Noxious Emotion: This Hallowed Ground
- Spartacus
- The System
- Firemission
- Symbiosis
- Specimen 32
- Cartafilis
- Orbital Array
- Complacency
- Driven In
- Missread
- CRM-114
- FPMO
Just when you thought it was safe to explore music free from influence from
bands such as Skinny Puppy, think again. Not only does Noxious Emotion utilize
the stream of consciousness lyrical style, but the vocal filtering as well.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, but sufficient warning must be given prior
to listening to this album if you want to try and acquire an honest set of
influences for this band. Noxious Emotion deviates strongly from the Skinny
Puppy motif by not burying the lyrics deep within the music and instead focusing
on creating harmony between the less demanding programming style and the vocal
arrangement. The net result is creating a non complex style with random guitar
placement and less dance rhythm. The band totally ignores the problems with
walls of noise that most Skinny Puppy clones fall into by simply not venturing
into that arena. The album completes itself as a rather stalwart attempt at
creating a unique sound from unoriginal musical concepts. Not a bad showing
from a band stuck in the grunge rut of Seattle.
Noxious
Emission is: Mike Wimer & Shane Benson
Contact:
Noxious Emotion
11333 8th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98125
E-mail: mikepw@orca.fhcrc.org
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