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Upcoming performance in Texas2011-11-27 |
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SISTRENATUS
BLACK LEATHER JESUS
STEEL HOOK PROSTHESES
TEF
CONCRETE VIOLIN
SERUM FANTIS
9 PM Thursday December 8
Avant Garden
411 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77006
832-287-5577
$5
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This Saturday in Seattle2011-10-12 |
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Sat Oct 15 Night IV
@ The Highline - 210 Broadway E
8:30pm/21+/$7 - Two Stages
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Pig Heart Transplant - members of Iron Lung, Walls - 5 piece death industrial/power violence from CA, WA, & OR
Sistrenatus (BC) - http://sistrenatus.com/ - black ambient noise by H. M. of Funerary Call
Rusalka (BC) - http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rusalka - harsh noise/theremin violence from Vancouver
Same Sex Dictator - hardcore punk/hybrid drums & bass duo from Seattle
Taskmaster (BC) - full spectrum noise from Vancouver
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - http://gnarledforest.blogspot.com/ - the most terrifying trio in Seattle
Pathogens - wasteland death industrial from Seattle
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Upcoming live event in Seattle2011-04-25 |
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Feb. 16th and 18th2011-01-29 |
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TOTAL SLITTING OF THROATS Live
A live presentation based on the concept behind the seminal Troniks CD from 2007. 1.5 hours of unrelenting and layered harsh noise. Participants will include THE RITA, TASKMASTER, RUSALKA, CONCERN (Portland, OR), UNEXAMINE (Portland, OR), SISTRENATUS - all setting up applicable gear to play at the same time; each contributing to the massive storm of sound in their own articulated way.
Feb. 16, Fake Jazz Wednesdays, The Astoria, 10 pm, $5
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Jan 22nd in Victoria2011-01-06 |
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Upcoming show - Jan 21st2011-01-05 |
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BT.HN & SISTRENATUS – EXPOSING THE RIBCAGE review2010-10-23 |
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New review from Musique Machine:
Exposing the Rib Cage is a live recording revealing the results of a three-way British Columbian power electronics team-up involving Sam McKinlay (The Rita), Josh Rose (Sick Buildings) and Harlow MacFarlane (Sistrenatus and Funerary Call). The set is a single piece just over one hour in length that explores the extended interplay between a limited arsenal of generators and effects to create a monochromatic Arctic tundra.
This journey isn’t as relentlessly harrowing as one might expect from the prospect of enduring over an hour without respite from these stalwarts of noise. Even though what seems like broken washing machine engines - whose propulsive cycles chug, skid and pulse across the full frequency range - battle for supremacy with the distorted dead air of antique radio sets and the fiercest of gales spitting sand and stone, this dense turmoil rarely extends for over six or so minutes at a time. Such contrast is provided through judicious reductions positioned almost evenly across the piece where layers of distortion disappear as much as they dominate allowing the detritus of subtler sounds, from sci-fi glissandi and spectral emissions to buried vocal screams and the beeping of an old ECG machine, to emerge, albeit briefly, from the carnage.
At these semi-regular resting posts the heavy tape delay that pervades the whole album becomes most transparent, throwing selected events around with abandon, economically maximising the extent and effect of the pooled sounds through overdrive and feedback. But the pace of the delay seems mostly fixed throughout and working with such a minimal range can reduce the impact of its colliding, textured trails. Consequently, by the mid-way point the drama needs some concentration on the part of the listener to be sustained and the formlessness can have a surprisingly soporific effect as the brain succeeds in cancelling out what has become background noise, literally.
Thankfully the quality of the recording and mastering ensures that this bleak, decaying landscape is rendered in high definition as a crisp, textural experience. Without this quality the chaotic cacophonies would lose the granularity of sound required to distinguish the many and complex shifts and patterns within. So it is with a clear vision that we are invited to join an expedition across a harsh, alien terrain from the safety of our homes.
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Upcoming live assault...2010-10-12 |
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Upcoming live ceremonies...2010-09-29 |
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This October...2010-09-17 |
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Magnetic Resonance review2010-08-30 |
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Sistrenatus – Magnetic Resonance CDR
Sophisticate Pleasure Records
Yet another nail to your coffin hit right on the head by Sistrenatus. Magnetic Resonance is a CDREP from this behemoth Canadian industrial project taking the genre by storm and treading new ground in the realm of death industrial. This little release is no exception.
Magnetic Resonance consists of one track that spans 20 minutes and more-or-less contains 4 separate movements. The first portion is a throbbing industrial dirge that slowly builds to a heavy rhythmic séance and straddles the line between death industrial rhythms and “beats”. This portion of the track reminds me a lot of Negru Voda. The drums are processed to hell with filters, added blasts of noise and other industrial sounds in the background (the very subtle incessant beeping is inescapable and really makes me feel like a dump truck is driving over me).
