Aimed at showcasing more contemporary luminaries with industrial post-techno inclinations through its own channels, England-hailing Depth.Request records presents a second installment in its tumultuous Hostile Responses & Provocations series. The digital release, in vain of previous episode, offers six cuts that vary from contemplative, ritualistic explorations to direct-drive, four-to-the-floor juggernauts, forged by different artists spread across European continent who showcase distinctly separate approach towards production and are mostly new to the label.

Sparking off in a fashion one would expect from a composition that has a latin adjective suffix for a title, Zagam's Toriam demands a bit of listeners' cerebral investment to decipher the rhythmic narration, its scattered drum patterns eclipsed by alien baying, landscapes consisting of hemidemisemiquaver-long hats, softly shrilling outbursts of digital noise that vary in intensity as well as length, and a free-roam, expect-anything approach to structure.

Introduced with intensely throbbing ocean-floor rumbling high-passed punitively to lowest ranges, Metalogue continues with More as Dust, a track that soon explodes into full spectrum and reveals itself to be a hard-pounding, cybernetic breakbeat venture that allows less and less breathing space as it moves forward via tightening arrays of kicks accompanied with occasional intrusions of twisted, wobbling synths which outgain other elements by the means of sidechaining.

Ironically enough for a tune called Crawlspace, Swarm Intelligence tears away the torch of tension and resolutely dashes with it as if there's just no fucking tomorrow; comparatively, the effect of this relentless and unsparing 4/4 stomper draws a sensation of jumping from a simmering water into a raging furnace, its vicious drums paced at 140 BPM greeting the woofers head-on while the arcs of gritty droning and armies of condensing percs join the wave until an already busy visual representation of it resembles an impenetrable wall.

Ominous, suspenseful, and resonant of sound one would expect to find on a score to a handsomely budgeted techno-thriller, majority of Second Spectre's Smuggler is set in halftime tempo, corrosive bassline and eroded toms being its main stand-outs, with choral drones, sandy hats and tumbling low-range drums adding to the portrayal of a distinctly dystopian plot with doubtful prospects of a happy ending over the sunless horizon.

Aiming to oppress from second one, Hump Shunted's say-good-bye-to-your-face attitude is achieved through Rommek's scourging, offbeat thudding sidelined only by potent and ceaseless discharge of abrasive mid-to-low scale bass, atop which two distinct layers of panning and buzzing synths fight for dominance against troubled wails of polytonal siren, stretching across mournfully, presumably in lamentation of the record's imminent end.

In what is Nigh/T\mare's culminative piece, voices from the dark, obscured and foreshadowing, pave a pathway towards Armagheddon's ruthless, apocalyptic kicks that strike indiscriminately and stochastically; devastating the scenery in manner of four horsemen, they are accompanied by trailing aftershocks, occasional howls, fragmented whispers and enshrouding layers of imperial ambiance instilling a sense of despondency first, and soon after that, doom.

- rhetor, Aivazovsky Waves

1. ZAGAM - Toriam
2. Metalogue - More As Dust
3. Swarm Intelligence - Crawlspace
4. Second Spectre - Smuggler
5. Rommek - Hump Shunted
6. Nigh/T\mare - Armagheddon

Mastered by Alain Paul
Artwork by Tolga Tres
P & C 2021 Depth.Request

Format : digital
Release Date : 28-04-21

DRV002 - Various Artists - Hostile Responses & Provocations Vol. 2 - Preview

Premiere: Antechamber remixed 'Cerberus' by Bastian Horro. Track is taken from Cerberus EP forthcoming on House of Reptile Records

"For the third instalment of The Instinct Series, we have London based DJ and Producer Bastian Horro. With releases on ARTS X, MOTZ and Vast Perception, Bastian makes his debut on vinyl with 3 mysterious gems of industrial, broken techno. On remix duties comes the master Antechamber aka Codex Empire.

