The Flenser (also known as Flenser Records) is a San Francisco-based record label specializing in

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

. Notable bands that work with or have worked with The Flenser include:

Have a Nice Life Have a Nice Life is an American post-punk band founded in Connecticut in 2000 by Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga. History Have a Nice Life was formed in 2000 by Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga of Connecticut. They have mentioned the likes of My Bloody ...

Botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

Deafheaven Deafheaven is an American post-metal band formed in 2010. Originally based in San Francisco, the group began as a two-piece with singer George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy, who recorded and self-released a demo album together. Following i ...

Wreck and Reference Wreck and Reference is an experimental rock group based in Los Angeles, California. They compose their sound as experimentation with vocal styles over electronic instrumentation using samples, synthesizers and acoustics. The group has been assoc ...

Bosse-de-Nage Bosse-de-Nage is an American band from San Francisco, California, United States, composed of four anonymous members. Considered as a part of the blackgaze scene, the band performs an experimental black metal style that draws from post-rock, s ...

, and

Planning for Burial Planning for Burial is the musical project of American musician and singer-songwriter Thom Wasluck. Based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wasluck started to perform as "Burial" in 2005 and released the debut album, ''Leaving'' in 2009. Wasluck play ...

. In 2019, The Flenser began publishing literature, with their first full-length novel, To Sing of Damnation, being released in 2020.

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Discography

* Palace of Worms - "The Forgotten" CD (FR01) *

Panopticon The panopticon is a type of institutional building and a system of control designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be o ...

- "Collapse" DLP (FR02) * Bosse-de-Nage - "Bosse-de-Nage" CD (FR03) * Ghast - "May the Curse Bind" DLP (FR04) * Palace of Worms - "Lifting the Veil" CS (FR05) * Skagos/

- "Split" CD (FR06) * Necrite - "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" CD (FR07) *

Pale Chalice Pale may refer to: Jurisdictions * Medieval areas of English conquest: ** Pale of Calais, in France (1360–1558) ** The Pale, or the English Pale, in Ireland *Pale of Settlement, area of permitted Jewish settlement, western Russian Empire (179 ...

- "Afflicting the Dichotomy of Trepid Creation" CD (FR08) *

Circle of Eyes A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. Equivalently, it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is const ...

- "Circle of Eyes" CS (FR09) * Seidr - "For Winter Fire" CD (FR10) *

- "On the Subject...of Mortality" DLP (FR11) *

- "Bosse-de-Nage (II)" CD/LP (FR12) *

- "Black Cassette" LP (FR13) *

- "Social Disservices" CD/DLP (FR14) * Otesanek,

Loss Loss may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Loss'' (Bass Communion album) (2006) * ''Loss'' (Mull Historical Society album) (2001) *"Loss", a song by God Is an Astronaut from their self-titled album (2008) * Losses "(Lil Tjay son ...

, Orthodox,

Mournful Congregation Mournful Congregation is a funeral doom metal band from Adelaide, South Australia, which was founded in 1993, and has included members of Chalice A chalice (from Latin 'mug', borrowed from Ancient Greek () 'cup') or goblet is a footed c ...

- "Fo(u)r Burials" CD (FR15) *

Lake of Blood A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

- "As Time And Tide Erodes Stone" LP (FR16) * Lycus - "Demo 2011" LP (FR17) *

Wheels within Wheels A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be ...

Merkaba Merkabah ( he, מֶרְכָּבָה ''merkāvā'', "chariot") or Merkavah mysticism (lit. Chariot mysticism) is a school of early Jewish mysticism, c. 100 BCE – 1000 CE, centered on visions such as those found in the Book of Ezekiel chapter ...

- "Split" CS (FR18) *

Obolus The obol ( grc-gre, , ''obolos'', also ὀβελός (''obelós''), ὀβελλός (''obellós''), ὀδελός (''odelós''). "nail, metal spit"; la, obolus) was a form of ancient Greek currency and weight. Currency Obols were u ...

- "Lament" LP (FR19) * Coffinworm - "Great Bringer of Night" LP (FR20) * Worm Ouroboros - "Come the thaw" DLP (FR21) *

Nick Millevoi Nick may refer to: * Nick (given name) * A Glossary of cricket terms#nick, cricket term for a slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat * British slang for being arrested * British slang for a police station * British slang for stealin ...

- "In White Sky" CS (FR22) *

- "No Youth" LP (FR23) *

- "Bosse-de-Nage (III)" DLP (FR24) * Palace of Worms/

Mastery A skill is the learned ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills. For example, in the domain of w ...

