[kj] Another bloody review - mine!

[Rob Moss]

To be honest, the first time I heard it I was confused. Second time I was intrigued, third time I was in love with it!

The guitars are indeed metal, but it's still Killing Joke because it's different again! I think that the power comes from the guitars on this album, but the interesting parts are the vocals and the drums.

the emphasis has changed here and that, I think, is a good thing. Not so reliant on guitars (as oustide the gate was) to come up with the melody but unlike OTG, they drive, they add power and you can certainly hear them!

--- "nicholas fitzpatrick" <gasw30@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Patriots,
>
>I got the album yesterday and have only listened to it once (which kind of 
>says it all) but here are my immediate, not well thought out thoughts.
>
>Notwithstanding the fact that I love Killing Joke forever, this album is a 
>two or three stars out of five effort. Its Pretty Good, but thats all.
>
>I first began to have my doubts about this album when I read that the drums 
>were being recorded in California and f-ing emailed to a studio somewhere 
>else in the world to be mixed. I thought that sounded utterly sh-t.
>Pessimists pictured an internet society where people would forsake 
>physically interaction with each other to instead hide behind computers - 
>well, it seems Killing Joke have just put together an album without actually 
>meeting. And this from a lead singer that apparently has no time for such 
>means of communication!
>Consequently I totally agree with the post here yesterday that said KJ 
>should get a full time drummer for the next album and they should all 
>preferably eat, drink, think and sh-t together throughout the entire process 
>of recording it.
>Ive no idea if the album would have been better if put together by more 
>traditional rock n roll processes of course, but its not just about the 
>music,its about the band and how they do what they do.
>
>The other thing I dont like about the album is that basically, once again, 
>its heavy metal. Full respect and all, but Im just not a metaler. I 
>thought Extremities was crap and Pandemonium was ok as far as some form of 
>curious techno-metal goes.
>I knew I wouldnt really like the new album after the first three bars of 
>the opening song (D&RS). Chug-chug-chug-chug. The good thing about D&RS is 
>Jaz bellowing out verses that sound like black magic spells, because I like 
>it when hes like that. But whereas on Fire Dances and BTATS its clever, 
>here the whole song is just like some poor relation of Iron Maiden.
>Blood on Your Hands and Seeing Red are the ones that stood out, but 
>generally if I closed my eyes and you told me I was listening to absolutely 
>any old West Coast/Seatle/Greenwich Village rock band on MTv, Id believe 
>you. Frankly, Blur's sound has more individuality.
>
>My over-riding thought is that Jaz Coleman is now infinitely more 
>interesting as an individual than Killing Joke are.
>
>Im not going as far as selling my Camden ticket though. Perhaps tomorrow 
>Ill love the album.
>
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