Industrial/Coldwave New Music Reviews Yet again we start out on this journey through the current landscape of unsigned bands. There are far too many CD’s and too little space, so let’s get to those that made the cut… I had hoped that I’d receive Firewerk’s Circuits And Curses after hearing their first self-produced album…

  Industrial/Coldwave Demo Reviews Welcome back… There’s little space and plenty to go over, so let’s dig in. This may be some sharp, harsh stuff, so put those stupid goggles you kids wear to good use. Wouldn’t want anyone to lose an eye. Operator X hits with a harsh, heavily-layered electro-metal sound. The breakbeat-ish nature…

  Industrial/Coldwave Demo Reviews Welcome back… After the harrowing and horrible experiences of last issue, I was delighted to find that I had received some CD’s dated sometime in this century. Let’s try to sift through this massive stack… First off is Pesdeyet (www.pesdeyet.com), whose self-titled debut has been released on Opcion Sonica Records here…

Various artists The Health Program (Boy Arm Records) The concept behind The Health Program is an interesting one. A drum track is recorded by a well-known death metal drummer and said drum track is given to a variety of artists in different genres and styles to do with as they see fit in the creation…

Sunterra Lost Time (WAB Productions) “I’ve got something I want you to hear,” I told my friend Cathi. Unlike my other dork friends, whose tastes run more towards the eclectic and the banal, classical moreso than industrial, Cathi’s interests are in metal. More specifically, she knows quite a bit about black metal. “What is it?”…

Dataclast Vs. The Earwigs Blast II (Crucial Blast Records) Okay, maybe I’m missing the point. Maybe I just don’t get it. I mean, I don’t like grindcore, I hate powernoise, and I’m not into metal. But what we have here with Dataclast is 29 tracks, usually around a minute or two each, that are, in…

Thyrane Hypnotic (Century Media) Scandinavia has been well-known for a few things over the years, mainly cold weather, Abba, and a penchant for dreary, long-haired metal bands that take much of their inspiration from Tolkien’s writing. In this particular case, we’re talking about just such a metal band… But this one is a slight modification…

Deathboy Music To Crash Cars To (Wasp Factory Recordings) Pop Will Eat Itself was probably one of the most influential industrial-rock bands to ever come out of Britain. With a signature, though ever changing, sound, PWEI forged a legacy that won’t soon be forgotten. And, when they collapsed, they left a mutually unforgettable hole in…

  Industrial/Coldwave Demo Reviews I have a deep love for music and writing, so I leapt at this assignment when it was offered. I’m not extremely limited in my taste, but this is where most of my favorites lie: industrial/coldwave. Vig gave me the Faith No More shtick: “it’s a dirty job, but someone’s got…

Penal Colony Unfinished Business (DSBP) Those who actually remember Penal Colony from the olden days of industrial-rock, when Cleopatra was strong, Metropolis didn’t exist, and Re-Constriction was more than just a fond memory, will probably remember them as a punk-industrial outfit, disappointing to most for not being “industrial” enough, more enamored with the Front Line…