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October 30th 2026
Gold Vinyl, reissue
Total Castration (全体去勢) is the acclaimed second full-length studio album by Japanese progressive noise-rock pioneers Zeni Geva, originally released in 1991. The record marks a historical turning point for the Tokyo-based power trio, serving as their very first collaboration with legendary producer and engineer Steve Albini.
"A band like no other - blending sludge, doom, prog and noise to create a spectacularly brutal sound." – EVERY ALBUM EVER
Formed in Tokyo in 1987, ZENI GEVA reached a turning point on 1991’s “Total Castration”, the first album recorded and engineered by their lifelong friend and collaborator Steve Albini. Never before available on vinyl and extensively restored and remastered, “Total Castration” is where one of rock music’s most ferocious and uncompromising partnerships began - a landmark in heavy music laid to analog tape.
Pressed on “24Hz GOLD” Colored Vinyl and comes complete with a double-sided, collectible Footlong OBI.
Zeni Geva toured the world, released numerous albums, and were and are a formidable force in the noise, punk, metal, and experimental scenes. To say they are the missing link between all those genres and their respective bands and fans is an understatement. – BANDCAMP DAILY
K.K. Null is a living legend and ZENI GEVA is Null's answer to grindcore and the eternally heavy. - PITCHFORK
Zeni Geva extrudes venomous thrash with a death metal sensibility and the kick-pedal frequency of hardcore industrialism. “Total Castration” is a groaning mass of gory riff decimation – TROUSER PRESS
“Calling Zeni Geva noise rock is accurate enough to be useful and insufficient enough to be frustrating. They’ve spent decades doing something that most heavy music never quite manages: making noise feel genuinely dangerous. Zeni Geva have been doing this since before the internet existed to explain or categorize them, and the music has that quality of things that were never made to be consumed quickly. It was built to last precisely because it was built without compromise. Thirty-plus years in, the catalog doesn’t feel dated. It feels like evidence.” – METAL JAPAN
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