Top Bar
Musique Machine Logo Home ButtonReviews ButtonArticles ButtonBand Specials ButtonAbout Us Button
SearchGo Down
Search for  
With search mode in section(s)
And sort the results by
show articles written by  
 Review archive:  # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Boar/Mass Graves - Split [Breaching Static - 2014]

Here’s a split CD that brings together two dense & darkly mood yet brutal slices of walled noise from these two USA scene veterans.  Featured here is Dubuque Iowa based Boar- whose been active since 2009, and Missouri Mass Graves- whose been active since 2010.

Each project offers up a ‘wall’ of around the twenty minute mark- so the disc has a total running time of forty minutes. First up we have Boar’s track which is bleakly entitled “I Want To Erase Every Human Emotion”. This track brings together a constant line of low/condensed rumbling & simmering static- which is weaved with a selection of thinner ‘n’ crisper skipping, pelting & jittering noise textures. These elements come together to create a crudely eerier, searing yet kind of creepy( through brutal) vibe.

Secondly we have the Mass Grave track, and this is entitled “The Forest Ghoul”. The track follows a similar path to the Boar track- as it’s built around continual rolling out grim noise texture- we have a set faint & muffled grey rumble & almost organic type bubbling tone, and around this is a uniformed mesh of pelting & coldly showering static crisp-ness. This track once again is rather eerier in a brutal & unrelenting way.

Both tracks here are fairly simple in their textural make-up, yet they are both quite darkly moody & entrancing too. Fitting the more atmospheric yet seared feel of both tracks the CD takes in lo-fi monochrome pictures of woodland, and grim minimal white text on pure black backgrounds- bringing to mind almost a stark underground black metal vibe to the packaging.


Unusually for the walled noise scene this release comes in the form of a pro pressed CD, so I’m guessing this going to be a lot less ltd than most of the scene out-put, which normally sees releases coming in  around 5 to 30 copies for each release. So all been well you should still be able to snag a copy of this, and it’s certainly worth a look if you enjoy bleak, slightly eerier yet still brutal walled noise.

Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

Roger Batty
Latest Reviews

Boar/Mass Graves - Split
Here’s a split CD that brings together two dense & darkly mood yet brutal slices of walled noise from these two USA scene veterans.  Featured h...
290324   Stuart Argabright & AfterAfte...
290324   Piranha - Piranha(DVD)
280324   Typhoon Club - Typhoon Club(B...
270324   Jerzy Skolimowski Collection ...
260324   Latex Choker - Sealed
260324   Occlusion - 59: No Input Wall
260324   Nihil Impvlse - Anabasis
260324   Marta Forsberg - Sjunger För...
260324   The New Boy - The New Boy( Th...
250324   The Stargazer’s Assistant - ...
Latest Articles

The Music of Clay Ruby & Burial H...
Over the last couple of decades Wisconsin native, Clay Ruby has been creating some of the world’s finest dark electronic music under the Burial Hex mon...
280324   The Music of Clay Ruby & Buri...
290224   Sutcliffe No More - Normal Ev...
100124   Occlusion - The Operation Is...
181223   Best Of 2023 - Music, Sound &...
051223   Powerhouse Films - Of Magic, ...
181023   IO - Of Sound, Of Art, Of Exp...
210923   Lucky Cerruti - Of Not so Fri...
290823   The Residents - The Trouble W...
110723   Yotzeret Sheydim Interview - ...
250523   TenHornedBeast - Into The Dee...
Go Up
(c) Musique Machine 2001 -2023. Twenty two years of true independence!! Mail Us at questions=at=musiquemachine=dot=comBottom