8 Things to Know About Merzbow's Pulse Demon
- The album runs 73 minutes and 20 seconds across 8 tracks.
- The longest track is “Worms Plastic Earthbound,” which lasts 24 minutes.
- It is noise music at its most uncompromising.
- The sound is both punishing and hypnotic.
- The album is anchored by the 25-minute epic.
- It is a canonical work in the noise genre.
- The release is from 1996.
- It remains a definitive statement in extreme music.