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Album: "The Bigginning"
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Reviewed by: Darklight If you combined both Leaether Strip and Psychopomps you would get a sound similar to what this album presents. Dark, haunting, and moody electro industrial created with malfunctioning electronic rhythms and beats, melodic synths, and extremely distorted vocals. There is even some thrashy sampled guitar thrown into the mix at times. The overall sound is very scratcy and noisy with vocals that are more distorted than I would like. The music is fairly energetic, but not meant for the dance floor. There is nothing really new presented here. But what is delivered is fairly well done, and each song does include its own vibe. Some songs are more generic and straight forward, while others are a lot more creative. Nothing here is bad, but some are better than others. I especially like the songs "Fade 2 Silence", "Welcome To The Industrial Revolution", "Snivel", "Torment", and "Yellow Green And Lime". There are a couple of instrumentals here that I could have done without, but they are to be expected on an album like this. The one song that is out of place here is "Rocanthabeat". It's a hip-hop parody song which is funny for what it is. But it just doesn't belong on this album. It doesn't fit the serious and dark mood. But the bottom line is that this is an electro industrial album with a unique vibe that allows it to stand out a bit. At least it brings in a few of its own elements that don't just make it seem like another copycat band.
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Album: "Monkey
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Reviewed by: Darklight The majority of music found on this album is techno based with slight guitars, very scratchy noise sounds, and extremely distorted vocals. There are a lot of samples here as well. The beats and rhythms have a slight hip-hop flavor to them. All of the songs sound very similar. The music basically plays at a constant beat while the distorted vocals sing over it. Nothing really stands out, but nothing is bad, either. Some songs I would consider more Cyber-Core than electro industrial because they feature heavy guitar. But the album is extremely electronic, and not very punk. This isn't really club music. It's too dark and noisy to be played as dance music. There is a reason that this band is called Noise Box. All of the music on this album is very scratchy. It's not clean and polished. But the band went this route on purpose, and it works. This is a good album that you should try. It's got a unique vibe to it not found very often in electro industrial music. d.
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