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5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't let the first Listen put You off., 3 Jun 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Sacrificed (Audio CD)
Although on the first listen this may appear to be little more than Industrial madness, on closer inspection this album reveals itself to be an infectiously catchy and surprisingly tuneful release from soon-to-be Industrial Gods Razed in Black.
Hailing from Hawaii of all places,Romell Regulacion,the one-man driving force behind RIB, has with this album, not only created a typically aggressive,menacing and darkly dancable Industrial affair, but has infact developed a sound that bridges the gap between the more mainstream Industrial acts such as NIN and the less commercial, noise experimentation of genre-defining luminaries such as Skinny Puppy.
Combining heavy guitars,harsh distorted vocals,dark tuneful electronics and abrasive overlapping drumloops Romell experiments with the plethora of styles Industrial Music has to offer,without ever seeming arty or isolating his audience.
Although the majority of songs here are beat-driven tracks interspersed with jagged guitar riffs the album also makes use of ominous synth atmospherics,melodic electronic bleeps and chimes as well as a host of strange and often comical found sounds.
The four segue tracks do way down the preceedings a little, as does the sometimes overly frenetic drumming but on the whole there really is no song here that I couldn't recommend.Newer Pressings of the CD now come with the fantastic Oh My Goth! Single,one of the best things RIB have ever done (along with their cover of Hell's Bells,not available on this CD).
As is often the case with Industrial Music,if you really want to enjoy this album you probably shouldn't bother with the lyrics,which can at times be painfully silly (such as on the opening to Nightmare).Nevertheless I would recommend this Album to anyone who enjoys noisy Industrial ROCK!!!
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