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B!057 BLOODYMINDED "Magnetism" CD (Re-Release)

BloodLust! Re-Release

Artist: BLOODYMINDED
Title: "Magnetism"
Format: CD in Digipak
Catalog Number: BloodLust! 057
Genre: Experimental / Industrial / Noise / Power-Electronics



BloodLust! is pleased to announce the re-release of "Magnetism," the fourth full-length BLOODYMINDED album -- originally introduced in 2006 and out-of-print for well over two years. Surprisingly released little more than a year after their previous full-length, "Gift Givers" [B!045, 2005], this album demonstrated a disturbingly updated approach to the band’s sound. It is comprised of fifteen feedback-drenched tracks -- ten of which are relatively full-length songs and five of which are the band’s trademark blast songs, although track length lines may be a bit blurred in the greater context of the album. Some listeners might equate the sound of "Magnetism" to the band’s often urgent and turbulent live sound -- certainly more so now, as the group has focused on several of these songs in the live setting over the past four years. This album features much more abstract, eccentric, and guttural vocals, which encompass screaming, howling, yelling, moaning, etc., and without a doubt, it strongly divided listener opinion. "Magnetism" ultimately became the foundation for a suite of related work, and it was followed by the "PHASES : ONE" cassette [B!063, 2006], the "PHASES : TWO" CD [B!074, 2007], and the "PHASES : THREE" triple 7-inch box set on Rococo Records [2009]. The final chapter in this obsessive, lunar-themed grouping, the "PHASES : FOUR" 12-inch, is recorded and mastered and is now awaiting release. As with "Gift Givers," "Magnetism" was co-produced by Brian Joseph Gaynor and Mark Solotroff, this time utilizing a new studio, Slang Musicgroup, which was primarily known for prominent Chicago hip-hop and house music recordings. Megan Emish, ex-founding band member, and ongoing designer, created the handsome Digipaks that house the discs. Professionally replicated CDs; packaged in shrinkwrapped black and white Digipaks; Approximately 46-minutes in length.

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Tracklisting:

1		Visiting An Ex-Girlfriend In The Hospital - AIDS Ward (3:35)
2		Girlfriend Announced That She Is Beginning Professional Treatment For Severe Depression (3:15)
3		Girlfriend Attempts To Explain Schizophrenic Episode By Revealing Childhood Sexual Abuse (4:28)
4		Small Hands (0:15)
5		Visiting An Ex-Girlfriend In The Hospital - Psychiatric Ward - 24-Hour Observation - Suicide Watch (8:06)
6		Fashion Model Turned Prostitute Turned Enlightened Sex- Worker (4:08)
7		Curved Cervix (0:24)
8		Numb (1:07)
9		First Visit To A City Health Clinic - Chicago - AIDS Test - Panic (3:28)
10		Shotgun Held To Face By Severely Crosseyed Addict While Attempting To Physically Remove Girlfriend From Known Drug House (4:04)
11		Cult One (Spiritual) (0:21)
12		Second Visit To A City Health Clinic - Brooklyn - AIDS Test - At The Start Of Potentially Serious Relationship With Recovering Alcoholic And Addict (2:25)
13		Girlfriend's Need To Be Successful Is Driven By Physically Abusive Father - Bulimia As Side Effect (6:14)
14		Cult Two (Sexual) (0:29)
15		Sexually Timid Girlfriend Putting Herself Through Art School By Working As A Stripper - Rape Victim (4:03)

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Unbelievable new CD from this always pummeling Chicago-based noise unit. Combining the outrageous yucks of the most doofy heavy metal, concertos of scalp-scalding feedback, blurts of semi-distinct vocals and almost parodic use of post-Whitehouse psycho-surgical titles (“Visiting An Ex-Girlfriend In The Hospital - AIDS Ward”, “Shotgun Held To Face By Severely Crosseyed Addict While Attempting To Physically Remove Girlfriend From Known Drug House”), Bloodyminded work fists of black noise into ferociously euphoric power dunts. Totally singular and highly recommended. -- Volcanic Tongue

