Industrial Music Monday - Technophobia

It's that day, and you know what that means... Industrial!! This week we have a project out of Washington, D.C.. The music is in the vein of Industrial, darkwave, and EBM. The band consists of two members: Katie Petix, and Stephen Petix. They are called: Technophobia! Check them out!!





You can find them at these sites:

technophobia bandcamp

Technophobia Facebook

technophobiamusic.com

technophobia Instagram

workingorderrecords.org

These peeps are doing good things, if you have the bucks, I would highly suggest in supporting their endeavors!

Industrial Music Monday - NORILLAG

It's that day... and you know what that means... Industrial!! This week we have a project out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The music is in the vein of experimental/industrial. The band consists of sole member: Natalia. This project is called: NORILLAG! Check it out!!





Can't find too much info on this particular project, but here is their Bandcamp:

norillag.bandcamp.com

Fear Factory - Obsolete

Well, if you've been following this blog, you will have read about my "Industrial Music finds" which is my little adventure on picking up physical copies of albums that I love and would either like to have them in my physical collection, or am picking up older pieces that I used to have in my collection, that I'm picking up again to once again have it in my collection, as... out of all honesty, I really like having physical stuff (predominantly CD's and such). You will also have noticed that one of the recent finds was a physical copy of Fear Factory's "Obsolete" (you can find that particular blog here!). Well, I'm listening to it a lot these days and it's such a good album! I didn't really get into Fear Factory until about 7 or 8 years ago, before that time period, I found it difficult to get into them, but after purchasing their "Mechanize" album... they started to grow on me (seeing them live many years ago also helped with that too). I always thought they were too technical, too machine-like... not sure if that was intentional on their part, but after all these years I'm starting to really enjoy their stuff! And, as far as I'm concerned of all the stuff I've heard of their's, I do think "Obsolete" is probably their best album (for me)! The reason why is cause first of all, I love the song "Descent"... just the way it fuckin sounds! It's so sad and bleak sounding, and even lyrically... so sad! I will say this album kinda reminds me of Skinny Puppy's "Back and Forth: 3 & 4"... just the way it sounds... and the continuity within the album, each song is perfectly placed, and naturally flows into the other... granted Fear Factory's music has always been highly conceptual... but I feel like, out of all their albums (that I've heard), this one seems to flow and it doesn't seem disjointed in any parts... Also, I really like the production (and hey Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly did some of the programming on it)! If you wanted to dig deeper on this album, and have a physical CD, there's a story that's included in the liner notes with the lyrics, that basically tells the story that the lyrics are centered around! Sooo good!! I just wanted to share my thoughts and how I feel... I will recommend though, if you are into industrial metal type stuff!! What is your favorite Fear Factory album?

Birthday Week: July 1st - 7th/2019

Well, this last week has been a week long birthday celebration! It started on the 1st, which happens to be my solo endeavors 20th Anniversary (yep, 1999 – 2019)! Then on the 3rd, which is my actual birthday, I spent it having drinks with friends and then went to a showing of “What We Do in the Shadows” at the local independent movie theater here in Calgary, and then capping the evening off with even more drinks. Then Friday the 5th, I spent once again drinks with friends! Saturday, I spent preparing this next album I’m working on getting live parts down for the live show (figuring out what exactly I’m going to play, and perform live)… then in the evening spent it with other friends and a couple of glasses of gin and sparkling water. Sunday, I went for a nice walk…and spent the rest of the day educating myself on music production! This year’s birthday celebrations were pretty low-key, but I’m ok with that. Sure, last year 40 was a big number, but 41… not really, don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind celebrating, but this year, it just didn’t seem as important... I just wanted to be with good friends and have a low-key celebration this year… although, next year might be different, and it might involve going to the bar in a house-coat and a towel or something like that (Apparently, 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, 😉 lol!). I think the one thing I realize as I get older is, my musical and artistic endeavor’s becoming more important. As the year passes, I realize there is so much more work to do, and less time to do them in… which means I have to step up on achieving these goals and pushing my endeavors forward! I will say though, this year went by quite quickly, it feels like the forest fire skies of last summer were just here, and Terminus Festival just happened, and here we are... fortunately the forest fire situation doesn't seem as bad this year, and Terminus Festival is almost upon us again... I've got lots of plans, some of them already in the works! Love you guys!! 

Industrial Music Monday - WURM

What day is it..? Monday... What does that mean... Industrial!! This week we have a project out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The music is in the vein of experimental/industrial/ambient. The project's sole member is: Art Black. This endeavor is called: WURM! Check it out!!!






wurm bandcamp

wurm Facebook