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Trollheart · 01-25-2017, 10:01 AM

Title: Paradise
Artiste: Pop.1280
Genre: Cyberpunk/Industrial
Familiarity:Zero
Recommended by: Qwertyy

Expectations: Absolutely not the first clue. Anything with “punk” in its name tends to give me shivers, and not of a good type. Add “industrial” in and you could be a shoe-in for the “h” word...

1. Pyramids on Mars: Certainly very dark, bleak and well I guess industrial fits quite well. Vocalist's style reminds me of Matt Johnson from The The, in fact it's almost like a slowed down, less energetic version of something off Soul Mining. Not too bad I have to say. The vocal seems to be buried a little deep in the mix, whether that's intentional or not I couldn't say, but it doesn't come across as bad production or even bad singing, so maybe. Little keyboard notes at the end are quite effective.
2. Phantom freighter: This is faster, with more heavy synth and bouncy percussion. Vocals come more to the front.
3. In silico: Very aggressive, powerful guitar. Almost dancy in its way, though probably too long at seven minutes for what's in it. Kinda hypnotic after a while. Must ... rate .. Green!
4. Chromidia: A bit samey, very growly and dark. Meh.
5. USS ISS: Don't think too much of this either. Very energetic yes but otherwise not a lot to recommend it.
6. Paradise: This has a nice almost ambient feel to it, sounds like there may be a sitar being used. Also sounds like it might be an instrumental. Yeah it is.
7. Rain song: Sounds like some sort of chant with just percussion. Interesting. Oh, there's some guitar breaking in now. This is pretty good.
8. The last undertaker: Lot of dark energy in this, real punch.
9. Kingdom come: Good powerful closer. Like it.

End result: It wouldn't be my sort of thing, but as a kind of cross between what I would see as maybe The The and ... well, I don't know what actually, but there's a good bit of Johnson in there. Anyway, as that, then yeah, I quite enjoyed it.

So, Love or Hate? Give this one a Love.

01-25-2017, 10:01 AM	#3131 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: Paradise Artiste: Pop.1280 Genre: Cyberpunk/Industrial Familiarity:Zero Recommended by: Qwertyy Expectations: Absolutely not the first clue. Anything with “punk” in its name tends to give me shivers, and not of a good type. Add “industrial” in and you could be a shoe-in for the “h” word... 1. Pyramids on Mars: Certainly very dark, bleak and well I guess industrial fits quite well. Vocalist's style reminds me of Matt Johnson from The The, in fact it's almost like a slowed down, less energetic version of something off Soul Mining. Not too bad I have to say. The vocal seems to be buried a little deep in the mix, whether that's intentional or not I couldn't say, but it doesn't come across as bad production or even bad singing, so maybe. Little keyboard notes at the end are quite effective. 2. Phantom freighter: This is faster, with more heavy synth and bouncy percussion. Vocals come more to the front. 3. In silico: Very aggressive, powerful guitar. Almost dancy in its way, though probably too long at seven minutes for what's in it. Kinda hypnotic after a while. Must ... rate .. Green! 4. Chromidia: A bit samey, very growly and dark. Meh. 5. USS ISS: Don't think too much of this either. Very energetic yes but otherwise not a lot to recommend it. 6. Paradise: This has a nice almost ambient feel to it, sounds like there may be a sitar being used. Also sounds like it might be an instrumental. Yeah it is. 7. Rain song: Sounds like some sort of chant with just percussion. Interesting. Oh, there's some guitar breaking in now. This is pretty good. 8. The last undertaker: Lot of dark energy in this, real punch. 9. Kingdom come: Good powerful closer. Like it. End result: It wouldn't be my sort of thing, but as a kind of cross between what I would see as maybe The The and ... well, I don't know what actually, but there's a good bit of Johnson in there. Anyway, as that, then yeah, I quite enjoyed it. So, Love or Hate? Give this one a Love. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018