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Artist: HÆCKEFLØSSE
Album: Decieved
Year: 2007
When you are a reviewer, you get quite some surprises
now and then. Good albums, bad albums, clones from other
bands... from all continents of the world. Aren’t there
cool bands from Holland then? Oh yes, many. Just look at
DeadCell, Reel, Mechanism, Transworld, Next Waste
Dimension... Hæckefløsse? No, never heard of them. But,
relating to their press sheet, which was written in
perfect Dutch, and the adresses mentioned on it, they
must be from Holland too! Why haven’t I heard of them
before then? Well, the answer is pretty simple. After
some research on the internet, I found out that this
band is originally a punk band. But, according to their
biography, they recently left their punk attitude behind
and substituted it for an all industrial way ‘that makes
you feel like being ran over by a herd of grinning
mammoths.’ Sounds very promising indeed, but a review
hasn’t been made on just one line on a press sheet, so I
took the CD and pressed the ‘play’ button.
‘Who Am I’ features cool sampling parts, strong guitar
riffs and bouncy programming works. The vocal lines are
easy to follow and include a certain amount of
catchyness in the chorus. ‘Chimera’ is a little more
uptempo with wicked programming, melodic though powerful
guitarwork and (with exception of the melodic chorus)
spastic vocal lines. ‘Icons of Mortality’ has very
wicked programming works. The song itself is pretty
melodic and easy listening. ‘In Control’ consists of
very catchy vocal lines. The programming has a little d-beat
attitude, which can probably be related to their former
punk status. ‘The Future’ is some kind of intermezzo
track, which lays inbetween electronic music and
darkrock. ‘PlasoaAB’ is again an uptempo track with a
very strong guitar riff and wicked programming works.
‘Ounga Boung B’ is a fast industrial metal track with
strong cyberpunk influences. The guitarwork lays
inbetween thrash and punk, which is a good combo with
the fast programming. ‘The Decay of a 21st Century
Ghostbuster’ is the final track on the record. It’s
pretty easy listening with an old school guitar sound
and surprisingly cool keylines.
In the end, I must state that the mammoth description
wasn’t one that is made up for nothing. Really powerful
stuff, raw and punky clean vocals, excellent and
powerful riffs and programming works... Hæckefløsse has
it all! Fans of bands like Ministry, KMFDM and various
cyber punk acts – go and find out about this band right
now! This CD made me curious about their live
performance as well...
Vote: 90 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Who Am I
02. Chimera
03. Icons Of Mortality
04. In Control
05. The Future
06. PlaosaAB
07. Ounga Boung B
08. The Decay Of A 21st
Century Ghostbuster
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