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Album: "Vapor
Transmission" (2000) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight Orgy made a name for themselves a few years back with their industrial rock version of the song "Blue Monday". Unfortunately, their debut CD "Candyass" didn't contain many more interesting tracks. Now Orgy returns with their follow-up CD which is a lot better than their first release. They have matured and make more solid driving songs than they had in the past. The songs contained on this album are quite creative and entertaining with nice structures and catchy chorus'. There is also much greater use of electronic programming included in these songs than before. But this is still indeed Orgy, and things haven't changed all that much. They still deliver mid-tempo dark alternative rock music with a touch of industrial. The music is created by guitar, bass and drums first and foremost. The electronics are just an addition to make things sound a bit more technical and futuristic. The vocals are clean and sing in a somewhat high pitched tone with a glam rock sound to them. Overall, these songs do still sound a lot like Marilyn Manson just like past Orgy material did. But Orgy does present enough of their own elements to allow them to stand out amongst other similar acts. There's good variety to each of the songs here, and they all have interesting elements in them that make them enjoyable to listen to. Everything sticks to the same formula of melody driven dark alternative rock with heavy thrashy moments being released from time to time. Every song is equally as good delivering a clean polish and nice production. If you like commercial industrial rock music such as Godhead, Marilyn Manson and Uranium 235, you will also enjoy this Orgy CD.
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Album: "Candyass"
(1998) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight When I first played this album I thought that I was listening to Marilyn Manson. The comparisons here are rather great. Especially in the vocals. But Orgy does present enough unique elements of their own to make them stand out. This is a heavy rock album with slight electronic programming to give it that familar guitar crossover industrial sound that Trent Reznor made so popular. These songs are very structured and straight forward. They would work well on the radio and will appeal to Marilyn Manson and NIN fans. While nothing here really sounds that original, it's still well done and polished. It's what you would come expect from a guitar crossover industrial band. Thrashy guitar riffs, deep bass, heavy drum beats mixed with slight electronic programming and clean high pitched vocals that sing both melodically and aggressive. All of the songs do indeed rock and nothing is slow or boring here. Also, there are no instrumentals or remixes to get in the way. The song that stands out the most is the cover of "Blue Monday". Orgy gives it a dark and aggressive edge that you just can't help but be drawn to. The strange thing is that this is the heaviest song on the album. It's also one of the only songs where the singer really sings with a lot power. Hopefully they will go morethis direction with their own material in the future. While the original songs on this album are good, they just aren't very memorable. They all do come off sounding a lot alike. More variety in the music and singing would help. But for now this band does deliver some good solid music and will appeal to those who enjoy a more commercial industrial rock sound.
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