Fuan no Tane/Seeds Of Anxiety (Volume 1)


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Horrors, there was (and still is) always something inside me that made to watch horrors and look for them and even if I was so terrified of them I would still watch them. I don't know, they have something which no other genre can't provide me and that's countless of sleepless nights, really fucking scary lucid dreams, superstition and plain good fun and laughter. When I found out that there are actually horror comics and mangas I was at first very skeptical about it because I didn't really believe that simple drawings on a paper can deliver as much as a movie does. While partially this is true because in movies you have music and you have actors and all the things good horror movie has. But the movies have a strict limitations on actors performance and their ability to make something scary with visual effects, budget and a demanding audience. The positive side with horror mangas is that the only thing you really need is just good imagination and art skills. The rest is the easy part. Fuan no tane or Seeds of anxiety in English is a compilation of urban legends, myths and stories of people who had scary surreal experiences. The author of Fuan No Tane traveled around Japan and he kindly collected a lot of those stories and eventually he drew them and published them under this 3 volumed series of short horrors. All stories are sorted into categories like schools, homes, visitors and similar. The art is very good and facial expressions are excellent which fully takes you into the story and the ambient which creates. I recommend this highly to anyone who likes to read horror.

All Volumes.

Phew - View


Well here's an quite odd record from the all so great country Japan (YES I'M A TOTAL FREAK FOR JAPAN I ADMIT IT...but not really I just like their music n stuff). Phews core member is Phew or at least she calls herself like that. She used to play in Aunt Sally but afterwards formed her own band called Phew with members from Can. How does the music sound? Well it's kinda hard to explain in this forsaken colonist language but there's a bit of everything in it. The vocals are really what made to love this record. They sound so crazy and lively I really enjoy them. The music some sort of fusion of rock and jazz...I guess. :D

Tracklist:

01. Dirge (2:46)
02. May (3:08)
03. Act (1:56)
04. Bloom (4:22)
05. Spot (1:13)
06. Bay (4:05)
07. Flood (2:32)
08. Vision (2:42)
09. Youth (1:56)
10. Past (3:46)
11. H-Stag (1:59)
12. Fall (2:51)

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Suishou no Fune - Where The Spirits Are

Suishou no Fune is an very interesting psychedelic rock that came out of Japan. Their sound is not very melodic but focuses much more on the atmosphere of the songs. Formed in 1999 as a duo of female guitarist Pirako Kurenai and male guitarist Kageo, Suishou no Fune have been making some of the most charmingly chaotic dream music coming out of Japan. Their sound contains subcutaneous elements of no-wave energy mixed with psychedelic rock á la early Fushitsusha or Kousokuya. Other songs approach balladry with oddly beautiful twinned vocals and distorted guitars.

Tracklist:

01. 神の谷 [Vale Of Spirits] (7:09)
02. おまえの涙 [Your Tears Drop From The Sky] (8:45)
03. 月のない夜に現れた小さな怪物 [Apparition On A Moonless Night] (17:15)
04. 黒い幻 [Black Phantom] (14:09)
05. ばらが咲いた [A Rose Bloomed] (7:01)
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Shintaro Kago - Head Prolapse Elegy

I didn't plan to do this but since someone actually downloaded Jun Hayamis work that I have posted I'll give you another short treat! This time it's Shintaro Kago.

I believe that the following picture pretty much sums up what he does:


Awesome isn't it? :D

Head prolapse elegy is my favorite from him. It's so damn funny and unpredictable unlike anything else that I have read. Anyway the story is about a girl who belongs to a certain species that can disconnect their head and internal organs from their body. Tons of fun guaranteed!

Head Prolapse Elegy

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Jun Hayami (4 short stories)


WARNING: The stuff I'm about to post is ero-guro which in short means that it contains some weird and repulsive shit (literary and metaphorically) among other things. If you have any morals left then don't download, the above picture (by Suehiro Maruo) is just a heads-up of what you'll expect to find.