From the outset it sounds like someone dropped a mic into hell and hit "record." Reading the track titles inside the stunning digipak makes that assessment seem not entirely far-fetched. This incredibly intense and noisy album takes a remarkably different, though not altogether unexpected, departure from earlier Bloodyminded material. The vocals (if there really are any) are completely obscured, being replaced by a wide array of processed screams. The sound is incredibly dense but not muddied: all of the synths, feedback, and other sounds maintain an amazing level of clarity in the mix together with the bestial screams. What results is an incredibly personal, direct, and tormented recording. There are so many different things happening at once, producing such a variety of noisy sounds (from drones to feedback), "Magnetism" is entirely engaging and an exciting listen. With so much lack-luster noise and power electronics out there, this is a true gem. Certainly one of the most intense, emotionally draining, and powerful albums -- ever. -- Diophantine Discs

Aaron Dilloway recommended this album and yeah I'm a sucker for that so I didn't hear this 2006 album until now. It's crazy though. It's noise, yeah, but it's somewhat romantic. It has a story even. Check the songtitles -'Visiting An Ex-Girlfriend In The Hospital - Aids Ward' -'Girlfriend Announces That She Is Beginning Professional Treatment For Severe Depression' -'Girlfriend Attempts To Explain Schizophrenic Episode By Revealing Childhood Sexual Abuse' -'Shotgun Held To Face By A Severely Crosseyed Addict While Attempting To Physically Remove Girlfriend From Known Drug House' .......and so on. I wonder if the guy is talking about real life experience cos that's heavy shit right there. The sounds are equally FUCKED UP. There's the screams, the piercing effects, sawing your limbs off drones. It's nowhere near what you might expect if you never heard noise, or just once listened to Merzbow and decided it was crap. It might even be moving. -- http://cuthands.blogspot.com/

Imagina que William Bennett y Michael Gira se hubiesen encontrado en 1984 y que de esa reunión hubiera salido una deforme, animalesca, brutal mezcla de los aspectos más salvajes de Swans y Whitehouse y tendrías, aproximadamente, algo similar a "Magnetism". Provocando feedback incontrolable en micrófonos, forjando oleadas de caos en graves oscilaciones y, sobre todo, gritando y gruñendo y encimando, manipulando, deformando, amplificando y disecando cada partícula de sonido que flotase a su alrededor, Bloodyminded han logrado grabar uno de los discos más estresantes y violentos en mucho tiempo. A través de quince temas cuyos títulos hacen referencia a episodios extremos y personales que van de lo retorcidamente cómico -"Shotghun held to face by severely crosseyed addict while attempting to physically remove girlfriend from know drug house"- a la directa mala vibra -"Girlfriend attempts to explain schizophrenic episode by revealing childhood sexual abuse"-, la banda da muestra de lo que es catársis a partir de una nueva forma de shock rock, con intensas regresiones en vez de canciones, gritos que van del dolor a la furia en vez de vocales, zumbidos en vez de melodías y cólera y neurosis en vez de virtusismo o romanticismo. Absolutamente brutal, intensa y dolorosa pornografía aural. -- S.S., Ruido Horrible

Totally depressing sociopathic noise from a weird guy from Detroit (sic.). The songs titles are too upsetting to repeat but I don't think there are any lyrics just zombie moans and schizo-feedback. Seriously diseased.

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Discogs listing:
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Train Kept A Rollin'...

Fun show last night at the Empty Bottle. My home for the week. Locrian brought Mr. Steven Hess on board with them again for what was one of the most tense Locrian sets ever. Terence was in a different mode last night... less aggro than in Minneapolis, but louder and harsher howls came from deep within him - much earlier than usual - and they were more isolated/prominent. The smoke billowed so thickly and Steven came in so much later that I sort of forgot that he was up there... until the steamroller came in, that is. Excellent! It was great to see Hair Police back at the Empty Bottle so soon, and for our efforts, they played a much different set than their recent frantic performance... not that this one was any less captivating... just different. S/M Robert was in full-effect again. Outstanding! Also cool to "put a face" to Cold Cave, who drew in an appreciative crowd with their catchy synth-pop... And for the noise crowd, Dominick had an extended heavy synth segue, which added a bit of grit to their catchy set.

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Here is the full Gapers Block/Transmission write-up, with sincere thanks to Mr. Sienko for the very kind words!

