THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 03.01.2013

In the short time since my last update, things have moved forward quite nicely. With the awesome aid of my new partner/manager, Christine Lett, we've shipped 99% of the orders that have been stacked in a corner of my living room, and have even packed and shipped more new orders that have come in during the past week. Christine has, in a mere month, already proven herself to be an invaluable addition to my universe, as she's gotten the ball rolling on a variety of releases that have been sitting in limbo during the past few years, ran my merch table last Friday at the DEAFHEAVEN/SANNHET/CLEANTEETH/THEOLOGIAN show at SAINT VITUS BAR, and is now working on behind the scenes details for APEX FEST V, as well as a variety of other upcoming projects and live events.

Several items have been added to the APEX ARMOURIES webstore (http://apexarmouries.bigcartel.com), including the newly-released 2CD reissue of YOUR SUFFERING WILL BE LEGENDARY, the limited double album that was included as part of the final NTT boxset, on MALIGNANT RECORDS.

Also added is a new collaborative CD-R from THEOLOGIAN+FACTORIA. Lots of projects are in-progress. I'll be wrapping up the audio and layout for SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE ENDURED, the next THEOLOGIAN release from CRUCIAL BLAST, which will appear in CD, VINYL and DIGITAL formats. More details, audio and visual previews on all THEOLOGIAN-related activities are posted on tumblr (http://gash-theologian.tumblr.com).

THEOLOGIAN and BAIN WOLFKIND are working on a collaborative CD-R to celebrate the man's return to the East Coast.

The next THEOLOGIAN appearance will take place in Baltimore, as part of the BALTIMORE FILTH FEST, on March 23. Next is April 2 at SILENT BARN. 

Then, ANNIHILVS presents three East coast appearances by BAIN WOLFKIND, and the fifth annual APEX FEST. This is gonna be a busy Spring!

BALTIMORE FILTH FEST
MARCH 23, 2013


† HANDY(MD PE feat. member of REVERSE BAPTISM)

† PUTRID SERVANT
(MD experimental black metal)

† THEOLOGIAN
(NY black industrial feat. Leech of NTT)

† LIVESHITBINGEPURGE
(noise from Alex of MT6, Tim of SPLEENCOFFIN, and Paul who is Really cool)

† DREADLORDS
(shoegaze black metal project feat. No One from T.O.M.B.)

† JM//WAVE
(noise and synth-industrial from DC)
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DJ sets by
ATD
Special collaboration with
PULSEWIDTHMOD

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Merchandise from
ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX
CRUCIAL BLAST
MALIGNANT RECORDS
OCCVLTS

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$5
8PM
SIDEBAR
218 E. LEXINGTON ST.
BALTIMORE, MDwww.sidebartavern.com

:: noise / experimental music at Silent Barn::
from the producers of ENDE TYMES FESTIVALhttp://halfnormal.com/
http://silentbarn.org/
THEOLOGIAN
[crucial blast | malignant records | handmade birds]
"blackened synth dread"http://gash-theologian.tumblr.com/

COMPACTOR
[worthless recordings | out-of-body-records | cynicdose]"industrial-noise-electroglitch"http://compactor.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/compactornoise

YORK FACTORY COMPLAINT
[obsolete units | robert & leopold | hanson records]
"a wall of tortured madness"http://yorkfactorycomplaint.tumblr.com/

LUSSURIA
[hospital productions | destructive industries]
"heavily atmospheric dark ambient"http://lussuriaambient.tumblr.com/

MAIN ROOM [downstairs]
DOORS 9PM
MUSIC BEGINS 9:15 SHARP
$7 ENTRY

J/M/Z to Myrtle Avenue

BAIN WOLFKIND - THIS TOWN WILL KILL YOU - EAST COAST MICROTOUR

BROOKLYN APRIL 5, PHILLY APRIL 6, MANHATTAN APRIL 17

APEX FEST V
APRIL 19-22, 2013

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FRIDAY 04.19.13
O'BRIEN'S PUB - BOSTON, MA
5PM • $12
PRESENTED BY EXISTENCE ESTABLISHMENT