You have been warned for all the stars they're just faking! ^_^

Jun Hayami is an fairly popular guro artist. I decided to open my guro series with him because I particularly love the way he draws and his attention to detail in his drawings unlike some artists like Shintaro Kago who keeps his stuff very simple and with not much detail. So, how does Jun Hayamis stories look like? Well they look like a drawn version of Whitehouses lyrics to be completely honest with you. Most of his works are about rape and abuse in all pores of society. I won't bother explaining to you why do I read this nor why do I like it. Death is equally present as is life in our existence and I don't really see why should someone be ashamed of reading something opposite from life and something opposite from good. It's not like these stories have some deep hidden meaning it's just an cruel image of what happens in this world (referring to those realistic guro stories not those with surreal plots) and that's exactly what Hayami is portraying.

Now let's start posting some fine links. ^_^

16 Year Old Piece of Meat



Now this exactly what I thinking about when I said that Hayamis work are like Whitehouse on paper. This is a short story about an under aged girl that works in those sex lines that you call all night. She decided to meet with one of her callers and well, download to find out. :P

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A Good Day to Die


A story about a girl who decides to jump off her school building and while she flies to her death memories of her life flash through her mind.

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The Darkness Burns



A story about a girl who was kidnapped by a man who has a weird fetish for burning things. An rather ironic ending though.

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Regarding Mika


A story about the last day of a person and things she'll see for the last time in her life. Actually a little ironic story how we take everything for granted when it can be so easily taken away.

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That's it for now. Enjoy!

Just one more trivial thing. Hayami is actually quite popular among young teenager girls they send him panties and stuff like that to him by mail all the time.

New arrival ^_^

Got this in tha mail yesterday:

And FUCKING POSTAL BLASPHEMY AGAIN:

I hate it when the sides break and every time something arrives in the mail it gets broken and my perfect world is ruined. Now I haft to replace the case with some fake one. :( The Cd is Merzbow/Bastard Noise split called Voice Pie. I'll rip it soon enough and post it on TNA. ^_^

久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi) - Tonari No Totoro OST


Hayao Miyazaki is today one of the most popular/famous animators and he's been making some great movies through all his life. Most notables are: Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke. Tonari No Totoro (or My Neighbor Totoro in English) might not be so popular as the ones I've been mentioning but it's still an nice movie and fairly known. More importantly Tonari No Totoro is actually an reflection of Miyazakis childhood that he spent with his brother and a lot of situations in the movie also occurred in his childhood (no, he did not see huge furry trolls in his childhood but for example his mother had the same disease as the mother in the film etc.) . The reason he used two girls instead two boys as main characters was ( as he explained in one of his interviews) because it would be too painful for him to do that. As usual Miyazaki hires Hisaishi to music for his animation and as always the soundtrack is exceptional. Just as the movie theme the music is also mellow and warmhearted.

Tracklist:

01. Sampo (2:43)
02. Gogatsu No Mura (1:39)
03. Obake Yashiki! (1:24)
04. Mei To Susuwatari (1:34)
05. Yuugure No Kaze (1:01)
06. Kowakunai (0:44)
07. Omimai Ni Ikou (1:22)
08. Okaasan (1:07)
09. Chiisana Obake (3:55)
10. Totoro (2:49)
11. Tsukamori No Taiju (2:15)
12. Maigo (3:48)
13. Kaze No Toorimichi (3:17)
14. Zubunure Obake (2:34)
15. Tsukiyo No Hikou (2:06)
16. Mei Ga Inai (2:32)
17. Nekobasu (2:11)
18. Yokatane (1:15)
19. Tonari No Totoro (4:18)
20. Sampo (2:44)

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Magrudergrind / Shitstorm Split


Tasty little split. Magrudergrind is a totally fun and hip powerviolence with high pitched vocals and catchy guitar riffs. Shitstorm is a grindcore band but not the ordinary guttural vocals/insanely fast riffs/shit like that, it leans more to a punkish hardcore sound no?

