I made a trade with Alksandar from Dead Body Collection last week and among other things he sent me the latest issue of his mag Pure Nothing Worship.
The mag deals with all kinds of "dark" music, doom, sludge and noise. There are lots of interviews and reviews and although the content is quite varied it doesn't depart from this "dark" line and it gives a sense of purity of intent as you read through.
There has been a bit of discussion going on in HNW circles over the last couple of years concerning what is "acceptable" or not within the genre, specifically what themes are OK.
Basically, back in, say, 2010, it was all grim. Not really though since people like Richard Ramirez or Sam McKinlay were influenced by stuff that was not obviously grim, like silly 70s movies. But most of the HNW themes were grim. However projects like Love Katy, Pooh, Cory Strand have changed that with themes that range from Katy Perry to Winnie the Pooh and Harry Potter.
As usual, some like that and some don't. Personally I don't mind at all the expansion of themes because I don't really see static noise as a genre anymore but more as a building block (a brick ?) you use in your sound construction.
This way of thinking is what brought me to Static Park, where I use static noise in various contexts. As you know if you're reading this, I've been experimenting with this project for a little while now, doing harsh noise, adding guitars, mixing static noise with beats and so on...
All that being said, I'll be a HNW guy forever and still listen to Vomir or Dead Body Collection on a daily basis. The Pure Nothing Worship mag brought me the urge to make something "pure" again, both sound-wise and visually within the scene I feel I belong to nonetheless, Harsh Noise Wall.
I called it True as a nod to how people used to talk about Trve noise or black-metal... As for the cover, well you can see the obvious Vomir inspiration.
Here's the set-up=
White noise => Fuzz Factory + 4 Eyes + Harmonist + Super Crunch Box + Super Octave + Memory Boy + Reverb + EQ
Listen / Download HERE
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