So for anyone that doesn't know or hasn't figured it out.The July issue of Cryptic Inscriptions isn't complete, so we've decided to do a split July/Aug issue in Aug.In the future will be doing the same for the remainder of this year Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec.After this will be concentrating on writing reviews and articles on different topics that aren't all musically related in 2012.So without further do here's what to expect in the July/Aug issue of Cryptic Inscriptions:
Interviews:Abnormality,Shitstorm,Nordvagr and Igorrr
Reviews:Abnormality “The Collective Calm in Mortal Oblivion” EP,Shitstorm/Conga Fury split 7 inch,Nordvargr Pyrrhula LP,All Hail the Transcending Ghost Self titled LP,Igorrr Nostril LP and Anal Cunt Morbid Florist EP.
Once again we both apologize for the delay in the July issue.Will let everyone know when the July/Aug split issue is up!
Joe and Ashley:Cryptic Inscriptions
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 2011 Issue of Cryptic Inscriptions
Once again another issue of Cryptic Inscriptions.We were really stoked to interview the bands for this issue especially Beyond Sensory Experience.So without further a do here's what's in the June issue of Cryptic Inscriptions:
Interviews:Beyond Sensory Experience,The Eaters of the Dead,Syphilic,Blasphemation
Reviews of: Intestinal Disgorge "Depravity",The Eaters of the Dead "Dead they Shall Remain",Syphilic "Behind Bars" and Beyond Sensory Experience "No Lights in our Eyes"
The July and August issues are in the works for now enjoy this and the previous issues.
Joe and Ashley
Interviews:Beyond Sensory Experience,The Eaters of the Dead,Syphilic,Blasphemation
Reviews of: Intestinal Disgorge "Depravity",The Eaters of the Dead "Dead they Shall Remain",Syphilic "Behind Bars" and Beyond Sensory Experience "No Lights in our Eyes"
The July and August issues are in the works for now enjoy this and the previous issues.
Joe and Ashley
Beyond Sensory Experience "No Lights in our Eyes" LP Review
Beyond Sensory Experience “No Lights in our Eyes” LP
Depression, melancholy, and loneliness these are the distinct vibes that surge from Beyond Sensory Experience’s 2008 opus “No Light in our Eyes”. From their inception in 2001 the duo comprised of M.Drakh(Mz412) and K.Meitzer(scientist/artist) goes above and beyond on every release they create, managing to mix the emotions of the albums theme with the soundscapes they create; on “No Lights in our Eyes” the third album released off of Cold Meat Industry it’s no different. The album paints a perfect portrait of the inescapable and long sought questions of death and what goes through the mind of the dying. From the opening track “Funeral” to the closing track “The End has no Beginning” this is a masterpiece one must listen to from start to finish. The other tracks on the album “From One Dream to the Next”, “Long the Night”, “Standing Silent”, and the title track help build momentum and keep the listener in a trance. It also will make you sit and wonder about the theme that I drew from listening to the album. I feel that on this album Beyond Sensory Experience is almost putting out a statement that death is final and that nothing comes of it afterwards except being in a state of eternal darkness. The idea of a light at the end of the tunnel is very infantile and almost imaginary just keeping the human in a dreamlike state that they will never awaken from. That’s just my opinion though. The best way to draw your own conclusion is to pick up the release and take a listen yourself. Also check out their prior work and be on the lookout for their new album that’ll be coming out in 2011 trust me you won’t be disappointed. As far as dark ambient is concerned BSE is at the forefront of the genre making their message heard through dark and abysmal soundscapes.
