Various Artist: Metalmorphosis
- Oomph! - Mitten Ins Herz
- Psychopomps - Satan Lives Within Me
- Fear Factory - New Breed
- Rammstein - Seisses Fleisch
- Klute - No Remorse
- Steril - Lies
- Die Krupps - Metalmorphosis
- God is LSD - Girls on Fire
- Coptic Rain - The Moment (Cyberbass mix)
- Front Line Assembly - Modus Operandi
- Deathline Intl. - Brot und Spiele
- Templebeat - The Brain Cult of Macho Irony
- NoiseBox - Monkey Ass
- Shining - Hysteria
- Ether - Love Rub Dub
As can be easily inferred from the title, this release brings us a number of
groups who have attempted to combine or "morph" elements of both industrial and
metal to showcase the sub-genre referred to as electro-metal. Fortunately, most
of the bands here lean towards the industrial side of things (with the
exception of Fear Factory and Oomph!; although I'm sure some of you reading
this would include a few more), and while guitars play a major role in the
songs, you can tell that the groups made a concentrated effort to make sure the
electronics were a major force as well. I was kind of disappointed in the fact
that this compilation doesn't include any remixes or unreleased tracks (as far
as I'm aware), so if you already have material by most of these groups, you
know what to expect -- although the track by the band Ether(who I had not heard
of before) is a good one, with its nod towards Psychopomps and Peace, Love and
Pitbulls. However, this is definitely a good introduction into the world of
industrial-electro-metal and won't leave you with the impression that you are
just listening to a bunch of metal bands who have samplers.
(Kevin Congdon)
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