IRM

ANNIHILVS proudly presents our first proper CD release from IRM: THE CULT OF THE YOUNG MEN. Returning with a singularly cold, desolate and lonely release, IRM continues to fervently espous irreligious, body-obsessed abstractions of the highest order. Departing from the aggressive PE outbursts of the past, the duo of Erik Jarl and Martin Bladh sculpt pulsating drones and powerfully dark sounds, as the bleeding wound of IRM continues to flower. THE CULT OF THE YOUNG MEN contains 'live' tracks recorded in the studio, selections from live performances (including the APEX Fest), and a cover of JOY DIVISION's 'Here are the Young Men.'
RELEASE DATE: SUMMER 2007.
PRESSING IS LIMITED TO 900 COPIES.
8 TRACKS, TOTALLING JUST OVER ONE HOUR.
JEWEL CASE PACKAGING.
ANNIHILVS CATALOGUE NUMBER APEX005.
Band - IRM
Title - Virgin Mind
Label - Cold Meat Industry
Format - DCD
Year - 2005
Genre - Industrial
In a stylish digisleeve limited to 1000 copies, they are finally back! Five years after the last fullength outing "Oedipus dethroned", those awaiting the Swedish action group Irm's new work are rewarded. In the meantime, Erik Jarl has been busy with his solo-project, having released sombre droning recordings on Segerhuva, Annihilvs and Malignant to name but a few. On the other side Martin Bladh has focussed on performance art, contemporary moviemaking, and also some solo recordings. Both becoming legends on their own, and together, through the unity of Irm - becoming cult!
This double CD set shows a maturation without borders, from the most organic ambiences to building walls of disintegrating metalscrapings, from shrieking dynamic textures to soft eerie metabolism. This is a physical theatre, the shell of body and mind has cracked and the grating lyrics blossoms out fully. A truly epic work, undoubtedly rich, rising sounds echo and emerges slowly, changing temperature. Managing finally to capture the emotional experience of their liveperformances into their studio material. A soulmoving violent beauty and a vicious cathartic organic experience! Seldom does a group in this genre of music so brutally define a massive 113 minutes of the living artists dream.
Band - IRM
Title - Four studies for crucifixion
Label - Cold Meat Industry
Format - 10
Year - 2002
Genre - Industrial
Usual oppressing soundscape-cascades, this time with a obstinate, grittier edge. Subtile frenzy. Smothering beauty. Slithering trumpets. Such a state masters desire. Christ, is this Art or Pornography? Maybe both. You know you want it either way.
Gatefold cover, limited to 700 copies I - IV
Band - V/A
Title - Nihil
Label - Cold Meat Industry
Format - DLP
Year - 2000
Genre - Industrial
Few copies back in stock of this legendary double LP! Don't miss out! Featuring: IRM, Institut, Nod, Sharons Last Party, one band per side in gatefold cover and insert
Band - IRM
Title - Oedipus Dethroned
Label - Cold Meat Industry
Format - CD
Year - 2000
Genre - Power Industrial
The urge to use the flesh of a stranger, a surgical sacrifice for a God in the gutter. Their bleak vision, your worst nightmare. Their prophetic revelation, your next purchase. with slipcase.
I The Celebration of the Untouched Skin II Oedipus Dethroned III The Disease IV The Stage-Surgeon V Inside the Skull of a Mannequin VI The Wound VII The Stage VIII The Crucifixion (The Final Stage)
CMI.73 IRM - Red album 700 copies LP 99.09.14
IRM was featured earlier this year on the CMI-compilation "Estheticks of Cruelty", and this is the first fullength documentation from this industrial outfit. 7 tracks of cathartic power electronics, composed in the good old way. An unpleasant (or maybe appealing?) journey down into the darkest depths of the subconscious. The Beatles did the white album, Boyd Rice did the black, and now the time has come for IRM to deliver the Red one! Dance-charts of the new millenium! Truly to become a new classic release in the Swedish industrial scene. Tracks: Some Inner Domain, Powerdrill, Unconscious, Soulcleaner, Martyr 2000, Katharsis, R.S.
Band - V/A
Title - Estheticks of Cruelty
Label - Cold Meat Industry
Format - DCD
Year - 1999
Genre - Dark Ambient, Death Industrial, Power Electronics, Noise, Power Industrial, Minimalistic ambient, Experimental, Harsh
This compilation turns out to be an unequalled documentation of a new generation of Swedish bands. The music ranges from pure noise, (dark-)industrial, musique concrete, and power electronics.
Bands: Nod - Iron Justice - Døsdsdømd - Vehn - Institut - Thurnemans -Irgon-Z'wai Leumi - Trerikröset - Bad Kharma - Projekt Hat - Blod - Janitor - Born of Fire - Obscene Noise Corporation - Tape Decay - IRM - Apostasia - Persona - Moljebka Pulse - K.L.A.N. - Ovum - Brighter Death Now