Review: KMFDM
KMFDM “Sturm and Drang Tour 2002” (Metropolis) With a back catalog as extensive as KMFDM it only makes sense to release a live album. The live album serves as a greatest hits of sorts and also either signals the return…
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Review: Wolfsheim
Wolfsheim “Casting Shadows” (Metropolis) This is kind of a weird CD for me to review. With a name like Wolfsheim, I thought I would be in for some aggressive industrial music, but instead this CD is filled with trance like…
Review: Velvet Acid Christ
Velvet Acid Christ “Hex Angel: (Utopia – Dystopia)” (Metropolis) Velvet Acid Christ is perfect for fans of mid-era Skinny Puppy albums such as “Remission” and “Vivisect VI”. If you long for pure old industrial mayhem with lots of layered sampling,…
Review: Hanzel und Gretyl
Hanzel und Gretyl ““Uber Alles”” (Metropolis) This disc really reminds me of the old days when I used to listen to Pop Will Eat Itself and Rammstein. Drenched in German symbolism and lyrics, Hanzel und Gretyl are here to become…
Review: Frontline Assembly
Frontline Assembly “Civilization” (Metropolis) Stark, beat driven electronic arrangements that still general retain a sense of ‘song’. A more somber Thrill Kill Kult comes to mind (but I’ve been listening to a lot of that lately, so I hear their…
Review: Bunnydrums
Bunnydrums “PKD/Simulcra” (Metropolis) The use of snaky and piercing guitar lines on this early ’80 goth rock summons to mind Bauhaus and Shriekback. Vocalist David Goerk uses his voice in different styles, sounding sometimes like the cartoon-voiced Jello Biafra (“Magazine”),…