Funeral Rain Press Corps

Genre: Industrial
Label: Alfa-Matrix

Sebastian Komor has been doing this shit for years, and the debut from his eponymous project proves it. This is some of the freshest industrial I’ve heard in awhile, and it’s perfect for either the club or the car.
It reminds me of Skinny Puppy, especially the fourth track “Atrapado”, while also bringing to mind iVardensphere (who are inspired by Komor’s other projects), The Prodigy, and the fathers of industrial rock KMFDM.
Oh wait, did you just say that Sascha from KMFDM is on this record? Well fuck. It goes to prove just how similar to black metal industrial really is: everyone is on everyone’s record and everyone is in everyone’s band.
At the end of the disc, with album closer “Blues ‘N’ Tubes” showcasing some really odd and fun shit, I find myself waiting for it to spin again. It’s definitely something that can be played twice or three times in a row without getting tiring.
If you’re a fan of industrial in general, or Komor’s other projects Icon of Coil, Zombiegirl, Moonitor, and others, you need to get this album when it drops in February 2011.
8.5 out of 10.

Komor Kommando on MySpace.

Genres: Industrial, Noise
Label: Independent

It’s been awhile since I’ve listened to some straight noise, and I realize now, as I listen to Necronoise Twin, how much I’ve missed it. The odd soundscapes, the fucked up rhythms that happen when two noises collide, the pure abstract thinking that can happen while listening to it.
One thing I’m most enjoying about 102  is that it’s one of the most original sounding noise releases I’ve heard in awhile. It’s not like most noise releases I’ve heard where it’s just abstract sounds being thrown together, but rather it’s got a beat, it’s got a planned structure, which is why I’m including industrial up in the genres tag. It’s too structured to be abstract, but it’s too abstract to be straight industrial.
Fans of hard industrial like iVardensphere, Panzer AG, and Noisuf X, you might like this. Fans of noise like Bastard Noise, Ezcaton, and even KZ9, you might like this even more. I fucking love it.
7.5 out of 10.

Necronoise Twin on MySpace.