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LIGHT THE FIRES OF JUDGMENT BURN OUR BODIES SEND US SCREAMING INTO HELL "WE, WHO ARE UNWORTHY OF LIFE" "WE, WHO ARE IGNORANT BRUTES" "WE, WHO WORSHIP A FALSE GOD" OUR FLESH BEGINS TO CRUMBLE OUR END IS HERE AND NOW
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EXTERMINATION was released as an extremely limited cassette (20 copies) for the NTT performance on April 19, 2000, supporting DEATH SQUAD and HYDRA at the now-defunct PYRAMID CLUB in NYC. This was the infamous "Easter Bunny" performance by HYDRA; Greg Scott had purchased a skinned rabbit from a local butcher shop, and during his performance, crucified a plush easter bunny toy, and sliced it open, pulling the skinned rabbit from within.

The tape's original cover art, a distorted photo of a mass grave, bore the following quote from Dr. Peter Singer, author of ANIMAL LIBERATION:

"I do not believe it is always wrong to kill a human being." - Peter Singer

Singer is the descendant of Austrian Jews; his grandparents had died, presumably in Łódź, where they had been sent by the Nazis.

Aside from his animal rights activism, Singer has issued well-documented opinions on the use of abortion, euthanasia and infanticide as a a means to mitigate human suffering. It is ironic that a man who had lost family in the camps would come to espouse the value of killing disabled children, while asserting the value of animals languishing in factory farms as they wait to die. This is known as "Effective Altruism."

The title EXTERMINATION, and the release's two "title tracks," refer to the infamous line, "Exterminate all the brutes!" written by the character Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS.

The track PERFECT SALVATION INITIATION is titled after a device created by Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, which was said to sync members' brainwave patterns to those of cult leader Shoko Asahara. The track uses sounds also found in the NTT track, SOUL MURDER, REVISITED.

The track GHETTO BLASTER posits a science fiction reality where European Jews had access to a suit of powered armour to wipe out their oppressors.

While this release had at one point been misunderstood as a gesture of support for white supremacy and antisemitism, it is in fact the exact opposite, and in broader subtext the spite within is not targeted toward a single culture, but toward all of humanity, though as with HEART OF DARKNESS, it could be seen as a condemnation of European colonialism, at least in part. I believe it was an attempt on my part to reckon with the experience of being a mixed-race Jew who was involved in a questionable music scene.

Its reissuing here was preceded by VIKTIMISATION, a limited dual cassette+shirt bundle released in 2013, which combined this material with the VIKTIMISER cassette, also from 2000. While this other cassette's contents are not currently available digitally, the shirts are still in stock and will be included in a bundle with this release.

Considering what is happening in the US in recent months, this re-release is quite timely.

"Killing a newborn baby is never equivalent to killing a person, that is, a being who wants to go on living" - Peter Singer

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released April 19, 2000

All material created, constructed, and recorded by Leech at Leechnest Breeding Facilities, 2000AD.

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ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX New York

ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX is an underground record label founded in the Summer of 1997, originally as a means to distribute the works of NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES (1997-2009) and associated projects.
Specialising in industrial, power electronics, darkambient, drone, experimental and doom, the label has since expanded to include several other artists from around the globe.
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