THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 11.21.11

ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX presents

APEX FEST IV - drones+death

featuring

NYODENE D
(oppressively tense pe/darkambient/deathindustrial)
www.nyodened.bandcamp.com

REQUIEM
(ultra-brutarian ambient doom from david graham of HUMAN QUENA ORCHESTRA)
www.requiem2872.bandcamp.com

PLANNING FOR BURIAL
(plaintive shoegaze-tinted drone/post-metal)
www.planningforburial.bandcamp.com

YOU.
(obstinate beat-driven minimal synth/coldwave)
www.myspace.com/treverchrisshow

THE VOMIT ARSONIST
(unrelentingly miserable pe/deathindustrial)
www.thevomitarsonist.wordpress.com

DECIMUS
(minimal analog industrial noise from pat murano of MALKUTH)
www.decimus.bandcamp.com

STATIQBLOOM
(experimental ambient/industrial noise from fade kainer of BATILLUS)
www.myspace.com/statiqbloom

PIGLIKE
(droning ambient electronics from montana masback of TOURNAMENT)
www.piglike.bandcamp.com

SUNDAY DECEMBER 4, 2011
DOORS 5PM • $10
SAINT VITUS BAR
1120 MANHATTAN AVE • BKLN, NY

MORE INFO TO COME


Tonight, i received a message from a person in the multiple capacities of concerned friend, fellow power electrician, and irritated customer. this person wished to express to me his support and agitation regarding the long delay in the receipt of items he ordered several months ago. in his message, he offered examples of how i am risking excoriation on online forums and an overall loss of credibility as a reliable outlet for music. he added that martin bladh of IRM had been surprised to learn of the existence of the tshirts i produced in 2010, which i know to be a ludicrous assertion, being that said shirts were produced with his explicit blessing.

it is true that in many ways, i have fallen short of my goals for annihilvs. it is true that, during the past 14 years since i founded this label, there have been numerous periods during which the machinations of my daily life have held me back from following through on a variety of obligations related to these activities. i make no secret of these facts.

just prior to receiving this message, i'd posted the following on the annihilvs facebook page:

"Listen up, you sonsofbitches,
I will be prepping the majority of remaining pending orders over the forthcoming holiday weekend, and everything i can possibly ship will be sent off by the first weekend of december. If not, i will kill myself and nobody will get a fucking thing.
Thank you for your patience and continued support."

the following is an excerpt from my response to this person:

"...i've been doing what i do in one form or another for more than 14 years now, and i don't feel obligated to explain myself further than i have. i've not a speck of concern for what the peanut gallery of the internet has to say about the matter. i will still be doing what i do long after the internet has outlived its current incarnation. as chris from sickness once stressed to me, the internet is not "real" and those who spend the majority of their time there are of little concern. if the ntt "fans" on last.fm are any indication of the kinds of infantile losers who populate the internet, i've got very little to worry about. let them roar their loudest, i'll still be here when their voices go hoarse and silent.

obviously, i am aware that this is and has been an untenable scenario, however it's irrelevant to attempt to go into the minutiae which has led to where i now stand.

for every one person who complains about this situation, there are five who have been with me from the beginning and understand completely where i am and don't feel the need to complain. think about exactly what it is you're complaining about. there are far worse things in the world than waiting for something to show up in the mail, particularly since you can rest in the knowledge that it WILL show up in the mail, at some point. it's not as though i don't think about this, it's something of which i am constantly concerned, and irritated, but here i am. i myself have been ordering merchandise directly from artists for many, many years, and if the items take time to arrive, i understand that there are circumstances behind this.

i could probably count on one hand the number of times i've written to an artist to complain outright about an undelivered item, and i know of only one instance where i've filed a paypal dispute, for a limited tshirt which cost me $45 from a belgian artist. for fuck's sake, i ordered an "antichrist" shirt directly from lars von trier's production company, which cost me more than $30 with the conversion from euro, and i've still never received it. i'm not excusing my own actions with these examples, merely reiterating the fact that there are certainly worse things in the world than having to wait for a package in the mail.

it's also irrelevant to compare my situation to that of cold meat's "loss of credibility," which was due in large part to the dissolution of roger's marriage, which spanned decades and impacted his business directly because his wife was part of that business. his depression became unmanageable and this so-called loss of credibility is the result. so be it, i'm sure he's got plenty of other things with which to concern himself, and he's been doing what he does long enough that the "power of the internet" is merely ancillary.

