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A nightmarish, dark cloud of instrumentation

Mr. Paul J. Abramason | 01/29/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Testify creates a blinding electronic blend of music with elements of heavy industrial, metal, grunge and punk to form a nightmarish, dark cloud of instrumentation. Founded in 1992 by Rascal, from the German-based, hard electronic dance band the Fair Sex, Testify has already amassed a huge following throughout the European club scene, and the band's video for "A.N.G.E.R." has met with rave reviews after its MTV 120 Minutes Europe premiere. Now that Testify has a U.S. label, Americans will be able to experience the power of this brutally pounding German, techno/industrial noise band first-hand on Testify 01. With its swirling mix of sonicly-induced chaos and electrifying guitar wails, the music brings to mind a variety of bands, including Ministry, Sister Machine Gun, Bile and KMFDM. Filled with themes of lust, anger, violence and deceit, Testify 01 shudders with relentless industrial madness on songs like "You Got To Have Brains And You Got To Have Balls," "Killer," "A.N.G.E.R.," "One Man's A Gang (Gang Version)," "Deceiver Suck This" and "Testify 01.""