This album was re-released in 2007; the original limited edition was released in 1995. The 2007 version comes in a sleek digipak cover of good quality.
The opening track, “Beneath the Shroud”, loops away adding voice and percussion paving the way for the albums eleven tracks. “Regime” transforms itself into something sounding like a Genocide Organ track, screaming noise into the listeners face at various stages. There is some good percussion on tracks like “Infernal Wake” sounding not unlike early Cabaret Voltaire – which of course is a good thing. “Abiding Broadcast Contamination” contains some interesting signal manipulation layered onto a deep modulating drone, conjuring thoughts of audio viruses and transmission abuse. This album is a good start for those new to Anenzephalia.

This is some powerful and frightening stuff - whereas Genocide Organ are more about promoting their extreme views, Anenzephalia is more about sound itself and titles don't say much about politics of any kind. To me, this is an aural equivalent of war - slow, painful and torturous for the most part. Not an easy listen, by any means, but quite effective in its depiction of horrors that are happening on the face of the earth sometimes.