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Album: "Aftermath"
(1998) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight When I got this CD I figured it would be more of the same slow paced melodic electronic music with clean soft female vocals that I have come to expect from this band. However, to my pleasant surprise there is actually some energy and emotion to be found here. The music is made up of clean electronic programming, harmonic synths and hard drum beats. The vocals performed by Maria are mainly beautiful and melodic, but she gets pissed off at times as well and belts out the lyrics with anger. Speaking of lyrics, most of the songs seem to be about relationships gone bad. While I'm usually not the biggest fan of songs about relationship problems, I do like these because Maria seems really passionate about what she's saying and her emotions feel real. Also, this anger of hers allows these songs to be more exciting then what Battery usually delivers. The music plays at a medium pace with solid rhythms and beats and tight structures. This is clean and polished electronic music with a slight pop sound. Maria's vocals are sharp and blend perfectly with the music. My only complaint is that the CD kind of falls into the traditional slow and boring Battery sound toward the end. So while things start out good, the CD starts losing it as it gets to the last few songs. But overall this is a very refreshing CD.
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Album: "Distance"
(1996) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight If you took all of the slow paced melodic songs that featured female vocals from Battery's previous album "nv" and put them one one album, you would get "Distance". Almost every song on this album is dark, moody, and melodic with beautiful female singing. But this isn't what Battery started out as. Battery's first album "Mutate" is very upbeat and catchy with fairly fast paced and aggressive songs on it. It featured a combination of female vocals, male vocals, and both. On "Distance" you mostly get slow paced melodic songs with just female vocals. There are only a couple of songs with male vocals. The music is very electronic with programming, synths, and drum machines creating it. Also, the album is very tight and polished with a very high quality sound to it. But I feel that it has too many slow songs and instrumentals. I hope on Battery's next album they go back to their roots and create some angry and aggressive songs. Because I like their dance tracks that are upbeat and mix both male and female vocals. I feel that is where their true talent is. Their slow and melodic songs are good as well. But you can only handle so many of these songs before you start wanting something with a little more energy to it.
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Album: "nv"
(1995) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight This is Battery's follow up album to their debut "Mutate". There is even more variety on this album. There are dark slow melodic songs, catchy dance songs, aggressive angry songs, and a lot of instrumentals. This album features goth, electro industrial, Cyber-Core, pop, and alternative styles on it. All of the music is very electronic with programming and synths. There is even guitar thrown into the mix on some songs. There are songs with female vocals, and songs with male vocals. But the majority of songs feature female singing. There are some great tracks on this album. But there are more slow songs and instrumentals than I would care for. This album is a lot different from "Mutate", but is still very good.
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Album: "Mutate"
(1993) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight This album has a lot of variety on it. No two songs sound alike. There are songs with female vocals, male vocals, and both. Five of the songs are strictly instrumentals. But the eight songs with vocals are very good. They are upbeat with electronics, synths, drums, samples, and slight guitar mixed with beautiful female vocals and angry distorted male vocals. There isn't a slow or boring song here. Some are aggressive and would be great for the dance floor, while others are more melodic and full of emotion. The tracks that mix the harmonizing trance like female vocals with the angry distorted male vocals are excellent because they are very unique. If you're looking for an original industrial album with a lot of variety, Battery's "Mutate" is the ticket.
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