Black Lung is an electronic and industrial music project by Australian musician David Thrussell, also known for his industrial bands Snog and the more ambient Soma.
The first Black Lung album, 1994's Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, was mostly composed of instrumental tracks taken from Snog's first album Lies Inc. and the Hey, Christian God single. A year later, the album was also released on Germany's Machinery Records as... read more
Black Lung's darkest ambient distortion debut from '94. Black Lung, hailing from the great continent of Australia, is the brainchild of David Thrussell, aka Snog. Their lyrics show a strong disillusionment with the western ideals of materialism and mass ownership, a stance which is bound to enrage the "gimme" sensibilities of American capitalism. Despite their apparently radical inclinations, David doesn't regard his lyrics as political, but rather as simple and rather obvious social observations. He doesn't claim to have any revelatory secrets, but sees his lyrics as a frank examination of our humanity struggling within itself.
In 1995, David Thrussell opened his Black Lung project with the debut album Silent Weapons For Silent Wars. He also appeared with Pieter Bourke (of Eden and Dead Can Dance) as Soma, whose releases include The Hollow Earth and The Inner Cinema. He unabashedly supports the right of sampling, and openly promotes the sampling of his own material by other artists.
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