What was the best day of your life? (new answer: this Sunday)

So, lucky you -- you're going to see Eyehategod (and "friends") at the Empty Bottle TWO nights in a row. Two nights! But, the part of you that always wants more, more, more is a little sad that there's 24 hours in between these shows. What will you do with all your vitriol, hate and rage in that figety 18 hours between departure and re-arrival? What, you gonna hit a passerby or something? Scream in the library? Kick a dog? Not anymore....

Prior to Sunday night's Eyehategod/Nachtmystium concert at the Empty Bottle, Reckless Records (1532 N. Milwaukee) will be hosting an in-store performance by Ten Suicides, an ad-hoc experimental unit featuring members of Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, The Guilt of..., Bloodyminded, Anatomy of Habit, and The Fortieth Day. The project will perform a long-form noise/electronic piece based on the Bloodyminded song "Ten Suicides," an ode to friends and loved ones who have left earth too soon, and by their own hand. Vocals will be by Eyehategod's Mike Williams (aka Mike IX), and if you haven't heard the original, "Ten Suicides" is a showstopper, a piece often performed a capella at the end of shows. The performance at 2009's Matchitehew Assembly was not so far off from a Cassavetes movie in terms of its raw emotion and painful catharsis. The show is free (unless you choose to stay and buy records, of course; then it's gonna cost you) at starts promptly at 3:00 p.m.

— Chris Sienko

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Ten Suicides in-store @ Reckless Records (Wicker Park location)

Prior to Sunday night's Eyehategod/Nachtmystium concert at the Empty Bottle,Reckless Records (1532 N. Milwaukee) will host an in-store performance by Ten Suicides, an ad-hoc experimental unit featuring members of Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, The Guilt of..., Bloodyminded, Anatomy of Habit, and The Fortieth Day. The project will perform a long-form noise/electronic piece based on the Bloodyminded song "Ten Suicides," an ode to friends and loved ones who have left earth too soon, and by their own hand. The show is free (unless you choose to stay and buy records, of course) at starts promptly at 3:00 p.m.

It feels like Mr. Sienko... If so, thanks!

Eyehategod/Ten Suicides in Flavorpill

From: Flavorpill

Ten Suicides, a one-off noise/metal supergroup featuring members of Eyehategod, Anatomy of Habit, Bloodyminded, and others, performs on Sunday at 3pm at Reckless Records in Wicker Park (1532 N Milwaukee Ave).

"L

ast year, Terrorizer published their list of the top 20 Sludge Albums. Not surprisingly, slots numbers one and two both went to Eyehategod albums (Take As Needed For Pain and Dopesick, respectively). As their titles suggest, both of those modern metal classics are half-sunk in a druggy swampland, as monolithically narcotic as they extreme, and a hundred times more harrowing than standard-issue doom "brutality." But as with all things from NOLA, the past few years have been rough: (now kicked) habits, side projects, and internal disputes have meant just one full-length and only intermittent touring since 1996. So their return to the Chicago stage alone is worth cheering for. Local black-metal darlings Nachtmystium open both weekend shows."

-Stephen Gossett

Status - 6/17

- Mail-order is up-to-date

- Greg and Josh ran me through my paces last night at Plague Bringer practice, but I needed to work out some new vocal things, as well as make sure that the Korg Monotron is up to the task. Looking forward to the weekend...

- I made it out in time to see Indian Jewelry at the Empty Bottle. Seriously amazing. Definitely in my top two or three shows of the year. Dark, tribal... pure death-rock. Fuck yes!

- Off to see Locrian, Hair Police, and Cold Cave tonight. No rest for...

