hydrahead. hh 666-50 / 17 tracks / aug 2000

CD comes in DVD packaging. First press of 5000 CD copies. First LP press: 2000 on black, 100 on clear vinyl. “Inalienable Dreamless Perfect Version” Box, 6 copies made. From the DA website: “Contains both the CD and vinyl version plus a ltd edition of 8 DVD of our live video 7.62mm and a MD [MiniDisc] version of the album remixed by Merzbow. These cost over $500 each to make. We gave 1 to Tadashi from HG Fact, one to Hydrahead, kept 1 each and then gave 1 away, via raffle, at our record release show in June 2000 at CBGB’s.”

Their finest release; in the vein of their other records, but even more exact, complicated, and the production is better, too. Bizarre hypercomplex grindcore, no other band I know comes even close to this. Great sleeve design, too. [9]

Höhepunkt des DA-Outputs; im gleichen Stil wie die bisherigen Platten, aber noch etwas exakter, komplizierter, besser produziert. Man muss zumindest mal reinhören, und wenn alles nichts hilft, kann man sich immer noch das wunderbare Cover hinstellen.

Tracks: castration rite / the inalienable dreamless / sound out the braille / oratorio in grey / vacuum sleeve / the necropolitan / pattern blue / the end of rebirth / loveless / radiant arkham / use of weapons / compiling autumn / jigsaw / the third children / a leaden stride to nowhere / drowned /?