The Neverending Story of the King of Noise

by Hijokaidan

The Neverending Story of the King of Noise cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Alchemy
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 3:01:52
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Alchemy Records

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As the undisputed pioneers of the Japanese noise scene, this legendary collective unleashed an unyielding torrent of auditory destruction. 'The Neverending Story of the King of Noise' presents an extreme, high-volume collage of shrieking feedback, chaotic vocalizations, and relentless guitar improvisations. The album perfectly captures the visceral, live-performance danger that made the group internationally infamous.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, noisy, fuzzy, piercing

Tracklist

  1. Angel Dust (8:45)
  2. Circles (5:06)
  3. Live At Eggplant 841118 (5:42)
  4. Tod Dem Marxismus (10:09)
  5. Self-Mutilation (9:09)
  6. HK With John Duncan (10:16)
  7. Salem's Lot (18:46)
  8. Before The Heat (13:00)
  9. No Harm (15:20)
  10. We've Gone Upstream (29:41)
  11. Noisedelicatessen (20:13)
  12. Basic Policy (4:54)
  13. Kept Waited So Long - Live At Antiknock 920613 (30:51)

Credits

  • Hijokaidan - primary artist
  • Masahiko Ohno - artwork [art worked by]
  • John Duncan - featuring

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