EN NIHIL
http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

THE [law-rah] COLLECTIVE
http://www.discogs.com/artist/[Law-Rah]+Collective,+The
http://www.darkambient.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epoeq_hU2HI

IRON FOREST
http://ironforest.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/irondotforest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrafL2uFKc

A MURDER OF ANGELS
http://www.discogs.com/artist/A+Murder+Of+Angels
http://www.amurderofangels.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDD2rIkVnw

LUSSURIA
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lussuria+%282%29
http://lussuriaambient.tumblr.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfkGkknClQ

SWOLLEN ORGANS
http://swollenorgans.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/swollen-organs/196205780463434

TELOAHQAAL
https://soundcloud.com/teloahqaal
http://www.facebook.com/TELOAHQAAL

WINTER LINE
https://soundcloud.com/aumwar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg3EA3gSOfM

BEREFT
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bereft
http://www.facebook.com/Bereft73

DJ SETS BY
DEFTLY-D
THEOLOGIAN PRIME

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SATURDAY 04.20.13
45 S 3RD ST (UPSTAIRS) - PHILADELPHIA, PA
5PM • $15
PRESENTED BY OCCVLTS/A2H - PARADISE LOST EVENT #2


EN NIHIL
http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

THE [law-rah] COLLECTIVE
http://www.discogs.com/artist/[Law-Rah]+Collective,+The
http://www.darkambient.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epoeq_hU2HI

IRON FOREST
http://ironforest.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/irondotforest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrafL2uFKc

LUSSURIA
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lussuria+%282%29
http://lussuriaambient.tumblr.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfkGkknClQ

T.O.M.B.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/TOMB
http://crucialblast.bandcamp.com/album/uag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wogYMtMjVVU

THE VOMIT ARSONIST

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vomit+Arsonist,+The

http://thevomitarsonist.wordpress.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mANx2Nj3bA

SWOLLEN ORGANS

http://swollenorgans.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/swollen-organs/196205780463434

WINTER LINE

https://soundcloud.com/aumwar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg3EA3gSOfM

TELOAHQAAL

https://soundcloud.com/teloahqaal

http://www.facebook.com/TELOAHQAAL

DJ SETS BY

ONLY VIOLENCE

THEOLOGIAN PRIME

OTHERS TBC

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SUNDAY 04.21.13

PUBLIC ASSEMBLY - BROOKLYN, NY

8PM • $10

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEAVEN STREET/BLIND PROPHET RECORDS & DISCIPLINE NYC

EN NIHIL

http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil

http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

THE [law-rah] COLLECTIVE

http://www.discogs.com/artist/[Law-Rah]+Collective,+The

http://www.darkambient.net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epoeq_hU2HI

IRON FOREST

http://ironforest.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/irondotforest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrafL2uFKc

A MURDER OF ANGELS

http://www.discogs.com/artist/A+Murder+Of+Angels

http://www.amurderofangels.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDD2rIkVnw

KAMA RUPA

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kama+Rupa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E17memcfEto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81LgBnn-138

LUSSURIA

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lussuria+%282%29

http://lussuriaambient.tumblr.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfkGkknClQ

DJ SETS BY

JADE VIXEN

THEOLOGIAN PRIME

PROJECTIONS BY NXR VISUALS

http://nxrvisuals.com

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MONDAY 04.22.13

THE FLAT - BROOKLYN, NY

$8PM • $8

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEAVEN STREET/BLIND PROPHET RECORDS & DISCIPLINE NYC

EN NIHIL

http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil

http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

BETA CLOUD

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Beta+Cloud

http://www.betacloud.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JodxKvKjxB4

THE VOMIT ARSONIST

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vomit+Arsonist,+The

http://thevomitarsonist.wordpress.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mANx2Nj3bA

SWOLLEN ORGANS

http://swollenorgans.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/swollen-organs/196205780463434

