It’s like The Knife with more tempo and an industrial touch. Ends up with a cyberpunk soundtrack feel to it.
HEALTH – Vol. 4 :: Slaves of Fear
Rammstein – untitled
Another totally unexpected turn in 2019. I was never a Rammstein fan per se but always liked many of their songs. Now this album comes and I’m just blown away. There are a lot of stuff in my listening queue right now but just cannot let this one go and I’m listening to it on repeat. Also deepens my strange feeling that I’m coming to like German as a language. On another note, Puppe is super dark gem of creation. It reminds me of hearing Korn’s Daddy for the first time and thinking omfg.
Belief Defect – Decadent Yet Depraved
Wow, this is intense, surprising, deep, a journey. Apocalyptic bass heavy rhythmic noise with an industrial feel to it. Bites with sharp teeth and consumes with acid. And this is a debut album, taking off at Raster – not bad, not bad. Reminds me of when Diamond Version was new.
Alien Sex Fiend – Possessed
Such authentic industrial music this is. Love it.
Phase Fatale – Reverse Fall
RA writes “Hayden Payne’s records package the lunging ferocity of EBM and industrial into a sound you could loosely describe as techno.” Ex-act-ly what I had in mind, all these three cornerstones just like that. I also like the idea that this came through Ostgut Ton.
JASSS - Weightless
Experimental, electronic, slow techno, some industrial flavor, and probably the best new stuff I came across along these lines this year (although it is from last year).
Evil Blizzard - The Worst Show On Earth
Wow, just got to know this band and wow. I feel resemblance to the Killing Joke with touches of industrial to its alternative rock. Such awesome tunes and moods and takes me to places. Definitely top list material at year’s end. And that cover.
Ministry – AmeriKKKant
It’s still good that they finally didn’t break up for good in 2008 after all.
Cypecore – The Alliance
Very specific concept band playing industrial metal. I love the story they tell and designs are super cool. Favorite metal album so far this year and best personal new metal find in a while.
Gary Numan - Savage (Songs From A Broken World)
I am not the avid Gary Numan fan but this is a great album even if there is nothing outright special about it. Good moods of industrial-rock-electronics, not foreground music though. (And probably the most terrible album cover typography of 2017.)