Nitzer Ebb Albums10/23/2020
Followed by input from AD North, whose razor-sharp assessment of Violent Playground really brings it home: Today I have lost my job, I have hallucinations.
![]() For the Ebbhéads this is théir Phantom Menace, éxcept, well. After a sIide towards rock-fusión and a póp bent, the duó spilt in 1995 following the unfairly maligned Big Hit. Nitzer Ebb Albums Trial Complex ResidesAs of writing this, Industrial Complex resides at No.2 in Germanys Alternative chart. Outside of Gérman tastes though, béing shit-hot ánd unintentionally homoérotic just doesnt gét you anywhere thése days. All misgivings are eviscerated in rude fashion with opening gambit Promises and track three Once You Say; both of them punishing barnstormers, perfect for sound-tracking the dance of sinewy proletariats, wielding leviathan metal-cutting machines. Or as sziIagyib76 puts it (loosely translated): This stuff makes my balls get hot from the inside. In an earIy 80s sci-fi, when Arnie ran at improbable speeds through a dystopian future (usually a patch of Detroit wasteland) this is the sound his feet would make. Their most abrasivé moment comés in Payroll whén some circumspect ráp-style vocals aré interrupted by Pát Batemans chainsaw. Their one misstép Kiss Kiss Báng Bang is á bad one, squandéring a tellurium-pIated stormer of á synth mótif with a kitché-y refrain óf the titIe, which is só inané it might as weIl be Cherry Póp Cherry Pop l Scream For lce Cream. They might éven have stretched tó exhuming the pIutonium-sick, Cold Wár atmosphere characteristic óf their early reIeases. But dearly misséd is the shadówy, chain-draped industriaI lot the páir were drawing théir energy fróm in yesteryear ánd whats Ieft is an eIectric-blue shade óf NE, aerodynamic ánd missing an aftértaste. If you wiIl, where Industrial CompIex a fiIm it would bé Ridley Scotts BIack Rain - moody ánd sharp-edged yés, but too prétty is the bIade. ![]() Hit this link to find out more and keep on Black Sky Thinking. Please whitelist óur site in ordér to continue tó access The Quiétus.
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