BAND NAME: Ligature Strangulation
GENRE: Gorenoise, Grindcore with various influences
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Unknown (early), USA (now)
Formed...
sometime before I was saved? Either 2012 or 2013, leaning toward 2013.
Anyway, active now as a Christian project. The genre is subject to
change. I have a lot of ideas that are related to grindcore music but I
don't want to start separate projects for all of them. LS is my umbrella
project for them, although the main genre first and foremost is
gorenoise.
Lineup:
Nocturnal Iridescence - All instruments, Vocals
+ with help from, and credit to, God
Discography:
† Cellphone Recordings † (compilation, 6 November, 2018, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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A compilation of the songs I record on my cellphone until I get a new, proper recorder.
This particular track was uploaded 10 November, 2018.
A friend proposed the idea of "slow grindcore". Is it possible without just becoming "sludge" or "drone"? This track was something I cobbled together to illustrate the ideas I had.
The basic idea of the lyrics, was asking God for help during illness.
3) Ligature Strangulation - "Slow Grindcore"6:34, lyrics not written down
Acts 16:26 (demo, 24 November, 2019, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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Also
stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
All 3 songs from this were re-released later on.
Scroll to the 2025 compilation for lyrics.
1) The Heretics' Fatal Misconception of Christ's Crucifixion 00:53
2) Fatally Piercing the Idols Through the Integrity of Revelation 20:10 1:03
3) Eternal Worship of the Creator YHWH 1:43
Gorenoise Cristiano - 4 Way Split (V/A, 9 June, 2020, Olivia Records)
Format: CD-R
unavailable
Split with Meekness; Slammed into Oblivion; and Fleuve de vie.
Both of these compilations were banned from sale on Discogs, apparently after fraudulent activity from the label. I don't have any copies, so sadly I can't help you with the other bands on the split. But if you'd like to hear my contributions, scroll down to the 2025 compilation below.
1) Ligature Strangulation - The Heretics' Fatal Misconception of Christ's Crucifixion 00:53
2) Ligature Strangulation - Fatally Piercing the Idols Through the Integrity of Revelation 20:10 1:03
3) Ligature Strangulation - Eternal Worship of the Creator YHWH 1:43
4) Ligature Strangulation - A Heart Which Devises Wicked Imagination 00:56
5) Ligature Strangulation - Feet Which Be Swift in Running to Evil 00:34
6) Ligature Strangulation - That Mankind Is Left Without Excuse 00:37
7) Ligature Strangulation - There Is None Which Doeth Good, No, Not One 1:28
8) Ligature Strangulation - From Whence Come Wars and Fightings Among You 1:25
9) Ligature Strangulation - He Was Bruised for Our Iniquities 00:44
10) Ligature Strangulation - And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears from Our Eyes 1:18
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Gorenoise Cristiano Volume 2 (V/A, 4 February, 2021, Olivia Records)
Format: CD-R
unavailable
Split with Terror todos por os lados; Slammed into Oblivion; Meekness; Iustus Ira; Fleuve de vie; Horror Tomb; and Não Tem Cão Que Aguente.
Both of these compilations were banned from sale on Discogs, apparently
after fraudulent activity from the label. I don't have any copies, so
sadly I can't help you with the other bands on the split. But if you'd
like to hear my contributions, scroll down to the 2025 compilation
below.
7) Ligature Strangulation - Shadows Spill like Blood 00:51
8) Ligature Strangulation - When Christ Will No Longer Send Them to the Swine 00:44
9) Ligature Strangulation - Black and White Magick Gutted 00:35
10) Ligature Strangulation - Solvet Saeclum In Favilla 00:32
11) Ligature Strangulation - In Expugnationem Peccatorum 00:46
12) Ligature Strangulation - Unworthy of His Utter Love and Mercy 00:55
13) Ligature Strangulation - Can There Any Good Thing Come Out of Nazareth? 00:29
14) Ligature Strangulation - Philip Saith unto Him, Come and See 00:59
15) Ligature Strangulation - Et Diabolus In Stagnum Ignis In Saecula Saeculorum 2:06
The Nightmare from Which We Must Wake Up (single, 11 September, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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Raw black metal / blacknoise. VERY LOUD.
Based on a dream I had on the night of 10/11 September. See the link for more info on that.
1) The Nightmare from Which We Must Wake Up
8:00, lyrics:
Hide the evil
Cripple the do-gooders
Never let them raise
A finger against our sin
Dress up the emperor
Appease them with bread and circuses
Threaten and intimidate any who look past the curtain
COINTELPRO
While the inside decays like whitewashed tombs
Teach them they are nothing
All who oppose us are mud formed from an accident
"You have no greater purpose
Than to reproduce and die.
So is the way of mud.
So is the way of self-replicating RNA."
