If you are looking to get into listening to industrial this compilation introduces you to three distinct sounding bands of the genre. However this compilation does contain a lot of remixes, so if you aren't fond of remixes stay away from this.
Cubanate (From the CD "Barbarossa") - These guys sound a lot like NIN. Very much a metal industrial sound. Distorted samples of guitars and standard noises. Sequencing the various riffs with a pounding drum produces a very intense, yet not very fast, sound. Topped off with shouting distorted vocals. "Exultation" offers a very upbeat intense song that is stylistically similar to Butthole Surfers. Or I suppose you could argue that it sounds more like Ministry, either way it's a very good industrial song, just a bit too repetitive. "Skeletal" is a techo mix of some other song. I'm not very good on my techo terms at the moment so I can't say as to what variety of techno it's classified as.
Think About Mutation (From the CD "Hellraver") - The insert is wrong in stating this is from "Hellraver". For most of the Think About Mutation tracks are remixes of a song called "Motorazor", which most likely comes from the "Motorazor" CD, and definitely doesn't come from the "Hellraver" CD. "Motorazor" is a decent song, it's fairly intense and holds a steady beat. Think About Mutation doesn't hide the techo elements, and isn't afraid to do something a little different by having death metal style vocals, along with clean vocals. Four remixes of the song "Motorazor" is just too much to handle though, and is not a fair representation of what Think About Mutation sounds like. See the review of "Hellraver" this issue for more from this band.
Oomph! (From the CD "Defekt") - Oomph! is the least industrial sounding band of the bunch. They adopt a less rigid structure and venture a lot more into the area of metal. A lot more than normal industrial is the emphasis put on the lead singer (yes, actaul singing). "Asshole" is a fairly aggressive song, not really classifyable as any particular style of metal. It comes with a strong pounding and some intense guitar sounds with a not-so-happy lyrical content. Oomph! is a very heavy industrial band that leans quite far into the metal side of the genre.
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