The evolution of the track is palpable, especially when finally there are echoes of the initial rhythmic passages that reappear in a new guise with more musical elements sounding like a heavier and clearer Sektor 304. The track moves on to epic distorted synth drones with some vague glassy textures on the fringes and finally builds to a thick wall of noise before exploding into a very slow pulse of pure sound. The production is absolutely phenomenal, with the distortion having a perfect blend of crunch and grit.
Magnetic Resonance is an epic track packed to the brim with industrial samples, distorted textures, carefully constructed synth work and succinct sound manipulation. Sistrenatus is easily one of the best industrial acts active right now and Magnetic Resonance is testament that he is still improving with every new release.
Existence Establishment Webzine
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| 2010-08-20 |
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Funerary Call related news...2010-08-08 |
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Vinyl release of Funerary Call's 1995 demo, "Damnation's Journey" out now on Nuclear War Now!
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Live event in Seattle2010-05-29 |
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This weekend!2010-05-05 |
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Friday May 21 + Saturday May 22, 2010
Location: 510 Fort Street, Victoria, BC, Canada
Sound: Friday + Saturday evening
Sights: Saturday daytime
Kickass PA: check!
confirmed sounds:
Pulse Emitter (Portland, OR)
Traces (Portland, OR)
Sleeping With The Earth (Portland, OR)
Abusive/Consumer (Portland, OR)
Josh Hydeman (Portland, OR)
Dried Up Corpse (Seattle, WA)
merdique (Seattle, WA)
Burning Indian (Vancouver, WA + Victoria, BC)
GRKZGL (Montreal, QC)
KkrakK!! (Winnipeg, MB)
Ear Hate (Calgary, AB)
Bomber (Calgary, AB)
The Rita (Vancouver, BC)
Taskmaster (Vancouver, BC)
Rusalka (Vancouver, BC)
Sistrenatus (Vancouver, BC)
Seagull (Vancouver, BC)
flatgrey (Vancouver, BC)
Brutophilia (Victoria, BC)
Quebec lePink (Victoria, BC)
Grandpa Big Balls (Victoria, BC)
Froghat and Sofa Queen (Victoria, BC)
confirmed sights:
"What The Future Sounded Like"
http://whatthefuturesoundedlike.com/
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This weekend!2010-03-16 |
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PR Martyr Presents:
Saturday, March 20
@ Lot 8
Victoria, BC
An Infernal Equinox featuring:
Monarch (Taskmaster + Rusalka collab)
Sistrenatus
CSTL
Brutophilia
Sea Lion
Froghat
Ha Ha Terror
kick ass PA in a claustrophobic environment
Sound @ 8PM (done by about 11:30PM)
directions: moron@industrial.org
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Funerary Call returns...2010-03-09 |
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Heralded as one of the progenitors of black ambient music, Funerary Call returns from dormancy with his darkest release to date. "Dark Waters Stirred" is a ceremonial maelstrom of ominous electronics and dark ambient textures, an audial descent into ritualistic obscurity and misanthropy. Features guest appearances from the likes of Deathlord (Blasphemy, ex-Conqueror), and Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R., Seelenlicht) amongst others.
Out now on Fall Of Nature Records!
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BT.HN & SISTRENATUS – EXPOSING THE RIBCAGE CDR now available2010-02-26 |
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Existence Establishment helps usher in the Canadian invasion with this brutal masterpiece of wall-noise drone. BT.HN (The Rita & Sick Buildings) and Sistrenatus (formerly Funerary Call) present one long harrowing track of pure depravity. Droning overblown synths, unrelenting spasms of crunchy distortion, and subtle atmosphere form a hopeless barrage of industrial waste.
Metallic silver and gold ink on heavy black stock.
Pro-pressed CDR limited to 250 copies.
Each copy individually numbered.
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| 2010-01-20 |
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On hiatus to focus on new Funerary Call recordings...
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Upcoming show2009-09-18 |
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"Magnetic Resonance" now in stock!2009-08-14 |
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Tonight!!!2009-08-12 |
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- CONTROL
- SISTRENATUS
- SPARKLE GIRL
- PATHOGENS
*Sistrenatus set will feature violin accompaniment by Lashen Orendorff of Flatgrey
August 13th at The Rendezvous 2322 2nd Ave, Seattle WA
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Upcoming releases2009-08-10 |
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-Sistrenatus "Magnetic Resonance" CDR (this month)
-Sistrenatus/BT. HN. "Exposing The Ribcage" CDR (November 2009)
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Tonight!!!2009-08-01 |
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Sensitive Disturbance reviews...2009-06-30 |
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Damn, this is a viciously oppressive and powerful release! I can honestly say this sounds like the stuff of nightmares, a vicious and chilling fusion of noise, blackened ambience, and crushing grim industrial violence. In short, this is an absolutely classic Coldspring release! This album has ‘grabbed’ me, and sucked me into its shadow-strewn blackened intestines, ensnaring me in its filthy void… and you know what? I’m happy here! Seek to escape? Why? I’m completely ‘at home’ here!
