(SOLD OUT)SCAR 006: FOUR FLIES/WALLKEEPER/MY BLACK GLOVES "Giallo Box Set" c60&30 50 copies


Giallo Box Sex featuring:

FOUR FLIES-HNW from RICHARD RAMIEREZ
WALLKEEPER-HNW from GERMANY
MY BLACK GLOVES-SADO DEATH INDUSTRAIL from USA

Double cassette packed in a black VHS box.
C-60 split(30 mintues from FOUR FLIES/WALLKEEPER).C-30 from MY BLACK GLOVES.
Full wrap around cover and insert.
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“Giallo Duro Muro Rumore E Sadomasochismo Elettronica”(or Giallo Harsh Noise & Sadomasochist Electronics) is a two tape compilation that brings together two HNW acts & one death ambient/ harsh noise act to sonically celebrate Italian Giallo films, and there kinky & depraved black gloved killers. The first tapes a c60 & the second a c30…..so there’s over 80 minutes worth of sonic murder & depravity on offer here. Fittingly for a movie influenced compilation the two tapes come in an old VHS box which features on the outside sleazy video style artwork- on the front cover we have a picture of a terrorized women with a black gloved hand over her month, then the artist credits are written out bellow the picture like film credits. Over on the back cover we have a blurred red and blue tinged picture of a pole dances or strippers legs, and some text detailing the compilations concept a bit more. Inside the VHS box we have a few pieces of rather fitting yellow paper( Giallo means yellow in English) listing the tracks on offer & the projects details, then of course we have the two tapes which are attached to the inside of the box via Velcro strips.
Moving onto the tapes themselves, and on the first side of tape one we have a side long track Four Files entitled “Cold Eyes Of Fear (Your Last Scream Will Be The Loudest)”. Four Files is one of the few Richard Ramirez(Werewolf Jerusalem ,Black Leather Jesus, An Innocent Young Throat-Cutter and many other projects) linked Giallo obsessed HNW projects and it’s been going since 2008, with a fairly changing line –up that’s now thinned down to just a two piece of Richard Ramirez & Robert Newsome(White Gimp Mask, Black Leather Jesus & The Girl in the Wooden Horse Torture). The line-up for this track features Christain Perdomo, Richard Ramirez, Melisea Perdomo & Jonas Teunissen(Hatchet For The Honeymoon, Massacre In Dinosaur Valley & RapeCity).
The track starts out with a disturbing yet groovy sample of 70’s lite jazz funk soundtracking and a sounds of a women been attacked & killed. Then pretty soon we drop into the ‘wall’ which starts off been made of disorientating layers of stop/ start noise billows; these tones run into each other over this weird buried & semi-harmonic texture that could once have been a bass lined giallo soundtrack sample. As the track goes on the stop/ start drones seem to take on more of an extreme industrial feel, yet they still remain constant & fairly fixed in there patterns. At around the 8th minute we drop into a thick & constant droning wall of billow/circular noise which wraps round in a pleasing submerging manner. As we move towards the 11th minute things get jumpy and uneasy again as the collective move into a mass of stop/start pumping static like attacks, that brought to mind a speed-up or frenzied attack on someone with a cattle killing air gun similar to the one used by the hitman in “No country for old men” and in Michael Haneke’s “Benny’s Video”. As this element goes on it seems to get faster, more blurred and erratic in it’s feel, also underneath these elements are once again muffled 'n' mashed giallo soundtrack elements, and over time they all nicely meld together into a shunting wall of suffocating sound. The last few moments drop into another movie sample with one man saying to another “it must be some kind of crazy nut who perpetrated these crimes”- it's a great end to an excellent slice of giallo themed HNW.
