Merzbow - Venereology

Probably the noisiest Merzbow album I ever heard. I think I heard somewhere that this was supposed to be like a noise interpretation of grind, or something.

Written by [user id=4365] on 27.02.2016 at 15:26

Probably the noisiest Merzbow album I ever heard. I think I heard somewhere that this was supposed to be like a noise interpretation of grind, or something.

It's actually Death Metal. From Wiki:

"Venereology was my first release on a death metal label. So, my target was "death metal" itself. I used more serious dead visuals than on the usual death metal albums. For me, it's like J. P. Witkin or J. G. Ballard. The rhythm in Venereology was a little slower than in my past releases, but more heavy. Also, the tone of Venereology was lots of overlevels and dirty sound. It's important to know that I made Venereology while drinking lots of beer. These essences are all influenced by death metal. But not musically. I liked something more extreme than the death metal rules."
? Masami Akita

Unbelievable stuff this. His description makes it sound perfectly logical and adds an amazing context as well. Tbh to me this is the next logical step in aural violence and damn it is from '94. I particularly like that Industrial machine/diesel engine-like repeating sound at the start of Ananga-Ranga and occasionally pops up in the some parts of the track, would've preferred more of that really. Tasty album.

Got back to Ananga-Ranga again today. I think this will easily become my go-to album when I am in the mood for no music at all. Such a visceral experience this.