Tracklist:

Magrudergrind side:

01. - (0:23)
02. Siphon Then Slit (1:00)
03. I Saw Jahova Sippin' A 40 At The Corner Of Georgia Ave (0:55)
04. Smash Micros Like It's 1999 (1:12)
05. Organized Cell Death (1:23)
06. Complete Deprivation (1:20)
07. Emo Holocaust (1:02)
08. Dahmered Again (2:05)
09. Scholastic Burnout (1:27)
10. Escalbo De Salario (1:42

Shitstorm side:

11. Desensitized (0:26)
12. Getting Heated (0:18)
13. Closed Minded (0:56)
14. Destroy Them All (0:51)
15. World Of Shit (0:26)
16. Rent A Cop (0:46)
17. Hurley Punks (0:35)
18. Crack Lady (0:40)
19. No Freedom (1:29)
20. Ignorant Extermination (0:20)
21. Hide Behind The Screen (0:55)
22. Ego Trip (0:59)
23. Anxiety (0:43)
24. Religious War (0:30)

Emo Holocaust.

Herem - I Pulsa diNura


I am and always was such a sucker for female vocalists especially if they scream/growl. This album is kinda a fetish possession of mine since their vocalist is female. I Pulsa diNura is their first album and I guess it's pretty good, standard sludgy doom metal that everyone loves but has this epic feeling to it. They are from Finland, no idea why the title sounds so Spanish.

Tracklist:

1. ...And Hell Sent An Angel (03:39)
2. White Walls (07:27)
3. Blood For A God (The Dead Walk The Earth Again) (06:46)
4. I Am The Sun (05:32)
5. Burning Sky (06:31)
6. Dawn Of The Last Day (06:38)
7. Behind The Wall Of Misfortune (07:25)

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芸能山城組 (Geinoh Yamashirogumi) - Akira OST


芸能山城組 or Geinoh Yamashirogumi is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19, 1974 by Shoji Yamashiro, consisting of hundreds of people from all walks of life: journalists, doctors, engineers, students, businessmen, etc. The array of talents and ideas available brings a peerless degree of creativity to their work, which is known for skillful fusion of traditional music with high technology. Their early albums were marked by a distinct world influence, with works such as Chi No Hibiki (Echoes of the Earth Sing East Europe) displaying Bulgarian and other eastern European singing styles and Africa Genjoh (The African Vision Singing) featuring African styalised chanting. Osore-zan - Dou No Kenbai, furhermore, offered a more psychedelic flavor with Krautrock influences and the introduction of guitar work.

Their work for Akira soundtrack is simply amazing. From the very beginning of the soundtrack starts this tribal like music that perfectly fits in the futuristic concrete jungle of Neo Tokyo. The tribal music is dominant but there is also an large array of other music from ambient to authentic Japanese traditional music. One of my favorite soundtracks.

Tracklist:

01. Kaneda (3:10)
02. Battle Against Clown (3:36)
03. Winds Over Neo-Tokyo (2:48)
04. Tetsuo (10:18)
05. Doll's Polyphony (2:55)
06. Shohmyoh (10:11)
07. Mutation (4:49)
08. Exodus From The Underground Fortress (3:18)
09. Illusion (13:56)
10. Requiem (14:26)

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Insect Warfare - World Extermination

Their only full length album, released in 2007. This is my last record I have from them I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did.

Tracklist:

01. Oxygen Corrosion (00:53)
02. Self Termination (01:25)
03. Enslaved By Machinery (01:08)
04. Manipulator (01:49)
05. Zone Killer (00:20)
06. Decontamination (01:09)
07. Street Sweeper (00:13)
08. Dead Inside (01:01)
09. Human Trafficking (01:19)
10. Hydraphobia (01:36)
11. Mind Ripper (01:21)
12. Armored Virus (01:20)
13. Mass Communication Mindfuck (01:19)
14. Nuclear Deterrence (01:20)
15. Paranoia (01:18)
16. Necessary Death (00:51)
17. Protection Maze (00:54)
18. Lobotomized (01:18)
19. Internet Era Alienation (00:42)
20. Evolved Into Obliteration 801:12)

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Insect Warfare - Evolved Into Obliteration

Their demo from 2007, limited to 175 copies.

