cylinder: 100 great harsh noise albums

DadKungFu 03.19.25	real list enshrine this person
cylinder 03.19.25	thanks man. was that you who fixed the artworks?
hal1ax 03.19.25	i like
cylinder 03.19.25	ayyyye what's up man?? long time no see
ThyCrossAwaits 03.19.25	Yeeeeeeah buddy it makes me happy that I’m friends with a lot of these people
cylinder 03.19.25	that's awesome man. i'd love to get more involved in the scene myself
brainmelter 03.19.25	holy crab I’ll bookmark for when I’m in the mood
brainmelter 03.19.25	feature dis
mkmusic1995 03.19.25	I'll bookmark but I have a feeling my ears aren't quite ready for harsh noise
normaloctagon 03.19.25	Sick
ThyCrossAwaits 03.19.25	Tooting my own horn a bit, I know personally: Slit Throats, New Grasping Machina, Kjostad, Scald Hymn, Zherbin, Worth, The Cherry Point, Viodre, Boar, Culled, half of Pedestrian Deposit, Koobaatoo Asparagus, and the current lineup of Black Leather Jesus including Richard Ramirez and his husband Sean who are friends of mine. Abhorrent A.D. is also a buddy who's literally mastering MY newest harsh noise album for me right now. I have a tape on that label.
cylinder 03.19.25	dude that is so rad. those are a lot of my faves from this list haha, especially PD, KA, Black Leather Jesus and The Cherry Point. and woah, sweet! that's probably my favorite noise label rn. which tape is that? link me also, is Tanner Garza still in Black Leather Jesus?
Colliiiin 03.19.25	Dope list. Lots I haven't heard. Nice to see DBL, Commuter and Kjostad on here. Would rec Form Hunter's full length self titled album and Maraud's Last Acts of Defiance, if ya haven't heard them. Also Nuori Veri, if you're interested in some less harsh, strange organic sounding noise related music.
ThyCrossAwaits 03.19.25	1. I'll second Form Hunter and Maraud, both utterly amazing projects 2. I just added my noise project to the Sput database, I record as Ram Ventilation. Here's the tape that AAD dropped: https://ramventilation.bandcamp.com/album/mindbleed
DadKungFu 03.19.25	Check Emil Beaulieau, a wonderful human being
cylinder 03.19.25	@Cross will check that along with your new one tonight. i'm in a noise mood now. some solid-looking recs so far, thanks a bunch guys
Colliiiin 03.19.25	@Thy Cross Damn, Mindbleed is sounding good/harsh AF. Happy u linked it. I of course make noise too aha (those who listen usually also make noise). I was on that Palestine benefit comp Abhorrent put out, not a track I'm too keen on tho. I'll link my project if yer interested https://crucifiedwhitesaviour.bandcamp.com/album/skin-the-colonizer-remove-the-mask
artificialbox 03.19.25	not huge into harsh noise but The Rita lowkey exposed me to extreme metal when I was a tween cause he worked at Skull Skates and my dad took me there to buy my first skateboard from him. He was blasting some black metal in the shop and I remember my mind being blown and thinking “wtf is this music??”
Hawks 03.19.25	Holy shit NICE.
gabba 03.19.25	Once again you revealed your superpowers cylinder!
Hawks 03.19.25	Cylinder bro you gotta jam the Mouth Wound album I reviewed a while back.
MillionDead 03.19.25	Damn, the only artist here that I've had any exposure to is Sissy Spacek. I haven't taken a deep noise dive in quite a while so thanks for the homework. Definitely gonna bookmark and try to work some of these in soon.
cylinder 03.19.25	@MillionDead def check 32. that's like a 4.75/5 for me. fucking searing.
cylinder 03.19.25	the art for 16 must be like permanently broken or something lol shame
cylinder 03.19.25	@artificalbox haha wow, that's a dope story. cool to know the guy behind one of the best noise projects ever is also into skateboarding and bm m//
cylinder 03.19.25	@Hawks that Mouth Wound album seems a bit divisive, which def makes it more intriguing haha will wishlist
cylinder 03.19.25	@Coliiiiiin think you could enable the wishlist function for your album? that's how i remember what i need to check lol
ThyCrossAwaits 03.19.25	@Coliiiiiiin Thanks so much! I’m so glad whenever people like my stuff. I’ll check yours ASAP!
