Artist: Goghal 
Title: Acrotomophilia
Label: Smell The Stench 
Genre: Harsh noise, Power electronics
1.Akron I
2.Akron II
3.Akron III
Acrotomophilia. A sexual attraction to a person with an amputation. I am looking at the album cover, cannot help but think about several OVO albums, staring at the almost faceless figure, which is missing a leg. Ever wondered how your life would be had one event that changed your life never happened? Nico Goethals has one horrible event that is suitable for this fruitless question, having lost his left lower leg by a hit and run car accident. Before that night,Nico would play the guitar and sing in several rock bands, But things change when you get a different perspecitve on life. After that unfortunate night, it is Goghal. And believe me, This is no rock band.
Goghal is about deformation and manipulation. The human body can be deformed as easily as sound can, all you need is a powerful external force, which is what Acrotomophilia is about. Going through over thirty minutes of heavily manipulated, scorching and hostile assault on the ears and on the mind, One can imagine sound as a sheet of metal that is twisting and bending endlessly without rest under the tremendous pressure provided by Goghal.
The album starts with several distorted loops to get you warmed up. There is no introduction, only a quick drop to the center of the storm. The loops gradually shift and change while the pressure just grows. Everything gets tighter and tighter until the track ends with a sudden two seconds silence. Just barely enough to shake your head a little from the first blow and get ready for the next. The second track starts a little less threatening, with mechanical sounds that create together a droning carpet, above which many high pitched tones float. This slowly grows into formation, with few breaks and fixations on one constant soundwave.
Third and last track is different. Like a chainsaw hitting metal for a brief second . Silence comes next and then another hit, a little longer this time, and another and another. The silent parts become shorter and shorter until it's completely gone and in it's place there is a piercing and tormenting farewell.
Do you like Kadaver? The Cherry Point? Then go get this album and withness your leg being sown off in 36 minutes. If you don't get the idea behind such music then forget about it and move to the next review. Goghal is intense and painful and his reason is what gives this album an extra force to work on his sounds.
Contributed by: ~Oren ben Yosef
At Heathen Harvest
1.Akron I
2.Akron II
3.Akron III
Acrotomophilia. A sexual attraction to a person with an amputation. I am looking at the album cover, cannot help but think about several OVO albums, staring at the almost faceless figure, which is missing a leg. Ever wondered how your life would be had one event that changed your life never happened? Nico Goethals has one horrible event that is suitable for this fruitless question, having lost his left lower leg by a hit and run car accident. Before that night,Nico would play the guitar and sing in several rock bands, But things change when you get a different perspecitve on life. After that unfortunate night, it is Goghal. And believe me, This is no rock band.
Goghal is about deformation and manipulation. The human body can be deformed as easily as sound can, all you need is a powerful external force, which is what Acrotomophilia is about. Going through over thirty minutes of heavily manipulated, scorching and hostile assault on the ears and on the mind, One can imagine sound as a sheet of metal that is twisting and bending endlessly without rest under the tremendous pressure provided by Goghal.
The album starts with several distorted loops to get you warmed up. There is no introduction, only a quick drop to the center of the storm. The loops gradually shift and change while the pressure just grows. Everything gets tighter and tighter until the track ends with a sudden two seconds silence. Just barely enough to shake your head a little from the first blow and get ready for the next. The second track starts a little less threatening, with mechanical sounds that create together a droning carpet, above which many high pitched tones float. This slowly grows into formation, with few breaks and fixations on one constant soundwave.
Third and last track is different. Like a chainsaw hitting metal for a brief second . Silence comes next and then another hit, a little longer this time, and another and another. The silent parts become shorter and shorter until it's completely gone and in it's place there is a piercing and tormenting farewell.
Do you like Kadaver? The Cherry Point? Then go get this album and withness your leg being sown off in 36 minutes. If you don't get the idea behind such music then forget about it and move to the next review. Goghal is intense and painful and his reason is what gives this album an extra force to work on his sounds.
Contributed by: ~Oren ben Yosef
At Heathen Harvest
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awesome blog, do you have twitter or facebook? i will bookmark this page thanks. jasmin holzbauer
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