This might sound ‘odd’ or ‘funny’, but if you have ever played the much-censured computer game "Manhunt" – this could be its perfect and harrowing accompaniment. It is totally disturbing, harrowing, and genuinely makes you (well, me anyway) want to look over your shoulder, in order to see what bloodied horror stalks your soul. Now let me tell you – albums this disturbing are VERY few and far between! Only Schloss Tegal’s "Black Staitic Transmission" comes to mind.
You may feel I’m exaggerating, but "Sensitive Disturbance" has truly nightmare-esque atmospheric and aural qualities to it. It is the unrelenting undercurrent of violence and menace, and the stark, cloying, dense claustrophobia evoked by its fetid and feral sound and feel that makes it feel so dizzying and dankly terrifying. This seven ‘song’ miasma of pain and misery clocks in at around 50 minutes, but feels like it lasts hours – NOT because it is boring, but because once you are lured into its unholy dead-world, you will feel that it is totally inescapable. A work of twisted sadistic genius! This is NOT for the faint-hearted! Enter at your own peril!
HIEROPHANT NOX webzine
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SENSITIVE DISTURBANCE is the third album of the Canadian combo called Sistrenatus and it sounds damn good. The seven tracks of the album tear down the barriers of industrial/noise/dark ambient music by mixing elements of each one of them with the only aim to create a tense soundtrack. For example, "Frequency Contamination" with its mix of synth waves, analog noises and metallic percussions is able to catch your attention immediately thanks also to its constant grew that brings in sudden power noise blasts here and there. "Rusted Earth" sounds like old good 80s industrial music but with improved sounds and at the end it turns into a death march thanks to distorted guitars and percussions just to fade into "Echoes From The Past" which expands this theme some more with the add of recitative vocals. "Lost Transmission" is another track where concrete noises are mixed with industrial sounds and dark ambient patterns but on "Forgotten" we reach the peak thanks to a perfect mix of melody, tension and crisp sounds. On this one, but generally on all the tracks of the album, Sistrenatus show their ability of balancing all the sounds creating a mix where everything is in the right place and for this reason their music sounds so effective.
CHAIN D.L.K.
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A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of reviewing the debut release of Canadian project Sistrenatus. The overall expression on the album titled "Division one" was tense spheres of harsh industrial-noise and orchestral black ambient. The same unsettling expression saturates this third shot from Sistrenatus, where the atmospheres of eeriness are intact, but this time accompanied by distorted guitar drones and brutal swarms of power electronics, as on the piece titled "Slow wave". On the lengthy track titled "Echoes from the past" a distorted male voice assists to create the feeling of hostility. The listener won't leave this album in tranquility, the feeling of darkness and depravity saturating the album, keeps the listener in constant awareness of what will come next. Dark and great work! (NM)
VITAL WEEKLY/EARLABS
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Coming this Summer2009-05-29 |
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New Sistrenatus CDR EP on Sophisticate Pleasure. Check back for more info...
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Upcoming show2009-03-23 |
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Now Available!2009-02-06 |
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Third full length CD release now available on Cold Spring Records. See merchandise section for ordering details...
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Upcoming show2008-10-08 |
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November 7th
@ Logan's Solvent Depot, Victoria, BC
a night of aural trephination
Blouse
A Thousand Plateaus
Rusalka
griefer
CSTL
Brutophilia
harsh noise
industrial
dark ambient
3000 Watts of extra PA
no cover
no bullshit
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Upcoming show2008-08-19 |
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7th Annual Festival of N O I S E !
Friday August 29 + Saturday August 30
harsh noise + synth creep + outsider weirdness + retardo freakout
Sounds:
XDUGEF (Los Angeles, CA)
Pulse Emitter (Portland, OR)
[View] (Springfield, OR)
The Barracks Of Afghanistan (Salem, OR)
Burning Indian (Portland, OR)
Brizbomb (Vancouver, WA)
KkrakK!! (Winnipeg, MB)
Suicide Bomber (Calgary, AB)
Penetration Camp (Seattle, WA)
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer (Seattle, WA)
Panty Bag (Seattle, WA)
Wall Riders (Vancouver, BC)
Rusalka (Vancouver, BC)
Sick Buildings (Vancouver, BC)
Flatgrey (Vancouver, BC)
Burrow Owl (Vancouver, BC)
Sistrenatus / Brutophilia collaboration (Vancouver + Victoria, BC)
BB Gun (Nanaimo, BC)
Penta Gone (Nanaimo, BC)
Grandpa Big Balls (Victoria, BC)
Froghat + SofaQueen (Victoria, BC)
Sealion (Victoria, BC)
Quebec lePink (Victoria, BC)
griefer (Victoria, BC)
Verisimilitude (Victoria, BC)
+ TBA
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