Hi all, lately I've heard mention of things like noise, 'harsh noise wall', 'noisecore', etc. I'm intrigued about what this is, exactly, and was wondering if anybody could give examples of its different forms and defining bands? Really just looking to explore and discover a subgenre that at the moment I know very little of, so any help would be appreciated.

Gnaw Their Tongues is a blackened noise project that's been getting the most attention as far as "noise metal" goes, I'd say. The following list of artists are ones that are either noise-metal or incorporate influence from noise.

Aluk Todolo
Seirom
NDE
The Axis of Perdition
Aderlating
De Magia Veterum
Menace Ruine
Nekrasov
Lonesummer
Locrian
Khanate
Gnaw
Wrath of the Weak
Nahvalr
Vegas Martyrs
Servile Sect
Pyha
Zarach Baal Tharagh
Trist
Horseback
Necrite
Distorted Cognitions
Sunn O)))
Earth
Aska
Dead Raven Choir
Prurient

But noisecore specifically:

Nihilist Commando
Last Days of Humanity
The Locust
Melt Banana
Gerogerigegege

Those are the only bands I really know. Noisecore is a more chaotic, dissonant version of mathcore, grindcore, and the like.

I would like to add Abruptum and Choronzon to the List.

THe first is rather pure noise, while the latter is a dissonant mixture of black and industrial.

I've been listening to harsh noise for 10 years now and would like to share my favourites with you. Buy these:

Merzbow-Venereology CD
Merzbow-Oersted CD
Merzbow-Noisembryo CD
Merzbow-Pulse demon CD

Pain Jerk-Gallon gravy CD

Sickness-I have become the disease that made me CD

Kazumoto Endo-While you were out CD


and you may also want to check out my own h.n. entity:
myspace.com/contracreation

Daughters (Noise Rock) & Whitehouse (Power Electronics)

here some sick noise/noisecore/noisegrind bands to check out. sorry for the list and no links but they're all pretty easy to google search.

Arsedestroyer (the Teen Ass Revolt album specifically) is absolutely necessary
sore throat
gorgonized dorks
disleksick
csmd
smg
n.i.b.i.r.u. (they're more focused but still noisy as fuck)
Sissy Spacek
Deche Charge
Pissdeads
permanent death
nihilist commando
Ratten-krieg (pretty close to sore throat)
Worlds

That's Assdestroyer with the Teen Ass Revolt album. But yeah. Best noisecore ever, quite possibly. Also, I'd recommend Anal Cunt's early material. The releases with names like X Song EP specifically.

Black Noise

Stalaggh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O5Px3_RJ3w

Emit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPXo6uRD9M0

Abruptum (Started black noise)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZiqfakXxB4

Black Mass of Absu were a fairly bizarre sounding black/doom/noise band that have a pretty eerie atmosphere on their recordings. Check out their last EP to start with them.

Ah! You are correct! Edited my post for accuracy.

I have a few Merzbow albums but haven't heard those. What are they like? What years were they released?

The little i've heard from Sickness is great. I have the Break Your Face 4 way split CD.

I rate KK Null also.

Whitehouse

Check out Skullflower - Fucked on a Pile of Corpses

It's a very cohesive album, some tracks have haunting leads that provide something resembling melodic touches to the affair, while there are a couple straight up harsh noise peaces as well. I definitely prefer it to their earlier album.

I second Merzbow, especially "venereology". Other very good recommendations in the same vein would be Masonna - BeautyBeast and C.C.C.C. - Loud Sound Dopa.

Grunt! Some of the best Power Electronics I've heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFD7byEq5o8


EDIT:

Just read the OP a little more deeply. If you're looking to get acquainted with the various areas of noise, Power Electronics probably isn't a bad start. It has a fairly defined sound, and it's also the noise genre that seems to be easiest to approach for most people with a metal background (from what I've seen anyway). The aforementioned Grunt is, as said, some of the I've heard. Some others I'd recommend checking out are Sutcliffe Jugend and STROM.ec.

EDIT:

Just read the OP a little more deeply. If you're looking to get acquainted with the various areas of noise, Power Electronics probably isn't a bad start. It has a fairly defined sound, and it's also the noise genre that seems to be easiest to approach for most people with a metal background (from what I've seen anyway). The aforementioned Grunt is, as said, some of the I've heard. Some others I'd recommend checking out are Sutcliffe Jugend and STROM.ec.[/quote]

I'd include Whitehouse as well, since they're pretty much the leading example of the genre

If you're digging black noise, Havohej's Kembatinan Premaster is essential listening.

Sewer Goddess
Propergol
Camisole
Whitehouse
Brighter Death Now
Today Is The Day (noisecore)-Jef Whitehead did the sampling on their Sadness Will Prevail album)
Cauldhame
Grey Wolves
Dead Body Love
Antihuman
Death Squad
Sewer Election
Subklinik
Klinikal Skum
Atrax Morgue
Climax Denial
Survival Unit
Bizarre Uproar
N.
Sick Seed
Gnaw Their Tongues
Menace Ruine
Dachau Grammophon
Pogrom
Grunt
Mania
Nicole 12
Haus Arafna

That should be enough, at least I would hope haha.

After years on metal archives as guest, i must register because you have forgotten some of my all time favorites albums :

MORDOR "odes"
WOODS OF BELIAL demos and album
TROM "evil"
HAVOHEJ "the black mist"
Maybe later LUGUBRUM
SHINING "Black jazz"

And non-metal bands

BOHREN DER CLUB OF GORE "gore motel"
BASTARD NOISE
ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO "mecano turbo" (more indus)
GLU "aucun but"
SPAZZ "crush, kill, destroy" noise (noisecore)
WOLF EYES "human animal"
LIGHTNING BOLT "wonderful rainbow"

[quote="Foudrecul"]After years on metal archives as guest, i must register because you have forgotten some of my all time favorites albums :
SHINING "Black jazz"
SPAZZ "crush, kill, destroy" noise (noisecore)[quote]

What? Spazz is noisecore? Shining is not noisy in the slightest.

He asked for noise, eh. Also, don't resurrect thread to post lists like that.