Gnaw Their Tongues

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Gnaw Their Tongues
Gnaw Their Tongues @ Roadburn Festival 2017 02.jpg
Gnaw Their Tongues at Roadburn Festival 2017
Background information
Origin Drachten, Netherlands
Genres
Years active2004–present
Labels
  • Burning World
  • Crucial Blast
Members Maurice de Jong
Website www.devotionalhymns.com/gnawtheirtongues/

Gnaw Their Tongues is an experimental musical project started by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and composer Maurice de Jong, otherwise known as Mories. It was founded in 2004 and produced a debut album in 2006 titled Spit at Me and Wreak Havoc on My Flesh . [2] The output of Gnaw Their Tongues is extensive, with over seventy releases being attributed to its name. The name of the project is taken from passage 16:10-11 from the Book of Revelation: "The fifth angel, who poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds." [3]

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History

Maurice "Mories" de Jong established Gnaw Their Tongues, originally conceived as Dimlit Hate Cellar, as a new outlet for his music in 2004. [4] Previously, de Jong had been active musically since 1988 and composing music under several aliases since the early nineties. [5] [6] Gnaw Their Tongues' full-length debut, titled Spit at Me and Wreak Havoc on My Flesh, was independently released in January 2006. The album comprised seven lengthy drone pieces which drew inspiration from black metal and utilized sampling. Immediately de Jong began issuing multiple albums within months of each other, establishing himself as a prolific composer and musician. In 2007 An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood was issued by Burning World Records and was critically well received. [7] [8]

L'arrivée de la terne mort triomphante was released in 2010 and saw de Jong adopting more dark ambient and orchestral influences into his music. [9] De Jong described the music as representing "an abstract visual idea of death: white, silent and solemn." [10] Being composed around a concept, the music was the more planned out than any album previous. [11] [12] 2010's Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus returned to a more aggressive sound while concurrently moving away from distortion and retaining the dense orchestration of the previous album. De Jong admitted to being the most pleased with the album than any previous work, noting that the higher production values contributed to the album's success. [13] In January 2015 Collected Atrocities 2005–2008 was released, comprising digitally unavailable albums and previously unreleased compilation tracks. [14]

The project announced its ninth full-length album Hymns for the Broken, Swollen and Silent on vinyl, cassette and CD which was released on 9 December 2016 by Consouling Sounds, Tartarus Records and Crucial Blast respectively. [15]

Discography

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurice de Jong</span> Dutch composer and musician

Maurice de Jong, known by his moniker Mories, is a Dutch composer and musician. He is best recognized for his multiple music projects, namely Gnaw Their Tongues, Seirom, Aderlating, Cloak of Altering and De Magia Veterum. His compositions are informed by ambient music, black metal, drone music, electronic music and the avant-garde. His interests lie in invoking a disquieting and nightmarish atmosphere with his music, which often utilizes distortion and dissonance. Lauded as a most prolific composer, de Jong has recorded an upwards of three albums per year since 2007.

<i>Abyss of Longing Throats</i> 2015 studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues

Abyss of Longing Throats is the eighth studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on August 7, 2015 by Crucial Blast.

<i>NV</i> (album) 2015 studio album by Dragged into Sunlight / Gnaw Their Tongues

NV is a collaborative studio album by Dragged into Sunlight and Gnaw Their Tongues, released on 13 November 2015 by Prosthetic Records. The music on NV is predominantly influenced by the album Streetcleaner by the British industrial metal band Godflesh, with Justin Broadrick, Godflesh's frontman, acting as producer for the album.

<i>Collected Atrocities 2005–2008</i> 2015 compilation album by Gnaw Their Tongues

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<i>Manifestation</i> (Cloak of Altering album) 2015 studio album by Cloak of Altering

Manifestation is the fourth full-length studio album by Cloak of Altering, released on December 4, 2015 by Crucial Blast.

<i>Spit at Me and Wreak Havoc on My Flesh</i> 2006 studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues

Spit at Me and Wreak Havoc on My Flesh is the debut full-length studio album of Gnaw Their Tongues, independently released in January 2006.

<i>...Prefering Human Skin Over Animal Fur...</i> 2007 EP by Gnaw Their Tongues

...Prefering [sic] Human Skin Over Animal Fur... is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues, released in July 2007 by Epicene Sound Replica. The album would appear in its entirety on the compilation Collected Atrocities 2005–2008, released in 2015.

<i>Deathdrone 3</i> 2007 compilation album by Gnaw Their Tongues

Deathdrone 3 is a compilation album by Gnaw Their Tongues, independently released in 2007. The album comprises remixed recordings made during 2005 and 2006 that weren't compatible with the music of Spit at Me and Wreak Havoc on My Flesh and Horse Drawn Hearse. The compositions "Nihilism; Tied Up and Burning", "Anhedonia" and "Destroying Is Creating" later appeared on Gnaw Their Tongues' second full-length album Reeking Pained and Shuddering.

<i>Die Mutter wählt das Todtenkleidchen</i> 2007 EP by Gnaw Their Tongues

Die Mutter wählt das Todtenkleidchen is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on August 7, 2007 by Corps-Morts Records. The 2009 re-release coupled the album with the EP Dawn Breaks Open Like a Wound That Bleeds Afresh and three additional previously unreleased tracks.