Tracklist:

01. Evolved Into Obliteration (01:13)
02. Self Termination (01:32)
03. Paranoia (01:24)
04. Human Trafficking (01:26)
05. Street Sweeper (00:18)
06. Enslaved By Machinery (01:17)
07. Necessary Death (00:55)
08. Dead Inside (01:08)
09. Hydrophobia (01:43)
10. Caught In A Dream (Napalm Death) (01:30)

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Insect Warfare - At War With Grindcore

Today I heard some bad news. Insect Warfare has split up (they will release some stuff though according to their blog). Ok I know this news is OLD but I didn't know. :P

They were one of my favorite grindcore bands and it's really sad that such talented band will break up. Nevertheless I decided to post all of their stuff I have beginning with their EP from 2005.

Trackilst:

01. After War Obliteration (01:51)
02. Freebase Diarrhea (00:46)
03. Amphetamine Psychosis (00:51)
04. Destroyed By Tanks (00:48)
05. Human Slaughterhouse (00:50)
06. Death To False Grind (01:01)
07. Brain Infestation (00:30)
08. At War With Grindcore (01:10)

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The Nightmare of Fabrication

No this is not music this is manga or comic if you like. I'm planing to post much more mangas (mostly horror, guro and mindfuck) in the future so keep an eye out for them if you like that. The first I'm about to link is actually just a One-Shot which means it's short and (usually) has one chapter . This is actually an side story to the anime called Serial Experiments Lain that aired in late 90s. The story of anime is not so straight forward as is to be expected with an Sci-Fi/psychological story but let's just say it revolves around computers and something similar to Internet. Anyway, this is just a bonus story which apparently isn't related with neither the anime nor the PS game. The 18 page short story can be found in the Lain Omnipresence in Wired artbook.

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More info about the anime here.

Iskra - Iskra


Iskra is an amazing crustcore band from Canada with heavy black metal influence that I've been digging for a while now. What I especially like about them is their raw and dirty production that I oh so much love. Their lyrics focus mostly on anarchism but much more profound and intelligent unlike some other band that I could mention. Iskra was formed by members of the ’90s crust band Black Kronstadt, whose sound was more comparable to that of bands like Provoked. The band has recently been gaining a lot of attention in the NW crust and grindcore scenes. They played at 2007’s Burning Portland, a massive 2 day crust/grind festival.

Tracklist:

01. Insurgence (02:59)
02. Prisoners of Conscience (02:25)
03. Acceptance Not Tolerance (03:40)
04. Antisect (03:54)
05. Face of Capital (03:04)
06. Masters of War (04:28)
07. Culmine (03:02)
08. Ash and Ruin (03:33)
09. Massacre (02:48)
10. Threat Inflation (05:17)
11. Culture of Cowardice (03:52)

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Pelican/Mono Split

Well this is an rather interesting split. The common thing about these two bands is that they are both instrumental and well, that's pretty much all they have in common as I see it. Pelican, well Pelican plays doom metal but in very different fashion because they tend to drift off to other genres as well and there's no doubt that a lot of sludge influence is also present but not to complicate with genres let's just say it's doom hehe. Anyway! I guess an comparison with Cult Of Luna in terms of sound is a good call. Mono on the other hand plays very much straightforward post-rock but with much more focus on the atmosphere and sound then on rhythm and technical aspect of playing. They have a nasty habit of making loooong songs but that's tolerable since their sound is very sweet. Yearning is my favorite song by them. Anyway this is a great split not to be missed.

