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My other blog is BLACK WHITE RED. It's all about my own music and art, plus recommendations, etc. Check it out at malsonus[dot]blogspot[dot]com (please cut and paste). It is updated a few times a week.

I am a visual artist, experimental musician and graphic designer currently living in the Philadelphia area with my girlfriend and three cats.

My first serious musical venture in the music underground began in 1991 with the industrial metal band DEAD WORLD which disbanded in 1999. A significant proportion of the music of DEAD WORLD was non-rhythmic dark experimental.

My interest in this type of sound lead to the formation of a purely experimental side project called TORTURE CHAMBER in 1993. The band essentially broke up in 1995 and led to my beginning DEATHPILE that same year.

DEATHPILE began as a varied experimental / noise project but quickly became pure power electronics (harsh electronic noise with vocals) after the debut release. From 1995 to early 2004 DEATHPILE recorded many albums that were released on cassette, vinyl and CD internationally and performed live sporadically in Colorado, Chicago and on the East Coast.

During this same time period I collaborated with other experimental artists under the names BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA (w/ GRUNTSPLATTER's Scott Candey), HOLLOW EARTH (w/ YEN POX / BLOOD BOX's Michael Hensley) and THE URGE WITHIN (w/ DEATHPILE keyboardist David E. Williams).

In the Summer of 2002 I began creating heavy electronic music as a solo artist under the name ANGEL OF DECAY and put out several releases on labels all over the world. The ANGEL OF DECAY project was retired in 2008.

After a brief hiatus I began recording with the projects SEXUAL ASSAULT RIFLE (analog synth nonsense with my lady SQ) and NIGHTMARES (with Mark Solotroff and David Reed). Over the last couple of years I also completed the soundtrack to the independent movie "The Mind" (see trailer below) and contributed to the music for "The Secret Door" (click here for the official MySpace profile - trailer below as well). Keep an eye on my blog for news on new releases as well as info on these two movies.

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