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PHALLUS DEI (one of the most important German industrial & darkwave project of the 90s!!) are celebrating their 25th anniversary with the new album Black Dawn. Combining industrial guitar drones with minimal music, Phallus Dei's signature elements melt together creating a repetitive, orchestral wall of sound on what is definitely their heaviest, deepest album ever. Featuring guest performances by Merzbow, Peter Brotzmann, Niels van Hoorn (Legendary Pink Dots) and Jacqueline Hamelink . Phallus Dei are: Mk. E. / Oliver St. Lingam / Richard van Kruysdijk (also known for his work in CUT WORMS ,DAISY BELL, PALAIS IDEAL and SWARTALF, as well as a composer for modern dance pieces for renowned dance companies worldwide.).

Track Listing

Sales Points

• Featuring guest performances by Merzbow, Peter Brötzmann, Niels van Hoorn (Legendary Pink Dots) and Jacqueline Hamelink
• For fans of SWANS, SUNN o))) and GLENN BRANCA
• For fans of SWANS, SUNN o))) and GLENN BRANCA
• Featuring guest performances by Merzbow, Peter Brötzmann, Niels van Hoorn (Legendary Pink Dots) and Jacqueline Hamelink

Press Quotes

The German based industrial trio PHALLUS DEI have been fine tuning their specific art of making noise for over 25 years, a labour that has produced a wide range of subversive styles put together with a roster of unexpected special guests ... For Black Dawn they return to their dark side this time in the company of cellist Jacqueline Hamelink, Legendary Pink Dots reeds player Niels Van Hoorn, apocalyptic free jazz boomer Peter Brötzmann and electronic master blaster Masami Akita aka Merzbow. .... Black Dawn is probably PD's most metallic sounding work so far, crashing straight in with the fearsome „Slewed... This electric thrill carries through to „Starman', where Brötzmann and Hameling are waiting in the wings.... The opening electronic beat finally gathers pace until Hamelink's mechanistic cello playing and Brötzmann's tenderised sax squalling are stirred into the mix. ... Hamelink is better served on the excellent „Zauberwald' where her subtle yet strong bowings have room to float around PD's electronic junkyard ... Surprisingly, it is Van Hoorn`s bass clarinet and not Brötzmann's tenor that squares up against Merzbow on the concluding „Stigmata'. Another surprise is how quietly the music for this is reverentially ushered in. More requiem than head charge, what emerges from the shadows is a finely composed work that enters like a lamb and exits like a roaring lion

     —Edwin Pouncey, THE WIRE

Black Dawn' is heavier than a sack of spanners. The true genius lies in Phallus Dei's attention to harmony amongst a sea of aural bloodshed; providing an intricately layered slab of an album that is as impressive as it is destructive.

     —BLACK AUDIO

The German based industrial trio PHALLUS DEI have been fine tuning their specific art of making noise for over 25 years, a labour that has produced a wide range of subversive styles put together with a roster of unexpected special guests ... For Black Dawn they return to their dark side this time in the company of cellist Jacqueline Hamelink, Legendary Pink Dots reeds player Niels Van Hoorn, apocalyptic free jazz boomer Peter Brötzmann and electronic master blaster Masami Akita aka Merzbow. .... Black Dawn is probably PD's most metallic sounding work so far, crashing straight in with the fearsome „Slewed... This electric thrill carries through to „Starman', where Brötzmann and Hameling are waiting in the wings.... The opening electronic beat finally gathers pace until Hamelink's mechanistic cello playing and Brötzmann's tenderised sax squalling are stirred into the mix. ... Hamelink is better served on the excellent „Zauberwald' where her subtle yet strong bowings have room to float around PD's electronic junkyard ... Surprisingly, it is Van Hoorn`s bass clarinet and not Brötzmann's tenor that squares up against Merzbow on the concluding „Stigmata'. Another surprise is how quietly the music for this is reverentially ushered in. More requiem than head charge, what emerges from the shadows is a finely composed work that enters like a lamb and exits like a roaring lion

     —Edwin Pouncey, THE WIRE

Black Dawn' is heavier than a sack of spanners. The true genius lies in Phallus Dei's attention to harmony amongst a sea of aural bloodshed; providing an intricately layered slab of an album that is as impressive as it is destructive.

     —BLACK AUDIO