44 minutes, 1 second

Siechtum
Kreuz:X:Feuer

One of the handy things about listening to your music collection in some sort of predetermined order is that it removes the entire issue of "What am I in the mood to listen to today?" So never mind that it's the dead of summer--if autumnal music is next on the list, that's what you're listening to. And I have to admit, something north of 70% of my collection could be characterized as autumnal, if not downright wintry. So what's on the stereo and what's going on weather-wise is usually a jarring juxtaposition at least half the year.

It's been gloomy and rainy in Seattle all week, though (uncharacteristically for July), so for now the likes of Tony Wakeford sound about right. Ask me again next week when it's 79 degrees out and I'm blasting Autopsia in the house.

Also today:

44:01 Tony Wakeford & Steven Stapleton, Revenge of the Selfish Shellfish
44:00 Dive, Grinding Walls
43:57 Wappenbund, Schlacht

54 minutes, 19 seconds

Siechtum
Gesellschaft: Mord

Have you ever liked an artist's side project, but not the artist's main project? I can't think of too many examples in my own listening preferences, but, for example: Love Black Lung, hate Snog. And that's exactly how I feel about L'Âme Immortelle and Siechtum. LAI's Thomas Rainer created this aggressive industrial side project back in 2000, and it appeals to me so much more than the overwrought goth excess of LAI.

And yes, I fully realize that "overwrought," "goth," and "excess" are redundant.

Also today:

54:19 Vox, Divine Rites
54:18 Harold Budd, By the Dawn's Early Light
54:16 Pygmy Children, Low Life Dream
54:15 John Foxx, Cathedral Oceans III
54:15 In the Nursery, Sense
54:15 Manufacture, Terrorvision
54:14 Project Pitchfork, Dhyani
54:12 In the Nursery, Engel
54:11 Regenerator, Debugged
54:10 Einstürzende Neubauten, Kalte Sterne