Ten seconds into the first single off of Wolf Eyes' latest album makes me feel just like the title placed upon it. Yes, I feel as if I were "Stabbed in The Face." For those unfamiliar with Aaron Dilloway, Nathan Young and John Olsen, the trio who make up Wolf Eyes, they come together to create a very primitive and raw sound. Literally. The group's first album on Sub Pop Records consists of over 40 minutes of pure, unrelenting noise.

With their album, Burned Mind, the trio are able to use their "artistic musical view" to make strange, treacherous noises through use of any instrument, mechanical equipment, or vocal chord they can get their grubby hands on. I could continue to explain what kind of sound Wolf Eyes has, but with song titles such as "Urine Burn" and "Black Vomit" there is little need for further explanation.

At this point, it's a little hard to argue a case for the band members as actual musicians. Yet, there has to be some value to the group. Otherwise, why else would Andrew W.K. (who created modern classics such as "Party Hard") be a former member of the band? Why would Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore be at their side, unrelentingly supporting them with every fiber of his musical being? Why were they chosen to play at Lollapalooza this summer, before the Festival was cancelled? And, finally, why would Sub Pop records, the indie record label famous for signing great indie musicians in the past two decades (such as the Shins and the Postal Service), sign a band that produces nothing but noise?

The reason is because noise has now earned a place in the culture of the music elite. Thurston Moore's unrelenting support of Wolf Eyes should be anything but surprising; as grandfather to the art-punk noise-rock movement, Moore has now been a father figure and supporter to numerous noise bands. Wolf Eyes's aesthetic roots can be traced back to bands like Sonic Youth and Big Black, and the group has adopted their relentless experimentalist work ethic. With constant evolution in the music world, the band falls into a strange and artful genre that appears to be growing once again (there is developing popularity with some similar sounding artists, such as the Locust).

There is a sense of musical coherence and rhythm that flows through certain tracks in the album. One song that shows this is "Rattlesnake Shake," which basically sounds like a rattlesnake for four minutes, but also includes some tuneful moments and reduced screaming from Dilloway and Young.

Truth be told, Wolf Eyes is not for the faint of heart; in fact, it shouldn't even be listened to by someone with heart or back problems, or who may be pregnant. Burned Mind is an album that truly defies all other music out there and explores the concept of what is listenable and what is art; even what is music. Will Wolf Eyes ever catch on to the music world? That answer is up to you; I mean the Spice Girls were popular. But for now, probably not.