Moving onto the second side of tape one & we find two tracks from German based HNW project Wallkeeper. First up we have a track entitled “Gefangen Zwischen Zwei Mauern”(which in English means Imprisoned Between Two Walls). This track it’s built around two noise textures- a rolling ‘n’ crusty bass hack, and a brutal ‘n’ oppressive juddering/ boiling tone. Wallkeeper feeds these two elements into a wonderful airless, nasty & truly un-escapable ‘wall’ of sound. The track just seems to get more & more enclosing/cruel as it goes along, and just as it exits around the fourteen minute mark you feel almost breath-less and mentally worn down.
The second track on side two is entitled “Vier Fliegen Auf Grauem Samt” (or in English Four flies On Grey Velvet) which of course takes it’s name from Dario Argento's 1971 classic giallio movie. This ‘wall’ starts out as a mixture of rolling ‘n’ juddering bass bound static texturing, and buzzing ’n’ fuzzed lo-fi drilling almost semi harmonic noise texturing. As the track moves on the rolling ‘n’ juddering gets more crusty, battering & lo-fi hacking in it’s feel, with the buzzing ‘n’ fuzzed drilling element seemingly becoming smaller yet no less rewarding it it’s feel. Nearing the 7th minute the rolling ‘n’ juddering element starts to get nicely caught ‘n’ dragged out as if the black gloved killer is getting tired from his constant stab of flesh.. yet he still carries on in a slower manner. Also the buzzing ’n’ fuzzed element gets more draining, insect like & grating in it’s feel. So this side of tape offers up another two great, atmospheric yet intensely brutally slices of Giallo influenced HNW.
Onto the second c30 tape & we have a change of noise genre as we move onto new Jersey based My Black Gloves who boil up a searing & often brutal harmonic tinged mixture of harsh noise, vocaless power electronics, overloaded retro synth scaping & death ambient. The tapes is taken up by six fairly short tracks, three tracks per side, and these have titles like “Killer Sniffs Smelly Shoes”, “Vice And Pantyhose” and “High Heel Golden Shower”(!!!)..each track is a fairly manic attack on the senses with overloaded retro synth textures, & all manner of overloaded & battering electro fired noise textures. The tracks switch from all manner of noisey choppings, judderings, throbs, punchers & textural swirls. Along with tripped-out & deathly groovy reverb trails, bent & melted giallo sound track elements. This tapes ok & it’s nice to hear a none HNW take on the giallio themed noise, but sadly for the most part I found the tracks a bit too random & unfocused with a almost 'child let lose in the studi'o feel to some of the tracks. Sure there are the odd clever or effective moments, but for the most part this tape does little for me.
So to sum-up the first and longest tape of this two tape set is a great collection of Giallo infulnced HNW. Sadly the second disc rather lets the whole thing down with it’s amateurish & hit ‘n’ miss mixture of harmonic harsh noise, melted ‘n’ bent soundtrack elements & overloaded retro electronics. Well worth pick-up for the first tape alone, but just don’t expect too much from the second tape."
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(SOLD OUT)SCAR 013: Mazakon Tactics "Adorable Atrocities" C-30(50 copies)