<i>Issei Sagawa</i> (EP) 2007 EP by Gnaw Their Tongues

Issei Sagawa is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues, independently released on August 24, 2007. The album takes its name from Issei Sagawa, a Japanese man who murdered and cannibalized a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt in 1981. The music draws more from industrial music than previous work by Gnaw Their Tongues.

<i>...Spasming and Howling, Bowels Loosening and Bladders Emptying, Vomiting Helplessly...</i> Album by Gnaw Their Tongues

...Spasming and Howling, Bowels Loosening and Bladders Emptying, Vomiting Helplessly... is a compilation album by Gnaw Their Tongues, independently released in August 2007. Intended as an entry point into the project's music until that point, the album comprises three previously released and three previously unreleased compositions.

<i>Reeking Pained and Shuddering</i> 2007 studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues

Reeking Pained and Shuddering is the second full-length studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on September 8, 2007, by Paradigms Recordings.

<i>An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood</i> 2007 studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues

An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood is the third full-length studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on December 15, 2007 by Burning World and Señor Hernandez Records. It was re-issued in 2008 by Crucial Blast and became Gnaw Their Tongues' first album to be released on compact disc in the United States. This allowed for wider distribution and marked the first time the project garnered critical interest, with comparisons being favorably drawn to the music of Napalm Death and Carcass.

<i>All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity</i> 2009 studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues

All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity is the fourth full-length studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on May 10, 2009 by Burning World and Crucial Blast.

<i>Dimlit Hate Cellar</i> 2010 EP by Gnaw Their Tongues

Dimlit Hate Cellar is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues, independently released on January 4, 2010. The album compiles some of Gnaw Their Tongues' earliest recordings.

<i>Tsutomu Miyazaki</i> (EP) 2010 EP by Gnaw Their Tongues

Tsutomu Miyazaki is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on March 3, 2010 by Hell Lies in Others. The album takes its name from Tsutomu Miyazaki, a Japanese serial killer who abducted and murdered four young girls. The music is thematically similar to 2007's Issei Sagawa, which was also based on a Japanese criminal.

<i>Larrivée de la terne mort triomphante</i> 2010 studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues

L'arrivée de la terne mort triomphante is the fifth full-length studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on September 7, 2010 by Burning World, Crucial Blast and Candlelight Records. The album showcased a change in musical direction, with more emphasis on orchestration and lighter moods. The album also marked the last time Maurice de Jong recorded a Gnaw Their Tongues album using his old studio and computer setup. It received high marks from music critics, with PopMatters ranking it as one of the greatest heavy metal albums of the year.

<i>Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus</i> 2011 studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues

Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus is the sixth full-length studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on November 8, 2011 by Crucial Blast. The album saw a return to the more direct and aggressive sound of Gnaw Their Tongues' earlier work, which contrasts the more polished and lighter toned L'arrivée de la terne mort triomphante released the previous year.

<i>Sulfur</i> (EP) 2013 EP by Gnaw Their Tongues

Sulfur is an EP by Dutch experimental music group Gnaw Their Tongues, independently released on February 20, 2013. The music centers around the theme of World War I and the album artwork is a photograph depicting three Canadian soldiers wounded by mustard gas.

Hymns for the Broken, Swollen, and Silent is the tenth studio album by Gnaw Their Tongues. On December 9, 2016 it was released on vinyl by Consouling Sounds and on cassette by Tartarus Records. It was released on CD by Crucial Blast on December 16, 2016

References

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  3. ↑ "Gnaw Their Tongues Interview". Hammer Smashed Sound. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (31 July 2015). "Gnaw Their Tongues' Mories Hates Humans. But Is "The Most Down-to-Earth Guy You'll Ever Meet"". Noisey . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Heylen, Erik (August 2008). "Gnaw Their Tongues – I Love Vinyl". Lords of Metal. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Rosenthal, Jon (6 August 2015). "Interview: Mories (Gnaw Their Tongues, Aderlating, etc)". Invisible Oranges . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Deneau, Max (20 May 2008). "Gnaw Their Tongues: An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood". Exclaim! . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Gnaw Their Tongues: An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Gnaw Their Tongues: L' Arrivée de la Terne Mort Triomphante > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Ramos, Octavio (20 September 2010). "Take Five: An Interview with Gnaw Their Tongues". Examiner.com.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  11. ↑ Perescis, Martin (December 2010). "Gnaw Their Tongues – Eat Your Greens, Especially Broccoli". Lords of Metal. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. ↑ Apothecary (16 April 2015). "Gnaw Their Tongues Interview". Metal Storm . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Perescis, Martin (October 2012). "Gnaw Their Tongues – The Usual Depravity of Course". Lords of Metal. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  14. ↑ Pacheco, George (22 January 2015). "Crucial Blast Unearth Early Horror From Orchestral Noise Act Gnaw Their Tongues". Examiner.com.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  15. ↑ "Gnaw Their Tongues – Hymns for the Broken, Swollen and Silent (LP)". Consouling Sounds. 7 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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