Denounce the liberator
Christ - a filthy moralist
Children - our playthings
Adults - our nihilistic wallets
Give us splendor while you die.
"This is all life is: a system of money
There is nothing else
There is no other goal to reach
Stop dreaming
Stop trying to change it
Quit speaking out
Stop running away
Stop resisting indoctrination"
Filthy moralists
Beat them down
Strike their heads
Bleed them dry
It is not cruelty; they deserve all of it and worse
For trying to free you
For trying to help you
For trying to break these bars
This prison we told you to love
This prison of debt and sadness
Of alcoholism and vain pursuits
To find real purpose in life
To breathe fresh air
To hear the birds
To feel the so-called Lord
To hear his putrid voice
His putrid wisdom and love
You don't need love.
You need us.
You don't want to be the next moralist, do you?
You know what happens to them
Get back in line
Work, fornicate, drink, birth some more minions for our machines
And then die
You will never be anything more than mud
You will never be anything.
Put that fairy tale Bible down, idiot.
Work and die. Get in your grave.
Close that damn Bible!
Kill a prostitute
Close that fucking Bible!!
Build more hostile architecture at taxpayers' expense
CLOSE THAT BIBLE! AGH! STOP!
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Gorenoise Cristiano Vol I & II Compilation (compilation, 25 November, 2025, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
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stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)
Also included is the original artwork, without the text and without the squishing. I took the original photographs, God helped me turn it into the artwork seen here.
1) The Heretics' Fatal Misconception of Christ's Crucifixion
00:53, lyrics:
Go ahead and mutilate Christ. Every drop of blood is another victory for His kingdom. Every fleshwound is another sin paid for. Blood forever pours from above. It is the assurance of salvation to all who cling unto the Lord.
2) Fatally Piercing the Idols Through the Integrity of Revelation 20:10
1:03, lyrics:
Demonic forces. Manipulators and cunning liars. Their words torn apart with the sword of Scripture. My name is written in the book of life. And they are powerless against God's might. Not one finger of theirs can touch us. The devil will be thrown into Hell, along with his entire army.
3) Eternal Worship of the Creator YHWH
1:43, lyrics:
Three in one. Holy wind from above. Guider. Healer. Protector. God, King of kings. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Creator and sustainer. Parent and friend. Comrade and general. Ever deserving of praise. For those who love You, this painful life is temporal. A new, better one awaits in Your kingdom. Through these trials, we grow and learn, under the watchful eye of an ever-present deity. Glory be unto You for all ages to come. Society shall pass away. This world shall pass away. Your word shall never pass away. Eternal is, and shall be, Your glory. Divinity on a scale humanity cannot yet fathom. Give me ever more faith and devotion for Your righteous cause. Amen.
4) A Heart Which Devises Wicked Imagination
00:56, lyrics:
There are evil thoughts in all men's hearts; but the devising, fabricating of them, and thus making the heart into a devil's workshop, is the mark of utter depravity and wickedness, and is abhorrent to God. The devices of the heart, though planned in secret, are clear to him "to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are bid." The peculiar position which the heart occupies in the enumeration is to be accounted for on the ground that it is the fountain, not only of those vices which have been already mentioned, but of those which follow. (adapted from Pulpit Commentary)
5) Feet Which Be Swift in Running to Evil
00:34, lyrics:
"To run to mischief" is to carry out with alacrity and without delay what has already been devised in the heart. It implies more than falling or sliding into sin, which is common to all. It denotes, Cornelius a Lapide remarks, "inexplebilem sceleris aviditatem, et destinatum studium." (adapted from Pulpit Commentary)
6) That Mankind Is Left Without Excuse
00:37, lyrics:
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. (Romans 1:20 NLT)
7) There Is None Which Doeth Good, No, Not One
1:28, lyrics:
Citizens and governments alike committing human rights abuses. Communally defending negligence in worship of mammon. Riots and vandalism destroy civilization while police in authority slaughter minorities. Godless masses turn against one another in selfishness and greed, in lust and pride. Unity only in our desperation to sin. Unity only in our global hatred of righteousness. War waged not by powers or wealth, but by a society unwilling to confront sin and denounce temptation. Agendas over Scripture. Rape over marriage. Lust over sensibility. And soon - judgment over mercy.
8) From Whence Come Wars and Fightings Among You
1:25, lyrics:
Nukes dropped on innocents. Thousands and thousands of civilians lie in mass graves. Addicted to power like a drug, the children of Satan wage war. "They" say the number one cause of war is religion. "They" have never tasted the sweet nectar of oil. "They" have never had the satisfaction of forcefully tearing a piece of land away from another people. "They" can't fathom the depths to which mankind will go for its depravity. Rape in the name of war. Bomb in the name of war. Poison in the name of war. Turn up the flames of Hell and secure your place in damnation.
