Flesh Vomit - Beyond The Spectral Light
Harsh noise from the Bowels of Southern California, a sole creation of Joel Perez. Joel Perez has hade this project on and going since 2014. 3 cassettes, 1 CDR, and several only-digital albums. This one is the newest thing, and it has been released via Swedish-based Ominous Recordings (see former interview).
My first thought on this was that it definitely wasn´t harsh noise, but more in the classic era of Brighter Death Now (Necrose Evangelicum). Blackened atmospheric ambient-noise with an interesting paranormal (and spiritual) theme attached to it! 2 tracks, 22 minutes.
First track Ghost Flesh welcomes you into a metallic-sounding kind of cellar room, a large murky room deep underground hidden from human preying eyes! The sound of a narrow-film machine (I think) are obviously running into oblivion, probably showing some kind of snuff that freaks everybody out! But you are not alone in this cold and damp cellar, you are watching this disturbing film-unpleasantness in the company of human corses. And you can basically feel... how the spirits of these sad individuals still linger around. Machine-like ritualistic drummings and strangely distorted radio-noise give the listener hints of the electronic-voice-phenomenon/EVP. Which means ghost-voices recorded over a short-wave radio. A fantastic piece! I don´t know if the artist had the intention of doing death-industrial, but this is EXACTLY how it should sound! Incredible menacing and disturbing soundtrack!
Second track called Black Mist, a curious ambient-hum of a piece. A strang piece containing humming lose cords and wires, recording paranormal activity in an empty studio room. I think, that this piece has been recorded in a totally blackened room. It sounds like an ambient-noise piece which can summon the dead. There is no doubt that the common feeling of being utterly alone, is at work here. Frightening cold and evocative, keeps your imagination going!.
A fantastic and unique release with LOTS of character/personality. Already added the other cassette releases on Discogs on my wishlist. I want more of this! Have a go at Flesh Vomit´s Bandcamp, lots of material there to check out!
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