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Album: "Desipramine"
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Reviewed by: Darklight I liked Waiting For God's previous release "Quarter Inch Thick" because the band delivered original sounding material that included industrial and goth in one with female vocals. Well, Waiting For God is back with an even better release in my opinion. The first song "Desipramine" is a noisy electronic techno style instrumental that doesn't sound anything like what the band created before. I will admit that this is an opening piece that I personally just skip past. Song two "Ineffcient Machine" begins with a dance floor electro industrial sound and then slightly altered female vocals join in. This is a pure electronic song that is actually a change for the band, but I like it. Song three "Positive I.D." is a bit darker but still has energetic techno style electronics as well. There is a mixture of both altered vocals and clean singing vocals that both fit well into the changing music. It's a song that could work on the dance floor, but it also has a moody goth vibe to it as well. Song four "Bitch" continues with the EBM rhythms and beats combined with haunting synth melodies and a mixture of robotically distorted vocals and clean vocals. It has a bit of a funky feel to it at times, but doesn't get away from the overall mood. Song five "Denial" sounds a little more like older Waiting For God material being that it is electro goth. It's a darker track with less techno style electronics. The vocals are clean throughout the song. Song six "Tragic Cinderella" brings back the electro industrial feel with the programming techniques used. There is also a dark mood here as well with the dreary beats and haunting synths. The singing is clean the entire time. Song seven "Trust In Me" is full of electronics that go haywire while slightly aggressive singing is mixed with whispering. There is good layering here and this could be a great dance hit. Song eight "Untitled" has kind of a synth-pop sound to it with more upbeat rhythms and beats than most of the other songs found here. It's just more melodic and not quite as dark. Song nine "Inneficient Machine (Live w/Bill Briscall)" is basically a poor sounding live version of the song. Song ten "Guilt" is a noisy techno song with extremely distorted vocals that kind of take away from the singing. They would have worked better clean in my opinion. While I like this album more than their previous release because it shows that the band has matured and got more experimental with electronics, there is still some growth for them. I like eight tracks here, but they don't sound all that much different from each other. They have their own unique elements which allows them to stand out as separate tracks, but they still don't get quite as creative as I would like. Also, the songs run a bit short at only about three minutes each. The album just seems to go by fairly quickly. Two of the tracks "Desipramine" and "Inefficient Machine (Live w/Bill Brascall)" just take up space here. I could do without them. But the bottom line is that this album is very good and will please fans of electro industrial music looking for something different.
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Album: "Quarter
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Reviewed by: Darklight This is the way that industrial goth music should be made. Hard driving electronic rhythms and beats with haunting background synths, sampled guitar, and beautiful female vocals. This is energy packed industrial music with great dark goth influences. These songs would be excellent on the dance floor. Each one is catchy and will grab you right from the start. The female singing is excellent. It's both harmonic and aggressive. There are no slow songs or instrumentals to be found here. Each song is meant to get you moving. But this album does include too many remixes. Five to be exact. So this album only dlivers seven original songs. That means almost half the album is remixes. That is just wrong. There should never be this many remixes on an album unless it's in fact a remix album. This is not. But the music here is so unique and well done that it would be foolish not to get this album. This music will appeal to Cyber-Core, electro industrial, and goth fans. All of these different musical styles are found here, and are mixed together extremely well. You will not be disappointed.
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