Heavy electronics/PE along the lines of more recent Prurient, Yellow Tears, and older Anenzephalia from Sascha of Namazu Dantai fame.

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"Sascha Mandler of Namazu Dantai brings us a half hour cassette of bleak power electronics focused on whispery electronics, clanking metal, looping industrial rhythms, and guttural growls. On Adorable Atrocities, Mazakon Tactics hits the dark ambience hard with some fantastic, plodding moody aural arrangements. It’s the power electronics bent that he takes with his screams, however, that really throw off the listen. Opener “It Must End Here” carries on with a single, droning tone accompanied by varied poetical vocal outbursts. Where the calm of the background would almost ensure a hypnotic trance with its unwavering but solid pitch, Mazakon Tactics adds various screams and growls to the tone; while these screams might be good on a brutal death metal album, Mandler never really hits a solid range of vocal screams. Instead, they’re kind of all over the place, some growls and some higher pitched screams that become almost laughable in places. It’s only when Mandler finds a pattern with a closed-mouth snarl of “It must end here” that the track finds a happy medium, and at that point, it’s over. “Promise” brings things back to form a bit, an atmospheric opening with a nice whirl of abyssal drones, squeals, and then a looped pattern of scraping metal that sounds a bit like a gun hammer cocking and scraping throughout. Again, Mandler sees fit to growl over this pattern with unintelligible words and noises, and I would much rather the track be allowed to play out without that excessive riffing, because without the vocals that track is truly unsettling. Afterwards, the growls cut out for some waves of static played on top of the drone, and this part of the track really shows the depth Mazakon Tactics can hit without the need for vocals, although when they’re added on top it does create a tense display of anger. “Sliced Core, Spiked Lips” has a nice build to it in the beginning, and I will say that the harsh guttural vocals add a layer that juxtaposes that serenity of the droning tones behind it, where some instruments almost sound like subtle piano plinks. And the disturbing nature of the track’s latter half, with screams that echo like those of a prisoner in a dank cave, work well with the Mandler’s powerful growls, as though he is the Captor and we are the Captives. And Mandler certainly captures the industrial side of power electronics as well – the sharp clanks of metal and scraping that permeate through the thick noises are some of the best spectacles on this release. “Aries Axiom” has a spectacular build, the best track on Adorable Atrocities. Full of chaotic static with seriously pissed vocals rocketing through it, then scrapes and and an ambient whir that somehow grows to a climax, this track has got to be the harshest here because of its unrefined brutality. It is here, without the growls that seem to lack believability, that Mazakon Tactics cements the sound of absolute frustration the power electronics genre can achieve. Adorable Atrocities has a disturbing undertone to it, and that’s more apparent on the B-side of the cassette than the A-side (besides the almost throw-away “Almost There”). “Prostration for a Fathomless”‘s rich crumbles and looping create a catharsis hard to ignore, and if you can get over the guttural vocals that can be overwhelmingly cloying, Mazakon Tactics creates a soundtrack to a world that, while not dead, soon will be, and filled with the deepest darkness one can imagine."
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"Here is yet another quality release from this consistent tape label. Mazakon Tactics presents the darkest of death industrial sounds in this brutal 30 minute cassette. Merging the death industrial influences of Brighter Death Now with power electronic death grunts and some clanking metallic sounds Mazakon Tactics has formed one of the most dismal and hopeless records I have heard in recent memory. The cover is quite fitting as this could definitely be the soundtrack to someone being pulled down into the layer of the BTK killer or something. The tape has a good mixture of grit and clarity that compliment each other well. If I were to make any comparison to acts that are out there I might say mix BDN together with Dodsdomb and you have Mazakon Tactics. The album is consistent throughout, not letting even one beam of light into your darkened cell. There are some moments of droning isolationist tones which almost make me think that the sound will transition into a dark ambient atmosphere but the intense industrial always clangs back in before it actually happens. This is my first exposure to the project and they’ve certainly got my attention. Very nice work, only for fans of the most perverse and blackened industrial sounds out there."

"The Mazakon Tactics CS is pretty damn good too. Heavy and harsh industrial that has touches of power electronics as well. This is actually an amazing tape that you really need to hear. There's an mp3 on the NVS site that you can hear, and it's pretty indicative of what is on this tape.The feeling I get when playing these tapes is something like this: Something is amiss in the house, and it's quite obvious, but I'm not sure what it is. Whatever it is, I don't want to see it, because it is going to force me to look in the mirror and probably reevaluate things - do I want to live, or do I want to get away? I can't do both, that much is certain. I'm just gonna have to live with this hanging over me for the rest of my life... which may not be long."
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"This is nuts. Right off the bat you get twisted and erratic harsh noise. Not a wall but a cacophony of stabbing and scraping noise. Then right as you are getting your mind around this someone with a very fucked up voice starts screaming at you. Dark and blackened howls that totally carry this release. Often times you get what sounds like a mix between vomiting and dying from the singer. It's pretty grim and it's right in your face all the time. Really excellent work on this release.
Limited to 50 copies and packaged in a 7" bag. Find it."

"Heavy electronics/PE along the lines of more recent Prurient, Yellow Tears, and older Anenzephalia from Sascha of Namazu Dantai fame. Well, that's the label description, not mine. I don't necessarily see the Anenzephalia comparison. In fact, this strikes me as more death industrial than anything, and I want to say I find more reference points to Steel Hook Prostheses (particularly in the vocals), Control, or perhaps earlier Schloss Tegal, just more stripped down and straightforwardly rough around the edges and crude. In So, effective in that respect and certainly recommended to folks that appreciate that style, like me!" Jason(Malignant Records) http://www.malignantrecords.com

