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Skinny Puppy - hanDover
Dec 10, 2011
Not as good as "Mythmaker", still it shows Skinny Puppy is a band trying to move on with every release. The first half of the CD is melodic and melancholic, with very clean sounds, the second half returns on the familiar dark and harsh territories. "Point", "Village" and "Vyrisus" are excellent, especially the latter, very much in the vein of "Too Dark Park". Final "Noisex" is a strange and disturbing instrumental experiment. It grows with more and more listenings. The band is definitely still alive. I personally disagree with the usual moaning about "when we were young"... 3/5
Various - Infera Sinfonia
Oct 10, 2011
Strangely enough, The Sodality's track featured on this compilation is actually a Mauthausen Orchestra one. You can easily recognize Pierpaolo Zoppo's vocals and sound.
Severed Heads
Sep 24, 2011
They did. Last ever Severed Heads gig in the universe will be in Antwerp at the BIM Fest 2011 on the 16th and 17th December (special double gig with SH classics and rare never performed live stuff).
Killing Joke - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
Sep 22, 2011
Thank you for this complete and exhaustive review! Indeed I listened to this LP again and again since, and I started to appreciate few gems among its songs. Still I prefer their more aggressive and tribal sound, but I also do like a lot the introspection and melancholy that can be found here, especially in "Sanity", "Wintergardens" and "Rubicon".
Forseti - Windzeit
Sep 22, 2011
Yes, you are right, that sentence is a bit too harsh. What I wanted to say is that "Windzeit" is not the masterpiece many talked about at the time of its release. It's good, but not fantastic. "Jenzig" is a masterpiece :)
SPK - Metal Dance
Aug 10, 2011
Ok, I always stood very far away from this (in)famous single until today. Of course, any fan of the "true" SPK hates their commercial transformation, that occured exactly starting from this 12". Yet, I have to say, these two tunes are great! The combination of metal percussion and typical synth-pop sounds works very well here, and it's not at all as poppy as in "Machine Age Voodoo". If that embarassing album had sounded anything like the "Metal Dance" 12", it would have been a true revolutionary crossover between industrial and pop, much before Nine Inch Nails, to name one. Unfortunately, it didn't happen, and even the album version of "Metal Dance" has nothing to do with the superb side A of this vinyl. Unbiased listeners of 80's electronics, don't let SPK's hardcore fans fool you, this single is a forgotten classic.
What does it mean "quasi-nazi" song? Makes no sense to me. Just to give you a tip: take a look at the song that appears in the inner sleeve. It's "Bella Ciao", famous Italian traditional Alpine song that became the "official" hymn of the Italian Partisans in WWII. Yes, anti-fascist, anti-nazi Partisans.
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