{"id":260,"date":"2004-11-10T23:08:06","date_gmt":"2004-11-11T07:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryanspeck.com\/blog\/?p=260"},"modified":"2023-06-24T00:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T07:54:26","slug":"psychaesthetic-infinitys-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryanspeck.com\/blog\/psychaesthetic-infinitys-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychaesthetic – “Infinity’s End”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Psychaesthetic<\/span><\/h4>\n

Category: Industrial
\nAlbum: Infinity\u2019s End<\/p>\n

Psychaesthetic delivers an album of 90\u2019s style industrial-rock which is, on the surface, entirely serviceable and will undoubtedly be pleasing to a variety of those still enjoying the works of KMFDM, Chemlab, and other industrial luminaries from the heyday of the style.<\/p>\n

But, beneath the surface, you have a nagging feeling that the music doesn\u2019t quite mesh as well as it could. Though many of the tracks, like \u201cSensory Tide\u201d and the exceptionally atmospheric \u201cThe Rains\u201d, deliver the goods, others seem slapdash or schizophrenic in their need to embrace styles too diverse to fit together properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Polemic\u201d never quite satisfies with its strange thrash-metal guitar lined up with electronics, though the instrument that seems to create the most discord throughout the early part of the album is the vocals. A bit dry and, often, off-key, you\u2019re left wishing that the vocalist would stick to the assertive speaking vocal style pioneered by Sascha K. instead of trying too hard to delve into styles that don\u2019t quite meet up to par or his range of ability. The robot voices of \u201cThe Binary Age\u201d never quite mix well into the song and leave it as a bad last taste of the album, though the music has a certain enjoyability despite the vocal shortcomings. (And don\u2019t even bother sticking around for the post-last-track hidden instrumental.)<\/p>\n

But, despite these discrepancies and rough spots, the album is a great balance of old and new, giving its listener another outlet for the ever-lessening supply of electronic rock that some still clamor for, despite the massive lack of notice from the industrial underground. There\u2019s danceable numbers, rock numbers, atmospheric instrumentals, and straight-up metal tracks here, bound to tug at the heartstrings of the coldwave enthusiasts out there who haven\u2019t left industrial music behind for greener rock and metal pastures. The sequencing is entirely respectable, the guitar work, when restrained and kept in the mix instead of at the forefront of a metal assault, is enjoyable, the writing is smooth and non-abrasive, and the vocals, when kept within a certain range, are often a good touch to the music.<\/p>\n

A band could do much worse than to harken back to the halcyon days of industrial and keep it fresh enough to feel that it\u2019s not just a repeat or rip-off. With work, polish, and time, Psychaesthetic may be part of our next generation of industrial-rock leaders.<\/p>\n

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from ReGen Magazine (~11\/2004)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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