The Reader on Eyehategod/Ten Suicides

From: The Reader

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Few bands do misery like Eyehategod. For the past 20 years or so they've been perfecting a type of hideous, slow-motion sludge metal that crawls and howls like a man shot in the gut, hitting your ears like the distilled essence of human suffering. It's a fitting sound for a band that spent decades lurking in the least savory corners of New Orleans, at least until the city (along with most of the members' homes) was wrecked by flooding and fires after Hurricane Katrina. If you pick apart Eyehategod's music—their 1996 masterpiece Dopesick, reissued in 2006 by Century Media, is a good place to start—you'll find not only Sabbath riffs played at DJ Screw tempos but also traces of doom metal, hardcore, and occasionally southern rock that's been warped and degraded almost past the point of recognition. For any well-adjusted listener it's probably just sickening noise, but for a certain kind of masochist it's nirvana. This two-night stand is Eyehategod's first visit to Chicago since singer Mike IX Williams spent three months in jail on charges related to a trove of pharmaceuticals liberated from a ruined Walgreens after Katrina, during which time he allegedly kicked a heroin habit of mythological proportions. At these two shows they'll be playing the entirety of their first two albums: 1992's In the Name of Suffering on Saturday and 1993's Take as Needed for Pain on Sunday. They haven't released a full-length since 2000, but a new record is allegedly in the works. Nachtmystium (see Sharp Darts), Plague Bringer, Strong Intention, and Weekend Nachos open. See also Sunday. For more on Eyehategod, our Q&A. 8 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401, $25, $20 in advance. —Miles Raymer

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Eyehategod will play Take as Needed for Pain in its entirety. Nachtmystium (see Sharp Darts), the Atlas Moth, Yakuza, and Bongripper open. At 3PM two members of Eyehategod, singer Mike IX Williams and drummer Joey LaCaze, will play a free in-store at Reckless Records, 1532 N. Milwaukee, improvising in a one-off noise/electronics group called the Ten Suicides that also includes Mark Solotroff and Isidro Reyes of Bloodyminded. 8 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401, $25, $20 in advance.

For the record, James Moy is also playing the Reckless show, as is Ryan McKern, who plays with Mike in The Guilt Of...

Check out this new interview in the Reader, too:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/eyehategod-mike-ix-williams-empty-bottle-concert/Content?oid=1981448

Anna Hrjnak

(Eyehategod: Jimmy Bower, Brian Patton, Mike IX Williams, Gary Mader, Joey LaCaze)

On December 5, I was part of a mass of concertgoers who'd packed into the Satyricon, a small, dark bar in Portland, Oregon, to see sludge lords Eyehategod, and early in the night the members of the band were squeezed right in among us. "The more drugs you give us, the longer we'll play," drummer Joey LaCaze told me. Guitarist Jimmy Bower shot back, "He came from Chicago. He doesn't have any drugs." I had, and I didn't.

LaCaze repeated his request to anyone who might be listening, first from the floor of the bar and later from the stage as the band set up. I don't know if Eyehategod ever found or took any drugs—vocalist Mike IX Williams reportedly beat his addiction to opiates in jail after Katrina shut down his methadone program and he was caught with a stash of contraband pills—but once they started playing, around midnight, they didn't stop for more than two hours.

When I e-mailed Williams in May for this interview, he remembered that show well. "Fantastic," he said. "Freezing outside, insane audience, lots of drunken stage diving, someone throwing a bottle and busting my earlobe, some guy grabbing my legs and me punching him in the head, same guy getting pummeled by the crowd, lots of broken glass onstage, lots of people on the stage, chaos, great!"

Williams, Bower, LaCaze, bassist Steve Dale, and guitarist Brian Patton formed Eyehategod in New Orleans in 1988. Though today they're on their fifth bass player, Gary Mader, the lineup has otherwise remained unchanged. For more than 20 years they've blended the syrupy grind of Black Sabbath and the Melvins, the hardcore punk of Black Flag, and their own poisonous mix of intoxicants and misanthropy. They've had a huge role in shaping an entire subgenre of metal, not just as Eyehategod but as members of other influential bands like Down, Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, and Soilent Green.

Eyehategod's current tour ends with two nights at the Empty Bottle, June 19 and 20. On Saturday they'll play 1992's In the Name of Suffering top to bottom, and on Sunday they'll do the same for 1993's Take as Needed for Pain.

You guys have really proved to be a hazard to yourselves and, at times, to your crowds. I think you're one of the last bands going that can create a real sense of danger and threat onstage. Do you think that's true?

Well, I certainly hope so. We've never planned to be dangerous; it's just happened that way, I guess. When we were younger, the shock value of our whole persona combined with an antisober attitude and a true anger and depression manifested itself in this twisted way, much to our delight. Something about this type of music makes people wanna freak the fuck out and go apeshit. If we are and can remain threatening to the mainstream-shit art and music world, so mote it be.