TELOAHQAAL

https://soundcloud.com/teloahqaal

http://www.facebook.com/TELOAHQAAL

THE BIRD CAGE THEATER

http://cagedtheater.com

http://vimeo.com/14313644

http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20080811062508144

DJ SETS BY

BEN ABSTRACT

THEOLOGIAN PRIME

ANARCH

PROJECTIONS BY NXR VISUALS

http://nxrvisuals.com

THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 02.01.13

In more than 15 years of existence, ANNIHILVS has remained, for the most part, the mission of a single individual.
as i consider myself to be far more capable of creating art than i am when it comes to maintaining a business, this has led to a breakdown in functioning efficiently. this has been compounded by the fact that i have relied on my personal finances to produce and distribute, without any clear delineation between myself and the label.

Sadly, this has negatively impacted my ability to fulfill certain very simple tasks, to the disappointment of certain individuals who have shown me support. there are those who have been patient and understanding, and there are those who have been, shall we say, less than patient and understanding. but, i was at the mercy of circumstance.

Occasionally, i have had help, but it's been sporadic and always fleeting.

That is about to change.

On this, the first day of the second month of 2013, i would like to take the opportunity to announce that ANNIHILVS will now be run by two people.

My friend Christine Lett shall be taking over the business/financial end of Annihilvs. with her longstanding dedication to the underground scene, coupled with her nearly-compulsive drive to crunch numbers, she's a perfect complement to the already-established label.

Our first release under the new regime will be the long-delayed vinyl release from SKINCAGE, AND WOUNDED GALAXIES TAP AT THE WINDOW.

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Our next collaborative effort will be the fifth biannual APEX FEST, which will be spread across four dates in three cities.



APEX FEST V
APRIL 19-22, 2013

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FRIDAY 04.19.13
O'BRIEN'S PUB - BOSTON, MA
5PM • $12
PRESENTED BY EXISTENCE ESTABLISHMENT

EN NIHIL
http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

THE [law-rah] COLLECTIVE
http://www.discogs.com/artist/[Law-Rah]+Collective,+The
http://www.darkambient.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epoeq_hU2HI

IRON FOREST
http://ironforest.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/irondotforest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrafL2uFKc

A MURDER OF ANGELS
http://www.discogs.com/artist/A+Murder+Of+Angels
http://www.amurderofangels.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDD2rIkVnw

LUSSURIA
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lussuria+%282%29
http://lussuriaambient.tumblr.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfkGkknClQ

SWOLLEN ORGANS
http://swollenorgans.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/swollen-organs/196205780463434

TELOAHQAAL
https://soundcloud.com/teloahqaal
http://www.facebook.com/TELOAHQAAL

WINTER LINE
https://soundcloud.com/aumwar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg3EA3gSOfM

BEREFT
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bereft
http://www.facebook.com/Bereft73

DJ SETS BY
DEFTLY-D
THEOLOGIAN PRIME

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SATURDAY 04.20.13
45 S 3RD ST (UPSTAIRS) - PHILADELPHIA, PA
5PM • $15
PRESENTED BY OCCVLTS/A2H - PARADISE LOST EVENT #2


EN NIHIL
http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

THE [law-rah] COLLECTIVE
http://www.discogs.com/artist/[Law-Rah]+Collective,+The
http://www.darkambient.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epoeq_hU2HI

IRON FOREST
http://ironforest.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/irondotforest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrafL2uFKc

LUSSURIA
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lussuria+%282%29
http://lussuriaambient.tumblr.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfkGkknClQ

T.O.M.B.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/TOMB
http://crucialblast.bandcamp.com/album/uag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wogYMtMjVVU

THE VOMIT ARSONIST

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vomit+Arsonist,+The

http://thevomitarsonist.wordpress.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mANx2Nj3bA

SWOLLEN ORGANS
http://swollenorgans.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/swollen-organs/196205780463434

