New Arrivals #250 + Echthros and Death Glaze at Initial Shock

New arrivals from Abhorrent A.D., Antipatik, Discreet Music, French Market Press, Oxen, Virtues

• Advanced tickets for Initial Shock II are now available! Highlighting two more of the performing artists below.
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ECHTHROS and DEATH GLAZE at Initial Shock II

ECHTHROS is sheer sonic agony in the form of meticulously arranged industrial/power-electronics, delivering a central theme of ongoing colonial violence perpetrated by the Canadian Government and Catholic Church against the Indigenous Peoples of so-called Canada. Haunting and poignant samples of living survivors of the Grouard Indian Residential School as well as contributions from other Indigenous kin are featured throughout their body of work. ECHTHROS’ storytelling delivers anguish, vengeance, determination, and celebration through a wall of harsh drone balanced with the calm uneasiness of what is to come next. Latest release “God is Love” was released on Iron Lung Records.

DEATH GLAZE arose from the tumult and boredom of 2020. It is the concept of longtime noise, experimental music and horror movie fan, Thomas Brust. Initially an HNW project, it has evolved into something more dynamic while continuing to celebrate the sustained coarse and crunchy textures characteristic of the aforementioned noise sub-genre. On recent works, caustic and overdriven harsh noise is conjured from processed recordings of metal, junk and other detritus. The combination of sonics and thematics which DEATH GLAZE utilizes is meant to be emblematic of the inevitable demise of mankind.

Click here for advanced tickets.

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

Abhorrent A.D.
JUTE – Nothing Beats Reality CD

Antipatik
ATROPHIST / PAIN APPENDIX CS
CRONACA NERA / BLACK LEATHER JESUS – Sperm and Bones CD
MASKHEAD / S.T.A.B. ELECTRONICS – Beyond Tears, Beyond Pleasure… 7” + CD
STRESS ORPHAN – The Club of Rome CD
THE RITA – Correlation DVD
VARIOUS – Cultural Transgression 2CD

Discreet Music
SEWER ELECTION – Psychic Panorama II CD

French Market Press
DISPERISH – Silent Partner CS
KSSSSSSHK973 – Foul Rift CS
LAST DAY WITH MY GARBAGE – Tangled in Laughter CS
SHARE THE WEALTH CS

Oxen
JHK – Sugar Mountain CD
PERFECTED GRAVE VAULT CD
RICHARD RAMIREZ – Eye Contact CD

Virtues
INEFFABLE SLIME – Stalking the Sphinx CD
NORILLAG – The Union of Death LP

Second Hand Arrivals

N/A

Upcoming Events

The Rita + High Grove + Jute + Axiom + Eyden Zhao – June 20, 2024
Initial Shock II – July 6 & 7, 2024

Playlist

Alfarmania – Ur Ens Inre Exil
Ineffable Slime – Stalking the Sphinx
Jute – Nothing Beats Reality
Kraang – Krang
Linekraft – Asura
Linekraft / Prurient – Government Controlled Shrines
Skin Crime – Ghosts of Osaka
White Centipede Noise Podcast
Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais, 1961)
The Possessed (Rossellini, Bazzoni, 1965)
Leonard Cohen, Coil, Current 93, The Kinks, Rose McDowall, Willie Nelson, Nico, David E. Williams, Warren Zevon

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