Ian Dominick Fernow is an American experimental musician, poet and multimedia artist. He is best known for extreme music released under the stage name Prurient, as well as numerous other aliases including Vatican Shadow, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement and Christian Cosmos. His first releases date back to 1998, the same year in which he founded the record label Hospital Productions.
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Dark Factories Resurrected14 May 2026Vinyl
20th Hijacker13 Oct 2025Vinyl
Sickness in the Right / Gulf War Syndrome3 Oct 2025Vinyl
Demolished Holy Sites (Redacted)6 Sep 2024Vinyl
Coast Guard Gulf of Blood2 Sep 2022Vinyl
SR-71 Blackbird Survivors5 Mar 2021Vinyl
Persian Pillars of the Gasoline Era18 Sep 2020Vinyl
Temple Gas Mask1 Jul 2020Vinyl
Church of All Hallows' Eve1 Oct 2019Vinyl
Luxor Necropolitics10 Aug 2017Vinyl
Media in the Service of Terror10 Jun 2016Vinyl
Death Is Unity With God31 May 2014Vinyl
Remember Your Black Day18 Oct 2013Vinyl
Ornamented Walls8 Oct 2012Vinyl
Atta's Apartment Slated for DemolitionSep 2012Vinyl
Ghosts of ChechnyaSep 2012Vinyl
Washington Buries Al Qaeda Leader At Sea: Decks 1-318 Oct 2011Vinyl
Pakistan Military AcademySep 2011Vinyl
Kneel Before Religious Icons12 Jan 2011Vinyl
Opium Crop Airstrikes9 Jan 2019 · EPVinyl
Rubbish of the Floodwaters12 May 2017 · EPVinyl
Easing of Our Task14 Jul 2014 · EPVinyl
Fireball14 Jul 2014 · EPVinyl
April Silencer14 Jul 2014 · EPVinyl
Enduring Mysteries14 Jul 2014 · EPVinyl
Elohim City14 Jul 2014 · EPVinyl
Oklahoma Military Academy14 Jul 2014 · EPVinyl
When You Are Crawling25 Nov 2013 · EPVinyl
Kuwaiti Airforce29 Sep 2012 · EPVinyl
Jordanian Descent25 Sep 2012 · EPVinyl
September Cell18 Jun 2012 · EPVinyl
Operation Neptune Spear5 May 2012 · EPVinyl
Yemeni CommandosDec 2011 · EPVinyl
Mural of SaddamSep 2011 · EPVinyl
Byzantine Private CIAJan 2010 · EPVinylTaxi Journey Through the Teeming Slums of Tehran31 Aug 2020 · SingleVinylRehearsing for the Attack3 Aug 2020 · SingleVinyl
Bunkerterror18 Oct 2017 · SingleVinyl
Iraqi Praetorian Guard4 Apr 2012 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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