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Artist: JENX
Album: Unusual
Year: 2005
When it comes to France, people in Holland usually think
only about wine and cheese. To be honest, I did as well
some years ago, but in these times France is known to me
as a country with many promising and talented acts.
Bands like Anorexia Nervosa, Scarve and Arkhon Infaustus
still make my day with every album and when it comes to
industrial we shouldn’t complain as well. If you surf
through this website you will find reviews of Division
Alpha, Zuul FX and Malmonde (to name a few) with ease
and read about their talents. And from today, we can add
Jenx to the list of French bands reviews. Their press-kit
has been recieved, including their “Unusual” promo.
Since the press-kit is in French and my French is not
that good (most part of the press kit are reviews anyway),
I decided to have a look on their site. But yep, in
French as well. A quick look on the concert section
shows me that this band already have performed with
Gorgasm (I think it is the French one, which is
currently known as Gorod – whatever, both the Gorgasms
are death metal anyways) so I prepared myself for some
blasting industrial death metal stuff.
And my suspicions were confirmed from the first
snaredrum hit. ‘Demonhead’ is a song that unleashes a
lot of power out of the stereo from the start until the
end. Some blasting industrial death metal with strong HC
influences is the best way to describe this song. Little
touches of Machine Head and Slipknot here and there, and
you will get the idea. If you were asleep, this song
should definitely have waken you up! ‘Remember’ is a
more technical song compared to the one before, but
still build with the industrial death/HC concept. There
are some really catchy guitar riffs hidden here and
there, and I think the vocals (think of a mix of
Yacoepsae and E.N.T.) are on its best in a song like
this. A song to remember, or like the song quotes: “I
will remember you even if I am far away!” ‘Unusual’ is
the title track of the promo. It has a one minute
instrumental intro, which is maybe a little bit too
much, but afterwards another good song follows. It is
pretty contradictive with the powerful opening track,
but it shows some cool other side of Jenx. This is what
we can call a song with a soul. Slow, dark, though with
strenght. ‘Compromised’ is I think the best word to
describe the song itself. The song sounds to me as a
mix, a compromise, of the three preverious songs of the
record. With, a little more touch of industrial. The
guitars even remind me to a band like Antigama here and
there, which is a pretty strange comparation! It is a
shame that after 4 tracks and 16 minutes this promo
already ends, because I really would like to hear more
of them. Curious? Check out www.myspace.com/jenxnoise to
listen and download track 1 and 3! For fans of bands
like Fear Factory, Zuul FX, Dagoba and various HC bands.
In one word: impressive!
Vote: 90 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Demonhead
02. Remember
03. Unusual
04. Compromised
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