I first started to be fascinated by industrial music in the '80s when I came across a video of "Control - I'm Here" by Nitzer Ebb on the weekly MTV program "120 Minutes". Such dark, unusual and seemingly scary mechanistic music piqued my interest. Who would make this music? And why? I looked into the genre quite a bit and investigated it and its related genres such as EBM, gothic, darkwave, etc. and came to appreciate it all very much, especially industrial with its emphasis on electronically distorted vocals and harsh electronic beats. Reflecting on my enjoyment of this type of music, I actually think the emphasis often found on alienation, pain and other negative things in these genres of music kind of makes me think about the positive things going on in my life and makes me feel good! A sense of "Wow, I'm SO glad I don't feel like THAT guy." So my enjoyment of, heck, my love of this music is kind of like the farmer who (willingly) works all day with boots on that are a size too small....because it feels SO good at the end of the day to take 'em off!



ANYWAY, this is a great compilation album and worth listening to...provided you know what you're getting into! Download initially the track by Vigilante/Leaether Strip to get a great idea of this album...obviously you'll know pretty quickly just by listening to the samples how the music is...My favorite tracks are the ones by "Massiv in Mensch, Stahlnebel & Black Selket", "Vigilante/Leaether Strip" and "Dead When I Found Her" (isn't industrial such a positive genre?!? That's alright, I like the doom metal group "My Dying Bride", so I'm used to these morose monikers). Hey, this compilation's creative, excellently recorded, artistic, and worthy of your listen, you fans of the genres I mentioned earlier. Enjoy!