THIS IS THE 1993 US ORIGINAL PRESSING on ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES Records. IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INSERT. The cover is in EX condition, normal wear but light discolouration/wear on right corners/left edge on rear (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable; for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX/NM condition (barely played) and plays wonderfully.

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ZENI GEVA

One of Japan's more eccentric and intriguing extreme music exports of the late '80s and '90s, self-professed "progressive hardcore trio" Zeni Geva (their name derives from an ancient Japanese word for "money" and a corruption of the German "gewalt," or violence) forcibly fused elements of heavy metal, hardcore, industrial music, noise rock, and the avant-garde, gaining no small underground recognition in the process.

"DESIRE FOR AGONY = 苦痛志向"

Engineered by STEVE ALBINI

1993     LP     ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES RECORDS     VIRUS 135  

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INSERT

NOTES: Recorded & Mixed at Basement, Chicago, Sept. 1993

Cover painting: "Give The Dog a Bone"

Title on spine: "Agony For Desire"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 21616-0135-1 1

Label Code: none

Label: ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES - SILVER w/BLACK STRIPE(A) & BAT LOGO(B) LABELS - BLACK/SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: VIRUS 135

Catalog on labels: VIRUS 135

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): VIRUS 135 A1  (T)  L-41975

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): VIRUS 135 B1  (T)  L-41975-X

On labels: (Side A only) All music by.....

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(C) & (P) 1993 Alternative...........

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits

(C) & (P) 1993 Alternative...........Send 50c for complete mailorder catalog. $1 Canada & overseas.

Distributed by Mordam Records. VIRUS 135  Printed in Canada.

tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures

grading

RECORD EX/NM but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Though not quite the equal of 1995's Freedom Bondage, the Albini-helmed Desire for Agony is nonetheless an exercise in guitar brutality and avant-extreme noise execution. However, it is not as directional in its attack; that is to say, Desire for Agony is a bit more oblique, jazzy even, at least in notational structure. Either way, there is no suppressing or sublimating KK Null's devastating guitar work -- not to mention his Samurai war vocals. Having developed his morbid fascination many years before, what with early album titles like Autofuck, How to Kill, and Skullfuck Live, Null certainly keeps the spirit -- Mishima-like -- alive with tracks like the titular "Desire for Agony" and "Autopsy Love," the latter of which steamrolls like Motorhead meets King Crimson. Even if not the band's finest hour in the sun, Desire for Agony, as with any Zeni Geva release, is about as intense as humanly possible...(AllMusic)