"Sascha Mandler is behind Mazakon Tactics and he uses electronics, stringed instruments, metals, lyrics and vocals. Mandler is apparently also from Namazu Dantai, whom I don't know. The music is that of power electronics, but doesn't always sound that harsh or loud per se. Voice seem to be an important ingredient for Sascha and there is definite cold atmosphere about these pieces, clinical and reminded me of the early of Anenzephalia. You expect any moment some doctors voice coming in to tell you about the patient's condition, who is lying in his bed, coughing. Pleasant is a word that hardly applies to this, but in terms of 'noise', not being super loud, or just distorted, but actually well balanced, ear damaging low end bass sound and a crash of metal/voice makes this a nicely affair. After all, nice" Vital Weekly (FdW)


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(SOLD OUT)SCAR O07: OVER "OVER" C-15 25Copies



OVER is project by an NVS supporter/customer. An un-announced CDr and a Polaroid picture of a bed in an attic(?) arrived in the NVS PO BOX last fall just with a note asking for release consideration. I sat on this release for awhile, contemplating releasing it. The music(sound) is a pretty simple and lo-fi repetitive heavy electronic track looped. No vocals per, more like spoken word. Actually, more like spoken word "confessions". 15 mintues of emotional outburst, detailed intimate "family" sexual encounters, self hate etc. In a lot of way's reminding me of Buyers Market. When I asked the individual behind OVER for more insight into the project the response was "I'm OVER it, the events that took place and what I described, I needed to get these things off my chest". “This is the real deal, I lived this shit, my voice”. “It ain't taped/sampled off TV shows and HBO documentaries”. I haven't heard from the OVER individual in months, but if your somehow reading this. I've taken you up on your offer of releasing it. Hope you like!?



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"Fans of death-industrial should take note of the tape by OVER. spoken word over a cold synth loop. content is confessions of teenage fighting, masturbation, being accused of molestation... definitely something you actually have to LISTEN to. the label's descript is dead-on. RECOMMENDED" Keith Brewer(Taint/Mania)

"The first of these two releases is very obscure. According the No Visible Scars website the release by Over is by a supporter/customer of the label. Fifteen minutes of music/spoken word, although its hard to say what's about, but according to the website (again), its ""confessions". 15 minutes of emotional outburst, detailed intimate "family" sexual encounters, self hate etc". Now he's over it and behind it. Well, alright then, so are we. I couldn't say I particularly enjoyed it, but it wasn't bad either. Highly obscure, from every possible angle: that's for sure" Vital Weekly (FdW)

"I kinda want to give this a 3 rather than a 2 but i am torn. When I first put this on I was instantly into it. A super dark and lonely drone that seemed to fill the whole room with dread. I was getting ready to start taking notes but then all of a sudden some samples came it. A man was recalling his childhood in short bursts of edited samples. Talking about being a kid, going to Toys r us, jacking off and molesting. Maybe it's my age or even my exposure to a lot of this stuff in the 90's (I don't want to admit how many times I listened to Buyer's Market by Peter Sotos as if it were music) but I think this doesn't really effect me anymore than making me a bit bored. The music on this release is excellent and right up my alley; super bleak and dark. When you add the samples over the top I get the feeling you want to force me to feel deep dark emotional torment and it becomes a bit contrived. Turns out the samples are not taken from another source. These are the artist's own confessions. That does make this a bit more interesting but sonically I still have the same issues. I think if I listened to one side of the tape and it was just the music and the other side was just the samples it would have been way more effective. That's the other thing. This tape is one sided. It's not exactly a deal breaker but you really need to go ahead and repeat the program on side B. Packaged in a 7" bag with a pretty grim photo on the cover though. Limited to 25 copies."

