#422 - Elvin Brandi & Lord Spikeheart, Pest Control, TORPOR, Ciel, Arnold Dreyblatt, Sly & the Family Drone - 14 August 2023

Let’s get ferocious this week, with heavy tunes aplenty from all corners of the noisy spectrum. Rattling out with thrash from Pest Control, via a screamy masterpiece from Elvin Brandi and Lord Spikeheart, and the latest from Human Worth.

Elsewhere, there’s excellent house music from Ciel, hardcore from BBBBBBB, a 20-minute opus from Sly & the Family Drone, and much more.

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Tracklisting
Pest Control – Enjoy the Show (self-release, UK)
BBBBBBB – GO (Deathbomb Arc, USA)
Opal X – Augmented (Brachliegen Tapes, UK)
Everything Falls Apart – somn 7 (Totalism, Belgium)
TORPOR – Accidie (Human Worth, UK)
Ciel – Scenes From a Marriage (!K7 Records, Germany)
Arnold Dreyblatt – Flight Path (Drag City Records, USA)
Elvin Brandi & Lord Spikeheart – Do You Like Feeling Awakeee33 Cult 8 Again (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda)
Qazt – У æ х ъ æ ц и з а р (Ored Recordings, Georgia)
Sly & the Family Drone – Every Knife in this House is Mine (The state51 Conspiracy, UK)

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