Syphilic "Behind Bars" LP Review
Syphilic “Behind Bars” LP:
Brian Forgue who is noted for being the vocalist in underground bands such as: Gutrot, The Mutilated, Mulch, Saprogenic and many more. Spews out another sick release with his solo project Syphilic entitled “Behind Bars” (for anyone that doesn’t know the album itself was actually written while Brian was in jail hence the title). This offering has to be the sickest production and music wise as far as Syphilic is concerned. Not trying to bash Erotcic Shock Therapy or Symphony of Silt Throats, but Behind Bars far surpasses both of those releases. Not saying that their bad, but Syphilic has progressed and will keep progressing as time goes on. The alcohol induced death/grind madness opens up with “Wombhead” and right from the start you can tell this release is going to kick you in the teeth. Superb drum programming mixed with technical and sickening riffs topped with the disgusting guttural assault provided by Forgue this release already kicks you in the teeth before it ends. On Robalni the guitar bass trade off is done with excellence (on another note the bass tracks were recorded by Brian Baxter (Reguritation/Henious Killings/Gorgasm) this is followed by other great works such as the instrumental track Miscarriage Mouthful, the bestial abomination Canine Creampie, the vile Cannibalisdick and Vegetable at Best and a cover of Metallica’s Leper Messiah which is thrown in for good measure. As usual there are several guest vocal spots courtesy of Angel Oehoa (Cephaltripsy), Clay Lamanske(Cemetery Rapist) Captain Shitbeard (Sikfuk),Rob Solberg(Digested Flesh) and Conner Bond(Envenomation) which really showcase the embodiment of disgust and perversity on this release. I see Syphilic getting better and making more original sick death grind in the near future. He’s currently working on a new record that’ll be slated for release in 2011. The alcohol induced brutality continues!
The Eaters of the Dead "Dead They Shall Remain" LP Review
The Eaters of the Dead "Dead They Shall Remain" LP
The night is dark and a shrill cry is heard from a victim whose been awaiting certain death in the dungeon of the Pharaoh. The actual depiction of execution, death and the journey that follows is what I got after listening to The Eaters of the Dead LP Dead They Shall Remain. These audio depictions of death and what happens afterwards are all conceived by different sounds and instruments courtesy of Travis Simmons (The Leviathans Mandible). From “The Pharaoh’s Wrath” which to me depicts a soundscape of a prisoner being executed by order of the Pharaoh, on “Tombs” it resembles a march of the body being taken to its final resting place. While on “Bathe Me in Flames” depicts the soul being immersed in a fiery pit of hell, “ Kingdom Come” and “No Tears Fall” resemble the soul yearning for a paradise which he will never have. The last track (the title track) really solidifies that death is for some the end of all things pleasurable and satisfying. There are more tracks on this release that are good, but these tracks really caught my attention. This is an experimental noise/dark ambient release so it might not be for some; I do recommend giving this one a listen. The souls of the departed are seeking refuge from damnation if there is even salvation after death?
Intestinal Disgorge "Depravity" LP Review
Intestinal Disgorge "Depravity" LP
Intestinal disgorge has been making peoples ears bleed since their formation in 1996. The band started out more on a noise/grind attack which for some might be quite annoying, but if you like noisy disgusting music( that most people hate) then Intestinal Disgorge is the band for you. The band changed it up in their mid period and started making more structured punk grind oriented material that still had a noisy side to it, but not so much as the early material. Here the band is still going with their latest release “Depravity”. This goes somewhat back to their glory days of noisy ridden chaos, but it’s nothing like “Whore Splattered Walls” or “A Cockwork Whore Binge”. The album opens with Slurping Rancid Pus from her Festering Wounds and from the get go you pretty much see this is a filth laden release for the sick and depraved. A lot of the songs are very short in length and hit you in the face faster than you know it. All the music/noise on the album courtesy of Ryan is pretty well done from his drumming, guitar and bass playing and the noise excerpts. Don’t let the fact that I said noisy give you the impression that their shitty cause they surely aren’t that. The vocals done collectively by Ryan, Jacob and Pissy are a combination of growls, screams, pitch shifted gutturals and we can’t forget the notorious bitch screams courtesy of Pissy definitely bring forth the term utter chaos when it comes to describing the band. Now for the few people I’ve played IxDx for they don’t take a liking to the bitch screams, but I think they make the band unique separating them from the usual porno/gore grind bands with the addition of samples mainly porn related, this release is not for the uptight PC motherfucker. Only the sick and deprived will understand this piece of filth.
Interview with Beyond Sensory Experience
Beyond Sensory Experience:
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: I want to thank you guys for taking part in this interview. For anyone who doesn’t know give a brief history on Beyond Sensory Experience, why did you choose the name and was there another name before this, and discuss your previous endeavors ie: Mz412, and your solo projects?
Drakh/Meizter:The foundation of Beyond Sensory Experience was formed only a few weeks after the two of us (Drakh and K. Meizter) first met. This was in 2001 and the name was set later that year to reflect our musical and thematic vision for the project. We then embarked on a long recording session that in the end became the 2003 Old Europa Cafe trilogy. After the compilation Korrelations in 2004 we moved on to the legendary Swedish Cold Meat Industry label to release another set of 3 albums over the years 2005-2008. Now BSE have just signed with Cyclic Law and will embark on a new journey starting with the album Modern Day Diabolists out in late 2011.