Eyehategod, in some ways, are the closest thing that someone like me, born in the early 80s, has to a Black Flag. There's a similar kind of nervous energy and tension; the shows are physical, confrontational, all about sweat. I know Black Flag were a huge influence. Do you see any similarities?

Thanks, that's a compliment for sure. We definitely all love Black Flag and completely appreciate their ethic of things, like going into survival mode and just flat-out blasting out the sets without care to self or viewer/listener. We do have alcohol fueling our carelessness as well, which is in a whole 'nother category of rockin'. . . . Really, I don't think we even come close to Flag's intensity live, though—but I hope we come close. I've seen them a number of times in the early 80s, especially on the Damaged tour, and honestly nothing even gets near. Greg Ginn and company and the Bad Brains were running neck and neck back then, especially in a live club setting, for sheer bristling hardcore terror.

What are you looking to get out of an audience?

It's nice when they have some energy and ain't afraid to interact and show us the love. Any band will tell you they feed off that energy. We don't necessarily need that, though. If there are five people getting into it, that's fine. Hopefully the sheep will always follow.

What audience encounters have stuck with you over the years?

Too many to say—memory is failing. In the old days more so: naked lesbians, broken microphones, getting attacked, stitches, naked crowd members in general, angel dust, violence, LSD, hurt feelings, bass player in a rabbit suit . . .

Your writing is pretty abrasive, and seems to come largely from a place of anxiety and depression, poverty and addiction. How big an influence have those things been?

They've basically been there my whole life. However cryptic some of my words may be, it all comes from a very real place and I have found personally that the bad things in life generate some sort of mechanism to let it all out at a later date, blow off the evil steam. It's all part of the creative process.

You've also said that some of your writing is influenced by your childhood. Can you tell me a little about it?

I hate playing some sort of pity card, but my childhood wasn't exactly a bed of roses. Of course that's gonna affect my writing in some way. Growing up in North Carolina wasn't a lot of fun, I suppose. From a young age I would watch my dad beat my mom, fire guns off, beat my ass for no reason after we would come home from fucking church, stash his porn and booze bottles all over the house. You know, junk like that. My mom died when I was nine, dad at 11. My older brother committed suicide a week after my dad passed. Those are just the things I can talk about. I do remember the good times too, however. But anyway, what you gonna do? Life is life.

At what point did you end up in New Orleans?

In 1977.

I've been there many times; it's a beautiful city. How strong an influence has that been?

I would say 100 percent. The love I have for this city is like no other. Of course like any relationship it's love-hate. New Orleans can be dark and messy, and hedonism exists around every corner. The debauchery, crime, and corruption is easy to get caught up in, and can bring you under. But NOLA holds a place in my heart that no one can take away. I've flirted with other cities like SF, NYC, Berlin, London, et cetera, but I will always come back to my beloved city that care forgot on the Mississippi.

Can you tell me about the aftermath of Katrina, and how you ended up in jail?

I stayed through the storm. Things got bad, like no 911—people were dying and houses burning. I realized I had to get out. I acquired a car and some drugstore pharmaceuticals, left town, and got busted in a motel in a small shit city west of NOLA. Ended up doing five months in the parish and got a shitload of probation.

How has that whole experience changed you?

As far as the city as a whole, it's brought us all together closer as a family I think. As for me personally, it's made me a stronger person, made me think about life and relationships, made me appreciate certain things.

How has getting clean affected your writing?

Not at all. I used to think maybe it was the drugs helping me write this way, but it's not. I'm still a pissed-off, confused bastard, and have the same emotions I've always had—maybe even more since they aren't numbed by painkillers.

You've traveled a lot, from Mexico to Europe to Japan. What sorts of things have you seen while traveling, and how has it affected your view of the world?

Everyone should travel, it opens your mind. I get sad when I see these people who are older and have never left their little towns and most likely never will. I love it. It's something I wanna do forever. Well, till I can't do it anymore. Traveling is a constant education of cultures, environment, and architecture.

It's been five years since your latest release—the Preaching the "End-Time" Message comp—and ten since your most recent full-length. Why the big gap?

Hurricane Katrina obviously, drug problems, record-label bullshit, personal and legal troubles—I'm not the only one who has seen the inside of the local courthouse.

