Opera For Infantry

About

Opera For Infantry was an industrial and noise music project active during the 1980s underground experimental scene. The project emerged during a fertile period for confrontational and transgressive audio art, releasing material primarily through independent cassette labels and underground publications. Their output, including the cassette releases "Kill 'Em All Let God Sort Them Out" (1985) on Artaman and "Perform Scumworld" on Anal Probe International Tapes, reflects the aesthetics and distribution methods characteristic of the noise and industrial underground. The project's deliberately provocative titles and association with independent tape culture positioned Opera For Infantry within the broader context of 1980s industrial experimentation and the DIY ethos of underground noise music. Their work appears to have been documented through various magazine features and promotional materials, indicating some circulation within underground music networks. The project represents the prolific but often obscure world of cassette-based industrial and noise music from this era, where artists typically operated outside mainstream channels through small independent labels and direct distribution.