as for martin, he's been well aware of the existence of the shirts, and i know full well that i have been remiss in providing artist copies, not just to him, but to a few other individuals. this is between myself and those individuals, and frankly it's none of your business.

have you ever heard of lsd organisation? frozen empire media? possessive blindfold recordings? hive records? culture shock magazine? permission magazine?

i've known dozens of people during the last 14 years who have fallen by the wayside, people who've had to fold their bands, publications, and labels for this reason or that, while i've continued to endure, through my own personal struggles; determined that the same will not happen to me, because i do what i do from a NEED to do it. however, that doesn't mean that i am immune from the pressures of living in this particular time, and i am subject to both internal and external circumstances, which have brought me to this point.

in closing, this discussion is made further irrelevant by the fact that within the coming weeks, there will no longer be any reason for this discussion to have happened at all.

satisfaction is the death of desire.


thank you for your continued patience and support."

THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 11.07.11

Greetings from Hell.
Yes, it's been ages since i posted an update, and yes i know many of you are more than frustrated by my lack of communication, especially in regards to overdue orders. i've recently received quite a few messages regarding this, including one this morning which asked, "what is wrong with you?" i hope that the following will explain precisely that.

I have been, as is always the case, struggling to come up for air from the depths of depression for the past six months. that's as frankly as i can say it. several weeks ago, possibly more than a month ago, i announced that i was packing and shipping several orders. with a bit of help, the packing part got done, at least some of it. i was then promised additional help, which never came. then i got sick and tried very hard to make it through the week at work, having to leave after a few hours each day and spending the rest of my time in bed. then i kept planning to get back into packing and shipping, but with each week that passed, i found it more and more difficult to follow through on much of anything. the following week, my mother, who was diagnosed with lymphoma last year, was having some health issues and my attention was focussed on what might come from that. we're still waiting on test results to determine exactly what's going on.

In my last post, i stated that i was fortunate enough to have art to turn to in these moments of despair, but lately i've been up against a wall, creatively, and i have once again found myself thinking about suicide on an almost constant basis, as i was prior to and during the summer months. again, i'm being as frank as i can. each time i have attempted to move forward, i've gotten bogged down in an emotional and mental quagmire. it seems that in spite of my general disdain for humans, i still allow myself to be tricked into thinking certain of them are worthwhile, and end up being disappointed by them over and over.

This past weekend, sparked by an aberrant rush of motivation, i had intended to put all the effort i could into moving ahead with preparing as many orders as possible, however this plan was derailed by — finally — an actual happy event: the birth of my best friend's daughter.

I have already begun packing orders, so i will try to ship as many as i can get out next weekend. following that, i will make efforts toward completing several in-progress releases so that these can also be shipped. by the end of november, i will have posted the last batch of preorders for the year 2011, and by the end of the year, i will be prepared to start working on a shitload of new material that has unfortunately been allowed to fall by the wayside. i need to do this because it's all i have. i managed to make some small progress with some audio work on sunday morning, though it wasn't as far as i'd hoped to get.

To those who have been waiting patiently, and even to those who have been less than patient, i sincerely apologise for the delay. as my disclaimer says, the operations of this endeavour are subject to many pitfalls, and this primarily refers to my lifelong battle with depression. although i have a lot of amazing projects in the works, i find that i generally live life with nothing to which i can look forward. it often becomes necessary for me to retreat inward so that i can protect myself from the real and imagined elements that cause me grief. the circumstances of my life, my job, where i live, and most saliently, the way i am treated by those who profess to care about me, are all far from where i need them to be in order to feel the most remote sense of contentment. there are those who would say, "life is what you make of it," and to those people, i would respond: go fuck yourself.

i wake up every day and wish that i had not. that is my life.


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THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 09.11.11

