Search - Various :: New Violent Breed Vol. 2

Excellent electro-industrial sampler

Shantell Powell | Kitchener, ON, Canada | 09/28/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"New Violent Breed Volume 2 is an excellent electro-industrial compilation. Its content bears a similarity to its predecessor, Volume 1. Bands like Funker Vogt and In Strict Confidence appear on both.Not every song is a winner. Pain Station's "Slaughterhouse (Slut) (Assemblage 23 Remix)" is a bit of a dog. The vocal manipulations are over the top, and the overall sound is pretty cheesy, but it is still certainly danceable. Similarly, Chiasm's "Fight (Continouom Mix by M.O.)" is danceable, but the drum machines are overbearing and vanilla. It's a shame, because the vocalist has an interesting voice.Over all, the sampler will appeal to fans of EBM. If you're keen on 4/4 time club stomp tunes, then the first twelve tracks of the album will probably rock your boat. The EBM is very strong indeed. Deathline Int'l includes "Destroy" on the compilation, perhaps the best track off their recent Cybrid album. Dive's "Sidewalk Sinner", Dulce Liquido's "Disolucion," and Implant's "Nine" will also make you want to hop around menacingly.By the time you get to the thirteenth track, the music changes. Funker Vogt's contribution, "Nuclear Winter," is curiously devoid of their signature drum machine. I'm not sure if I especially like the track, but a percussionless track is an interesting juxtoposition with their earlier work and with the rest of the album.The last three tracks follow a wholly different drummer, so to speak. NKVD, Mono No Aware, and MS Gentur are industrial noise artists par excellence. In my opinion, this is what industrial music is all about, although I can understand how this subgenre can turn people off. It is not easy to listen to.To revamp, New Violent Breed Volume 2 is an excellent sampler of current electronic industrial music. It would be a good introduction for people not familiar with this type of music, and I believe it will hold its own on RPM charts."

Some good upcoming industrial artists...

Tanzverbot | New York, NY USA | 07/14/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Pick up a copy and support the artists! If you like industrial music, also be sure to check out: rec|use, Tanzverbot, Mechanism, and Masonna (if you're a noisehead)."