WINTER LINE
https://soundcloud.com/aumwar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg3EA3gSOfM

TELOAHQAAL
https://soundcloud.com/teloahqaal
http://www.facebook.com/TELOAHQAAL

DJ SETS BY
ONLY VIOLENCE
THEOLOGIAN PRIME
OTHERS TBC

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SUNDAY 04.21.13
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY - BROOKLYN, NY
8PM • $10
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEAVEN STREET/BLIND PROPHET RECORDS & DISCIPLINE NYC

EN NIHIL
http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

THE [law-rah] COLLECTIVE
http://www.discogs.com/artist/[Law-Rah]+Collective,+The
http://www.darkambient.net
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epoeq_hU2HI

IRON FOREST
http://ironforest.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/irondotforest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrafL2uFKc

A MURDER OF ANGELS
http://www.discogs.com/artist/A+Murder+Of+Angels
http://www.amurderofangels.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDD2rIkVnw

KAMA RUPA
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kama+Rupa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E17memcfEto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81LgBnn-138

LUSSURIA
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lussuria+%282%29
http://lussuriaambient.tumblr.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAfkGkknClQ

DJ SETS BY
JADE VIXEN
THEOLOGIAN PRIME

PROJECTIONS BY NXR VISUALS
http://nxrvisuals.com


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MONDAY 04.22.13
THE FLAT - BROOKLYN, NY
$8PM • $8
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEAVEN STREET/BLIND PROPHET RECORDS & DISCIPLINE NYC

EN NIHIL
http://www.discogs.com/artist/En+Nihil
http://www.facebook.com/pages/En-Nihil/198075473553443
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaD0vRrBqw

BETA CLOUD
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Beta+Cloud
http://www.betacloud.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JodxKvKjxB4

THE VOMIT ARSONIST
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vomit+Arsonist,+The
http://thevomitarsonist.wordpress.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mANx2Nj3bA

SWOLLEN ORGANS

http://swollenorgans.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/swollen-organs/196205780463434

TELOAHQAAL
https://soundcloud.com/teloahqaal
http://www.facebook.com/TELOAHQAAL

THE BIRD CAGE THEATER
http://cagedtheater.com
http://vimeo.com/14313644
http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20080811062508144

DJ SETS BY
BEN ABSTRACT
THEOLOGIAN PRIME
ANARCH

PROJECTIONS BY NXR VISUALS
http://nxrvisuals.com

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THEOLOGIAN will be performing at SAINT VITUS BAR on January 21, 2013 in support of CORRECTIONS HOUSE, a project comprised of Scott Kelly (NEUROSIS), Bruce Lamont (YAKUZA), Mike IX Williams (EYEHATEGOD), and Sanford Parker (MINSK/NACHTMYSTIUM). This coincides with the first New York appearance of NEUROSIS since January 2008. Also appearing is YORK FACTORY COMPLAINT, one of many experimental projects helmed by Ryan Martin of the DAIS RECORDS and ROBERT & LEOPOLD labels.
Buy tickets

THEOLOGIAN will also be performing on February 22, in support of DEAFHEAVEN, SANNHET and CLEANTEETH, in celebration of SANNHET's album release on SACRAMENT, the new label imprint from the guys behind SAINT VITUS BAR.
Tickets for that are available here.

I've teamed up with Greek artist Januz Miralles, using his beautiful photographic art for both of these flyers.

THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 01.01.2013

If there is anything i can take away from 2012, it's that i am far happier when i am putting energy into my creative endeavours. after a miserable 2 1/2 years at a job that made me hate life, i injured my back in early july, spent the last half of the year on disability and am currently on unemployment benefits. although it has been more difficult without a regular income during the past six months, it's afforded me the time and energy to focus on things i find much more fulfilling.

i've now been living in a new space since august, and have been able to organise a functional area for label operations and mailorder. after i catch up with certain financial obligations, such as a recent $1000 car repair bill, i'll be able to get things back on track with the new year. I'm not quite there yet, but things will continue moving ahead as i get my shit in order. there are commitments that i was unable to follow through on from as far back as 2010/2011, but those will become new priorities, as i've had to let go of other plans.

