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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | at several locations studio and live | |||
| Genre | Noise | |||
| Length | 61:08 | |||
| Label | Discordia/Concordia / ZSF Produkt | |||
| Producer | Masami Akita | |||
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Severances is an album by the Merzbow side project SCUM, on this release SCUM is an acronym for "Society for Cutting Up Merzbow". [1] It was later included in the Merzbox .
All music is composed by SCUM except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Up" | 16:27 |
| 2. | "Steel Cum" | 6:42 |
| 3. | "Catabolism Variations" | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Stereo No. 1" | 4:22 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Deaf Forever" (Motörhead) | 5:01 |
| 2. | "Wild Thing" (Jimi Hendrix version) | 3:42 |
| 3. | "Electric Shaver Forest" | 3:20 |
| 4. | "De-Soundtrack Variation No. 1" | 7:30 |
| 5. | "Rap the Khabarovsk" (live at Khabarovsk, USSR) | 11:08 |
Scum or S.C.U.M. may refer to:
Severance may refer to:
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