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Artist: LIMBOGOTT
Album: Pharmaboy
Year: 2006
Although Limbogott is still a quite young band, their
history is already quite impressive. Their debut album
‘One Minute Violence’, that was released in 2005, was
thrown onto the underground scene like a powerful rocket
and blew lots of heads away. Their live shows became
also a very positive surprise to both crowd as wellknown
bands like Blutengel and Die Krupps. Nowadays, Limbogott
is back from the studio which resulted in the new
release called ‘Pharmaboy’. Will this album be able to
continue the succes of ‘One Minute Violence’?
Well, unfortunately I don’t know the ‘One Minute
Violence’ album, but I must say that this is some real
killer stuff! Eighteen tracks and almost an hour of
music, and it never gets bored! Beats are flying into
your ears from all sides, and the powerful guitarwork
has the same effect as a drill. Since it’ll be useless
to review eighteen tracks (then the review will be 10
miles long and nobody would even read it!), I’ll review
only my favourite tracks. ‘Cut Throat’ sounds a little
like Dagoba in the beginning, but the pure electronic
works afterwards tells you otherwise. This song contains
powerful and brutal guitar- and vocalwork, a catchy
chorus and very wicked electronic parts. This track is
very wellchosen as opening track, because it gets you in
the right mood immidiately. The fifth track on the
record, ‘Nerve’, is one that deserves special attention
too. This track contains easy listening electronics and
a bashing, powerful chorus. The variation in the vocal
works is excellent, and so is the synth work that
appears here and there. ‘Mason On Mason’ follows, and it
didn’t hesitate to blow my head away again. Danceable
beats are accompanied with powerful guitarworks and
harsh vocals. A song like this will probably even sound
better live on stage. ‘Annoy-O-Meter’, the eighth track,
is most certainly the weirdest track on this record. The
mechanized sampling sounds chaotic, while the chorus
sounds desperate. After the chorus ends for the first
time, you hear orchestral parts, electronic parts and
industrial death metal parts within ten seconds, all
accompanied by wellfitting vocals. Experimental stuff,
and yes, the experiment turned out good! ‘Shit Fueled’
sounds hyperactive in the beginning, but afterwards
follows (quite surprisingly) a rather old school track
(with exception of the more brutal guitar parts). Maybe
the most metal track of the record. The last track I’d
like to say a few words about is called ‘Eraser v1.0‘.
This is a very electronic track, with excellent dark
sampling and keyworks and a marching drumbeat. A track
that’ll probably cause some serious movements on the
dancefloor!
To compare Limbogott with other bands would be
impossible, so I’ll just mention some bands that have a
certain similarity at some points. Fans of Dagoba, MXD
and Scorngrain will defilitely find a very positive
surprise in Limbogott. If you don’t like those bands,
then still buy the album anyway. Buy it blindly, succes
is guaranteed!
Vote: 96 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Cut Throat
02. In Hell They Didn't
Want Me
03. J. Edgar
04. Napalm Holiday
05. Nerve
06. Mason On Mason
07. Ambush
08. Annoy-O-Meter
09. Shit Fueled
10. Bleed Out
11. Amazing Things
12. Minus Man
13. Eraser v1.0
14. Pharmaboy
15. Thai Train
16. Mental State
17. Drift Under Water
18. On All 4s
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