New arrivals from Alien8, Aussaat, Behind Closed Doors, Handmade Birds, Mechanical Presence, No Rent, White Centipede Noise
- PLEASE NOTE: The shop is open but I am out of the country. Shipping will resume after April 16th. Thanks for your patience! If you’re attending the NWN/Hospital and/or Machine Parts fests come and say hello.
- Advanced tickets for Initial Shock are now available!
- The Nausea Japan tour: April 9-13th. Details in poster below. The tour is in support of the forthcoming “Requiem” LP to be released on Absurd Exposition and Buried In Slag And Debris. Limited edition copies will be available at the shows, including the tour kickoff show in Toronto on April 4th alongside Andrew Nolan, Compactor and Death Kneel.
- Scream & Writhe is taking Canadian pre-orders for the BRIGHTER DEATH NOW – No Decency 2LP forthcoming on Cloister. Other regions are welcome to order, but Europeans should order through BDN or Tesco, and US customers are advised to order from Cloister direct.



Scream & Writhe and Disaster Sources are pleased to announce Initial Shock II! The second edition of the Montreal noise fest will take place Saturday, July 6th at La Sotterenea.
Full lineup: Richard Ramirez (PA) / The Nausea (BC) / Heat Signature (OH) / Slime Street (SK/OR) / Flatgrey (BC) / Skin / Parasite Nurse (NY) / Echthros (AB) / Deep Grey (MB) / Death Glaze (ON) / Murmur (ON) / Fowl / Paxillus Succubus / Come and See / Splinter Assembly
The After Shock matinee will take place the following day (Sunday, July 7th) at MAI/SON.
Featuring: Thin Mountain (PA) / Molena (BC) / Erin Altomare (BC) / Green Mist (OR) / Jon Vaughn (SK)
Click here for advanced tickets.
Poster designs by Chris Gibson.
Follow @initialshockmtl on Instagram for frequent updates.
New Arrivals
Alien8 Recordings
MERZBOW – Aqua Necromancer CD
Aussaat
AUGMENTED ATROCITY – In Search of Something That Doesn’t Exist CD
NUORI VERI – NVV CS
Behind Closed Doors
CONFOUNDER / SLACKING – This Is What You Shall Do CD-R
Handmade Birds
DAGGER – Deadly Transmission CS
DON DEVORE – Mineral Wicks CS
JSH – Heretic CS
MATER SUSPIRIA VISION – Crack Witch 3 CS
MERZBOW – Tarsometatarsus CS
MILITARY POSITION – Nothing Lasts Forever CS
MILITARY POSITION – Prisoner CS
PRINCE HAULTAINE III – Tellurian Omega CS
THE RITA – Nancy Weston (The Rack Sessions) CS
THE RITA – The Rack – Extended Version CS
TONGUE DEPRESSOR – From the Crypt CS
VOMIR – Future Dust CS
WITCHES OF MALIBU – Marching Into 1982 CS
Mechanical Presence
DIMENSION VIEWER – Eye CD-R
DULL WORLD – Shattering the Illusion of Superiority CD-R
GREEN TEA – Island Illusion CD-R
LUCAS ABELA – Worn Out Welcome CD-R
TINNITUSTIMULUS – Vortices CD-R
VRAMANT – Roman Conquests CD-R
No Rent
ROCKER #3
Tongue Depressor / related
FORMANT – Arkose Remnants CD-R
HENRY BIRDSEY – Two Harmonicas in the Jeweler’s Court LP
OLD SAW – Sewn the Name LP
ZACH ROWDEN / DAN MICHIU – They Hover But Don’t Touch CS
ZACH ROWDEN / WILL YAGER – Tennessee Locked Grooves CS
White Centipede Noise
DEAD BODY LOVE – Puke On My Corpse CD
Second Hand Arrivals
N/A
Upcoming Events
Initial Shock II – July 6 & 7, 2024
Playlist
Arthur Canterbury – Talking To Dead People (Absurd Exposition
The Nausea – Requiem (Absurd Exposition / Buried In Slag And Debris)
Various – Latitudes (Disaster Sources)
All the Colors of the Dark (Martino, 1972)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone, 1968)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tsukamoto, 1989)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Becker, 1954)
Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Current 93, Lou Reed, The Rialto Report, Billy Joe Shaver, Nina Simone, Subhumans, Total Control, The Velvet Underground, White Centipede Noise, Bob Wills, Towns Van Zandt
Absurd Exposition
absurdexposition.bandcamp.com
Available
BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN – III CD
BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN – Tightrope Walker LP
CASA DI CACCIA – Grand Totàl CS
DODGE JONES RAGE – West Coast Power Outage V CD
GOD IS WAR & ANDREW NOLAN – The Hunt CS
KNURL – H2T CD
MATRIARCH – Visible Paint CD
MERZBOW – Aqua Necromancer (Expanded) 2LP
MO*TE – Throw a Stone CS
MURMUR / MUTTERING – Muted CS
PHOLDE – To Favour the Occurrence CD
RUSALKA – Base Waters CD
UMPIO – Sin Memoria CD
UN REGARD FROID – Exophilie CD
ZENTA SUSTAINED – Serpent Track Patterns 12″
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Forthcoming
ARTHUR CANTERBURY – Talking To Dead People CS
DEATH GLAZE – Collapse CS
JUTE CD
KOBEUK / UMPIO CS
MASS MARRIAGE CS
THE NAUSEA – Requiem LP (co-released with BISAD)
NECROPSY HANGOVER CD
OF THE SKULL CD
ROTMANS / FOWL CS
SPRING OF LIFE CS
TOANCHE DWELLING / SYSTEMS / SLACKING / JUTE 2CS
WINCE & ALTAR OF FLIES LP