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Artist: MARAZENE
Album: MachiNation
Year: 2006
Marazene is a rather new band hailing from Chicago,
U.S.A. Former Bile and Subsonic members are involved in
this project, so the insiders already know what they can
expect. Their biography tells me that we can expect
something totally new though, and the proof of it has
been added in the package too: their debut album ‘MachiNation’.
Some of you might recognise three tracks of it, because
they are to be heard on the Matrix:Revolutions DVD. If
you do... well, then you still have twelve new tracks to
discover, because this album contains fifteen tracks!
The concept for their songs sounds rather easy. Take
some electro sampling and an electric drummer, mix it
with some powerful guitars and some crazy vocals and the
music is there. But, it’s the art behind the music that
does the job. It is clearly a fact that Mazarene created
each song with the same concept, but with a different
idea. This makes all the songs sound different from
eachother, but you still can hear their own specific
style. For example, songs like ‘InFidel SoCieTy’ and
‘Self-WorTh’ are crazy and extreme as Hell, while a song
like ‘AnTiThesis’ is more of the softer kind.
‘AlterNative’ is also a song that can be considered more
of the softer kind, but on the other hand it contains
the heaviest guitarwork of the album! The sampling on
the other hand is very diverse and mechanized. Some
other songs remind me of other bands in a way. ‘XecuTe’
sounds like a mix between Spineshank and a little
Dagoba. This song includes a really cool industrial
metal intermezzo with some crazy scratching. The title
track, ‘MachiNation’, can be described as a mix between
Ministry and a little Fear Factory, and some damn cool
electro. UnCerTain is a harsh EBM sounding track (think
of the thing Raism is doing) with a crazy chorus which
even reminded me to Marilyn Manson! For the ones who are
noticing that all these bands sound very different from
eachother, that’s exactly what I meant! Different ideas
and influences in songs is what brings variation in the
album. There is one more song I would like to have a few
words on, which happened to be my favourite track of the
album. ‘(I) SeeThe/sTay aWay’ (track 12, not track 13...
track 13 is a follow-up of track 12) contains blasting
drum beats, heavy guitarwork and some refreshing variaty
in the vocals. Easy listening and extreme at the same
time, and most of all this song is one of the most
unique ones I have heard lately in this genre! This is
something that can be said about the whole album anyway
if you ask me. If you want some more opinions about this
album check your native zines, because this album has
worldwide promotion and distribution. If you don’t have
time for this and trust in my opinion (which you really
should) then take my words: this is damn good shit!
Vote: 97 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Bęte NoiRe
02. InFidel SoCieTy
03. XecuTe
04. A Prayer for the
PaTheTic/The BirTh of
wRaTh
05. GiVe (SkumF***erz)
06. MachiNation
07. MooGs LaMent
08. UnCerTain
09. AnTiThesis
10. MonStroSity
11. Self-WorTh
12. (I) SeeThe/sTay aWay
13. (I) SeeThe/sTay aWay
14. AlterNative
15. THere is BeauTy... |
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