June Reviews


Elegant Machinery - Fading Away
A Different Drum - 6 track CDS
Meloncholy electro pop music. Four versions of Fading Away plus two bonus tracks. Very Depeche Mode like style. Synth pop eighty sound, with melodic, mellow dramatic vocals. A little too poppy and exhausting.



Neuroactive - Phomic Trace
A Different Drum - 13 track CD
Electro industrial EBM styed music. Vocals are a little monotonous though the music is pure electronic and melodic. There are not a wide variety of sounds or samples, nor is it ever extreme or aggresssive which makes it on the whole a little dull.



Various Artist - Cryogenic Studios
Cleopatra Records - 9 track CD
Named after Bill Leeb's (Frontline Assmbly) studio, this cd is a compilation of some of his side projects. Equinox, Frontline Assembly, Delerium, Pro-Tech and Synesthesia are the bands on this compilation. A fine mix of intelligent music mixed with a lot of atmosphere. Certainly a good collabaratioin in terms of a sample for Bill Leeb's variety. The Delerium tracks are simply beautiful.



Aghast View - Carcinopest CD
Gashed Records - 12 track CD
Irate sounds combined with electronics, guitar and harsh vocals. Sounds like Frontline with less variety and more heavy on the guitars. Overall there lacks variety to hold interest. Pretty driving and heavy.



Lateral Tension - Pressure Device
Independent - 14 track CD
Snarling snickering vocals. The music is not bad. They do sound very typically and industrila experimantal band. The vocals get a little annoying at times.



Electric Hellfire Club - Unholy Roller
Cleopatra Records - 10trk CD
Crazy music by crazy guys. Definitely will appeal to fans, but overall a more satanic rocking CD. Raw sounding and though most songs are remixed not impressive, Regardless kinda fun, entertaining at least.



Equinox - Holon
Cleopatra Records - 9 trk CD
Yet another Frontline Assembly side project. Featuring Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson, the CD is more atmosphere oriented. The influence of breakbeats and ambient. Actually done very well and enjoyable as background music. Nothing heavy but easy to digest.



Scar Tissue - Rebuild
21st Circuitry Records - *16 trk CD
An amazing CD from this versitile band. Break beat, drum and bass sounds. Heavy sounding and many influences. Definitely something different and unique. Not your typical industrial dance music but something heavy enough for the club culture.



Covenant - Europa
21st Circuitry Records - 9 trk CD
Well quite frankly a little disappointing, maybe due to high expectations but still not their best. Covenant seem to have condensed their music sound and minimized their layering . They are a little more electronically sounded as opposed to industrial darkfloor. The Cd is still good. Many songs are typically Covevant, but many lack any melody and end up sounding very monotonous. Though the more I listen the more it grows on me.



Various - Diva X Machinery 2
COP International - 15 trk CD
Well this is the second Cd in the series which contains female industrial artist compiled into a good CD. Some songs seem like fillers and are really not worthy, but on the whole the Cd contains good variety of female artists and sounds. A good compilation to pick up








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