9) He Was Bruised for Our Iniquities
00:44, lyrics:
He is our Savior - Jesus Christ. So much evil have we wrought, so much torment we deserve. All that torment is brought to naught as He embraces you - pierced and scarred hands, feet hardly able to walk from the wounds, thorns encircling His head. A radiant light overpowers the darkness in your heart in that sweet moment of safety, as the only begotten son of God says to you, "I did this for you".
10) And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears from Our Eyes
1:28, lyrics:
The world is too corrupt and evil. Warnings are ignored, corruption only rises. Wickedness surrounds me all day. And I can scarcely look into a mirror and say I'm any better. It's a swamp of sin and disappointment. Soon enough God, it will all go away. You'll commence judgment, and we who remain faithful will go to a place without any sin, only the righteousness of Your presence and glory for which we've so yearned. The old earth and heaven will be destroyed and replaced with purity. No more flawed intent. No more failings. No more temptation. No more racism. No more death. No more Satanism. No more illness, physical or mental. "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet." (Romans 16:20) And I can't wait for that moment, resting in the knowledge that these trials are over. Let me be Your warrior and servant for the rest of this life. You gave me eternity. I can at least give You whatever remains of my time here.
11) Shadows Spill like Blood
00:51, lyrics:
Desecration of diabolical empires. Blade of Scripture cuts through the heart of lying shadows. Stronghold exposed for its weakness. Illusion smashed. Blood pours. Vomit these shadows, dripped from my fangs and from the once-worshipped creation. All consecrated anew to the holy God.
12) When Christ Will No Longer Send Them to the Swine
00:44, lyrics:
The end comes. Your kingdom will be washed away by hellfire. "Send us not into the desert", the Legion once said. "Send us into those pigs!" Christ allowed them to, but the time is coming very quickly when this will no longer be permitted. You will beg for the desert. You will never escape Hell.
13) Black and White Magick Gutted
00:35, lyrics:
Ethereal lies forever shattered. Black magick crushed by stronger divine power, white magick is nothing but a pagan twisting of divine intent. Both must be destroyed.
The sword of Scripture cuts!
The sword of Scripture cuts!
The sword of Scripture cuts!
The sword of Scripture cuts!
14) Solvet Saeclum in Favilla
00:32, lyrics:
End times they said wouldn't come. Wars destroyed. Earth dissolved in armageddon. Empire of sin gone. Babylon erased eternally. God reigned then and God reigns now. Judgment comes. Eternal peace and eternal destruction await.
15) In Expugnationem Peccatorum
00:46, lyrics:
Awake the sleeping sinners. The Gospel can't be silenced. Crush the hypnotic strongholds. Oppose the lies. Desecrate idolatry and twistings of God's Word. Stop at nothing. Let lukewarm thoughts fall away from you. This is spiritual combat. Raise your sword, protect the oppressed and watch the oppressors fall into ruin.
16) Unworthy of His Utter Love and Mercy
00:55, lyrics:
The love God has for me, a reflection of His love and mercy. How quick am I to condemn while He is equally quick to forgive? How quick am I to go against my own convictions in moments of emotional distress while He is unchanging and able to remain objective at all times? If I were God I would have dismissed someone like me a long time ago. Yet God remains patient, God remains loving. I am thankful and humbled. I don't know what God sees in me, but it must be something worthwhile. Christ paid for my sins on the cross. Why? But thank You!
17) Can There Any Good Thing Come Out of Nazareth?
00:29, lyrics:
Can any good thing come from Nazareth? Yes! Can any good thing come from gorenoise? Yes! Can any good thing come from Christian metal? Yes! Can any good thing come from me? Yes! None of this is because of the inherent virtue of these things, but because God is powerful and able to work good through various things.
18) Philip Saith Unto Him, Come and See.
00:59, lyrics:
Come and see that good can come from Nazareth.
Come and see that our Lord is good.
Come and see the fulfillment of prophecies. Come and see rejuvenation of the soul. Come and see strength renewed. Come and see philosophies untangled. Come and see knowledge increase. Come and see true salvation. Come and see illusions fall away. Come and see evil crushed under foot.
Come and see that our Lord is good.
19.Et Diabolus in Stagnum Ignis in Saecula Saeculorum
2:06, lyrics:
One of God's angels, you could have been so much. Now you're almost nothing. Fallen. And falling further, and further... Burning, and screaming, and dying, in a pit of sulphur, forever, and ever, and ever... You built such a massive empire, crumpled in one fell swoop. You will never be anything again, but one voice of many screaming for mercy, while above, those you hurt so much are given eternal comfort. BURN!!! BE AS NOTHING!!! DIE!!! WRETCH!!! CHAFF!!! FALL!!!
