do sound like tortured screams of the damned, something that most black metal bands just advertise that have but don’t deliver.
I was really bummed I didn’t buy this when it came out. I dragged my feet on buying the vinyl and all of a sudden it became impossible to find. Thankfully a few months ago a friend of mine needed to sell some records to pay the bills (it’s pretty sad how often this happens, and what’s even sadder is how many of my records are obtained this way!) so I scored a copy; it was even the color I was hoping to get (nothing like clear splatter to make my day)! I was happy about it until I listened to the album lol.
-Log.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkj4gyn6KX1qg72meo1_500.jpg)
Xasthur - “Subliminal Genocide” (Hydra Head Records 2006)
Hate all you want, but I think Xasthur is fucking awesome. Sure he has like 4000 releases and all of them sound the same, but I can’t get enough of it all!
For those of you who don’t know Xasthur is a one man band who plays a style of black metal that all the internet douches of the world call Suicidal Depressive Black Metal. I mean its a fair description, this album especially sounds like something I would be playing as I offed myself, (not that I ever would) but it’s just a lame sub genre name. On this record (which I remember when it came out was a huge deal because it was the first time a hardcore label like Hydra Head put out black metal [that I could think of at least]) it was Xasthur’s first stepping up in terms of recording quality. You can clearly hear the different aspects that create his signature sound; the waves of guitars that create a sea of nightmarish hiss, the very well programmed drum machine, the lead guitars that sound like funeral harpsichord (TO ME THEY DO! FUCK OFF!!), the droning keys, and of course Malefic’s signature vocals. They really do sound like tortured screams of the damned, something that most black metal bands just advertise that have but don’t deliver.
I was really bummed I didn’t buy this when it came out. I dragged my feet on buying the vinyl and all of a sudden it became impossible to find. Thankfully a few months ago a friend of mine needed to sell some records to pay the bills (it’s pretty sad how often this happens, and what’s even sadder is how many of my records are obtained this way!) so I scored a copy; it was even the color I was hoping to get (nothing like clear splatter to make my day)! I was happy about it until I listened to the album lol.
-Log.
