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Reviewed
by: Darklight
This
album mixes a lot of variety on it. So much in fact that it sounds like
a compilation as opposed to an album done by one band. There are several
dark and moody electro instrumentals with ambient textures. There are
also coldwave style songs that are fast paced and aggressive with frantic
electro rhythms and beats, distorted guitars and altered shouting vocals.
Some tracks are more EBM with a funk flavor as well. Some mix beautiful
soundscapes with heavy drum beats and distorted screaming. There are
even a couple of synth-pop moments with crisp electronic sequencing
and melodic singing. A lot of the tracks have kind of an uplifting feel
to them. Some tracks even come off as alternative. It's hard to label
any of the music found here considering that it's so diverse. This is
electronic music, but with many different directions for each song.
The problem that I have with the overall album is that the instrumentals
sound very clean and polished, but the tracks with vocals sound unfinished.
There is too much distortion and echo effects used on the vocals that
make them sound a bit on the amateur side. The singer shouldn't have
used so much vocal effects. He sounds good without them. The entire
album is unbalanced. While I like variety, there's just too much here.
The album jumps around from one style of music to the next too often.
It could have used a lot more polishing and fine tuning before being
released. Right now it sounds a bit messy, unfinished and all over the
place.
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