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Band/Artist
Various
Title:
Mind Ripper II-Compilation
Released
2005
Label
Van Richter Records |
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Tracks:
1. Beautiful Nightmare: The Number One-The Fair Sex
2. Halloween-Girls Under Glass
3. Quest Of Nothing (Warzone Pharmaceuticals mix)-Testify
4. Kill What Kills You-Plastic Noise Experience
5. Chemical Land (Showdown Version)-Death and Horror Inc
6. Korrosion-Sielwolf
7. Children Of The Revolution-The Fair Sex
8. The Bitter End-Girls Under Glass
9. The Seeds Of Wrath-Testify
10. City Of Lies (Remix)-Plastic Noise Experience
11. New Vision-Death And Horror Inc
12. Nautilus #1-Sielwolf |
Artist: Various
Artists - Industrial
Featured
artists include TESTIFY, THE FAIR SEX, PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE,
SIELWOLF, DEATH & HORROR Inc and GIRLS UNDER GLASS. |
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: : Mind
Ripper II-Compilation : :
Mind Ripper II is the second in a series of compilation releases from Van
Richter Records, an independent artist development label out of
California. Every so often they peer into their back catalogue and
reanimate a few of their artist’s tracks for our aural pleasures. Mind
Ripper is different from some other compilation albums because there are
12 tracks from 6 bands instead of 12 tracks from 12 bands, so we get
more than just one look or listen to each artist; which could be good or
bad, depending on how you hear it.
The Fair Sex start us off with a snappy piece of dreamy early 80’s era
sounding industrial. Rather than continuously throw the term
“industrial” and all of its light and dark wavelengths like Aggro,
Experimental, Electro and such, I’ll just tell you now this recording
showcases all of the above singularly and mixed together, while throwing
in a few
other formats. So there is a good blend of styles that fall under the
“industrial” umbrella. None of the bands stray off into the overly
aggressive and violent side of things. This is more like slow or mid
tempo trancelike beats to bob your head to rather than some to smash
your face in. Track 2, Halloween is just that. The foundation for the
song is the theme from said movie while on top of and around that
structure lives a hypnotic, repetitive beat that will surely get your
eyes twirling and your body moving. Testify are up next with a slower,
haunting track that features a ghostly, antique female voice dancing
eloquently with the alien growls of the male singer. Plastic Noise
Experience really kick things up a notch with my first most wanted
track, the powerful and intense “Kill What Kills You”. Which leads into
my album favorite Death and Horror Inc’s “Chemical Land”, a trippy piece
that makes you feel like you are involuntarily dancing around the
room with a fish bowl on your head. And yes, you are happy about it. Then Sielwolf step in with their first submission “Korrosion”. So, like the
runner on the circular track, we have gone round already once, and now
we get to do it all over again.
I didn’t find the second half of the album as appealing as the first. It
is a little bit slower and a little bit weirder and if my industrial
ain’t like a jackhammer in your face (and none of these tracks are) I
like it with “a nice beat that you can dance to”. There is a sweet
electric guitar part on Testify’s “The Seeds Of Wrath” but the rest of
the track reminds me of Ministry on Valium. And the last track from
Sielwolf is a 2:49 instrumental. Why? Of all the songs the label
could have picked to showcase this band they use this one. I’ll never
understand it, but I am sure they had their reasons. Well if you are a
fan of this type of music or any of these bands, then Mind Ripper II is
your perfect mix CD already done up for you without any work on your
part. If you are curious about these subgenres of the industrial
revolution then ears on board for a good listen. But as I said before
the first six are like the yin and the last six are like the yang. And I
found that to be mildly unsatisfying. For old fans and collectors some
of these tracks are remixes and others are even previously unreleased
rarities. My favorite was Canada’s Death and Horror Inc; give this a
listen to find out yours.
7 out of 10.
Reviewer: Lord M
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