DEJECTION "FINALLY, INTO EMPTINESS" 2CDR (AOW 345)

My newest recording as Dejection, a double album of thick, depressing, stagnant and supremely bleak HNW dealing with life's myriad and seemingly infinite miseries.  Things never really seem to get any better in this existence, and it becomes tiring.  This work tries to deal with some of those feelings.  This is some of the most despairing HNW i've done-it is cavernously empty.
Packaged in a DVD case and released in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $15 ppd. in the United States, $28 rest of world.

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DEJECTION "TORMENT" CDR (AOW 344)

This Dejection recording is part of an ongoing series of releases from the project based on HBO's Game Of Thrones (three more tapes in this series will soon be released by Mitchell Rotunno's Knife With A Smile label.)  This particular album works off of Joffrey's torment of Sansa throughout season two of the series, and showcases Dejection's synthesizer compositions.  The four pieces here are all deep, John Carpenter-inspired excursions into bass tones, cinematic atmospheres, and sorrowful explorations of degradation.
Packaged in a DVD case and released in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $23 rest of world.

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DEJECTION "MISERY" CDR (AOW 333)

Material based on one of my favorite novels, Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.  As might be expected, the four pieces here are all extremely despondent, yearning, anxiety-ridden, and hopelessly depressing.  Lots of different directions here, yet they all intertwine seamlessly to create a bleak portrait of gloom and despair.  One forlorn synthesizer improvisation, two slabs of empty, haunting ANW, and a lengthy minimalist guitar piece to close things out.  This album is one of my favorite things I've ever recorded.
Packaged in a DVD case and released in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $23 rest of world.

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SHURAYUKI-HIME "YUKIBANGO" 6CDR (AOW 336)

New immersive album from Liam McGeorge's (D.S.W.A.C.V.) excellent Shurayuki-Hime project.  Usually working in a pretty blistering HNW mode, "Yukibango" sees the project veering away from the caustic violence of previous works and exploring a more meditative and gentle mode of noise.  The pieces here are dripping with detail and depth but are incredibly unique in their pursuit of a softer space.  It's incredibly minimalistic and lovely; the six hour long pieces here sound like various rainstorms captured in different locales.  A masterful exercise in thoughtful composition, truly relaxing to listen to and immerse yourself in.  Definitely one for headphones and high volumes.
Packaged in a DVD case and released in a limited edition of 10 hand-numbered copies.  $30 ppd. in the United States, $43 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "I'M SORRY I TURNED YOU ON" 2CDR (AOW 335)

New double disc set featuring two new gargantuan glacial mutations of Paris Hilton's song "Turn Me On."  Nothing even remotely close to the original remains here; what you get is two epic-length pieces (both near 70 minutes) focused on stagnant, despondent textures, with one disc veering more towards the death ambient/drone end of the spectrum and the second trafficking in more HNW/ANW modes.  Both are unnerving and severe in their own way.  One of the darker Paris reworks I've done, but still meditative and strangely relaxing to zone out to.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $15 ppd. in the United States, $28 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "GUMMO: REVISITED" CDR (AOW 334)

A single disc companion piece to my lengthier ambient rework of Gummo's soundtrack.  This disc presents the soundtrack as 5 blazing slabs of brutal, deep HNW in full-on holocausting mode.  Totally nihilistic and unforgiving.  It just seemed wrong to not do some super violent HNW for this film!
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $23 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "GUMMO: A REINTERPRETATION" 5CDR (AOW 332)

A rework of the soundtrack to Harmony Korine's study of nihilism, boredom, terminal despair, and unending adolescent angst, Gummo.  Korine's work is hit and miss for me; some of it is brilliant and some of it is self-indulgent, but it's almost always interesting.  Gummo is certainly the former, a disturbing slice of a certain sort of midwestern existence, draped in malaise and wandering towards nothingness.  The soundtrack, comprised mostly of black and death metal, is well-curated and suits Korine's focus perfectly.  My rework here transforms the soundtrack into some eerily lovely slices of death ambient and stagnant drone, perfect for pondering life's aching emptiness.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $25 ppd. in the United States, $38 rest of world.

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THE EBONY TOWER "THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV" 12CDr DELUXE EDITION (AOW 330)

A massive new release from The Ebony Tower, working off of Fyodor Dostoevsky's equally massive philosophical tragedy The Brothers Karamazov.  As always with The Ebony Tower, the HNW material here is meticulously crafted and masterfully executed, a perfectly bleak accompaniment to Dostoevsky's epic tale of personal destruction, rot, and redemption.  Twelve gargantuan slices of tonally varied HNW, ranging in mood from rage to sorrow to purgatorical despair. 
Presented in two editions:
1) The regular edition, with all twelve CDs housed in an oversize DVD case.  Released in an edition of 10 hand-numbered copies.  $45 ppd. in the United States, $58 rest of world.

2) The deluxe edition, with each CD housed in its own DVD case, each with their own artwork sourced from a 1949 edition of the novel published by the Limited Editions Club and housed in the University of Minnesota's rare book archive, utilizing Fritz Eichenberg's stunning woodcut illustrations (personally photographed by me.)  Released in an edition of 5 hand-numbered copies, only 2 of which are available through Altar Of Waste (the rest will be available through The Ebony Tower.)  $120 ppd. in the United States, $133 rest of world.

This release is a stunner, and the deluxe edition is probably one of the loveliest releases on the label to date.

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THE EBONY TOWER "THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV" 12CDr REGULAR EDITION (AOW 330)

A massive new release from The Ebony Tower, working off of Fyodor Dostoevsky's equally massive philosophical tragedy The Brothers Karamazov.  As always with The Ebony Tower, the HNW material here is meticulously crafted and masterfully executed, a perfectly bleak accompaniment to Dostoevsky's epic tale of personal destruction, rot, and redemption.  Twelve gargantuan slices of tonally varied HNW, ranging in mood from rage to sorrow to purgatorical despair. 
Presented in two editions:
1) The regular edition, with all twelve CDs housed in an oversize DVD case.  Released in an edition of 10 hand-numbered copies.  $45 ppd. in the United States, $58 rest of world.

2) The deluxe edition, with each CD housed in its own DVD case, each with their own artwork sourced from a 1949 edition of the novel published by the Limited Editions Club and housed in the University of Minnesota's rare book archive, utilizing Fritz Eichenberg's stunning woodcut illustrations (personally photographed by me.)  Released in an edition of 5 hand-numbered copies, only 2 of which are available through Altar Of Waste (the rest will be available through The Ebony Tower.)  $120 ppd. in the United States, $133 rest of world.

This release is a stunner, and the deluxe edition is probably one of the loveliest releases on the label to date.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com