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed."
- Samuel Johnson


Ten years ago today, i was working as a freelance graphic designer in the children's marketing department at harpercollins pubishers. my office was at 1350 avenue of the americas between 54 and 55 streets in manhattan.
I don't listen to the radio in my car or at all really, so it's likely i was blasting some kind of heavy music during my morning commute. i recall nothing specific about the drive to work that day and in fact it was a perfectly unremarkable morning. i had gotten into the habit of parking as far away as 10 avenue because it was cheaper and allowed me a quicker egress from manhattan, since it was closer to the west side highway. my walk from the parking garage was also unremarkable.
i typically got to work around 10am, and when i walked into the office, my coworker max said, "did you hear what happened?" when i said i didn't know what he meant, he told me, "a plane flew into one of the twin towers." i asked, "was it an accident?" and he said, "they don't know."+the next thing i recall is that everyone in my department were suddenly crowded around the single television set in an office of one of the managers, watching in what i guess should only be described as horror. the rest of my day was spent trying to get through to certain people on the phone, cell service for many went down with the towers.
we were informed by my boss that security had locked down the building so nobody could enter and if people wanted to leave they could feel free to at any time. my boss and i ended up being the last two people in the department to leave, around 7pm. he lived in connecticut and had to take a train, and i had a 25 mile drive ahead of me.
when i walked west toward my car, the city was empty and quiet. the tolls had been opened for free and the barriers were up as i crossed the henry hudson bridge. there were essentially no other cars on the road as i drove north on the saw mill.
i don't remember anything that happened after i got home.
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Here i am, ten years later, and while the world has changed irrevocably, i have also gone through many changes within myself. ten years ago i was a much angrier person, but time had beaten me down into a form that was more like the person i want to be, and yet now i find myself at a point in my journey where my self must be re-formed and i'm coming to understand that i have no idea how to effect this process. i am buried.
although i've been very silent on this blog, there has been a lot of activity in my little corner of hell. i have struggled hard during the past several months. i'd allowed myself to believe happiness could exist for me and for a time it seemed that i finally had things to look forward to in my life. i found someone who i believed was radically different and better than all those who'd preceded her, in the span of my entire life up to that point. but as yet another relationship drew to its inevitable close, and i experienced the traumatic clichés of being discarded by yet another person who professed to care about me, i simultaneously experienced the trauma of turning 40 years old. i looked at the circumstances of my existence and the path i took to where i now stand. the cumulative weight of my many failures have been riding my back, with spurs digging in hard. the trajectory of my life began to take me lower than i'd ever gone before and i'm still hovering just beyond the edge. filled with sadness and anger, hating my job, my life and myself, i've had no choice but to turn to art and music to combat the forces that have compressed my universe into almost nothing. i am still suffering, but until i have the courage to do what is necessary, i've got little recourse but to press onward.
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Several new preorders have been posted to the ANNIHILVS WEBSTORE, and more will be coming during the autumn and winter months.
In August 2010, to denote the 13th anniversary of ANNIHILVS, I created a preorder package called APEX XIII.
Limited to 30 copies, this package included a 4 hour digital-only compilation download and promised an amazing array of shirts, posters, stickers and pins. The $45 preorder price was meant to aid with the production costs, and was extremely generous in consideration of the number of items included in the package.

ANNIHILVS presents a massive preorder package, in celebration of the label's thirteenth anniversary.

LIMITED 30 COPIES.

PREORDER CONTENTS:

• NO FLESH SHALL BE SPARED DIGITAL COMPILATION

A digital download featuring almost 4 hours of audio.

Contains rare, never before released archival material, a variety of tracks from out of print releases and a selection of recent collaborative pieces. DOWNLOAD WILL BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE UPON PURCHASE.

• APEX XIII TSHIRT

• APEX XIII MINI POSTER

• THEOLOGIAN+PROPERGOL. FOLIE À DEUX CASSETTE

• THEOLOGIAN. "BIG SCHISM" TSHIRT

• APEX FEST 2005 MINI POSTER

• APEX FEST III TSHIRT

• APEX FEST III SCREENPRINTED POSTER

• UNSOUND NYC TSHIRT (ARTWORK BY MARK RIDDICK)

• STICKER SET (ANNIHILVS, NTT, THEOLOGIAN, love is nothing., M BLADH, IRM, JARL, PROPERGOL, WILT)

• MINI POSTER SET (ANNIHILVS, NTT, THEOLOGIAN, love is nothing., M BLADH, IRM, JARL, PROPERGOL, WILT)

• 1 INCH PIN SET (ANNIHILVS, NTT, THEOLOGIAN, love is nothing., M BLADH, IRM, JARL, PROPERGOL, WILT)

However, only 4 copies were sold and it seems to have gone by unnoticed by many.

Now, more than a year later, many of these items have not yet been produced.

I'm once again offering this incredible 13th anniversary preorder package, weeks after the label's 14th anniversary, in order to finally realise what should have been done a year ago.

