O.L.D. - Lo Flux Tube (1991)

Related:
O.L.D. - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak (1993) + Formula (1995)

Lotus Eaters - Alienist on a Pale Horse (2001)

Khanate - Things Viral (2003)

Khlyst - Chaos Is My Name (2006)

Just rewatched Brainscan and a few takeaways: 1) What a confused movie. It's like it wants to be both this dark psychological thriller examining dissociation from self via violent entertainment and a made-for-TV teen movie, then on top of that there's this utterly ridiculous, borderline Robin Williams-type character eating raw chicken and jamming out to Primus? 2) Really fun and dumb, and worth a watch if you like 90s horror, but talk about an anticlimax. 3) Great soundtrack.

Which brings me to O.L.D., whose unhinged take on industrial metal does some heavy lifting during the film's first and grizzliest murder scene. The scene actually features excerpts from the first two tracks on the above-linked The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak, but I've already posted that, obviously. And Lo Flux Tube is ultimately probably my favorite anyway.

Track listing:

1. Outlive

2. Disconnect Self

3. Citient Null

4. Lo Flux Tube

5. Vein Water

6. Marzuraan

7. Disassemble

8. Z.U.

9. Outlive Again (Ganglehea Mix)

Let the mind ascend

Soar through the sky

Let the mind ascend

Leave the pain behind

Let the mind ascend

Watch the body die

You should also listen to:

Painkiller - Execution Ground (1994)

Gasp - Drome Triler of Puzzle Zoo People (1998)

James Plotkin & Mark Spybey - A Peripheral Blur (1998)

Related:
O.L.D. - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak (1993) + Formula (1995)
Download - Furnace (1995)
Lotus Eaters - Alienist on a Pale Horse (2001)
Khanate - Things Viral (2003)
Khlyst - Chaos Is My Name (2006)
Reformed Faction - Vota (2006)

Experimental, texturally evocative ambient/drone from two massively talented artists. Sorry for all the lapses in posting, this time it was because I went to NYC for a wedding.

Track listing:
1. Jute Wheel
2. Aluminium as a Medium
3. A Peripheral Blur
4. Vord Lae
5. Northern Sleight

Shrinking

Similar listening:

Atom Infant Incubator -
Copula (1994)

Mirror -
I Paint for the Love of Color (2001)

Khanate - Things Viral (2003)

Related:
O.L.D. - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak (1993) + Formula (1995)
Sarin - Nihilist (1996)
Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer (Seven Psalms for Our Lord of Light) (1998)
Lotus Eaters - Alienist on a Pale Horse (2001)
Khlyst - Chaos Is My Name (2006)
KTL - 2 (2007)
Sunn O))) - ØØ Void (2000) + Dømkirke (2008)
Sunn O))) - Rehearsal Demo Nov 11 2011 (2012)

Deconstructed, minimal drone-doom mastery. The first time I ever heard Things Viral was at a bar in Florida, and I remember thinking that it was the most fucked-up music I'd ever heard playing in a bar. Drawn-out, dissonant, half-distorted chords, humming feedback, razor-sharp drums, and legendarily unhinged vocals from Alan Dubin.

As well-known as they are, I've always felt that Khanate doesn't get enough credit. To me, the entirety of their output is some of the most advanced, unsettling heavy music in existence, yet tons of people act as though the only really good thing they ever did is the self-titled. BULL. SHIT. Things Viral, and their other two records for that matter, are as anxiety-inducing and terrifying as any horror movie, and that's a pretty remarkable achievement.

Track listing:
1. Commuted
2. Fields
3. Dead
4. Too Close Enough to Touch

I'm gonna put you under
Under an open field

You should also listen to:

Otesanek -
Otesanek (2004)

Bloody Panda -
Summon (2009)

Lotus Eaters - Alienist on a Pale Horse (2001)

Experimental/drone/dark ambient/that kinda thing from a trio consisting of Aaron Turner, Stephen O'Malley, and James Plotkin. Music for staying up late and drifting from reality to reality.

Four untitled tracks

Dark and quiet
We go into quiet time

You'll also like:

Axolotl -
Oranur (2005)

Evan Caminiti -
Psychic Mud Shrine (2009)

O.L.D. - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak (1993) + Formula (1995)

By request, here are the final two O.L.D. albums, in which they completely abandon their grindcore roots in favor of supremely dark and bizarre industrial psychedelia. The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak is atmospheric, dense, and cacophonous, and somewhat resembles a psychedelic merging of Godflesh and Coil. Meanwhile, Formula contains comparatively very little in the way of actual "metal", consisting of a more fully electronic sound that's simultaneously disturbing and surprisingly beautiful -- check out the chiming "Under Glass".

Track listing:
-The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak-
1. A Beginning
2. Two of Me (Parts One and Two)
3. Freak Now
4. Peri Cynthion
5. Happy Tantrum / Mutene Ang (Multitrack Improvisation)
6. Creyap'nilla
7. Glitch
8. Ebb
9. Backwards Through the Greedo Compressor
-Formula-
1. Last Look
2. Break (You)
3. Devolve
4. Under Glass
5. Thug
6. Rid
7. Amoeba

All must cease...
...What a shame

If you like O.L.D., try:

Skin Chamber

Scorn

Khlyst - Chaos Is My Name (2006)

Khlyst was a one-off project formed by James Plotkin of Khanate (duh) and Runhild Gammelsæter, vocalist for the great, short-lived Thorr's Hammer. Musically, it's difficult to pin down with a simple description -- as I am wont to do -- but can be largely summed up by its first two tracks: the deranged burst of cacophonous guitars and vicious, banshee-like shrieks that opens the album, and the eight minutes of cavernous, ghostly dark ambient that follows.

The song names are all Roman numerals, I-VIII, so no need to list 'em out.

A voice means you get cut
Don't you talk
Don't you move