{"product_id":"geography-of-hell-baghdad-1991-baghdad-2003-black-vinyl-lp-cd-pre-order","title":"GEOGRAPHY OF HELL |BAGHDAD 1991\/BAGHDAD 2003 | BLACK VINYL LP + CD PRE ORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eplease note this is a pre order and ships in approx. 12 weeks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe new Geography of Hell LP, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaghdad 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, plunges into the first Gulf War, fueled by televangelists’ sermons while Tomahawk cruise missiles streaked across the sky and GBU-12 laser bombs rained down on burning oil fields. This sonic excavation is built from meticulous archival research: US trooper self-recorded videos, TV broadcasts, and 1991 televangelist preaches, all woven into mechanical, hypnotic structures that echo the weaponized return of Christ in the Middle East.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaunting the entire record is the voice of Aïda from Verdi’s opera, now repurposed as a ghostly chorus against the priests of Pharaoh—those who posses the weapons, sanctity of slaughter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album’s crushing rhythms, synths, loops, feedback, and drones feed an inferno, where 130-foot flames claw at the sky: a divine judgment. The voices of the priests rise, clear and commanding, guiding soldiers through fire and desolation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaghdad 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e LP is accompanied by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaghdad 2003 CD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. An ambient evocation of the 2003 conflict — a darker soundscape, samples, synth exploration. A sonic investigation into the labyrinthine depths of the second war in Iraq, in search of wandering souls among the desert ruins of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaghdad - where thousands dawn gas masks while the prayers of millions broadcast on cathode rays back home a self-proclaimed Destiny across these two companion albums. Welcome to your future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack vinyl. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes digital download code\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Edition of 400.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GEOGRAPHY OF HELL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60100350738718,"sku":"840526516421","price":44.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2611\/7862\/files\/baghdad1991LP_2003CDmockup.jpg?v=1790882721","url":"https:\/\/hospitalproductions.net\/products\/geography-of-hell-baghdad-1991-baghdad-2003-black-vinyl-lp-cd-pre-order","provider":"Hospital Productions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}