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One of the bigger pieces of news from the summer is that copies of WITHOUT ME by love is nothing. are on hand and should begin shipping very soon. i'm quite happy with how this release turned out, though it bears some painful reminders for me personally.
The responses have been favourable thus far, and there will definitely be more material coming in collaboration with my dear friend Carrie Ingber. in fact, we've just submitted a cover of ALL CATS ARE GREY by THE CURE to a compilation being produced by Dean and Joe from DIGITAL FERRET, to benefit the philadelphia PAWS no-kill shelter. there will be a two-day event in philly on october 21 and 22 to celebrate the release of the comp. more information about this is available on the facebook event page.
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I have done away with the utterly useless yahoo group, THE ORDER OF THE GASH, which has now been supplemented by the ANNIHILVS FACEBOOK.
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ANNIHILVS SOUNDCLOUD

ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX is an underground record label founded in the Summer of 1997, originally as a means to distribute the works of NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES (1997-2009) and associated projects.
Specialising in industrial, power electronics, darkambient, drone, experimental and doom, the label has since expanded to include several other artists from around the globe.

This page will serve to preview works-in-progress, newly released material and will feature the occasional obscure or out-of-print track or album.
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FROM THE WORLD OF BIRDS - SERMONS BY THEOLOGIAN PRIME

THEOLOGIAN-related updates, including new and in-progress audio, album artwork, lyrics and news related to upcoming releases and performances.
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IN-PROGRESS RELEASES:

THEOLOGIAN. THE CHASMS OF MY HEART CD (CRUCIAL BLAST)
I completed the album a few weeks ago and sent it off to Jérôme Nougaillon (PROPERGOL/HERMETIQUE) for mastering. I still need to complete the layout for the cd packaging, as well as peripheral materials, but i'm actually very behind on this. i hope to get back on track soon.
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THEOLOGIAN. FINDING COMFORT IN OVERWHELMING NEGATIVITY CD (HANDMADE BIRDS)
I had planned to jump right into this after completing the above album, but i haven't touched the material for a couple of months now. as with the above, i hope to get things back on track in a reasonable timeframe.
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SUFFERING BODIES. WILL SUFFER NO MORE CD-R
The audio is about 80% completed, i just need to wrap up my vocal tracks and send them off to Kristoffer to mix and then master the release. i plan to have copies on-hand by the end of october.
This 5 track ep is available for preorder here
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There's plenty more news and updates coming regularly on facebook. please join us there.

Thanks as always for looking and listening.

THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 05.28.11

Completed and shipping soon:
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THEOLOGIAN+ADERLATING. A CHORUS OF BEAUTIES SINGS TO ME THROUGH SLIT THROATS BLACK BAG PACKAGE
ANNIHILVS BLACK BAG PACKAGE (tshirt+cassette)
ADERLATING tshirt with 60 minute cassette.

GNAW THEIR TONGUES sideproject ADERLATING provides THEOLOGIAN with source material for a descent into black abysses. Sickening strings gurgle over frightening, mournful drones that echo from within the bottomless void at the core of humankind.

Limited to 40 copies.

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Forthcoming from ANNIHILVS:
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THE VOMIT ARSONIST. THE FINAL PAGE CD-R REISSUE
Reissue of this excellent release, containing painfully heavy, vitriolic and guttural material by THE VOMIT ARSONIST. Originally co-released with the TRAUMATIC CREATIONS label, this new run features a slightly different layout and will be out in time for THE VOMIT ARSONIST's June 2011 tour.
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love is nothing. WITHOUT ME CD-R
After a long period of inactivity, Lee M. Bartow's drone/metal project, love is nothing. returns with this surprisingly accessible and "poppy" release. Featuring extensive collaborative input by Carrie Ingber, former bassist of Brooklyn's ZAMBRI (who played synths in S.H.R.I.K.E., the very first band formed by Lee Bartow back in 1991), as well as guitar contributions by Mike Hill of TOMBS, John LaMacchia of CANDIRIA and SPYLACOPA, Derek Rush of DREAM INTO DUST and members of TOURNAMENT, and vocal contributions by Janaki Kagel, daughter of KRISHNA DAS, this is going to be a profound departure from previous love is nothing. releases.

Ranging from actual dance tracks to heart-rending shoegaze, drawing heavy inspiration from such acts as THE CURE and JOY DIVISION, infused with the trademark deep drones love is nothing. has become known for, these recordings are beyond a doubt unlike anything you've heard from this project before. Features beautiful cover photo by Brooklyn-based photographer Michele Crowe, from the collection of CupcakeGoth.
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THEOLOGIAN+FRAGMENT KING. HERE MUSIC DIES BLACK BAG PACKAGE-PREORDER
ANNIHILVS BLACK BAG PACKAGE (tshirt+cassette)
Includes an all-new FRAGMENT KING "Rot" tshirt, with 60 minute cassette.

