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Dark soundworlds, philosophical pessimism, The Southern Hells, destroy the brain, isolated jams, sympathetic tunings, a fine future, metal rises again, obscure Gezoleen, lots of Clawing…
Sokebda
Sokebda is an instrumental journey through massive analog-based electronic soundworlds, with all sorts of radical guitar & oddball percussion peppered through. Grab some good headphones & dive in to the darkness!
All music written, recorded, mixed & mastered at The Subversive Workshop by Jeff McLeod. Originally released by Serotonin Jackalope, which has folded.
Jeff McLeod/Bret Hart - Philosophical Pessimism
Take a three-dimensional, dynamic, hi-fidelity leap into the cavernous outer reaches on this follow-up to 2002's wildly weird Dynamic Negativism.
Jeff McLeod - guitar, synthesizers, percussion, voice
Bret Hart: woodwinds, electronics, percussion, loops, parlor guitar
Recorded at our home studios during 2020.
Mixed & mastered at The Subversive Workshop by Jeff.
Witchchord - The Southern Hells
The Southern Hells, the latest recording by my instrumental prog band Witchchord, is up on Bandcamp today! 9 expansive new tracks, with even more focus on guitar and riffage than before. Once again Shea Goodwin delivers on the perfect hand-drawn imagery to complement the sounds! Stream, download and get your ears around this twisting, ever-morphing batch of songs.
Clawing - Wolf Head
A new track from Clawing, exclusive to the Rusted Tone Recordings Sampler Vol. 3. This track of psyche/noise/drone/spoken word gives a little taste of our upcoming release on Rusted Tone.
Stull - The Brain Destroys The Animal
A new composite piece by long-running improv trio Stull.
Original musical concept recorded by Tracy. Stephen and Jeff responded to Tracy's piece separately, with no awareness of each other's track beyond that. Jeff put the various parts together, massaged them into being all that they truly could be, and here are the country-fried-misanthropic results.
Vylter & Jeff McLeod - Sympathetic Tunings
Second collaboration with amazing multi-instrumentalist Vylter. Brooding, beautiful ambience & electronics, coupled with sprawling guitar. Released by Dark Fantasy Inc.
Clawing - A Fine Future
An exclusive Clawing track for Trepanation Recording’s Enough compilation. All proceeds from the comp go to Black Lives Matter.
Vyathist - Two Sects
After 12 years since the Vyathist full-length, the band resurfaces with two dark & heavy new tracks. Mind metal for the sickest brains.
Jeff McLeod - Vocals
Shane Gillis - Guitar, bass & drum programming
Lyrics on The Sect Of The Idiot inspired by the Thomas Ligotti short story
Gezoleen - Deep In The Dim/Unmakery
Two obscure Gezoleen tracks collected here for your displeasure. "Deep In The Dim" was exclusive to the 2004 Hydra Head Records/Double H Noise Industries double CD Where Is My Robotic Boot? "Unmakery" was exclusive to Tapes Of A Neon God's Blsphm/Gezoleen/Hadals/Knoll split cassette from 2012.
Clawing - Living Together
Living Together is one half of a 2-CD set (with its companion CD BLACK) released by the U.K. label Trepanation Recordings. Bleak drone & skeletal guitar figures meet power noise, spoken word & a deep study of a dissolving relationship. Incredible photography by Gretchen Heinel.
Clawing - Black
Black is one half of a 2-CD set (with its companion CD Living Together) released by the U.K. label Trepanation Recordings. Dark ambience, drone & noise converge on an exploration of self-isolation & Goya's last days. Cover photography by Stephen Wilson at Unknown Relic.