released January 1, 2025

SBTDOH - dth6 Review

dth6 by SBTDOH? nah, it ain't music. it's a goddamn assault. 2015 cassette dump from Shrouded Recordings-C-10, second pressing, whatever. don't care about the vinyl nerds drooling over packaging. this shit is noise. raw. unfiltered. like someone took a power drill to your eardrums and called it art. side a hits first. 500 seconds of droning filth. no melody. no beat. just a slow, suffocating crawl into auditory hell. sounds like a fridge dying in a basement somewhere, mic'd up and fed through a blown amp. i like it? yeah. but not 'cause it's pleasant. it's honest. ugly truth noise. you don't listen to this when you're happy. you play it when the world feels broken-and you wanna feel worse on purpose. side b? more of the same. but different. somehow heavier. like the air got thicker. there's layers here-sub-bass hums that vibrate your spine, high-end whines that make your teeth itch. it's drone, sure, but not lazy drone. this is harsh noise filth. West Coast style. LO-FI NOISE EXPRESSIONISM they call it. sounds pretentious till you hear it. then it makes sense. SBTDOH (aka Brian Flechtner, probably) ain't trying to impress. he's not selling tickets. this isn't for clubs. it's for people who like their sound art with blood on the edges. the whole thing's only like 17 minutes total-but feels endless. in a good way? depends. if you want comfort, go listen to ambient chillwave or some weak-ass vaporwave crap. this'll eat your soul. what i didn't like? nothing. seriously. if you're mad at this album, you missed the point. it's not supposed to be "good" in the normal way. it's supposed to disturb. to unsettle. and it does. perfectly. only weird part? why call it dth6? sixth death? sixth tape? who knows. maybe it's the sixth time he killed something. himself? the concept of melody? fair enough. funny thing-i played this while fixing my car. engine rattling, oil dripping, me cussing under the hood. and the album? fit like a rusted glove. like it was made for moments like that. real life. broken things. no fixes. just noise. and for once, that was enough.

dth6 by SBTDOH similar albums

1. Chic by Unicod - unicod.bandcamp.com/album/chic
2. 20141207demo by Whhhy!!!!!! - whhhyna.bandcamp.com/album/20141207demo

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2. Pharmakon - Devour raw, heavy, like being dragged through dirt and liking it
3. The Rita - Do You Feel It? nasty loops that chew on your brain, in a good way? idk just try it
4. JK Flesh - Post Human banging industrial beats that make you wanna break stuff or cry
5. White Suns - Sinews tense, loud, full of rage but somehow peaceful too weird right
6. Nadja - Thaumogenesis drone so thick you could drown in it, but gently, like falling asleep underwater
7. Aaron Dilloway - Hotel De Nackerei weird tape shit that feels like a fever dream with purpose
8. Wolf Eyes - No Answer: Lower Floors pure noise chaos but also kind of beautiful if you let it in
9. Greet Death - New Hell not pure noise but same vibe-sad, heavy, like wearing lead boots in the rain
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