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Reviewed
by: Darklight
The
first thing that I noticed when I played this CD was that the first
song "Controller" is actually a cover of Argyle Park's "Doomsayer".
The title and chorus of the song have been changed to "Controller",
but it's the same exact song as "Doomsayer". Scott Albert of Circle
Of Dust gets credit for writing it. The Argyle Park version is a lot
better, though. But I was surprised that the album opened with an industrial
song. Well, the entire album is an industrial album. The electronics
are very subtle. Distorted vocals and scratchy noise sounds are about
the only things keeping this album from being pure metal. But cyber
bands such as Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Nitzer Ebb, Drown, Die Krupps,
Killing Joke, Circle Of Dust, Argyle Park, Sisters Of Mercy, and Lords
Of Acid are given thanks in the CD booklet. It's obvious that Prong
is slowly but surely coming into the industrial scene. But why they
didn't take the electro sound even further is beyond me. They probably
didn't want to upset their current fanbase. But they could be the next
Die Krupps if they allowed electronics more in their music. I know that
they could be a great industrial band, this album proves that. All of
the songs are angry aggressive guitar drivenmetal. But they are pretty
catchy. The best songs on the album are "Caprice", "Rude Awakening",
"Unfortunately", "Face Value", "Avenue Of The Finest", "Slicing", "Without
Hope", and "Close The Door". Everything else on the album is pretty
much just drab straight forward metal. But overall this is a very good
album. I just hope that Prong decides to get into the cyber sound even
more on their next album.
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