"BIBLES FOR THE BLESSED"
TOWERS… BURNING WITCH (1996) A1: SACRED PREDICTIONS (7:03); A2: COUNTRY DOCTOR (10:19); A3: TOWER PLACE (5:24). B1: SEA HAG (14:20); B2: THE BLEEDER (9:57). CATEGORY: DOOM METAL | DURATION: 37 MINUTES Engineered by Albini in 1996 but not released until two years later, Towers… is…
DOPESMOKER SLEEP (1996) A1: DOPESMOKER (1:03:31). CATEGORY: HEAVY ROCK | DURATION: 64 MINUTES In the terminal phases when all noteworthy popular music pushed at the extremes before an inevitable collapse, Sleep stood tall by offering up Dopesmoker, an album comprised solely of its 64-minute title…
ONDSKANS ANSIKTE SKITSYSTEM (1996) A1: JAG VÄGRAR (2:21); A2: ONDSKANS ANSIKTE (1:54); A3: PROFIT OVERSHADOWS NEED (1:34); A4: ETT LIV I FRIHET (1:05); A5: SYSTEM COLLAPSE (2:04); A6: DÖDSMASKIN (1:17). B1: KROSSA MIG (3:44); B2: ALLT E SKIT (1:58); B3: VÄLFÄRD (2:21); B4: PIGS (2:29).…
GYMNASTICS REGIS (1996) A1: WE SAID NO (4:44); A2: KEEP PLANNING (4:23). B1: CARELESS PEDESTRIAN (4:28); B2: TRANSLATION (4:17). C: SAND (5:53). D1: THE BLACK FREIGHTER (5:05); D2: COLD WATER (4:01). CATEGORY: TECHNO | DURATION: 32 MINUTES Released as a double 12-inch single, Gymnastics delivers…
OSASTO PANASONIC (1996) A1: URANOKEMIA (6:24); A2: TELAKO (4:59). B1: PARTURI (5:42); B2: MURTO (6:25). CATEGORY: ELECTRONIC | DURATION: 24 MINUTES Before Panasonic were forced to rebrand as Pan Sonic due to a trademark dispute, this band of Finnish radicals were the prime practitioners of…