April, 2013

This is episode number seven of the bootleg basement, and this month I have a classic performance from the legendary Killing Joke lined up for you.

This recording was made at the Hammersmith Palais in London on the 28th September 1986 as part of the band's supporting tour for the album 'Night Time'.

This is a very “old school” style of recording which suffers from a somewhat muffled sound and a very pronounced tape hiss that gives away the fact that it was transferred from tape to CD without any real mastering  Nonetheless this is a strong performance from the band in the period where they were making in-roads into mainstream acceptance.

Track List:

01. Twilight Of The Mortals
02. Chessboards
03. Kings And Queens
04. Darkness Before Dawn
05. Night Time
06. Love Like Blood
07. Love Of The Masses
08. Sanity
09. Sun Goes Down
10. The Wait
11. Requiem
12. Eighties
13. Wardance

To listen to the show you can either visit my page on Mixcloud, or click the embedded player below.

Mr Palfrey's Bootleg Basement: Show #7, April 2013 by Sean M. Palfrey on Mixcloud

I know there are still a few days ago but this is the only time I'm going to have to fit this in due to the launch of a new project (see the notes at the end for more. Anyway, 2012 has been a pretty good year for alternative  music, which is why this year I'm resorting to a list of 25 the best Gothic / Industrial (and related genres) releases this year has to offer. Not only that, but there have also been some great releases that don't quite qualify as albums such as live and remix albums as well as singles and EPs that shouldn't be allowed to slip under the radar just because they weren't full releases.
I've opted to present these in alphabetical order for the simple reason that when I attempted to assign ranks there were too many that were getting joint rankings. So I thought I'd just present my shortlist and let you all be the judges. So here are my picks (50 in all) of the best of 2012.

Note: Artwork, purchase links and videos are included where possible.


Full Albums [In Alphabetical Order]

Aeon Sable – 'Saturn Return'

Alterred – 'Dollstown'

Caustic – 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop'

Cease2xist – 'You Are Expendable'

Cold In Berlin – 'And Yet'

Darkc3ll – 'Reboot:Repeat'

Desdemona – 'Endorphins'

Diskonnekted – 'Hotel Existence'

Ghost In The Static – 'Fallout'

Grooving In Green – 'Stranglehold'

In Death It Ends – 'Forgotten Knowledge'

Killing Joke – 'MMXII'

Les Modules Etranges – 'Socially Awkward'

Marilyn Manson – 'Born Villain'

Merciful Nuns – 'Goetia IV'

O. Children - 'Apnea'

Object – 'Mechanisms Of Faith'

Pakt. – 'Berlin'

Red Sun Revival – 'Running From The Dawn'

Stray – 'Letting Go'

Tiamat – 'The Scarred People'

The Soft Moon - 'Zeros'

Third Realm – 'Beyond Good and Evil'

Twitch The Ripper – 'Colorblind'

Uberbyte – 'Five Year Plan'

Miscellaneous (Live, Remixes, EPs & Singles etc.) [In Alphabetical Order]

Alterred - 'The Electro Creepshow'

ASP - 'GeistErfahrer'

Beastmilk - 'Use Your Deluge'

Berlin Black And The Shades Of Grey – 'It's Only Natural'

Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs

Cynical Existence - ' Ruined Portrait'

Dalis Car – 'InGladAloneNe§'

Dawn of Ashes - 'Hollywood Made In Gehenna'

Dead Hand Projekt – 'The Lost EP'

Fields Of The Nephilim – 'Ceremonies'

Gary Numan - 'Dead Moon Falling'

GHXST – 'Black Camaro'

Goteki - 'Piranha'

How To Destroy Angels – 'An Omen'

In Death It Ends – 'Restorative Art'

Kommand + Kontrol 'It Hz'

Laibach – 'Monumental Retro-Avant-Garde'

Mari Chrome - 'Toxic'

Modulate - 'Robots'

Partly Faithful – 'Partly Faithful'

Psy'Aviah – 'OK/Virtual Gods'

Rammstein – 'Mein Herz Brennt'

Rome - 'Fester'

The Eden House – 'Timeflows'

Zeitgeist Zero – 'The Blackout' 

Well that's it. The end of 2012 and here are just some of my highlights from the year. If you like any of these releases please use the purchase links to support the artists.

Please also keep in mind that on the 1st of December 2013 I will be launching my own webzine Intravenous Magazine. Before then you can follow IVM on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook to keep up with the latest developments.