CottonSalad 03.19.25	6 is 1 agreed
Hawks 03.19.25	"@Hawks that Mouth Wound album seems a bit divisive, which def makes it more intriguing haha will wishlist" I think you'll love it. Definitely seems like your thing.
efp123 03.19.25	what should I try
anode 03.19.25	Good god looking forward to going through this. Didn’t know this much of this stuff existed
Scoot 03.19.25	awesome list
VlacDrac 03.19.25	Feature this list
AsleepInTheBack 03.19.25	okay
VlacDrac 03.19.25	Nice
cylinder 03.19.25	Ayyye thanks man! And thank you everyone :] @Cotton Could def make a case for that
AsleepInTheBack 03.19.25	Do love 4 Gotta check more
ThyCrossAwaits 03.19.25	@efp123 (and everyone) Try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHksWF5R0Qk
Cygnatti 03.19.25	Can confirm some bangers on here, would have to catch up on a lot tho
cylinder 03.19.25	@efp 2, 8, and 24 would be good starters I think. They’re all quite short, and not too brutal, but still creative. All good appetizers for Cross’s link haha
ThyCrossAwaits 03.19.25	Well-deserved feature. It’s so nice to see my two musical worlds collide like this. Harsh noise is a wildly misunderstood and underappreciated genre that should be able to really take root on a site like this if we make room for it. It’s an acquired taste but also quite literally life-changing when it clicks.
someguest 03.19.25	Just work in a factory already
brickhed 03.20.25	always nice when harsh noise gets a little love outside of Merzbow (to be fair most of the noise i listen to is from him) plus making harsh noise is a pretty fun creative process. I would reccomend it, it allows a lot of creativity. I personally have a noise synth and couple pedals, one of them a looper pedal. Hooking my handheld radio to the pedal system yields fascinating results with the looper. Just my personal example.
CottonSalad 03.20.25	"@Cotton Could def make a case for that" Joe Colley is my noise hero tho. Vomir just happened to win that round.
CottonSalad 03.20.25	making harsh noise is a pretty fun creative process [2]
someone 03.20.25	important list, thank you
Arked 03.20.25	I think that listening to 100 harsh noise albums is great accomplishment.
cylinder 03.20.25	@Cross I second everything you said, especially how the genre is misunderstood/underappreciated and how it's life-changing when it clicks. honestly these days, sometimes it's the only thing that really HITS anymore. "making harsh noise is a pretty fun creative process" I'd really love to try my hand at it! Just not sure where to start tbh :/
anode 03.21.25	Seeing how long I can get listening to 6 before finding out it’s just an hour plus of a distortion loop edit: oh no it’s changing. Kinda pretty I gotta admit
MillionDead 03.21.25	Harsh noise has the potential be basically pure catharsis like nothing else. When you just surrender your mind and body to the overwhelming texture, it can take you places. But yeah, I checked out Deep Jew and that shit was crushing, it absolutely ruled.
CottonSalad 03.21.25	once 6 sinks in, it doesn't let go. kinda pretty [2] indeed
cylinder 03.21.25	Glad you dug Deep Jew, Henry, fuckin love that one
cylinder 03.21.25	still love what sach wrote back in the day for 6: "Not much I can say about Vomir that I haven’t said at some stage before. The master of miasmatic, unchanging, nihilistic harsh noise wall. Impenetrably dense, uncompromisingly harsh, turbulent yet constant static noise. A post-Cageian take on noise; minimalist, emotionless and destructive beyond measure. Combine the noise with his eccentric persona and strange live shows (in which the crowd are handed out plastic bags which they are encouraged to wear over their heads), and you get something of an anti-musical masterpiece. Sensory deprivation as sound. Embrace nothingness, it’s where we all belong."
brickhed 03.21.25	"I'd really love to try my hand at it! Just not sure where to start tbh :/" It can be really simple. If you have a pedal chain and some type of noisemaker, then its a start. Having a looper pedal really helps, but noise synths are a good avenue. I got a Shadow Dweller from Eletro Lobotomy, and it sounds as intended. There's a lot of DIY noise synth guys that make everything in house on Etsy. Again, Eletro Lobotomy is a good place to start in the area.
ThyCrossAwaits 03.21.25	Buy a cheap contact microphone, a cheap distortion pedal, and a cheap delay pedal and you’ve got yourself a noise rig for under $250
cylinder 03.22.25	Shit, thanks guys, I’ll definitely look into it.
ThyCrossAwaits 03.22.25	Romain (Vomir) is a wonderful and hilarious person and incredibly prolific artist. YEAH CYLINDER DO IT!!