The idea of passing up the simple but commercially effective strategy of retrofitting 80s New Wave for mass consumption by the pierced-face audiences of today may be a tough thing for goal-oriented techno bands to consider, but Backandtotheleft appears content to keep the musical company of such EBM purists as Cesium 137 and Angels+Agony.
Try as it might, Blue Eyed in the Red Room ends up as a collection of near-miss electro instrumentals which could have advanced past golf-cart-cruise-music status with just a little improvement on the arrangements. It
Up to bat is Avenged Sevenfold
For nearly twenty years, Skinny Puppy has been the Blue Man Group from hell. Formed in the mid-80s by three Vancouver art students, this elite techno band helped pave the way for the entire industrial sound, with heavy grooves and lyrics that condemn animal experimentation, political corruption and basically anything else that
A look at some of the newest in underground releases
Arguably the most deranged techno band making records today, Combichrist is the side project of Icon of Coil
Given VNV Nation
this may well be the Zeppelin III of indie/CMJ-rock.
Random stabbings and artless critiques of ten new records you haven't heard about.