Side A contains 30 minutes of sheer rage by longtime live member of NTT and collaborator under the guises of NEXICON and love is nothing., Mark Kammerbauer, the man behind ultra-heavy sonic deconstructor FRAGMENT KING, arrives on the craggy shores of hell with HERE MUSIC DIES.
Endless spite is filtered through soul-numbing distortion, accompanied by bitter, crisp electronic rhythms that glide across the edge that separates dark industrial, crushing metal and paranoiac breakbeat. This is the death of music.
Side B features tracks assembled by THEOLOGIAN using FRAGMENT KING source material.
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SUFFERING BODIES. WILL SUFFER NO MORE CD-R
SUFFERING BODIES is a collaborative effort between Kristoffer Oustad (V:28/KRISTOFFER NYSTRÖMS ORKESTER/PLAGUE MACHINERY), Francesco Gemelli (EIDVLON) and Leech (THEOLOGIAN/KOERPERWELTEN/love is nothing./ex-NTT).
Together, these three veterans of heavy electronic music have forged a monumental work, consisting of five black metal-influenced, martial industrial-inspired tracks that combine bitter cold ambient soundscapes, thudding digital percussion and razor-sharp guitars with screeching demoniacal vocals.
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THEOLOGIAN+FOUR PI MOVEMENT. THE DESTROYER BLACK BAG PACKAGE-PREORDER
ANNIHILVS BLACK BAG PACKAGE (tshirt+cassette)
FOUR PI MOVEMENT tshirt and 60 minute cassette, featuring one side of exclusive material from FOUR PI MOVEMENT, and one side of collaborative tracks constructed by THEOLOGIAN using FOUR PI source material.

FOUR PI MOVEMENT is currently the solo project of Greg Vaneck (PROMETHEUS BURNING), an improvisational modular noise/power electronics analog monster of heated low-end distortion and raging high-end shrieks. Shredded through the teeth of THEOLOGIAN, the material takes on a totalitarian aspect, crushing rhythms reminiscent of an army of death marching on your city to burn your children and rape your women.

Limited 40 copies.

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In progress:
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THEOLOGIAN. THE CHASMS OF MY HEART CD
(CRUCIAL BLAST)
FALL 2011

The second "official" full length album by THEOLOGIAN on CRUCIAL BLAST finds the antihero introduced in THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON MY FACE travelling deeper into the abyss. Awakening on the far side of despair, he attempts to make sense of the bleak, burning landscape within him.



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THEOLOGIAN. FINDING COMFORT IN OVERWHELMING NEGATIVITY CD
(HANDMADE BIRDS)
FALL 2011

"From great suffering comes great art." THEOLOGIAN is honoured to join the roster of HANDMADE BIRDS, the excellent new label run by R. Loren of the amazing PYRAMIDS. Expect heavy drones and distorted rhythms, echoing voices wailing in total desperation and an unbearable sense of loss. This release places THEOLOGIAN on a roster of incredible artists such as BLACK BONED ANGEL, DER BLUTHARSCH, LOCRIAN, THE RITA and WHITE RING.



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THEOLOGIAN. SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE ENDURED CDEP
(CRUCIAL BLAST)
EARLY 2012

A sonic departure from the typical heavy industrial drones of previous THEOLOGIAN releases, this 7 track EP features collaborative work with Derek Rush (DREAM INTO DUST/A MURDER OF ANGELS, 4TH SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE), along with a cross section of incredibly talented female vocalists.

THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 01.05.11

"The hole you think you thought you'd kept - kept you"
- Julie Christmas, "July 31st"

I started 2010 off with something resembling a plan, and had begun to implement a system, which worked for a time, but was then derailed.
part of this was the result of my inability to manage my time. the combination of work and school and the chaotic nature of my schedule (12 hour shifts on the weekends, class on mondays and thursdays, and chaotic idle days in between), for some reason ended up hobbling me. this isn't much of an excuse, but the trouble encountered was also due to the fact that i make very little money and as the year drew to a close, i was unable to juggle my various personal expenses along with the expenses necessary for producing releases and shipping them in a timely fashion. the preorder concept had been advented to handle this, but certain releases still required a significant personal investment, so while the system worked in some ways, it wasn't sustainable in others.
finally, i still have not recovered financially from the expenses of my brief 5 date tour in november, as it required me to take two weeks off from work, and in the month and a half since, i've been unable to get back to label business, which meant several releases that i've been working on have fallen by the wayside, in deference to my personal life.