"So the story goes, Connecticut’s NoVisible Scars, a DIY label that peddles in severly limited extreme metal and noise cassettes, received an unsolicited CDr through the post in late 2009 from a previous customer hoping to be considered for release. It was accompanied by a single Polaroid picture of bed in an otherwise unfurnished room. The contents of the disk were very minimal: for almost 15 minutes a single bleak, lo-fi synth wave extends and pulsates broodingly while a male American voice slowly describes short episodes from his childhood that include sharing sexual experiences with his brother in the attic room of his grandparents’ house – presumably the one depicted on the Polaroid. The label pondered its release for a year and finally decided to make 25 copies available.
The qualities of the sounds on this cassette place it firmly in an old-school industrial vein. Like countless tracks before it a taboo subject is frankly conversed over cold electronics. But the key difference with ‘Over’ is that the voice incorporated does not seem to be sourced from exploitative television documentaries or late night chat radio shows designed to appeal to the prurience of its public, rather it is, more simply, a self-confession.
The voice is clearly distressed with occasional sobbing and is not presented clearly in the minimal mix, perhaps by design as it encourages concentration to fully grasp each word as they slowly form their few regretful memories.
Before releasing it the label asked for more information on the track and got the answer "I'm OVER it, the events that took place and what I described, I needed to get these things off my chest". Whilst it’s understandable and reassuring that this cathartic exercise helped its creator to an extent, it’s unclear what the rest of us are supposed to do with it. Of course, a genuinely unsettling feeling is achieved, particularly upon initial inspection as events first become clear and you hear how much the speaker hates his brother as a consequence, but it’s not the more lascivious episodes that unsettle the most, it’s the highly personal and intimate nature of the admissions.

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(Sold Out)SCAR 011: Fornicator- "Demo 2000" C-25 100 Copies




"Portland's kings of sleazy violence are unleashed once more! 10 years after recording their 2000 demo it is finally being released! Ain't NOBODY heard this except 5 people.... 14 songs, 1 unreleased and even more classic samples" Fornicator was formed in January of 2000 in Portland, Oregon. We recorded this demo at our rehearsal space on a 4 track as a 3 piece in April of 2000 and soon after that added 2 more members, played a party that Odin was at and was then signed to Moribund Records. With the exception of a few people no one has ever heard this demo and this is about as raw and heavy as it gets. 14 songs, 3 unreleased and with different samples. ENJOY.
Rob Fornicator 5/2010


Fornicator "Demo 2000" Re-mastered and for the first time officially released. Mastered on pro manufactured and imprinted(chrome C25)"prion clear" cassettes. Complete with 1 sided 4 panel layout pro printed on glossy stock paper. Demo repeats on both sides of the cassette. Hand numbered out of 100.


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Brutalbands.com had this to say about Fornicator’s 2002 self titled cd from Moribund Records:
“Intense rapist grind. Highly recommended for all you murderous grindcore freaks!”


More recent interview with Rob Fornicator: http://www.theseattlesinner.com/fornicator.php


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Fornicator - Demo 2000 (No Visible Scars Label)
By Janet Willis
24November2010

"No Visible Scars comes through yet again with this sexually sadistic grind/raw early death metal porn release. For those who want Mortician with T&A and full on XXXX ratings and the grotesque and brilliant brutality in lyrics and sound of Autopsy will HAVE to score a copy of this release!!!!! ALL of the lyrics are raunchy and completely obscene…cocksucking, fucking, gang rape, an overly horny dog, golden showers (urinating on people without their consent), fecal fetishes, and so many more are indulged in on this release. I’m only halfway through and am honestly in pain from laughing my ass off.

This is an absolute MUST have for the fans of the raw, brutal, exploitation, and the purely perverted: Mortician, Autopsy, Mental Funeral (the band) fans especially take note. Nothing will amuse you, thrash and kick some ass, and either amuse or thoroughly offend others around you like this one will. It’s even better than the tapes that I had as a teen that we’d play to offend the neighbors when they were walking by the house coming home from work or walking their dogs/kids: one was a bunch of cuts recorded from the adult channel that was always scrambled but we could still here the whole thing, and the other was of a guy taking a huge crap complete with farts, pissing, and grunts; thankfully this one is actually something worth listening to on its own as it completely shreds and rips. You haven’t heard sleaze until you’ve heard Fornicator!!!!!! Folks like this make me feel better about my diseased mind and help me to wallow in filth even further. With the holidays coming up, you couldn't pick a better gift for the adoring perv in your life, this one has sent me over into the top for the last few days since I got it and I will unveil to a few stoned friends and unsuspecting coworkers this Friday for the ultimate test, especially for the one who couldn't make it through "Pink Flamingos" without pausing it for a break every five minutes"


