Schloss Tegal: Grand Guignol - VINYL LP

Schloss Tegal: Grand Guignol - VINYL LP

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Title:

Grand Guignol

Artist:

Schloss Tegal

Label:

No Holiday

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

617308101171

Genre:

Rock

Release Date:

2025-12-12

Number of Discs:

2

This album is a hallmark in the death-industrial scene-both for it's extreme thematic intensity and it's visceral sonic brutality. It's not for the faint of heart, but for those drawn to confrontational, thought-provoking sound art, it remains a dark classic.Released in 1993 on Artwork Production, Germany, The Grand Guignol is a dark, uncompromising work blending industrial, noise, dark ambient, experimental, and drone genres. The album delivers a relentless sonic assault with unsettling themes-serial killers, anthropophagy, existential dread-drawn from disturbing real-world sourcesTracks include titles like "The Cannibal," "Black Dahlia," "Hunting for Humans," and "Certificate of the Wound," culminating in a chilling Epilogue. The sound is characterized by droning textures, distorted voices, samples of serial killer recordings, pre-death gasps, fragmented conversations, and deeply brooding atmospheresOne reviewer vividly described it as "an extreme noise and menacing ambient" experience, "hard to listen to the whole of it without becoming depressed or mad."Another recounted being initially repelled, then strangely captivated by it's dark audio landscapes-"all the vileness that can be found in the depths of human nature"2xLP on opaque red vinyl. Layered, gloss overprint on matte gatefold, showing an anatomical drawing.

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