The whole EP embodies our vision, not only in the form of the “sonic medicine”. By offering our creative platform to the emerging artists’ as well as being true to our motto, we are “setting fire to the rage of acceptance”. Unearthing the yet unheard and locating them at the heart of our community. "

Label: House of Reptile Records
Artist: Bastian Horro
Remix: Antechamber
Title: Cerberus - The Instinct Series 003
Track: Cerberus
Cat. Number: HofRIS03
Release Date: May 25th, 2021

Buy: https://houseofreptile.bandcamp.com/album/cerberus-the-instinct-series-003

Follow label: https://soundcloud.com/houseofreptile
Follow artists: https://soundcloud.com/bastian_horro @codexempire

Bastian Horro - Cerberus (Antechamber Remix) [Premiere | HofRIS03]

Premiere of 'End State Fallacy' by Swarm Intelligence, taken from RESIST - Compilation for Ukraine out now on Regression Records

Label: Regression Records
Artist: Swarm Intelligence
Title: RESIST - Compilation for Ukraine
Track: End State Fallacy
Release Date: March 30, 2022

Resist: a hard techno and industrial compilation in support of Ukraine. This release features artists from across the globe who have come together in support of the wrongful invasion of Ukraine. The citizens and military there are defending their homeland, and we are donating all proceeds from this record to Ukranian aid support groups. The compilation is a collection of blistering kick drums, percussion and synths in the spirit of industrial and hard techno audio resistance.
- Any purchases will receive update when more tracks are added to compilation -
Featuring:
Akitrash,Blush Response, Damaged Clock, BRÄLLE, Duellist, Fadeface, Intruder, Maedon, MDD, Noform, Rot, Soulless, Stashole, No Intellectual Property, Ontal, Magnum Opus, ATTCorp, Nick Kassebaum, Moment of Terror + more.
Price of compilation $15, but we encourage you to maximize your donation given the urgency of the war in Ukraine. Thank you so much for your support during this difficult time.
All funds will be donated to Ukraine’s Humanitarian Assistance to Ukrainians affected by Russian’s aggression.

Buy: https://regressionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/resist-compilation-for-ukraine

Follow label: @regressionrecs
Follow artist: https://soundcloud.com/swarmintelligence

Swarm Intelligence - End State Fallacy [Premiere | Regression Records]

Premiere of 'Silver Surface' by Katran, taken from Above The Concrete album forthcoming on HANDS

Label: HANDS
Artist: Katran
Title: Above The Concrete
Track: Silver Surface
Cat: HANDS D273
Release Date: April 22, 2022

Buy: https://handsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/above-the-concrete

Follow label: @hands-label
Follow artist: https://soundcloud.com/jezgromusic

Katran - Silver Surface [Premiere | HANDS D273]

Premiere: Phage Tapes presenta su nuevo lanzamiento "Beyond The Wall Of Restlessness", una colaboración en CD por Exome y 8 Hour Animal. 
El material es una mezcla de harsh noise y power electronics con una influencia del black metal.

Escuche exclusivamente “Path Of Disorder” de Exome & 8 Hour Animal en @knifearg SoundCloud.

Lanzamiento 3 de Junio de 2022. Lea más y ordene en: https://phagetapes.bandcamp.com/

Premiere: Phage Tapes presents the new release "Beyond The Wall Of Restlessness" a collab CD by Exome and 8 Hour Animal.
The material is a blend of harsh noise and power electronics with an obvious influence from black metal.

Listen exclusively “Path Of Disorder” by Exome & 8 Hour Animal  on @knifearg SoundCloud.

Releases June 3, 2022. Read more and order at: https://phagetapes.bandcamp.com/

Mastered by @turbonasty at @hexaudiolabs
Collage work by @p.vantrigt

Beyond The Wall Of Restlessness

Exome & 8 Hour Animal - Path Of Disorder [Phage Tapes]

Artist: Ixïan
Title: Demons To Some (Hellbound Version)
Album: "Unlike Us"
Label: @venaeform
Release date: November 07, 2022
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Buy link: venaeform.bandcamp.com/album/unlike-us

Los Angeles based Venaeform Records debuts their first release initiated by the label’s creator Spheric with his project Ixïan. Ixïan Unlike Us EP delivers 7 original tracks (incl.1 digital bonus track available online) and a remix by Nordstaat. The Unlike Us EP consists of unique & diverse tracks of alternative forms of techno and ebm. Each of the tracks have their own aura of timbres from the ritualistic chants and ominous atmospheres of “Mahdi” to the track “Demon to Some” with its ebm embedded elements leading into a haunting & rhythmic passage into an underworld. “Unlike Us” track conveys the sense of one observing a possession of an unknown lifeform while the Nordstaat remix of “Mahdi” creates a dark hypnotic ebm journey. For those purchasing the vinyl ep it also includes all the digital downloads and a special bonus digital track.