"I’m quite strange. When I think about American Death Metal, usually I don’t think about Death, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse or even Autopsy (Satan bless them). My first thought when I hear the words USA and death put together is surely about likes of Frightmare, Lord Gore, Blood Freak and Whore. All these projects share the mighty Maniac Neil on guitars and, let me tell you, I really love that man, but Whore also features Rob Fornicator on vocals. That man is a fucking sicko. He is probably one of the sickest minds in the scene and I think his works are all drenched in an unholy bucket of piss/pus/menstrual blood/sperm/filth/ebola virus/vomit/shit/whatever, giving to each song Rob made a recognizable reek of sleaziness and vulgarity. Back in the days I used to buy Metal Hammer (forgive me, I was young) and on an issue it featured a review of the infamous Unfinished Business by Whore, dismissing it as crap not talking about music but just stopping at the cover art. It was the first I’ve ever sent a mail to a magazine complaining about how stupid and unprofessional they was and I was even featured on the next issue! Whore was the first band I started fighting for, so I was really tied to it. Now it’s time for Fornicator and I’m pretty honoured to give this demo a review. The career of the band was quite short, with only a split EP with Meat Shits and a full length, which is dismissed by the only review about it on Metal Archives as pure garbage. I don’t know about it, but this demo is REALLY good. If you want your death metal to be original, progressive, technical, philosphy induced or full of ancient populations references, I think you’ll receive a huge blast of “fuck you” from this tape. This DEMO 2000 was recorded, guess it, in 2000, with a three-piece line up featuring Rob Fornicator on vocals, Stroker Ace on guitar and bass and Sexy Necrodeziac on drums. Their style was pretty intense, reminding me a lot early Pungent Stench, which is also covered with their classic Just Let Me Rot. Fornicator’s death metal is pounding and relentless, with the rhytmn session in full front, featuring very good drums and a great taste in bass picking. The song structure is really simple, with straightforward composition and easy to remind and brutal guitar riffs. Just like the bands from Maniac Neil, Fornicator doesn’t focus on technique or intricate songwriting, but prefers to put its effort in an intense and well balanced death metal, with predictable but catchy hooks and headbanging inducing approach to drum sections. Vocal wise, good ol’ Rob sticks to a guttural growl that enhanches the sick and twisted porno concept of this demo, with his menacing and filthy throat bursts. I have also to say that the production is very good and, even if it’s a demo, this tape can display a great sounding bunch of songs that wouldn’t be out of place on a full length album or, maybe, on a collection vinyl (this is a wish, anyone out there?). I’ve preferred to keep the gem for the end, but you will find on this tape and AMAZING version of Running Wild classic tune Under Jolly Roger. When I’ve read the tracklist I was expecting a joking version but what I’ve got is a great sounding and really humble cover of one of my all time favorite classic metal tune. Surely pirates were fornicators, so I think the song can fit very well in the concept too! This tape is limited to 100 copies and comes with great silk screened tapes and a professionally printed, great looking, inlay full of infos."

Co-released by No Visible Scars and Vaginal Apocalypse Records.

Huge thanks to Bill from No Visible Scars for the tape!

By the way, it’s Xmas night here and I’ve thought that reviewing Fornicator’s demo was the best way to salute all these hypcorite values and fake smiles….




"Over the past few decades multiple studies have been written about the effect music can have on a person's mood. Songs can inspire a person to sing, dance, laugh, cry or share a tender moment with a loved one. While the soulful tunes of Barry White can lead to an evening of tenderness and romance, the hate fueled down tuned old school death grind of Portland's Fornicator lead to an evening of violent ass fucking, fish hooking, tit slapping, tea bagging and throat gagging brutality.

The band's sole studio effort, a self released full length album released in 2002 on Moribund Records, was one of the most punishingly violent albums ever recorded, featuring 28 tracks of violent down tuned destruction. With a thick meaty guitar tone with simple catchy riffs, skull thumping drum beats, inhumanly deep vocals, twisted artwork and lyrics that resemble the insane rantings of a deranged sex offender, the release quickly became one of my all-time favorite albums and one that has received countless plays on my stereo, much to the chagrin of my neighbors.

Fornicator formed in early 2000, and shortly thereafter the band recorded a 14 song demo on a 4 track in their rehearsal space. Inexplicably this early recording never saw the light of day, as only a small handful of people actually heard it and the material was never formally released... until now. A full decade after the demo was recorded NoVisible Scars Records has stepped up to give the material a formal release in the form of a traditional demo cassette, hand numbered and limited to 100 copies.