- "split" CS (FR25) *

- "split" LP (FR26) *

Grayceon Grayceon is a three-piece metal band from San Francisco. They were formed in 2005. They were licensed on the label Vendlus Records from 2005 to 2009 and are currently licensed on the label Profound Lore Records. Their debut album ''Grayceon'' ...

- "Pearl and the End of Days" LP (FR27) *

- "Mandragora" CD/LP (FR28) *

Trees In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are u ...

- "Sickness-In" LP (FR29) *

Bell Witch The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a legend from Southern United States folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of northwest Robertson County, Tennessee. Farmer John Bell Sr. resided with his family along the Red River in an ...

- "Longing" DLP (FR30) * Vestiges/

- "split" LP (FR31) * Skagos - "Anarchic" CD (FR32) * Eight Bells - "The Captains Daughter" LP (FR33) *

- "No Content" 7inch (FR34) *

- "Kentucky" Reissue DLP (FR35) * Loss Of Self - "Twelve Minutes" CD/LP (FR36) *

/ Palace of Worms - "Split" LP (FR37) *

Vaura Vaura is an American experimental band from Brooklyn, New York, United States, formed in 2009 by singer, guitarist and primary songwriter Joshua Strachan and featuring Kevin Hufnagel ( Dysrhythmia, Gorguts) on lead guitar, Toby Driver (Kayo Do ...

- "The Missing" CD/LP (FR38) *

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The Unnatural World ''The Unnatural World'' is the second studio album by American rock duo Have a Nice Life. It was released on February 4, 2014, via The Flenser and the band's own record label Enemies List Home Recordings. It is a follow-up to 2008's ''Deathconsci ...

" LP (FR39) * White Suns - "Totem" CD/LP (FR40) *

Mamaleek Mamaleek is an American experimental metal group from San Francisco, founded in 2008 by two anonymous brothers. The name supposedly derives from Arabic, and is the plural of mamluk, or "slave". In 2011, the band was signed with Enemies List; that ...

- "He Never Spoke a Mumblin' Word" LP (FR41) *Have a Nice Life - "

Deathconsciousness ''Deathconsciousness'' is the debut studio album by American rock duo Have a Nice Life, released on January 24, 2008 on Enemies List Home Recordings. Recorded independently by the band members on a budget of less than $1,000, ''Deathconsciousness ...

" DLP (FR42) *

- "Desideratum" LP/CD (FR44) *Wreck and Reference - "Want" CD/LP (FR45) *Botanist - "VI: Flora" CD/LP (FR46) * Kayo Dot - "

Coffins on Io ''Coffins on Io'' is the seventh studio album by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot, released in the UK on August 14, 2014 and in the US on October 13 through experimental metal label The Flenser. It is a follow up to 2013's Hubardo. It's ...

" CD/LP (FR49) *

Boduf Songs Boduf Songs is the stage name of Southampton electro-acoustic musician Mat Sweet. Sweet first began recording as Boduf Songs in 2004, using field recordings in addition to recordings he made at home. He self-released these as a CD-R and Kranky ...

- "Stench of Exist" CD/LP (FR50) *

King Woman Kristina Esfandiari (born 4 March 1988) is an American singer-songwriter and producer who writes music and performs under the monikers Dalmatian, Miserable, and NGHTCRWLR, and with the bands King Woman and Sugar High. Early life Kristina Esfandia ...

- "Doubt" EP/CS (FR51) *Mastery - "Valis" LP *

Sannhet Sannhet (Norwegian for "truth") is an American experimental metal band from Brooklyn, New York, United States. The band formed in 2010 by John Refano, Christopher Todd, and AJ Annunziata. They have released three full-length albums as well as a ...

- "Revisionist" CD/LP (FR53) *

Father Murphy ''Father Murphy'' is an American western drama television series that aired on the NBC network from November 3, 1981, to September 18, 1983. Michael Landon created the series, was the executive producer, and directed the show in partnership wi ...

- "Croce" CD/LP/CS (FR54) *Mamaleek - "Via Dolorosa" LP (FR55) *Planning for Burial - "Leaving" LP (FR56) *

Black Wing Dan Barrett is an American musician from Connecticut, New England. He is a member of the rock duo Have a Nice Life. Outside of this, he has released solo work primarily under the names Giles Corey and Black Wing. In 2003, he founded the record labe ...

- "...Is Doomed" (FR59) *Bosse-de-Nage - " All Fours" LP (FR60) * Heat Dust - "Heat Dust" LP (FR61) *

Giles Corey Giles Corey ( August 1611 – September 19, 1692) was an English-born American farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials. After being arrested, Corey refused to enter a plea of guilty or ...

