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Artist: LATEXXX
TEENS
Album: Moloko & Ultra-Violence
Year: 2006
“This debut EP is a nice first try, and they definitely
have the potential to become a major act in their genre’
– Industrialmetal.tk.” Look mommy, the Latexxx Teens
misspelled my website while they were quoting out of my
review of their debut EP in the package I just recieved!
But don’t worry mommy, I am not going to cry. Because,
the Latexxx Teens also gave me their new release to
review! Yay! ... Ok, I know I am a bad actor. Lets
become serious now. The new EP, Moloko & Ultra-Violence,
exists of six brand new tracks. Their biography was
filled with weird descriptions, but I managed to find a
good quote inbetween the vague ones: ‘New stuff is
colder, harder, faster and darker than the first work’.
Sounds pretty promising indeed! Do they still have the
potential, or have they become a major act in their
genre already? Read the following review, and within two
minutes you will have the answer!
Well people, the Teens were right. This new EP is
definitely colder, harder, faster and darker than the
debut EP. In one word: more mature. The production (done
by Victor Love – Dope Stars Inc’s vocalist) is more than
excellent and the cover art (done by Grace Khold – Dope
Stars Inc’s synth player) looks marvellous. But, what I
find a little bit a bummer is the fact that the Dope
Stars Inc influences are clearly hearable in their music
too. LXT still have an own style, but I strongly hope
that they will keep it this way and not become any Dope
Stars Inc clone. Anyway, fortunately they are not a
clone at this moment, so lets have a few words about the
tracks. ‘Genesis of Te(chn)ocrazy’ blasts on strong
sampling, heavy guitars and a catchy chorus. It was an
excellent choice to pick this track as an opener,
because it wakes you up and sucks you into the LXT world
in no time! ‘Millenium Nightmare (United Shit Of
America)’ sounds like a political song, but I cannot
have a look at the lyrics to be sure unfortunately.
Their post-punk influences are clearly coming back in
this song, but they centrifugated it through a modern
attitude. The result is an easy listening, little bit
danceable track that might be a positive surprise for
Marilyn Manson fans. ‘Maschine Zeit’ reminds me like
Dope Stars Inc’s ‘Infection 13’ when it kicks off, but
what follows is some powerful and heavy industrial metal
track. While the synts seem made for trance, the guitars
seem made for metal and this combination seems explosive
together with the great vocals of Alex Love Dolls. Dance
your ass off on this track, because ‘(S)aint
(R)evolution’ is a song of the different kind. Forget
the bouncing beats and say hello to a more sensitive
side of the band. A perfect song for the vocalist to
express his talents on, and the heavy guitars make this
song an excellent sensitive song. ‘Viral Sublimination’
brings you back to the danceable side, although this
song turns out to be more easy listening than danceable.
A closer look at the track brings up the EBM influences
and the punk influences in both the music as the vocal
performance. ‘Requiem For A Dream’ is one of the
shortest songs of this EP, and also one of the more
catchy ones. There is some great atmospheric sampling on
this track, and... heavy guitars again! This is probably
the major thing that causes an erection over here,
because the trend is to turn the guitars lower and lower
(Dope Stars Inc, Deathstars...) but LTX decided to pump
up the guitar volume all over the record! And not to
forget, all tracks are extremely well build! As I
mentioned before, this band took a big step forward with
this new release, but they have to be on their guard to
not become a clone of their friends. If they are on
their guard well enough, I dare to say that these guys
are ready to conquer the world with their own wicked
style which might become very popular. If you want to
know if you can agree with me, go order your copy of
this on the official site! Will take you longer than the
two minutes it took you reading this review though,
because this EP gives you over 25 minutes material!
Vote: 88 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Genesis of
Te(chn)ocrazy
02. Millennium Nightmare
(United Shit Of America)
03. Machine Zeit
04. (s)Ain't
(r)Evolution
05. Viral SublimiNation
06. Requiem For A Dream |
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