More information and promos: info@tforgotten.org
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DISCLAIMER: All tracks are loaded in low quality for promotional purposes only and with purchase links to respect the label and the artists.

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Ixïan - Demons To Some (Hellbound Version) [Venaeform Records]

Mara Angmas is a DJ and producer from Kyiv, Ukraine, founder of the independent label @necro.mechanica and the "NECRO" events. He is a true fan of sinister and dark cyclical rhythms mixed with wild noise and atmospheric melodies that plunge into the abyss of his own consciousness.

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After an annum of repose, London-based and industrial-clique-doted Depth.Request offers to consideration what's promised to be the first volume in a series titled Hostile Responses & Provocations. Boasting an international lineup, this post-punk, EBM-leaning VA release revolves predominantly at a pace of 135 BPM and features occasional outbursts of indiscernibly distorted lyrics throughout its six rough-hewed, distinctly industrial cuts.

Setting a brooding but aptly instigating tone, No.Ba's opener Bourbon Drive rolls out with unhastily tumbling percs, widely mounting pads and grungy bass cast behind roaring outcries of a rather aggravated vocalist.

Positing that Hate's A Loaded Gun, Istigkeit then continues by elevating velocity, hardening its relentless kicks and violating the rest of the spectrum with walls of sandy hats and whooshes occasionally intersected with looped utterances.

Cranking the cacophony handle to eleven in his wildly syncopated Shug that creates sense of participating in a DIY rave taking place at the base of an erupting volcano, War Scenes programs the drums to run at a double time next to speeding open hats and a condensed, pressurizing sub level.

As last days of s.e.x.'s-fathered and Espectra Negra-featured Phallic Mother starts off, one could be forgiven for thinking that a record with sirens of the apocalypse have been put under the needle of God's antique doomsday gramophone; breathing room is nowhere be found on this anarchic monstrosity on an aural beatdown where screeching and screaming combat to outperform the relentless drumline in gain.

The plate's penultimate suggestion Never Be Silent sees NX1 participant Samot coming well to his own through the use of quartertime-turning-halftime kicks, dirty bass sheets, eerily exhaling stabs, elongated shrills and other percussive arrangements forged seemingly of sheer noise conditioned to occupy higher ranges.

Closing on a comparatively restrained, stealthy crawler DXS, Blasted lastly showcases his knack for conjuring contemplative sound environments where UK bass can flirt with techno and percussive elements of non-overlapping positions are given equal footing in terms of establishing rhythms and carrying the sonic narrative forward without a need for restraint to permanent patterns of behavior.

- rhetor, Aivazovsky Waves

1. No.Ba - Bourbon Drive
2. Istigkeit - Hate's A Loaded Gun
3. War Scenes - Shug
4. last days of sex - Phallic Mother (feat Especta Negra) 
5. Samot - Never Be Silent
6. Blasted - DXS

Mastered by Alain Paul
Artwork by Tolga Tres
P&C 2020 Depth.Request

Format : digital
Release Date : 30-09-20

DRV001 - Various Artists - Hostile Responses & Provocations Vol. 1 - Preview

Premiere of 'Drug Induced Psychosis' by Kursk, taken from The Instinct Series 002, forthcoming on House of Reptile

For a second installment of The Instinct Series, we have invited Kursk (Berlin) and Volsent (Amsterdam). Both, alien to one another, their musical language broke through the borders and laid-out foundations of unity on this split EP. Stylistically, the two artists’ have already crafted their distinct styles. Yet it is the rawness of their respective sounds, which is the glue that binds this release together. And to complete it, Duellist, the industrial techno warlock, lends his hand with a remix.

The whole EP embodies our vision, not only in the form of the “sonic medicine”. By offering our creative platform to the emerging artists’ as well as being true to our motto, we are “setting fire to the rage of acceptance”. Unearthing the yet unheard and locating them at the heart of our community.

Label: House of Reptile
Artist: Kursk 
Title: The Instinct Series 002
Track: Drug Induced Psychosis
Cat.Number: HofRIS02
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Release Date: March 23rd, 2021

Pre-order: https://houseofreptile.bandcamp.com/album/the-instinct-series-002

Follow label: https://soundcloud.com/houseofreptile
Follow artist: https://soundcloud.com/kursk_techno

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Kursk - Drug Induced Psychosis [Premiere | HofRIS02]

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Swarm Intelligence - End State Fallacy [Premiere | Regression Records]

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