AP: The Contest
- Guineapig - No Shame
- Noc Barrage - Steal Wool
- Transient - Blown
- Shiverhead - Burn
- Anarcoma - Mega-Ton
- The White Sock Theory - Submission
- E.C.M. - Burnout
- Foil - Crawling Duck
- The City Bleeds - Like Father Like Hell
- Pain Station - The End of You
- Naked Lunch - My Mind's Voice
- 29 Died - Chain
- Parking Lot in Drug Form - So Cold
The bands included on this release are the result of a contest sponsored by
Alternative Press & Zoth Ommog. While the liner notes gave the impression this
contest was specifically for electro/industrial bands, listening to the CD gave
you the impression that some alternative/metal bands with an industrial slant
were included. This showcases mostly American bands, (one French & one Swiss
band are included) most who have a guitar edge to them -- the only tracks which
don't include guitar are the tracks by Parking Lot in Drug Form & Shiverhead.
The Foil track incorporates guitar, but in a similar vein to the Young Gods,
i.e. all sampled. A few of the tracks have some promising beginnings to their
songs and a some of the tracks are saved a little with some interesting samples
thrown in and a few nice keyboard riffs, like the tracks by Noc Barrage and The
White Sock Theory, but on the whole there is too much mainstream, repetitive
guitar sounds in most of these tracks. The standouts include Pain Station, who
unlike many of the other bands gives the electronic element an equal emphasis
as the guitar element, instead of using it as background material, 29 Died with
their quick-paced techno riffs, minimalistic drum beats and the vocals which
sound similar to Nitzer Ebb, and Shiverhead with their demented lyrics and the
music which comes across as the sounds of an industrialized carnival.
(Kevin Congdon)
Contact:
Zoth Ommog/Music Research
Norsk-Data-Str. 3
61352 Bad Homburg, Germany
E-mail: none
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