nexialist @ bandcamp

nexialist audio projects will be available in full audio quality via bandcamp...a number of fk releases are already online!







nexialist @ bandcamp

HERE MUSIC DIES

leech from annihilvs just sent me this photo of the HERE MUSIC DIES t-shirts...this is the real deal folks! you can pre-order the t-shirt and tape set from APEX ARMOURIES and pre-listen to the tracks on the tape at soundcloud...60 minutes of fragment king doing his mechanical metal thing and theologian reimagining fk's source materials to full effect!

the.bänd: the garden

here it is, the second release by the.bänd! z'ev, alexandra von bolz'n, and fragment king reunite for 'the garden', a track on mantricum 017, a tape release featuring the.bänd, z'ev, and carlos villena. it includes three tracks, and two of them can be previewed at mantricum's soundcloud site:

The.Bänd "The Garden" by mantricum

Z'EV "Don't Say This" by mantricum

detailed info in the release is available at discogs. the tape can be ordered at mantricum's label site. the.bänd also has a myspace site.

the.bänd - z'ev, alexandra von bolz'n, fragment king

the.bänd is a metal/drone/funk bastardization whipping out death-trance for your edification. the.bänd consists of new music legend z’ev, extreme vocalist alexandra von bolz'n, and full metal scientist fragment king. they started joining forces in summer 2008 and the first result of this collaboration is death's radio, a collection of four long pieces that combine z'evs percussion, alexandra's shrieks and growls, and fragment king's low rumbling bass in addition to atmospheric and soundtrackish synthlines. they have continued to produce further pieces beyond death's radio 1-4 which are pending. short edits of the death's radio recordings can be previewed on the.bänd's myspace site. the full-length recordings are now available via itunes or your digital retailer of choice. a split release with carlos villena on mantricum is imminent.

BUY DEATH'S RADIO 1-4 AT ITUNES

fragment king + theologian - here music dies @ annihilvs.org

...the shape of things to come: fragment king - here music dies - to be released by annihilvs...the image above shows "love's deadly angel", to be featured on the tape artwork and the accompanying t-shirt. the tape will feature fk's 30 minute HERE MUSIC DIES and on the flipside a piece by THEOLOGIAN based on fk source material. PREORDERS ARE AVAILABLE NOW AT:

APEX ARMOURIES FK + THEOLOGIAN PREORDER PACKAGE

here's what the folks at annihilvs have to say:"Preorder includes an all-new FRAGMENT KING "Rot" tshirt, with 60 minute cassette. Side A contains 30 minutes of sheer rage by longtime live member of NTT and collaborator under the guises of NEXICON and love is nothing., the man behind ultra-heavy sonic deconstructor FRAGMENT KING, arrives on the craggy shores of hell with HERE MUSIC DIES. Endless spite is filtered through soul-numbing distortion, accompanied by bitter, crisp electronic rhythms that glide across the edge that separates dark industrial, crushing metal and paranoiac breakbeat. This is the death of music. Side B features tracks assembled by THEOLOGIAN using FRAGMENT KING source material."

朽ちろ [rot] by www.nexialist.com

THEOLOGIAN+FRAGMENT KING. ENTRANCE TO THE FRAGMENTED KINGDOM by ANNIHILVS

bands with beat boxes: godflesh

of all the bands that used a drum machine, godflesh were, without any doubt, the most monstrous, the most inhuman, and the most monolithical. what big black had championed in the format of noise rock, godflesh had drawn into a black vortex that echoed the detuned chords of grindcore and death metal. the duo of justin k. broadrick and g. christian green created a true beast that shone brightest on their second release, streetcleaner.

broadrick was the original guitarist for napalm death and eventually played drums for fall of because, in which green as well as occasional godflesh support paul neville (later of cable regime, another drum machine band) played a primitive rendition of swans. fall of because disbanded, but many of their songs were later re-used and re-interpreted for godflesh. broadrick moved on to play drums with head of david, an indie noise rock band that happened to tour with big black. and this is where we come full circle.

after leaving head of david, broadrick and green launched godflesh. the sloppy punk drumming of fall of because was now replaced by the cold, mechanic inhumanity of a militaristically clattering alesis hr 16 drum machine. the rhythm patterns included breakbeats as well as military marches suffused with death metal double bass kicks. on top of green's rumbling bass was broadrick's atonal, ambient guitar, feedback wailing off into the nothingness of pitchblack eternity. vocals were tortured throughout and partially treated with pitchshifter effects.

after streetcleaner, godflesh proceeded to produce standout tracks, such as slateman, love is a dog from hell, predominance and pure (both on the pure album), cold world, and merciless. perfect skin dub is noteworthy for its inhuman, glass-like clarity and disregard for conventional song structure. they experimented, sometimes adding more metal (selfless) or more electronics (slavestate). then the early 1990s began, and electronic music became ubiquitous. selfless marks an end and a beginning with godflesh. their live shows during the selfless tour featured not a drum machine, but a dat recorder for beat playback. also, even though songs of love and hate marked a decidedly nasty and aggressive return, signs of dissolution began to show.

the shift towards a more idiosyncratic, digital-electronic stance began to show with love and hate in dub, featuring a complete reworking of the previous album, including a majestic ambient version of gift from heaven. us and them was their last album on earache and a brittle and coarse affair, including techstep drum n bass beats. their last album, hymns, finally featured none other than former swans (and former prong) drummer ted parsons - broadrick had come full circle again, yet the journey of godflesh was now also complete. hymns featured tracks that were akin to losing the band's identity (the prong-esque tyrant) but also moments of brilliance (jesu) - indicating the next step in broadricks music career, the inception of jesu.

even though streetcleaner still marks their most cohesive and striking work, they didn't shy from trying new things. they could have just recorded streetcleaner over and over again, diluting its value. but they didn't. and with their drum machine sound and detuned, atonal guitar, godflesh annihilated everything and buried the entire competition under layers of grey ash and sludge. beyond industrial and beyond rock. influencing many (fear factory, among others). back then, metal hammer gave streetcleaner 2 points (of 5, or 6?) and mocked the fact that their drummer's name was "machine" - they didn't get it. today, their legacy is undisputed.



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z'ev + spastic dementia, alexandra von bolz'n, fragment king live berlin 13.09.2008

on september 13, 2008, experimental percussion legend z'ev was joined on stage by marcelo aguirre (spastic dementia) on drums and alexandra von bolz'n on vocals as well as mark kammerbauer (fragment king) on treated bass guitar. they played a single, throbbing, droning, half-hour piece at gallery wallywoods in berlin. the set was completely improvised, with superfast blasting grindcore drums contrasted by superslow detuned bass riffage, enlivened by percussion clang and bang and guttural growls and piercing screams. hai no banda? im gegenteil. "bänd" is here, t'banned, not canned, but with powerful release of physical acoustic force.