With a new year, it is my plan to get back to work on the numerous projects that are currently in progress, but i'm still held back by financial and time management issues, especially since the holidays have left me with absolutely no money whatsoever, and as a result of the expenses of the holiday season coupled with having the last two weekends off from work, my bank account is currently overdrawn. this means it's still going to be a while before i'm up and running.
but, i want to assure you that i will be forging ahead in the coming weeks and months, and i am determined to put the lessons i learned in 2010 to good use.

Also of note is the fact that i have a job interview this thursday (tomorrow), and i have no doubt that i will get the job. working two jobs will allow me additional income, which i can put toward moving ahead with my life and new releases.

I'm also working on setting up a kickstarter.com fundraiser to generate some cash to put toward the next batch of releases.
I have a few friends who have raised money using kickstarter to produce new albums, and it seems to work quite well. i'm still unsure exactly how to make this work, but it's definitely something i want to do.

I have struggled for thirteen years to make this label work, with varying degrees of success and failure, but i will never let the obstacles stop me from forging ahead. i'm determined to make 2011 my best year so far, both personally and artistically... and if it isn't, i'll just kill myself. i think 40 years of being alive is probably good enough.

But, all is not doom and gloom, although that is my specialty. obviously, the love is nothing. release WITHOUT ME was neither completed nor shipped by the end of 2010, but it's the first priority for the new year to get this wrapped up immediately. i've been recording vocal tracks over the past couple of days and my good friend Kevin Reilly has been working on the final mixes. we'll continue this process through the month of january, and after that it will be time to hand the tracks over to John Lamacchia for mastering.

I've submitted a request for a quote on cassette duplication and am awaiting a response. the first professionally-produced cassette will be the THEOLOGIAN+ADERLATING collaboration, and i hope to get this taken care of as quickly as possible.

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VITAL WEEKLY has given the debut full length by THEOLOGIAN a favourable review:

A decade ago I received a brutal power electronics album from an artist called Navicon Torture Technologies. It was the album "Scenes from the next millennium" released on Malignant Records in 2001. Behind the NTT-project was Lee M. Bartow ...alias Leech from the New York Power Electronics scene. Genre-wise, NTT, had elements of many industrial-noise sub-genres such as power electronics, death industrial, harsh noise, and powernoise. Now Leech has shipped another project from the dark world of crushing electronics, this time under the flag Theologian. Present album "The Further I Get From Your Star, The Less Light I Feel On My Face" released on the Crucial Blast label is the debut of Theologian. Compared to the ultra-violence of the "Scenes from the next millennium"-album this new project/album more likely operates in the subtle expressions of harsh electronics. The crushing symphonies operates in the sub-levels with utter black ambience delivering some dark and sinister atmospheres.
Everyone interested in noise and experimental ambient should take a listen this excellent piece of rumbling darkness. (NM)
Address: http://www.www.crucialblast.net

MORE REVIEWS:

THE AQUARIAN

DOOMMANTIA

SONIC ABUSE

METAL ARMY AMERICA

COLLECTIVE ZINE

DEFECATION ON THE DIVINE RADIO

TO ELEVEN

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BLEAK NOVEMBER was my return to organising live events, and with the general success of the Brooklyn date, i made a decision to revive that aspect of my activities, on a somewhat limited basis.

Pete Hyde, frontman for the amazing Australian doom act WHITEHORSE, will be touring the states with his harsh noise band OCCULT BLOOD, joined by fellow Aussie noisemaker IVENS. i've set up a show for them in Brooklyn, at The Acheron, which will take place on February 3, 2011.
(WHITEHORSE will be touring the US with THE BODY this Spring!)

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2011
ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX
presents
BLEAK FEBRUARY
featuring performances by

OCCULT BLOOD
occultblood.blogspot.com
IVENS
eco-tonerecords.blogspot.com
THE VOMIT ARSONIST
danversstaterecordings.blogspot.com
LUSSURIA
lussuria.cjb.net

DOORS 8PM • ALL AGES • $8
THE ACHERON
57 WATERBURY STREET • BROOKLYN, NY
theacheron.blogspot.com
annihilvs.org


Flyer coming soon
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Up-and-coming (huh huh) porn starlet INDIGO AUGUSTINE shows her NTT pride, while doing a session for my friend's company, VSEX EAST.


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That's all for now.
Your support and patience, as always, are appreciated. Happy new year!