There's now talk of a new album. What can you tell me about that?

Not much. We're writing new material and we have about five, six songs finished without vocals. We don't even have a record label right now.

In the past you've referred to the many twisted stories surrounding the recording of all of your albums. Can you tell me any?

Well, everyone in the group is a fucking weirdo. And all our friends are weirdos, so it's like a retarded circus when we all get together. Going into the studio is an experience not unlike playing live, except it has added delirium from being isolated in some place for hours and hours at a time.

You recently played the first two albums in their entirety at Emo's in Austin. What was that like?

Great, man. Packed house. We were onstage for over two hours. We even did like three songs from Dopesick.

Why did you decide to end your current tour in Chicago?

I love Chicago, so it just makes sense. Me and Joey LaCaze, our drummer, are also gonna be involved in an improv noise/electronics in-store at Reckless Records on Sunday. That will also feature Mark Solotroff and Isidro Reyes from Bloodyminded and Ryan McKern from my other project the Guilt Of . . . . We're billing it as the Ten Suicides.

I've also read about an Eyehategod book.

That's something that's hard to get together, but we're trying bit by bit. It basically takes everybody digging up any old photos, articles, flyers, et cetera. What we need is someone to curate and help us produce this book, someone to interview us and get it all together. We can be lazy sods if we ain't motivated properly.

Can you share one of the more colorful stories?

You mean like hallucinating from staying up for days on end shooting coke and huffing carpet cleaner? Getting attacked by skinheads in Detroit? Kicking methadone in jail? So many things have gone down while I've been in this band, both fantastic and horrible. I mean this has been half of my entire life, this EHG thing. But we're not out to prove anything like "What's the sickest thing you've seen or done." There is a preconceived notion about us, but we are all very nice southern gentlemen. Anyway, we're saving those stories for the book.

What do you think sets you apart from the bands who talk the talk but don't necessarily walk the walk?

I don't know, bro. All I know is that we're honest, down-to-earth people who just wanna have a good time. As I said before, we are who we are. We evolved like this as humans. This Eyehategod band is a group of great friends who have been through hell and back and we're all the better for it—crushing the population with pounding riffs, squelching feedback, and a laryngitis voice. The fact that we're still around and breathing after 20-plus years proves that we are real. You can tell fake motherfuckers when you see 'em. They're pitiful.

Last words?

Buy my book of dark negative poetry, Cancer as a Social Activity, at thehousecorerecords.com. Record labels, publishers, book writers, movie producers, drag queens, pill freaks, get in touch with me at myspace.com/nolanine. Also look out for my other bands: Arson Anthem, the Guilt Of . . . , and Outlaw Order.

New Interview with Mike from Eyehategod/The Guilt Of...

Here is a newly posted interview with Mike Williams that is worth checking out... (but North Carolina? That's just Mike)... From Crave Online

Status - 6/16

- Mail-order is up-to-date

- Anatomy of Habit worked extra-hard last night on the new song, "Then Window," which has some tricky timing issues, and whatnot, and aside from a definitive ending, we seem to have pretty much settled on a basic structure... for now...

- I managed to get out of practice in time to catch the second half of the show at the Viaduct Theater. I arrived just before Fatale started and it was great to finally see/hear Elizabeth perform her blend of harsh noise walls and mutated vocals...and teddybears. Gnawed was up next, blasting out a heavy death-industrial verging on a classic, punishing old-school industrial sort of thing. Excellent! He was then joined by Grainbelt who brought a truly intense metal-on-metal assault, laced with piercing feedback. I was able to take them in much better, compared to Minneapolis in April, so it was nice to have another opportunity so soon. The Vomit Arsonist capped off the night with a death-industrial/power-electronics hybrid, marked by frustration, self-destruction and fury. Perfect. It was an excellent line-up, overall, and I am sorry to have missed Is, Custodian, and PTM, due to practice/recording. Really good mix/sound, too -- Shauna rules! Cool to see so many friends there!!

- Practice with Plague Bringer tonight -- hopefully done in time to zoom over to the Empty Bottle to see Indian Jewelry. Their new album, "Totaled," is probably my most played recent release -- alongside the new Frank (Just Frank) album on Wierd Records - "The Brutal Wave" - that Pieter just put out. Still settling into the new Ulaan Khol "III" album. I love "I" and "II" and this new one is a bit of a departure... maybe a bit more song structure???

