Church Burner ‎– 金閣

Church Burner is another project Lee Stokoe is involved in, here with Victor Janos, but I'm not sure if he's present on this recording. The concept of this release is a Buddhist temple in Japan called The Temple Of the Golden Pavillion (is there a connection with Yukio Mishima's novel?) and the music is blackened drone, not unlike Sunn O)))'s Black One, complete with black metal rasps and noise hiss, but there's also a narrative quality in the riff progressions. 2018 cdr on White Noise Words.

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Various ‎– South Of Hebburn - North East Noise Compilation Volume One cdr

Ain't too difficult to catch the Slayer reference here: On and on south of Hebbuuuurn... This compilation taking its name from the small town on Tyne River and continued by a second vol released by Shadow Of Venom, that is south of Hebburn, under the shadow of Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon features five noise/drone tracks: one repetitive machine noise piece by Church Burner's Victor Janos, a deep calming ambient piece by Joseph Curwen (whom I know nothing about, but I just checked his discogs to see he makes works inspired by Lovecraft so I'm def intrigued), one digital harsh noise track by Transylvanian Sex Pest, a toxic horror music piece by The Dead End Street Band (a project of first track's Victor Janos), but of course the big money is one the Culver tracks "Saps 76," which shares the title with Culver/Lee's 2015 namesake tape (cavernous black drone at its truly best-you must buy that), but is nonetheless completely different; here over a static engine drone that keeps getting louder and louder there's an absolutely nightmarish looped melody that gives me the goosebumps even on this hot and sunny summer afternoon. So, you should listen to this both for Joseph Curwen piece and absolutely for the amazing Culver contribution. 2013 cdr on Psychic Field Recordings.

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Church Burner - Satan's Ritual - Under A Full Moon cdr

Yet another project boasting Lee Stokoe is Church Burner, also including another noise musician Victor Janos who records solo and as The Dead End Street Band. Not too much unlike Culver, this is black-hole drone that sounds like an outtake from Sunn O)))'s Black One, so you understand you're in for suffocating harsh terror drone here. 2015 cdr on Shadow Of Venom.

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