Across the vast infinite gulf of death’s dark, ineffable fetid horrors lurk in the repugnant murk between our reality and the next, stalking the nether regions of the human imagination and spreading night terrors like wildfire. One such nightmare is “Foul and Defiled” by Coffin Lurker, an enigmatic collaboration of Maurice “Mories” De Jong (Gnaw … Continue reading “Foul and Defiled” – Coffin Lurker
Category: Gnaw Their Tongues
Towers of Rust: Top Five Albums for Halloween
Today is Halloween, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with some top-notch music, so here are my top five albums for All Hallow’s Eve. 5: “Under a Funeral Moon” - Darkthrone Darkthrone’s “Under a Funeral Moon” was a particularly special album that expertly captured the raw, monochromatic aesthetic of Norwegian black metal in … Continue reading Towers of Rust: Top Five Albums for Halloween
“Hell Follows” – Aderlating
Most people who know of Maurice “Mories” De Jong’s music will immediately associate him with his acclaimed project Gnaw Their Tongues, if not his myriad other projects and side projects (Cloak of Altering, Offerbeest, Hagetisse, and Seirom to name a few). Of the latter releases, those branded under the moniker “Aderlating” are among my favorites, … Continue reading “Hell Follows” – Aderlating
“N.V.” -Dragged Into Sunlight/Gnaw Their Tongues
"N.V." (Negative Volume) is a collaboration between Dragged Into Sunlight and Gnaw Their Tongues, and is one of the most pulverizing, psychotic records I’ve ever heard. Even from the beginning, this torturous album violates and debases the senses like nothing else, but more importantly, it paints a lurid picture of humanity distilled down to its … Continue reading “N.V.” -Dragged Into Sunlight/Gnaw Their Tongues
“Zero Devil” – Cloak of Altering
Maurice "Mories" de Jong delivers yet another horrendous offering with Cloak of Altering's "Zero Devil". Each track is thoroughly bathed in a grit of electronic noise and seething guitar, and Mories' half rasped, half howled vocals. Eerie bits of spoken word are heard here and again, as in parts of "Tired Drones Scan the Seas" … Continue reading “Zero Devil” – Cloak of Altering
“For All Slaves… A Song of False Hope”
This was the first Gnaw Their Tongues album I ever purchased, and represents a gloom-swept, gut-churning descent into the deepest pits of humanity's dark subconscious. From the abysmal eponymous introduction to its vitriolic climax, "For All Slaves..." is like the lingering odor of a suicide's voided bowels: even after all the bits and pieces are … Continue reading “For All Slaves… A Song of False Hope”
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