<p><span><span><span>- As their name implies, Brisbane/Meanjin based Malignant Aura are merchants and conjurers of evil, and their long awaited debut album </span><em>Abysmal Misfortune Is Draped Upon Me</em><span> is the most recent and devastating release from purveyors of all things death, doom, crust, black and thrash, </span><strong>Bitter Loss Records</strong><span>. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span>- Somewhere in the smoky, discarded backrooms of my mind, I have convinced myself that I’ve heard and/or owned a previous project from the pairing of <strong>Lawrence English </strong>and <strong>Merzbow. </strong>However after finding out this is their first official release together, I’m forced to reconcile the fact that this simulacra has come about due to the staggering amount of collaborative releases both artists have with other artists and how natural it sounds for these two to work together on an album.