Tracklist:

01. Ran Amber (09:03)
02. Angel Tears (James Plotkin remix) (06:44)
03. Yearning (15:44)

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Wata & Ai Aso


This is more of an fetish then an record. It has only two songs and 60 page booklet with a bunch of full colored pictures of them both. Ai Aso song is actually an cover of King Crimson which she plays in her own fashion. Although it sounds very good I don't it was really needed to do a cover of some random song when you have just one song to put on the split. It would be far better if she did a song of her own. The second part is by Wata. Wata is (in case you didn't know >_>) a vocalist/guitarist from Boris. Her song is one of the best songs I have ever heard. Starts very slow paced and calm which perfectly fits with the name of the song. After a few riffs her gentle voice kicks in and blends with the music perfectly. After a while starts an great solo which fades out as the song ends. All in all they are great songs, so be sure to download it.

Tracklist:

01. Ai Aso - Islands (5:44)
02. Wata - Angel (6:18)

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Miles Davis - Four


Four was released around 1953 and I could not find the proper cover of it (THE HORROR I WENT THROUGH SEARCHING FOR IT WAS HORROR-FULL) so a random Miles Davis-trumpet picture will do fine. I guess this record falls under those records that were more calmer and more blues like then his wild ones. Still there are a few where he goes a bit wild but nothing too hard. All in all it's a good record and currently my favorite from him.

Tracklist:

01. Yesterdays (3:45)
02. How Deep is the Ocean (4:39)
03. Miles Ahead (4:30)
04. When Lights are Low (3:27)
05. Tune Up (3:54)
06. Smooch (3:06)
07. Well You Needn't (5:24)
08. Lazy Susan (4:03)
09. Take Off (3:41)
10. Never Entered My Mind (4:03)
11. The Leap (4:32)
12. Weirdo (4:44)
13. Old Devil Moon (3:23)
14. You Don't Know What Love Is (4:23)
15. Four (4:02)
16. Blue Haze (6:08)

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Best Black Sabbath Cover EVAR



This is all improvisational I think. Words fail to describe how awesome this is.

Atheist - All three albums

Well I'm sure you all heard of the all time famous Death and their famous songs that made a huge impact on teh metal world. Atheist on the other hand didn't get as much recognition as they should and in my opinion Atheist did much more awesome things then Death did. Well I guess it's true that you only get famous when you die. ;) Anyway, Atheist played technical death metal back in the day with many influences (unlike Death) from other music such as jazz. They only released 3 albums in the 90s but they reformed and performed on Wacken in 2006. This could mean that they are writing some more material but I'm just guessing. If they do, eh, I don't know... most bands reforming after a long time suck. Anyway their three great albums:

Atheist - Piece Of Time (1990)

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Tracklist:

01. Piece of Time (04:33)
02. Unholy War (02:18)
03. Room With a View (04:06)
04. On They Slay (03:38)
05. Beyond (02:59)
06. I Deny (04:00)
07. Why Bother? (02:56)
08. Life (03:12)
09. No Truth (04:28)
10. Undefiled Wisdom (demo) (4:30)
11. Brain Damage (demo) (4:50)
12. On They Slay (demo) (4:07)
13. Hell Hath No Mercy (demo) (2:58)
14. Choose Your Death (demo) (3:18)
15. No Truth (demo) (4:11)

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Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (1991)

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Tracklist:

01. Mother Man (04:34)
02. Unquestionable Presence (04:07)
03. Your Life's Retribution (03:17)
04. Enthralled in Essence (03:38)
05. An Incarnation's Dream (04:53)
06. The Formative Years (03:30)
07. Brains (03:41)
08. And the Psychic Saw (04:45)

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Atheist - Elements (1993)

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Tracklist:

01. Green (03:22)
02. Water (04:29)
03. Samba Briza 01:58)
04. Air (05:35)
05. Displacement 01:25)
06. Animal (04:11)
07. Mineral (04:34)
08. Fire (04:37)
09. Fractal Point 00:44)
10. Earth (03:53)
11. See You Again (01:18)
12. Elements (05:35)

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