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by: Darklight
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Machine Than Man (MMTM) is a heavy industrial rock band comprised
of three members known simply as Tech, Tasha and Boy. When I saw that
there were 17 songs on this CD I figured that there’s either a lot of
filler on the album or the songs are short. Well, it turns out that
it’s actually both. The actual structured songs here are extremely short.
It’s rare for anything here to play longer than two minutes. There are
also even shorter filler pieces throughout the recording.
I’m the type of person that prefers quality over quantity, so it’s rather
disappointing that the band opted to fill this CD up with a bunch of
extremely short songs as opposed to making the overall CD flow tighter
with less songs that are longer and no filler.
As for the songs themselves, they’re pretty good for this style of music.
They’re heavy and aggressive with energetic electronic programming,
slamming beats and chugging guitar riffs. The vocals switch between
angry male snarling and seductive female crooning.
I like most of the songs here as they’re very club friendly with a lot
of catchy dance hooks. Unfortunately, the songs come off sounding like
short snippets as opposed to full length tracks. This is my biggest
complaint here, and I can only hope that the band decides to make longer
songs in the future.
If you’re interested in action packed high energy heavy electronic music
with male and female vocals, this CD is for you. Just keep in mind that
the songs are short and seem rushed and unfinished. This band will appeal
to those who like Cat Rapes Dog,
The Electric Hellfire
Club, The Genitorturers,
Lords Of Acid and
My Life With The Thrill
Kill Kult.
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| Reviewed
by: Darklight
More Machine Than Man (MMTM)
is a hard and heavy aggressive industrial rock band that makes music
with chugging guitars, frantic electronics, beats, samples, angry male
vocals and angelic female vocals.
The band does a good job of delivering a wide variety of different styles
here. Some songs are pure industrial metal assaults with yelling male
vocals; while others are dark trance with female singing. There are
also songs that blend the two styles into one along with a combination
of male and female vocals.
While sharing similarities to bands such as Electric Hellfire Club,
Genitorturers, Lords Of Acid and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult;
I personally like MMTM more. They have a serious tone to their music
and just sound better overall with greater uses of electronic programming.
My biggest complaint here is that the majority of songs only play two
to three minutes each. So they feel rather short. While a lot does happen
when they play, they still seem to end sooner than they should.
While I’m not personally the biggest fan of this style of guitar heavy
industrial music, I must admit that MMTM do it well. For those who like
this style of music, this CD should definitely be in your collection.
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