The Slaughterhouse (The Noise/Industrial thread)

I think there is enough people here that enjoy this dark and evil sector of music to keep this thread alive and wriggling, so here it is, the unanticipated and unwanted (by some) filth hole for Noise, Industrial, Power Electronics, Death Industrial, Dark Ambient etc.

Post your favorite albums or artists, artists/albums you don't like, recommendations, what you've been digging recently, whatever.


I'll start the ball rolling with an artist I doubt many people here are familiar with, and one I have recently been enjoying the Australian Industrial project Browning Mummery.

Formed by Andrew Lonsdale in 1983, and utilising the help of various other collaborators, BM was one of the first artists to have a release on the infamous experimental label Extreme in the early 80's. Browning Mummery's sound often has a thick, disturbing and foreboding industrial atmosphere, at the crossroads of ambient and industrial at times, though always retaining the lo-fi grit and grime of a true Industrial band. It wouldn't be out of place to say 80's Browning Mummery cassettes were precursers to what is now Dark Ambient.

Browning Mummery's early cassette releases are must listens to fans of ambient leaning industrial music.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhgn010ilpU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uraWG737luU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skyPRQ3urq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx_KXJ5MlsQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYxlajLQ_w0

Edited by Sheavy - April 07 2015 at 01:41

I'll be looking here for ironically accessible bands from the genres. 

I only heard a little of killing joke and I didn't really care for it, I ought to give their early stuffs a go.

Killing Joke was a huge influence on industrial rock/metal, even turning industrial metal themselves in the 90's. I prefer their industrial metal stuff, but some of their early stuff is pretty good such as 'What's THIS For...'.

It's a matter of dispute whether or not Killing Joke were at first really industrial, or just a punk band who happened to have been extremely influential on the industrial/noise-rock scene. No matter the case, I don't think that entire music culture would ever have really "clicked" for me if it wasn't for KJ. So they're one of the music groups that have done the most to expand my horizons, and I'm eternally grateful to Jaz and co. for that.

Of course, now that they've absorbed back influences from their own imitators like Godflesh and Ministry, the answer is a very different one. The world is strange...

Never went into full Harsh Noise, Power Noise or Death Ambient (I stuck to Cabaret Voltaire and I barely know Rapoon and :zoviet*france:), but I should try Torturing Nurse. Too bad it's difficult to find their releases in France... or to find my way in their discography!
Makes me think: Esplendor Geométrico was playing in Paris last saturday, but I couldn't go. What album should I start with?

Here's a little known industrial project called Morphogenesis. This project worked with all sorts of industrial, drone, and dark ambient sounds with purely electronic instrumentation, not just creating some killer and rare LPs but also long being a torch bearer for live electronic improvisation in the vein of the golden days of Stockhausen et al.

^ Very strong kind of industrial rock/metal. Lots of throbbing power. The song can probably best be described as the kind of song that forces you to like it. Very much sounds like a product of its time.

this song is also very good,http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3fbuW8TB_7o

That 'funny' Mark Prindle...