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Alec Empire
Merzbow

Live at CBGB's, NYC, 1998

(Digital Hardcore Recordings, DHRLTDCD12) (UK) (CD)

  1. The Alliance (3:17)
  2. The Destroyer and Merzbow (2:23)
  3. A Fire Will Burn (0:47)
  4. Nightmare Vision (2:08)
  5. The Full Destroyer/Merzbow Meltdown (4:26)
  6. The White Man Destroys His Own Race (2:28)
  7. Curse of the Golden Angel (3:26)
  8. The Predator (1:49)
  9. Brooklyn Connection (2:10)
  10. Dawn (1:47)
  11. The Slayer Calls at Night (5:08)
  12. Blow This Thing (2:13)
  13. 606: The Number of the Beast (1:00)
  14. 202 Lightyears from Home (1:18)
  15. Shock Treatment for Corporate Control (2:18)
  16. Enter the Forbidden Space (5:31)
  17. A Degenerated Nation Reacting to Fear (2:59)
  18. A Degenerated Nation Reacting to Fear Pt. II (8:25)
  19. Some Might Even Die... (4:08)

All tracks written and performed by Masami Akita and Alec Empire

Recorded at CBGB's, New York, November 4, 1998, during the Digital Hardcore Festival
Mixed at AES, Berlin, 2003
Mastered by Steve Rourke at Abbey Road Studios, London
Front photo by Miron Zownir
Screenshots by Nic Endo; original video by Philipp Virus
Artwork and graphic design by 8.77
Includes liner notes by Alec Empire, and an excerpt of an article by Matt Sweeney from DHR magazine (both in English)

Released in 2003