Rend Each Other Like Wild Beasts, Till Earth Shall Reek With Midnight Massacre | ||||
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EP by Gnaw Their Tongues | ||||
Released | May 16, 2009 | |||
Recorded | Winter 2008 | |||
Studio | De Bejaarde, Drachten, NL | |||
Genre | Dark ambient, noise | |||
Length | 39:27 | |||
Label | At War With False Noise | |||
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Maurice de Jong chronology | ||||
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Rend Each Other Like Wild Beasts, Till Earth Shall Reek With Midnight Massacre is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues, released on May 16, 2009 by At War With False Noise. [1] [2]
An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.
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. 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."
All music composed by Maurice de Jong.
Side one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Rend Each Other Like Wild Beasts, Till Earth Shall Reek With Midnight Massacre" | 19:38 |
Side two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Then Shall They Come, Oh Master, Shrieking From Red Battle Fields to People Thy Dark Realms" | 11:43 |
2. | "In Sullen Silence Stalks Forth Pestilence" | 8:06 |
Adapted from the Rend Each Other Like Wild Beasts, Till Earth Shall Reek With Midnight Massacre liner notes. [3]
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.
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United Kingdom | 2009 | At War With False Noise | LP | atwar056 |
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