2013 will see multiple new releases from THEOLOGIAN, a reissue of the last release by NTT, and plans for several live performances have been underway for the past month or so. i am proud to announce that this year, i will have three albums out on MALIGNANT RECORDS. an amazing lineup for the fifth biannual APEX FEST has also been under construction for some time now. A new website is coming, as well as an entirely new domain. until then, this blog will be revived as an up-to-date source of information for ANNIHILVS-related activities, supplemental to facebook.



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FORTHCOMING LIVE EVENTS:

SCENIC NYC PRESENTS
HIRSUTE PURSUIT/NON/CULT OF YOUTH/HOUSE OF BLONDES
DJ SETS BY THEOLOGIAN PRIME & ABSTRACT.
JANUARY 24, 2013
EUROPA (BROOKLYN).




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THEOLOGIAN PERFORMING LIVE.
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
DETAILS TO COME.



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FORTHCOMING RELEASES:

THEOLOGIAN.
RELIQUARIES
CD-R (ANNIHILVS)



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THEOLOGIAN+THE VOMIT ARSONIST.
NATURE IS SATAN'S CHURCH
CD-R (OPPRESSIVE RESISTANCE)




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THEOLOGIAN.
I AM MUCH SINNED AGAINST
3INCH CD-R (ENMITY RECORDS)




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THEOLOGIAN.
BONE MARROW GOLEM
C20 (CIPHER PRODUCTIONS)




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THEOLOGIAN.
SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE ENDURED
CD/VINYL/DIGITAL (CRUCIAL BLAST)




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NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES.
YOUR SUFFERING WILL BE LEGENDARY - REISSUE
2XCD (MALIGNANT)




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THEOLOGIAN.
PAIN OF THE SAINTS
2XCD (MALIGNANT)




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FORTHCOMING MERCHANDISE:

THEOLOGIAN.
ANTI-THEIST INDUSTRIAL
TSHIRT (ANNIHILVS/NXR VISUALS)




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THEOLOGIAN.
OPERATING THEATRE
LONGSLEEVE TSHIRT (OCCVLTS)




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THEOLOGIAN.
BONE MARROW GOLEM
LONGSLEEVE TSHIRT (OCCVLTS)




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THEOLOGIAN.
FIGHTING FOR NOTHING
TSHIRT (THE FALL STUDIOS)




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THEOLOGIAN.
DEFORMED SAINTS
ART BOOK/ZINE (ANNIHILVS)



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I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the many people who made the latter half of 2012 so incredible. rather than a "best of" list for the end of the year, i have a list of names:

