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Artist: [DIGI]CORE
Album: V1.0 Promo
Year: 2006
The industrial virus has not only infected metal these
days, but also punk. Bands like Punish Yourself,
Brutalizzed Kids, Latexxx Teens and Dope Stars Inc
already booked succes with their ‘cyber-punkish’ style
and attitude, and nowadays in England is something
happening too because of the young band [Digi]core.
Their first release is called V1.0, which is nothing but
a simple demo/promo that is mainly distributed at gigs.
But, IndustrializedMetal.tk would not be
IndustrializedMetal.tk if we would not be able to review
this one! Muhahahaha!
When you ask me how to describe this release in one word,
I’d say experimental. It seems like this band tries to
mix anything with punk, and when I say anything I mean
literally anything! A bit of the blastbeats touch in
‘Psalm 666 (Slavery At The Hands Of God)’, a bit of the
hardstyle touch in ‘(Bitch)Lyrical’ and some harsh EBM/ambient
stuff is clearly hidden in ‘Bleached Innocence’ and
‘Vacant Headspace (Someone Elses Song)’. These songs
sound pretty contrary compared with songs like ‘Resist’,
which can be described as a no nonsense industrial rock
song. No lack of variation clearly, but there are more
positive things to say about [Digi]core. A song like
‘Pigs Inc.’ for example. The title already gives a small
impression of a possible Nine Inch Nails touch (mix
March of the Pigs and Starfuckers Inc. for example, and
you have this title), the song is not much different.
Whipping up industrial metal music which can be easely
compared with the more brutal tracks of Nine Inch Nails.
And there is another song which I like to say a few more
words about. As I said earlier in this review, ‘Vacant
Headspace (Someone Elses Song)’ is more EBM based, but
there is way more. Some surprising guitarwork and punky
NIN-likely vocals give this song something extra, which
made it my favourite song of this release. Think of a
mix between Combichrist/TamTrum and Punish Yourself...
just excellent! In the end, I would just like to add
that all songs are decently build and this band clearly
has found an own particular style, but it is just not
convincing enough if you ask me. A really nice first
try, but I am sure that they will improve more in the
future!
Vote: 70 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Psalm 666 (Slavery
At The Hands Of God)
02. Fatal Drug
03. (Bitch)Lyrical
04. Resist
05. Bleached Innocence
06. Vacant Headspace
(Someone Elses Song)
07. Pigs Inc.
08. Fatal Drug
(Intravenous Mix – bonus
track)
09. Flesh Eating
Foundation – The Dead
([Digi]Core Dead and
Loving it Mix – bonus
track) |
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