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Malsonus.com is the home of all things relating to the experimental music of Jonathan Paul Canady (hailing originally from Denver, Colorado). The name Malsonus (a made up word from the latin "bad / evil" and "sound") comes from a record label I ran from 1995 to 2000. My first serious musical venture in the music underground began in 1991 with the industrial metal band DEAD WORLD which disbanded in 1999. A significant proportion of the music of DEAD WORLD was non-rhythmic dark experimental.

My interest in this type of sound lead to the formation of a purely experimental side project called TORTURE CHAMBER in 1993. The band essentially broke up in 1995 and led to my beginning DEATHPILE that same year.

DEATHPILE began as a varied experimental / noise project but quickly became pure power electronics (harsh electronic noise with vocals) after the debut release. From 1995 to early 2004 DEATHPILE recorded many albums that were released on cassette, vinyl and CD internationally and performed live sporadically in Colorado, Chicago and on the East Coast.

During this same time period I collaborated with other experimental artists under the names BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA (w/ GRUNTSPLATTER's Scott Candey), HOLLOW EARTH (w/ YEN POX / BLOOD BOX's Michael Hensley) and THE URGE WITHIN (w/ DEATHPILE keyboardist David E. Williams).

In 2001 I relocated to the Philadelphia, PA area and I am currently the Art Director for Relapse Records.

During the Summer of 2002 I began creating heavy electronic music as a solo artist under the name ANGEL OF DECAY. Currently AOD is created using vintage analog synths and other out of date equipment using very primitive methods. Each AOD release will most likely be different and united only by my unshakable interest in all things dark and disturbing. This project will be my primary focus for the foreseeable future.

-Jonathan Canady 2.20.04