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Album: "Numb"
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Reviewed by: Darklight Klank have changed their sound a bit on this release. Their previous style was a bit heavier and more aggressive. But now they sound more like commercial rock, and less like brutal metal. Also, while electronic programming is still used in the music, it can be heard even less this time. Guitars, bass and drums are definitely the primary instruments used to make the music here. The electronics are buried behind everything. We are teased with Pat Servedio's programming skills on the short filler tracks "G3", "5.4" and "5.4.1". These sound like really great intros to dark electro songs, but they end and the guitar rocking begins. I will admit that this band does make some great heavy rock songs with driving rhythms and beats. Daren Diolosa has a good voice and sings with a lot of variety from track to track. Sometimes he sings with melody, while other times he shouts out with anger. The songs themselves range from melodic to all out thrash. And while the electronics can barely be heard, they do add an edge to the music that just wouldn't be there without them. The best song on the CD in my opinion is "Ghetto Dance Mix" which is a remix of "Penetrate". It's an amazing dark electro-techno drum & bass sample fest overlayed by cool echo-distorted vocals. While Klank does a good job of being a heavy guitar industrial rock band, I can't deny the fact that I personally think that they would be an even better pure dark electro-industrial band without all of the thrashy guitar riffs and bass getting in the way of the electronic programming. But I mainly say this because I like electronic music so much. The bottom line is that this is a quality CD that will appeal to those who like heavy and aggressive industrial metal bands such as: THE CLAY PEOPLE, DROWN, FEAR FACTORY and NOVEMBER 17. |
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Album: "Still
Suffering" (1996) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight When I first listened to this album I felt that it sounded a lot like Circle Of Dust. I later found out that the live guitarist of Circle Of Dust is the primary member of this band. Also, Scott Albert of Circle Of Dust is the electronic programmer for this album. So these two influences are what make this band share a lot of similarities to Circle Of Dust. This is actually a good thing, because Circle Of Dust is one of my favorite bands. However, this band is more metal than industrial. Heavy power chord guitar riffs, hard driving drum assaults, and deep shouting vocals are what are up front here. Electronics play more in the background. So this is very hard and aggressive music meant for the mosh pit. But there is a lot of variety in each of the songs. They are not hard and heavy from start to finish. They take breaks from the aggression to mellow out and let the electronics take center stage as the vocals calm down and sing with harmony. But before you know what hit you the music will be thrashy and aggressive once again. This adds a lot of emotion to each of the songs. There are no slow songs to be found here. They are all aggressive and fast paced. This is definitely one of the better metal industrial crossover bands that I have heard in a long time. This album is very polished and has a very clean and well produced sound to it. More industrial influences would have made this album a little better. But it's still an excellent album that is a must for all fans of metal industrial crossover music. |
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