Search - Dagoba :: What Hell Is About

Douglas Hernandez | 06/04/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I love the mechanized feeling of Dagoba's music on their new LP. To a certain extent unclassifiable, one can only say `sounds like' or `contains elements of' in order to describe the nature of this music, though that in itself makes this no justice. Yes, this is a whole mixture of thrash/industrial/death/hardcore metal. The role of the electronics is massive, providing a variety of soundscapes to the songs. Don't let that fool you though, for the brutal approach to the music remains constant and reliable. I can safely say Dagoba was probably inspired by Fear Factory's first 3 LP's (before they started to suck), and even incorporates clean singing at times (without sounding wimpy like Burton Bell). To a greater extent, this IS what the aforementioned band should be doing nowadays. But Dagoba have created a monster of their own and this new release proves they can take the best elements of (there we go...) previous accomplishments and create something deadlier."