Before BSE - from the 90’s and onwards - Drakh has been involved in several Swedish acts such as MZ.412 and Nordvargr/Drakh. In 2010 his first solo release as Drakh (Bethlehem) came out on Essence Music. K. Meizter’s early music projects were based around experimenting with digital sounds using Atari and Amiga computers. Since BSE formed, he has released 3 solo albums (the latest on Old Europa Cafe in 2009) and collaborated with the Polish industrial nostalgic Horologium.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: All of your albums are based on different themes, what was the message behind your first three releases (Tortuna, Urmula and Ratan) do they all correspond and why did you decide to record and release them in such a short period of time?
Drakh/Meizter:These albums make up the 2003 Trilogy which is based on BSE’s three cornerstones – Music/Life/Numbers – and was part of our initial plan for BSE.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: I read that “Tortuna” was created during the Nordic absence of sun. Please elaborate on how that helped with the creative process of the record?
Drakh/Meizter:The absence of light promotes focus and creativity. This could perhaps be hard to imagine without having experienced this type of cold darkness.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: How did the idea come to make the DVD “Dimension Upsaliensis”? Was this your idea, the labels idea or someone else’s idea?
Drakh/Meizter:Dimension Upsaliensis was recorded in 2004 to add a visual dimension to the 2003 trilogy and is also a tribute to the town we lived in at the time, Uppsala. The film was screened at The Uppsala Short Film Festival the same year.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: With the “Pursuit of Pleasure” is the idea behind that album about the animal instinct of the sexual experience, the emotions that lie beneath, or both?
Drakh/Meizter:Pursuit of Pleasure is not meant to be an explicit album, it’s dealing with the concept of pleasure which of course is very diverse and individual. The album is the first in our CMI trilogy concerning life.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: On the album “The Dull Routine of Existence” the album basically describes life as being mundane and repetitious. Do you guys still feel the same way about life now or have opinions changed since then?
Drakh/Meizter:The Dull Routine of Existence is the second part of our Life Trilogy moving from pleasures to mundanities which we believe is an equally important ingredient of life.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: The album “No Lights in our Eyes” seems very sullen and dark. Was the album based upon death, loneliness and the notion that there is no life after death?
Drakh/Meizter:No Lights In Our Eyes is the third and final part of the CMI trilogy and deals with the ultimate end point of life that we all share – the way to it, the event itself and what comes/don't come after it.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: All of your albums were either recorded during the absence of light or have to do with light being nonexistent. What does the absence of light represent and what does it mean to you guys as artists and individuals?
Drakh/Meizter:Through empirical studies we have discovered that when Sweden goes from perpetual darkness to a few months of light, creativity makes a halt.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: You guys have done several different collaborations with Nordvargr, Kenji Siratori, and Moljebka Pvlse. Do you feel that collaborating with different artists adds a different depth and opens you guys up to new ideas as artists?
Drakh/Meizter:Collaborations are a way for us to extend the BSE platform in new directions – sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: What do you guys all use when recording your albums? Do you rely on synth programs and keyboards or do you use some guitars and bass on the recordings as well?
Drakh/Meizter:We use a very broad spectrum of audio tools; from Albanian two-string Çiftelias to state-of-the-art software.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: Is it hard to recreate your recordings in live shows? Do you guys use a lot of visuals in your live shows?
Drakh/Meizter:Backtrack plus improvs using keyboards and computers make up the foundation of the show, and we always use a video backdrop to try and capture the general atmosphere of the show.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: I know you guys are working on a new album. What is the title and when is it coming out?
Drakh/Meizter:It’s entitled Modern Day Diabolists and will be out on Cyclic Law in Nov/Dec this year.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: Anything else you want to say to the reader as far as shows, recordings etc?
Drakh/Meizter:Keep a regular eye on www.bse.se for the latest developments.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: I want to thank you guys for taking part in this interview. For anyone who doesn’t know give a brief history on Beyond Sensory Experience, why did you choose the name and was there another name before this, and discuss your previous endeavors ie: Mz412, and your solo projects?