JIMMY ALY (SWOLLEN ORGANS)
PETER ANDERSSON AKA LINA BABY DOLL (DEUTSCH NEPAL)
GENEVIÈVE BEAULIEU & S. DE LA MOTH (MENACE RUINE)
JL JOSEPH BEAULIEU (OCCVLTS/A2H/THEOLOGIAN)
JASON BERNARD (PERIPHERAL RECORDS)
WENDY BLACKWIDOW
LENNY BOGATCH, BRIAN BOYLE, CLIVE REINHOLD (CENOTYPE)
GILLIAN BOWLING (VOID ABOVE/TELOAHQAAL)
JIM BREEDVELD (THE SCAPEGOAT MECHANISM/STAALKRACHT)
TODD BROOKS (PENDU SOUND/CHAOS MAJIK)
KENNY BROWN (ERIS TEMPLE ARTS)
EGAN BUDD (EXISTENCE ESTABLISHMENT/XIPHOID DEMENTIA)
JONATHAN CANADY & SUZIE ASSAULT RIFLE
DAVID CASTILLO (SAINT VITUS BAR/PRIMITIVE WEAPONS)
MICHAEL CONTRERAS (MK9)
BRYIN DALL (HIRSUTE PURSUIT/A MURDER OF ANGELS/THEE MAJESTY)
MARIO DIAZ DE LEON (ONEIROGEN)
BILL DOZER (THE ACHERON)
BRYIN DALL (HIRSUTE PURSUIT/A MURDER OF ANGELS/THEE MAJESTY)
MARTIN DUMAIS & JULIE LEBLANC (AUN)
DESSA FELL
MELANIE GAYDOS
DAVID GRAHAM (REQUIEM)
DOUGLAS GRAHAM (THE ACHERON)
ANDY GRANT (THE VOMIT ARSONIST)
JORDEN HALEY (BORD OV PREY/KARBINE LABOR INDUSTRY)
GREH HOLGER (HIVE MIND/CHONDRITIC SOUND)
FRANK HUANG (METAL INJECTION)
BEN HUDGINS (ABSTRACT)
FADE KAINER (BATILLUS/THEOLOGIAN)
CHRISTIANA KEY (DELPHIC ORACLE/ZOLA JESUS)
KRIS LAPKE (ALBERICH)
GORDON LAZARUS (OPPRESSIVE RESISTANCE)
R LOREN (HANDMADE BIRDS/PYRAMIDS)
KRISTEN MACARTHUR, JOSH LANGBERG, JAY BECKWITH (SEWER GODDESS)
RACHEL MALONEY (TONIKOM)
MADDY MALOY (ABSOLUTE BLACKOUT)
JASON MANTIS (MALIGNANT RECORDS)
RYAN MARTIN (DAIS/ROBERT & LEOPOLD)
HARLOW MCFARLANE (FUNERARY CALL)
JEFF MCGIVNEY & NADINE DODGE
TORSTEN MEYER (UNARTIG)
PAT MURANO (DECIMUS)
JAY NEWMAN (SERPENTINE PATH/UNEARTHLY TRANCE)
HAROLD NIVER (HAMMER SMASHED SOUND)
FRED PESSARO (BROOKLYN VEGAN)
JAMES PLOTKIN
ERIK PROFT (KAMA RUPA & BELIEVER/LAW)
ERIC QUACH (THISQUIETARMY)
SEAN RAGON (CULT OF YOUTH/HEAVEN STREET/BLIND PROPHET RECORDS)
SEAN REVERON (CVLT NATION)
E.R. (A2H/THEOLOGIAN)
CLAY RUBY (BURIAL HEX)
DEREK RUSH (DREAM INTO DUST/COMPACTOR/A MURDER OF ANGELS)
PIETER SCHOOLWERTH (WIERD RECORDS)
TRISTAN SHONE (AUTHOR & PUNISHER)
JIM SIEGEL (DJ NING NONG/HEAVEN STREET/HOSPITAL PROD)
DON SIGAL (OPPOSITE RECORDS)
MATT SLAGLE (THEOLOGIAN)
ADEL SOUTO (156/FEAST OF HATE AND FEAR)
BRANDON STOSUY (SHOW NO MERCY/PITCHFORK)
ERIK TRUCHINSKI (BONDAGE CULTURE DISTRIBUTION)
JOHN VALVEGOD
MIEKE VAN HALSEMA & SHANNA WHITE (DISCIPLINE NYC)
THOM WASLUCK (PLANNING FOR BURIAL)
DORIAN WILLIAMSON & JIM FIELD (NORTHUMBRIA)
BOB WIRTZ (NXR VISUALS)
BAIN WOLFKIND
ADAM WRIGHT (CRUCIAL BLAST)
KEVIN GAN YUEN (SUTEKH HEXEN)
BRIAN ZIMMERMAN (T.O.M.B./PANTHER MODERN)

***SPECIAL THANKS TO NICK & SEAN OF HULL

IF I FORGOT TO MENTION YOUR NAME HERE, IT DOESN'T MEAN I APPRECIATED YOU ANY LESS!!!

AVTVMN ANNIHILATION AT THE ACHERON

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.