Name: Interior Terror
Brand: Hide

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DAIS171lp-C2

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Colour

Blue

Colour details

Blue Vinyl

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

011586671317

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

DAIS171lp

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011586671324

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Hide

Genre US

Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

Label US

DAIS Records

Hideto "hide" Matsumoto was a Japanese musician known for his contributions to various bands and projects. Born on December 13, 1964, hide gained recognition as the guitarist of Saver Tiger and X Japan. He also served as the leader and vocalist of Spread Beaver, and was the vocalist of Zilch. In addition to his musical talents, hide founded the label LEMONed.

With a career spanning several genres including rock and metal, hide's unique style captivated audiences around the world. His energetic performances and innovative guitar playing made him a prominent figure in the Japanese music scene.

Tragically, hide passed away on May 2, 1998. Despite his untimely death, his influence continues to resonate with fans and fellow musicians alike. With similar artists such as LUNA SEA, SUGIZO, HYDE, X JAPAN, Gackt, BUCK-TICK, Sads, VAMPS and more listed among his contemporaries - it is clear that hide's impact on music remains significant even today.

HIDE's third album, Interior Terror further abandons traditional concepts of song structure in favor of splintered rhythms and fevered, immediate release. Expanding on previous themes of autonomy and empowerment, Interior Terror addresses and questions the corporeal and immaterial body in a physical and metaphysical sense. Turning to the dread inside, reflecting on the world around us, HIDE gives voice to the power of destruction as a catalyst for hope, and to the collective experiences of those who've come before us as a wellspring of our own power. Raw vocal delivery of mantra-like prose issued forth yields a raging, plaintive wail that lulls, mocks, questions, proclaims and decries. A dearth of collected field recordings give way to more fluid arrangements while retaining a scathing urgency. The result is minimal, spacious, and jarring; a distant knocking grown into the pulse of a hypnotic dirge, drones emerge from shards of decomposed sound, bending, seething their way through your body.

"Do Not Bow down" is a self directed spell for fire and regeneration. “Nightmare” explodes, unrelenting; conflating time and space to the beat of repeated blows to the head. A reflection on perpetual suffering, generational traumas and the transformative action of release. Title track “Interior Terror” belies a new brand of body horror informed by the systemic enforcement of a contemporary Western gender binary, touching on experiences of dysphoria and disassociation. “Fear” answers the question 'Where do cops come from' in the opening line 'Straight from God's cunt to the death cult', belittling the pathetic and repeated attempts of man to access power only to use it to terrorize others. “Daddy Issues” recontextualizes the text of a letter written and read by Brock Turner's father to the judge presiding over his son's rape trial to nauseating effect. Finally, “This Blood” closes the album with determined acceptance and solemn reverence, acknowledging our own intrinsic natures, our own electrified and beating hearts.

Interior Terror

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