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Reviewed
by: Darklight
The Chaos Engine are
a four man industrial rock band from Europe. The first thing that I
noticed about this CD is that it contains 23 tracks. 14 of these are
actual structured songs while 9 are short ambient/noise filler. Considering
the fact that this is a heavy industrial rock band, the ambient/noise
filler included here is out of place and interrupts the flow of the
CD.
The actual structured songs on this CD sound like heavy alternative
rock music with the addition of electronic programming and keyboards.
There’s a lot of heavy chugging guitars, bass and drum beats creating
the music as clean untreated male vocals sing and shout over it all.
Electronics, sampling and synth melodies are in the mix as well to add
even more layering to the sound.
While I’m not the biggest fan of this style of music, I have to admit
that The Chaos Engine does it extremely well. Those
who are fans of heavy industrial rock music will enjoy this disc immensely.
The overall recording is very well produced and polished with a big
label sound. The musicians are talented and play their instruments to
perfection. The singer has a good voice and sings in a lot of various
ways. He can carry a tune melodically as well as shout like a raving
mad lunatic. Also, there’s a lot of variety included here. Some songs
are heavy and aggressive, while others are more relaxed power ballads.
And there’s no shortage of tracks here. This CD provides the listener
with a lot of music, and it’s all equally quality. There really isn’t
anything that you would want to skip past. Well, other than maybe the
weird short experimental filler. But none of it ever reaches a minute,
so you will most likely be able to sit through it without skipping past
it.
As far as commercial sounding industrial rock music is concerned, The
Chaos Engine is one of the better bands in the genre. Don’t
miss this CD if you like industrial rock.
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