Future Descent by Dismay

Here’s a little curiosity — my first-ever studio recording!

Over a weekend in April 1995, the band Dismay booked Studio S in Strømmen, Norway, to record this four‑track demo. It was the first time for any of us and the first time any of us had heard my vocals through a PA — I was 17.

By today’s standards, it’s a rough listen: musically, sonically, and technically raw. But it’s a piece of history. We were young, and being in a real studio felt like a dream come true.

The Physical Cassette: I recently found a box of the original tapes in the attic. These are not new duplications; this is the original "New Old Stock" from the summer of 1995, complete with the original hand-folded J-cards. A limited run is now available for anyone brave enough to sit with some teenage angst.

The Audio Source: For the digital download, I was fortunate to locate a DAT player that could read the master tapes cleanly (the originally released cassette version had an annoying scratch on track 1). I’ve applied light normalization and modest EQ lifts — nothing drastic.

Hi, I’m Tommy.
I’ve been making noise since the late 90s, cutting my teeth in bands like Insense, Beaten To Death, The Cumshots, Infidels, Big Muff 68, Syndicate and Dismay.

Along the way, I’ve had plenty of ideas and music that never found a home in those projects. Between the busy schedule of living a boring life, I hope this can be a place to explore what that music would have become.