Album: "Cybrid" (2001)
Label: COP International
Style: Heavy industrial
Songs: 11

Reviewed by: Darklight

I have been a rather big fan of Deathline International for quite some time now. They have always been an industrial band that make heavy guitar work in their music without ever sounding like rock or metal. Their music is electronic first and foremost, and distorted guitar riffs are layered into the sound to give the music an extra kick. Their sound has always blended various genres into one including elements of punk and industrial to deliver an aggressive, yet memorable, sound.
      This latest offering is one of their best releases yet featuring everyhting that makes this band stand out. This album is all about energy and hard driving beats mixed with raw angst. Frantic electronic programming, sampling, dramatic synth melodies, guitar, slamming drum beats and deep angry male vocals that sing with powerful emotion is what these songs are all about.
       Deathline International remains one of the few industrial bands that still produce cyber-core music. While most bands in this scene are turning more club EBM and synth-pop, Deathline International still dishes out heavy and aggressive industrial music. But they do it with a lot of creativity and style.
       While the overall feel of this music is brutal, there’s a lot of melody and harmony in the mix as well. Also, a Deathline International release wouldn’t be complete without a cover song. They cover Guns & Roses’ “Paradise City” here and turn it into an industrial assualt with some funky hip-hop elements while retaining its trademark chorus.

This is another great CD by this outstanding industrial act. If you need a break from the usual long and drawn out orchestrated dramatic sound, and just want something that rocks, this Deathline International CD is it.

Reviewed by: Darklight

This is traditional Deathline International material with heavy and aggressive rhythms and beats combined with thrashy guitars, electronics, synths, samples, and deep yelling vocals. The songs start off hard and heavy, and keep the same pace all the way through. This is basically very guitar heavy industrial music. But there are changes in each of the songs that sometimes make electronics and synths the center of attention. Singing is harsh yelling most of the time, but does relax from time to time when the music mellows out a bit. Everything found here grabs you right from the start and doesn't let go until it's over. There is some diversity and variety found in these songs. But they are pretty straight forward for the most part. While some songs do stand out more than others, everything still does kind of sound the same. I have to admit that their previous album "Zarathoustra" was slighty better and included a lot more variety. But this is still a very solid album.

Reviewed by: Darklight

This album is packed full of aggressive guitar driven Cyber-Core music with some extremely catchy rhythms and beats. The electronics, synths, and drum programming mixed with heavy thrashy guitars and distorted screaming mad vocals is done very well here. Each song sounds different, but remains hard and heavy. The songs aren't the same from start to finish. They are melodic and catchy at times, while fast paced and thrashy at others. All of the music is tightly constructed and very polished. This is a very high quality album in every aspect. The best cover of "Tainted Love" that I have ever heard is on this album. It's a hard-core thrashy guitar version of the song. Also, there is a very catchy cover of "Rawhide" on this album as well. You have to put this album in your collection.

Reviewed by: Darklight

This album is packed from start to finish with eleven kick ass songs. There isn't one that I dislike. There's no intrumentals here, either. Each one of these songs has vocals. Just the way all Cyber-Core bands should. Leave the instrumentals to the electro industrial bands. This is aggressive music created with thrashy guitars, heavy drum beats, electronics, and synths. The beats and rhythms are extremely catchy. Every song has its own sound. No two songs sound alike on this album. Of course some songs stand out more than others, but there isn't one that you will want to skip past. A few songs even feature guest female vocals that give this album more diversity than it already had.