The material contained on Demo 2000 is exactly what you'd expect from a bunch of violent misogynistic scumbags; violent, angry and disturbing. The songs are short, violent, angry and unpolished. Best of all, the thirteen tracks that were later re-recorded for the full length contain new audio samples and there's the bonus of a previously unreleased track, a cover of Running Wild's “Under Jolly Roger” included on the release.

The song structures are virtually identical to the polished full length effort, there isn't a vast amount of difference between the two recordings stylistically, but there is a huge difference in terms of production. The studio material has a much thicker and meatier guitar tone and the vocals are much more clear, the rehearsal demo material is a lot more fuzzy and raw.

This demo was released strictly for diehard Fornicator fans and will definitely appeal to anyone who enjoyed their full length, or any of vocalist Rob's other bands, namely Murder Basket and Whore. While I did greatly enjoy this release it still pales in comparison to the crushing hate of the full length, but, then again, everything pales in comparison to the band's self-titled release. I'll still definitely listen to this demo long after this review is completed, it's definitely worth dusting off the old tape deck to give this one a listen, just don't listen to it while trying to have a romantic evening with your significant other because it will only lead to torn buttholes, asphyxiation and an appearance on America's Most Wanted. Rape up"
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Night Bitch "Sex And Magic ep" c20



NightBitch is the Connecticut based occult heavy metal band featuring Hour of 13 frontman Phil Swanson (vocals) and Hour of 13 live session members Ryan Adams (guitar), Chris Taylor (drums) and Mark Eles (bass). They are currently playing shows throughout the Northeast US with the likes of Pentagram, Midnight, Black Pyramid, Earthflight, Valkyrie... They will be appearing in Ireland in September and have shows booked throughout the remainder of 2010. NightBitch is made up of veteran CT musicians all with their own lengthy resumes. They have joined together in NightBitch to bring back melodic traditional heavy metal elements to the state of Connecticut in its purest form.


Blood Moon live at The Pint (Dublin) during Dublin Doom Days warm-up on 17th September 2010


"This is occult Heavy Metal of the extreme old school, similar to other retro acts like Gates of Slumber or Upwards of Endtime. The recording is muffled and analog-sounding, the riffs are Sabbathy and pretty seriously awesome, and the lyrics are a wonderful stew of dark and mystical topics. Swanson's voice can sometimes be a sticking point for me, as his voice is particular and only works with certain kinds of music, but this is exactly the kind of stuff his voice is good for, and he only adds to the whole underground, occult vibe. Fans of old-fashioned underground Heavy Metal would do well to check this out"



Nightbitch - Sex and Magic
18 September2010

"Nightbitch is an occult inspired horror metal band with massive doom leanings whose inner circle consists of: Phil Swanson (Hour of 13) on vocals, Ryan Adams on guitar, Chris Taylor on drums, and Mark Eles on bass; who have all come together to bring back the classic metal sound in it’s purest form. Aside form this release tehse guys are touring with: Pentagram, Midnight, Black Pyramid, Earthflight, and Valkyrie to name a few, and I can almost guarantee that if you enjoy those bands then you will be converted over to the Nightbitch cult willingly"



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Vestal Claret sold out "Lost Loved Ones EP" FREE DOWNLOAD!


Download the sold out "Lost Loved Ones EP" plus bonus covers tracks
for free! Special permission granted by Phil Swanson(Vestal Claret) to circulate this EP once more, this time via a free download with the inclusion of unreleashed cover songs!


-Final farewell Vestal Claret recording.

-Features the vocals of Phil Swanson(Upwards of Endtime, Seamount, , Hour of 13, Briton Rites, NightBitch)

-Anti-Christian, Occult, Satanic heavy metal.

-This EP features the material which was planned for the split vinyl LP with Hour Of 13th. Re-mixed and mastered and pressed on c-52 red chrome 24Cr tapes.Exclusive to this free download are 3 covers songs from: Thelema, Skin Yard, and Lubricated Goat.

-Orignal tape release was October of 2009. Limited to 100 copies and packaged a Vestal Claret 1' pin and 4X4 patch




NightBitch "Sex And Magic" EP cassette coming in September through NoVisible Scars! Free promo download here:




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