- "Giles Corey" LP (FR62) *Kayo Dot - "

Hubardo ''Hubardo'' is the sixth studio album by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot. It is a concept double album self-released and funded through pre-orders on frontman Toby Driver's Ice Level Records in 2013. It is the follow up to ''Gamma Knife'' ...

" CD/LP (FR64) *

Trevor De Bruauw Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish lan ...

- "Uptown" CD (FR65) * Braveyoung - "Misery & Pride" CD/LP (FR66) * Muscle and Marrow - "Love" LP (FR67) *

All Your Sisters All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All ...

- "Uncomfortable Skin" LP/CS (FR68) *Kayo Dot - "

Plastic House on Base of Sky ''Plastic House on Base of Sky'' is the eighth studio album by avant-garde band Kayo Dot. It was released on June 24, 2016 via The Flenser. Critical reception ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' called ''Plastic House on Base of Sky'' a "fundamentally disorien ...

" CD/LP (FR69) *Wreck and Reference - "Indifferent Rivers Romance End" LP (FR70) * Street Sects - "End Position" LP (FR71) *

Toby Driver Toby Driver is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, producer, label owner, and artist, best known for his work as the leader of the experimental bands Kayo Dot and maudlin of the Well. Driver creates the majority of the album artwork ...

- "Madonnawhore" CD (FR73) * Succumb - "Succumb" CD/LP (FR74) *Planning for Burial - "Below the House" CD/LP (FR75) *White Suns - "Psychic Drift" CD (FR77) *

Drowse Drowse is the musical project of American musician and producer Kyle Bates. Based in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, Bates founded the project in 2013 and released the debut album, ''Soon Asleep'', in 2015. Bates collaborates with other mus ...

- "Cold Air" LP (FR80) *Street Sects - "Rat Jacket" LP (FR84) *Alis - "The Unraveling" CD/LP (FR85) * RLYR - "Actual Existence" (FR86) *Planning for Burial - "Quietly" CD/LP (FR87) *Bosse-de-Nage - "Further Still" CD/LP (FR90) *All Your Sisters - "Trust Ruins" CD/LP (FR93) *Elizabeth Colour

Wheel A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle Bearing (mechanical), bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the Simple machine, six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction wi ...

- "Nocebo" CD/LP (FR94) *Drowse - "Light Mirror" LP (FR95) *Vale - "Burden of Sight" CD (FR96) *Wreck and Reference - "Absolute Still Life" CD/LP (FR98) *Have a Nice Life - " Sea of Worry" CD/LP (FR100) *CONSUMER - "In Computers" LP (FR102) *

Midwife A midwife is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their lifespan; co ...

- "Forever" LP (FR105) *Planning for Burial - "When Summer Turns to Fall" LP (FR108) *Giles Corey - "Hinterkaifeck" LP (FR109) *The Flowers of St. Francies - "Vol. 5" Tape (FR111) *Midwife &

Amulets An amulet, also known as a good luck charm or phylactery, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The word "amulet" comes from the Latin word amuletum, which Pliny's ''Natural History'' describes as "an object that protects ...

- "In / Heaven" CS (FR112) *Botanist - "Photosynthesis" LP (FR113) *

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

- "History" LP (FR114) *Midwife - "Like Author, Like Daughter" LP (FR115) *Black Wing - "No Moon" LP (FR117) *Amulets - "Blooming" LP (FR119) *Midwife - "Luminol" LP (FR120) *Hand Model - "The Thinking Monster" (FR121) *Planning for Burial - "Matwan Collected Works 2010-2014 Vol. 1" LP (FR122) *Succumb - "XXI" LP (FR123) *Various Artists - "Send the Pain Below" LP (FR124) *Mamaleek - "Kurdaitcha" LP (FR126) *Scarcity - "Aveilut" LP (FR127) * Chat Pile - " God's Country" LP (FR129) *Street Sects - "Gentrification V" EP (FR130) *Cremation Lily - "Dreams Drenched in Static" LP (FR131) *

- "Diner Coffee" LP (FR132) *Hand Model & Gloved Hands - "Game Changers" Tape (FR133) *Kathryn Mohr - "Holly" Tape, Digital (FR134) *Sister Grotto - "Song for an Unborn Son" LP (FR136) *Planning for Burial - "Matawan 2" LP, Digital (FR137) *Nahvalr - "Nahvalr" LP, Digital (FR138) *Drowse - "Wane into It" LP, Digital (FR140) *Chat Pile - "Tenkiller Motion Picture Soundtrack" Digital (FR141)

Literature

* "Blear" by Bryan Manning (TFB01) * ''To Sing of Damnation'' by Adam Washington (TFB02) * "Caryatid" by Bryan Manning (TFB04)

References

External links

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