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Reviewed
by: Darklight
Since the original Covered In Nails album was a rather
big success, Cleopatra decided to throw together this
follow-up to cash in on its success. The outcome, while decent, isn’t
nearly as good as their first effort.
This album feels rushed. It’s as if Cleopatra gave
the bands a short time period to put together the songs as most of them
just aren’t as creative and interesting as the songs found on "Covered
In Nails". But this could also be due to the fact that
a lot of the bands here aren’t as good as the bands featured on the
original.
This album starts off great with an excellent version of “Terrible
Lie” created by Guenter Schultz and En
Esch. Then Razed In Black comes in with an
outstanding industrial/techno/trance version of “Sin”. The
Electric Hellfire Club deliver a decent take on “Heresy”,
but it definitely sounds like every other EHC song before it. Synical
offers a dark glam rock version of the song “Burn” that sounds
too similar to Marilyn Manson for my tastes. Inertia
deliver a lackluster cover of “Sanctified” that sounds like
the band threw the song together quickly. The Filmstrip
creates a rather dull and dreary goth version of “We’re In This
Together”. The Lucifer Scale delivers a campy
sounding loud and scratchy distorted version of “Last” that
just doesn’t fit here. Necromantik Sunshine creates
a great industrial/goth version of “Hurt” that is one of the
best songs here. Nova Mortuba offers a funky ‘80s new
wave version of “Ringfinger” that sounds completely out of
place here. Stun Gun creates a dark and dreary version
of “Gave Up” that gets aggressive for the chorus’. It’s decent,
but has more of a rock edge than I would care for. Godbox
offers a nice take on “The Only Time” with funky upbeat electronics
and seductive female singing. Porcupine Defense delivers
an excellent electro-industrial cover of “Reptile” that is
easily one of the best tracks offered on this album. Goteki
ends the album with their Marilyn Manson sounding take
on “Suck”. It’s decent, but a little too glam rock for me.
The bottom line is that this is a lackluster release where most of the
songs sound thrown together without a lot of time or effort behind their
creation. The original "Covered In Nails"
is a much better album in my opinion. If that wasn’t enough
to satisfy your Nine Inch Nails tribute cravings, I
would suggest getting "Closer To The Spiral"
instead of this average, rushed sounding recording.
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