Drakh/Meizter:The foundation of Beyond Sensory Experience was formed only a few weeks after the two of us (Drakh and K. Meizter) first met. This was in 2001 and the name was set later that year to reflect our musical and thematic vision for the project. We then embarked on a long recording session that in the end became the 2003 Old Europa Cafe trilogy. After the compilation Korrelations in 2004 we moved on to the legendary Swedish Cold Meat Industry label to release another set of 3 albums over the years 2005-2008. Now BSE have just signed with Cyclic Law and will embark on a new journey starting with the album Modern Day Diabolists out in late 2011.
Before BSE - from the 90’s and onwards - Drakh has been involved in several Swedish acts such as MZ.412 and Nordvargr/Drakh. In 2010 his first solo release as Drakh (Bethlehem) came out on Essence Music. K. Meizter’s early music projects were based around experimenting with digital sounds using Atari and Amiga computers. Since BSE formed, he has released 3 solo albums (the latest on Old Europa Cafe in 2009) and collaborated with the Polish industrial nostalgic Horologium.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: All of your albums are based on different themes, what was the message behind your first three releases (Tortuna, Urmula and Ratan) do they all correspond and why did you decide to record and release them in such a short period of time?
Drakh/Meizter:These albums make up the 2003 Trilogy which is based on BSE’s three cornerstones – Music/Life/Numbers – and was part of our initial plan for BSE.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: I read that “Tortuna” was created during the Nordic absence of sun. Please elaborate on how that helped with the creative process of the record?
Drakh/Meizter:The absence of light promotes focus and creativity. This could perhaps be hard to imagine without having experienced this type of cold darkness.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: How did the idea come to make the DVD “Dimension Upsaliensis”? Was this your idea, the labels idea or someone else’s idea?
Drakh/Meizter:Dimension Upsaliensis was recorded in 2004 to add a visual dimension to the 2003 trilogy and is also a tribute to the town we lived in at the time, Uppsala. The film was screened at The Uppsala Short Film Festival the same year.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: With the “Pursuit of Pleasure” is the idea behind that album about the animal instinct of the sexual experience, the emotions that lie beneath, or both?
Drakh/Meizter:Pursuit of Pleasure is not meant to be an explicit album, it’s dealing with the concept of pleasure which of course is very diverse and individual. The album is the first in our CMI trilogy concerning life.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: On the album “The Dull Routine of Existence” the album basically describes life as being mundane and repetitious. Do you guys still feel the same way about life now or have opinions changed since then?
Drakh/Meizter:The Dull Routine of Existence is the second part of our Life Trilogy moving from pleasures to mundanities which we believe is an equally important ingredient of life.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: The album “No Lights in our Eyes” seems very sullen and dark. Was the album based upon death, loneliness and the notion that there is no life after death?
Drakh/Meizter:No Lights In Our Eyes is the third and final part of the CMI trilogy and deals with the ultimate end point of life that we all share – the way to it, the event itself and what comes/don't come after it.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: All of your albums were either recorded during the absence of light or have to do with light being nonexistent. What does the absence of light represent and what does it mean to you guys as artists and individuals?
Drakh/Meizter:Through empirical studies we have discovered that when Sweden goes from perpetual darkness to a few months of light, creativity makes a halt.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: You guys have done several different collaborations with Nordvargr, Kenji Siratori, and Moljebka Pvlse. Do you feel that collaborating with different artists adds a different depth and opens you guys up to new ideas as artists?
Drakh/Meizter:Collaborations are a way for us to extend the BSE platform in new directions – sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: What do you guys all use when recording your albums? Do you rely on synth programs and keyboards or do you use some guitars and bass on the recordings as well?
Drakh/Meizter:We use a very broad spectrum of audio tools; from Albanian two-string Çiftelias to state-of-the-art software.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: Is it hard to recreate your recordings in live shows? Do you guys use a lot of visuals in your live shows?
Drakh/Meizter:Backtrack plus improvs using keyboards and computers make up the foundation of the show, and we always use a video backdrop to try and capture the general atmosphere of the show.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: I know you guys are working on a new album. What is the title and when is it coming out?
Drakh/Meizter:It’s entitled Modern Day Diabolists and will be out on Cyclic Law in Nov/Dec this year.
Ashley /Joe:Cryptic Inscriptions: Anything else you want to say to the reader as far as shows, recordings etc?
Drakh/Meizter:Keep a regular eye on www.bse.se for the latest developments.
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