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Artist: LLUTHER
Album: Agents of Empire
Year: 2005
Lluther, hailing from Ireland, is the work of a guy
named Gerry Owens. After he has been brainwashed with
music all his life and his appearance in several bands,
he decided to create Lluther as outcome of his own
creative and technical abilities. The debut EP ‘Venus
Complex’ got good critics from renomated zines, and the
live show (where he’s accompanied by four live members)
turned out to be a blast as well. ‘Agents of Empire’ is
the first full-lenght album of Lluther, released late
2005.
When I did a review for Italian one man project Into The
Hole a while ago, I had pretty much the same deja-vus to
the old school times as I am having now. But, there’s a
major difference between those releases: originality.
Where Into The Hole limits itself to just use the old
school influences (not in a bad way though), Lluther
goes further. For example, the track ‘In Decline’
contains an amazing bassline and a wicked chorus that
even has a little of the hardcore metal touch! ‘For You’
is a more dark and sinister track and more based on old
school influences, while ‘Stasis’ is a total masterpiece
of modern electronic rock! My favourite track of the
album is called ‘Father Of Lies’. This song contains
some very dark electronic sampling all over the song,
but that’s not what makes this song my favourite. When
you hear the chorus for the first time it seems a little
bit misplaced, because it sounds ‘too happy’ compared
with the rest of the track, but the more you hear it,
the more it sounds refreshing and wellfitting.
This ‘Agents of Empire’ album turned out to be one with
an easy structure, although it was a positive surprise
for me. The powerful though melodic voice, heavy
distorted guitars and catchy synthlines bring enough
variation, quality and joy with them, and I can’t see
any industrial metal fan would mind to listen to this
album. Next to fans of Into The Hole, fans of Nine Inch
Nails and Kubrick will certainly appreciate this one as
well. Another surprising release by Tiefdruck Musik next
to the Limbogott release, which seems quite a promising
label to me.
Vote: 90 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. People Is Ugly
02. Venus Complex
03. American Gods
04. Agents Of Empire
05. For You
06. In Decline
07. Fixer
08. Father Of Lies
09. Bone (with "The
Judas Hole")
10. Stasis
11. Show You Mean It
12. Disconnect From Me |
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