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Band
: White Dolls
Title : s/t
Material : cd-r
Label : Autoprod
Year : 2005
Reviewed by : Hssh
Note
: DDDDD
White
Dolls : s/t (Fabrice / Richard / 18 track) by HssH. White Dolls
is a band from France. Their music is a mix of extreme noise and
industrial music with a lot of electro rythms parts. Imagine old
noises from Atari games mixed with noises taken from factory machines.
Add distortion on sick vocals and extreme hammered rythms. They
hammer in all tracks ! It’s not very easy listening when
you don’t know this kind of music. Don’t expect sweet
melodies ! Don’t expect melodies ! I would describe their
art such as cerebral oppressive music without compromise. You
will love it or you will hate it in my opinion. Listen to Prelude
to an electronic disaster or Ariman take control of my screen
and Super central psychik to be sure of that. Most of tracks are
instrumental versions with apocalyptic variations of a modern
and industrial world : Mediatrauma, Climax, Cerebral Damage and
Hierarchie I seem to be be explicit about it. No feeling, no joy,
no hope ! Just Blood, Shell and Ruin. Excellent stuff ! This is
the kind of bands we like with Diahableries. Dark and sick ! To
be continued
!
Contacts
:
http://whitedolls.fr
www.myspace.com/whitedolls28
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Band
: White Dolls
Title : Electronik
Disaster v2.0
Label : autoproduction
Material : cd-r
Year : 2006
Reviewed by : HssH
Mark
:
DDDDD
Tist
video game. 23 tracks this time for 73.23 minutes of noises adjusted
to a musical mechanic filled with oddities. “Electronik
Disaster”, also “Ruin Creator Program” are the
perfect words to understand this stuff. Technoïd bombs and
other hammered noises mixed with saturated robots voices on electronic
rhythmics should sum up the whole of this material. Thus, you
could enjoy this opus if you listen to Muckrackers records or
hard tech and harsh noise music (They did a split stuff with Muckrackers,
did you know ?). Also, you will be not disappointed if you liked
their first “s/t” opus. I reviewed it, so feel free
to read this first review if you didn’t. “Electronik
Disaster v2.0” is the continuation : still oppressive, crazy
and wild. It is an interesting second chapter of White Dolls univers.
When you listen to “Rituel 28” song for instance,
you understand that it’s a perfect warning like an anthem
for your nightmares and all tracks bring the same dark and sick
feeling. The production is quite better than their “s/t”
release in my opinion and the parts have a better result because
it is less repetitive and more inventive. So, you may be shaked
with a first listening. May be more with a second listening !
All you have to do now is listen to “Electronik Disaster
v2.0”. A great release and an awesome record ! This is enough
to say. his stuff is the second release of this French band after
their “s/t” opus. White Dolls do no choose melodies
to convey their art but they use a lot of different noises sampled
on industrial parts such as a sound track of a bizarre dark and
fetish
Contacts
:
http://whitedolls.fr
www.myspace.com/whitedolls28
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Band
:Witchery
Title :Don't
fear the reaper
Material : cd
Label : Century
Media
Year : 2006
Reviewed by : Sagoth
Note : DDDDD
We
are rapidly thrown into the core of the action after an introduction
on drums. Instead of blasts, the very melodic rhythmic parts create
a nice atmosphere. After an instrumental as opening tune, the
“black” voice of Toxine invites us into HIS dark universe
with thrashy rhythms. It’s quite pleasant to listen to this
album which is on the whole based on mid-tempos. “Ashes”
reminds me of the Swiss band Samael, and I like this comparison.
This is actually my favourite track. This is a good album but
something seems to be missing??? The band did a good work with
the composition. The bass appears to be more than a rhythmic tool
here. So on the whole this is a good album, but it tends to be
a bit too repetitive.
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Band
: WORMACHINE
Title : Wormachine
Material : Digipack
Label : Hybrid Records
/ Boycott Records / Next Music
Year : 2004
Reviewed by : Sagoth
English translating by :
HssH
Note
: DDDDD
This
band plays industrial rock metal which reminds me of Muse with
more corrosive parts. Other elements remind of Static X which
could be a strong influence for Wormachine. Take a look at the
wonderful lay-out and you will understand why ! A lot of sounds
seems to be taken from industrial underworld music and it is mixed
with strong heavy guitars. Nothing is hazardous with this recording.
The production is very impressive and efficient. Everything done
with professionalism. The digipack comes with a booklet which
could dissuade you to download it. And what about music ? They
use a lot of machines, programms and so you know why they call
it Wormachine. This is not music that I could listen to every
days but it does matter to me. Everything take a place there because
all parts are done with perfection. I can’t avoid likening
it to Muse even if their music is quite different. The thread
of this opus take us away in a world with strange feeling where
snappy melancholy is living. You feel it with a lot of parts of
this record. But there are many things which join with industrial
parts too. It is not new but pleasant because Wormachine found
his identity by developing a high sound quality with a lot of
emotions into melodies. They have a good press at this time and
it’s justified. They will be reward for their work in my
opinion. I add that they come from France and I recommend you
to discover this opus when you still do not have an experience
with their art.
Contact : cab@wormachine.com
; rgamba@nextmusic.fr
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