Swallowing Bile — Guerrilla
This project started in 2012, and has moved through a fair amount of different noise based fare, going from Harsh Noise, Harsh Noise Wall, onto Power Electronics. Behind the project is Ethan Ebeling, also of Monolith Of Shit & Pussy Bitch(which are both collaborative projects with dense & brutalizing US HNW project Wet Dream Asphyxiation). So far the project has released around 40 releases, which take in spilt CDR releases & stand alone tapes.
First up we have “Perched On The Boundaries Of The City”, and this track comes in at just over the ten & a half minute mark. The tracks dense, searing yet oppressive wall is built around a thick rumbling roast, which is edged by two or three layers of slow-mo crackling ‘n’ popping noise matter. The whole thing very much brings to mind images of flame engulfed vehicles & buildings, as they get more & more ravaged & destroyed by harsh sways of fire.
Next we have “Ascend, Attack, And Aprehend”, and this runs at just over the twelve minute mark. This ‘wall’ is built around several layers of mid paced churning noise matter- we have a meaty lower to mid range cerement mixer like tone, which is webbed by thinner jittering ‘n’ judder static subtones. And once Again this is another very dense & punishing bit of airless wall-making.
Track three comes in the form of “Hostages Executed By The River”, and this is the longest track here at just over the seventeen minute mark. This tracks ‘wall’ is based around an amassed searing storm of fairly similar ranged static noise layers, which are underfed by this constant bubbling tone- the track sounds like the mixture of a whipping & battering sand storm, and a muffled/ taut aquatic descent.
Lastly we have “Monuments Desecrated, Archives Destroyed”, and this comes in at the 13.20 mark. This track is a more shifting yet still searing example of wall-making- it starts out mixing together a lashing static down pour, with a mixture of roasting & bubbling textures. At around the 4th minute we get a intense layer of searing & caustic static taking centre stage, and this is back up by muffled mid paced churn ‘n’ rumble patterns. The remained of the track goes for a few other textural changes- but non of these move to far from a set range of textures. I’d say this was my least favourite track here, as it just seems to lose my interest fairly quickly, and it didn’t manage to capture my attention in the same way as the other three tracks.
This is the second walled-noise work I’ve heard from this project, and for the most part it’s another worthy slice of unforgiving yet appealing HNW- I just felt a little let down/ under whelmed by the last track. As of writing this release is still available from Altar Of Waste.