Since guitarist Richard Pinhas' returned to music in the 1990s, his appetite for touring and recording with various artists has produced an impressive array of albums. Another generation knows him ...

Masami Akita, better known by his stage name Merzbow, is a Japanese noise musician. He is best known for his style of harsh, confrontational noise exemplified on his 1996 release, Pulse Demon. Since ...

Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan's leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow. With a soundtrack by the director himself, this intense and ultra-gory seppuku film shows a young ...

One suspects that notorious avantist Masami "Merzbow" Akita and Aphex ally Russell Haswell believe that Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is for lightweights. Their first album together, Satanstornade ...

Sometimes you read about an album on paper, especially a collaboration, and you immediately know if it’s going to fly or not. Japanese sludge doom metal band Boris teaming up again with Masami Akita, ...

Calling Cuts Open by Merzbow (aka Masami Akita), Mats Gustafsson and Balázs Pándi their sotto voce record would be like saying you received a love tap from Mike Tyson. This is the trio's fifth release ...