This is one of the nocturnal noise productions by Insomnia a.k.a. Jason Vizmanos, the commanding general and the spearhead of Mandarangan Recordings. Mandarangan Recordings is a noise/industrial/experimental label which was named after a god of war in Philippine Mythology. This album was recorded in 2000 and remastered in 2002. Insomnia used broken bass, reference headphones, fx pedals and tape decks. The first track entitled "Black Hole Messiah" is full of offensive-minded feedbacks morphing into bewitching shrieks and erratically enveloped by low frequency growls. It is followed by "Lacerated Children Of The Abyss" which sounds like a horrendous gush and torrent of sonic static. Imagine an uncontrollable mass hemorrhage. "Casanaan", the title track, sounds like a perfect noise anthem for the combatants of Mandarangan. A hurling dagger of darkened circuitry. "Afterlife", the last track which features Kim Nunez on mc-303, is one of Insomnia's best. It is a 20:30 minutes of off centered and awkward excursion from a tunnel of compressed air to a suspended stadium of free-for-all fracas. Although some of the clamorous outbursts in this album may tend to be repetitive, generally the dynamics of the sound and its cluttering effects are quite interesting. It seems like somebody is concocting a formula to create a maelstrom to inferno.  Crispin Garcimo / GAZ WEBZINE