Crustcake Previews Ten Suicides

From: Crustcake

by Andrew Wilhlem (CHI)

Is Mayor Daley going to have to bring in the National Guard to stop the massive overflow of metal this week? We hope not...

Capping it all off is a double-header from New Orleans legends Eyehategod. Two nights equals double the sludge, double the black eyes, and double the unplanned pregnancies that will result from such madness. They'll also be playing with some of Chicago's finest - Nachtmystium both nights, Weekend Nachos on Saturday, and The Atlas Moth and Yakuza on Sunday. Too bad ultra-leftist grinders Anal Cunt had to drop off - perhaps Seth Putnam will write a song about it. Mike Williams will also be doing a noise set with Mark Solotroff (Bloodyminded, Anatomy of Habit) as Ten Suicides Sunday afternoon at the Wicker Park Reckless Records. Yeah, you gotta go to hipster-land again, I know, but trust me, it'll be worth it.

Plague Bringer with Eyehategod

Plague Bringer has been added to Saturday's Eyehategod show at the Empty Bottle and Greg and Josh kindly asked me to join them again, on synth and vocals, on a new song that we previously did together on Thanksgiving Eve at Cobra Lounge.

Status - 6/14

- As of noon today, all mail-order/distro/Discogs packages have been sent out for orders received by 7:00 AM this morning. Thanks for the ongoing support on the recent releases!

- The Fortieth Day continue regular Monday night sessions, tonight... This will be the first opportunity to blast away with the Korg Monotron through a bigger amp and an array of FX

- Anatomy of Habit continue work tomorrow on a new song called "Then Window." We made great progress with it last week and hopefully we can settle on a solid ending. Josh from Plague Bringer recently took band member head shots, which we intend to use on the inner sleeve of the LP. Mastering/cutting is booked at Chicago Mastering Service. We will be working with Jason Ward, who did such an excellent job cutting the two Locrian LPs

- The master for The Guilt Of... CD is in-house and packaging design is underway. Please note that these will not be available at Sunday's "Ten Suicides" extravaganza, as was originally hoped

- Expected for late(r) this week: BLOODYMINDED "Magnetism" CD and Fecalove "Dead Weight" 7-inch

- Recommended show: Tomorrow (6/15) -- Grain Belt + The Vomit Arsonist + Is + Custodian + Fatale + Gnawed + PTM at The Viaduct Theater, 3111 N. Western Ave. (I hope to make it, depending upon what time practice ends...)

Ten Suicides - Next Sunday!

Prior to part-two of Eyehategod's two-night stand at the Empty Bottle, BloodLust! presents a special afternoon noise set at Reckless Records in Wicker Park by Ten Suicides (featuring members of Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, The Guilt Of..., BLOODYMINDED, Anatomy of Habit, The Fortieth Day). The performance will be based around the BLOODYMINDED song "Ten Suicides," which features guest lead vocals by Eyehategod's Mike Williams. Expect the worlds of noise, sludge, and doom to lock into a united North-South experimental soundscape of epic proportions...

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Ten Suicides (featuring members of Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, The Guilt Of..., BLOODYMINDED, Anatomy of Habit, The Fortieth Day)

Sunday, June 20, 2010
3:00 PM
All Ages
Free

Reckless Records
1532 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773.235.3727
http://www.reckless.com/

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http://www.myspace.com/eyehategod
http://www.facebook.com/OfficialEyeHateGod
http://www.myspace.com/outlaworder
http://www.facebook.com/pages/OUTLAW-ORDER/40624398595
http://www.myspace.com/theguiltof
http://www.myspace.com/officialbloodyminded
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BLOODYMINDED/66854847254
http://www.myspace.com/anatomyofhabit
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anatomy-of-Habit/65210152926

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Event links:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122337437806980&ref=mf
Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/event/1558942+Ten+Suicides
MySpace: http://tinyurl.com/29t3ocp

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Coming soon on BloodLust!
B!156 The Guilt Of... CD
Featuring Mike Williams (Eyehategod) and Ryan McKern


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