Extremely Dark & Harsh Electro Industrial
592898
DBoG may be the best starting point for :W: newbies. It is a combination of 2 EPs, 'Gomorrha' and 'Dried Blood', that were originally released separately. These are the songs that got people into the band in the 1st place and they still hold up well over time.
"Black Death" is one of the hardest songs you will hear in any genre, but it is highly original too. Trippy, eerie synths backed by spoken female French lyrics build too an angry frenzy of hyper-fast guitars, beats and Rudy's screamed vocals. "Body Parts" contains some of the most bombastic percussion available anywhere. "Funeral Diner" features a Chinese sample loop taken from an 'X-Files' episode that is both creepy and catchy. "Turns Off Pain" is a great song offering a twisted take on love and relationships.
There are no bad songs on this release actually. If you like industrial but haven't heard :W: then get this. If you listen to American crossover industrial garbage then it's time you start listening to some of the real stuff.
489465
I concur about the wavy lines of light on this, but looking at in the store wouldn't have revealed this.  You have to have it in complete darkness, which is how I use it.  You can hold it partially off the page, but that isn't very comfortable in the long run.  Also, not really bright enough (major factor for return) and the finger smudges... yep, those too.  Funny thing is, when I contacted the company just now (Verilux, not the CS number) the woman professed not to know anything about it... Talked to me like she'd never heard about it and I should return for another.  Hm... Really sorry I didn't check in to Amazon before purchasing.  What could I have been thinking?
2262992
I liked the idea of these shades but they are so dark as to be dangerous. I had a hard time seeing out the windows when they were on and won't be using them. If only I had my business together I would have returned them before the return window ran out. Oops.
3807355
A very unusual soundtrack... No period instruments seems to have been used in this recording. Very dark and industrial sounding. A few of the tracks are rather dull.
4531629
Incredibly dark songs, but so eerily haunting that they create their own genre. This isn't country! It's something entirely different.
1077485
Needs to be really dark with no ambient light to see them
3457484
This cd is great.  Lyrics and perversely intoxicating with the music.  Any industrial fan must get this.  It's like Lords of Acid conflicting with My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult.  Masterpiece.
717274
In my opinion, all digital formats such as CD, MP3, etc. are a waste of time. So, when I received Torgeist's EP 'Time Of Sabbath', I was pleasantly surprised at it's raw, analogue quality. If you enjoy primitive, dark, and lo-fidelity black metal, you will like this. These songs have a very disgusting, dark feel but also have a punky, 'fun' quality about them. Recomended highly for 'black metal elitists' and fans of the 'Les Lgions Noires'. Casual black metallers will find this to be nothing but static noise.
4783821
Eyal, Psytrance very dark...I like it. Unfortunately here in USA we don't have such wide psytrance scene, but i think we'll get there. If you like psytrance buy this CD.
2131152
I really like the new sound, but find it hard to listen to because it is so over-mastered. Dynamic compression is out of control.  It's almost impossible to enjoy this on any decent sound system.  Everything on the album screams.  Terrible sound engineering. Destroys what is otherwise a great album from an incredible artist. This type of studio over-engineering should  be outlawed.

ZBB has done a great job of creating a truly unique album that blends every genre one can imagine. For such a great group of musicians, I'm amazed that they allowed it to be so poorly mastered.
4015636
I am not satisfied with this toaster.  Like at all.  It looks industrial grade, but really doesn't toast very well.  It toasts inconsistently as well as under even on thinly sliced bread.  Maxed out, I'm still at a loss as to why it doesn't brown.
Complete utter loss, do not buy.  Buy something truly industrial.  If you want to punish someone, then buy them this.
3827691
High intensity sterile white light.  Not warm at all even when dimmed low.  Hard on the eyes to look at.
2313726
This fan is horrible.  I had an electrician install it, he said it was very complicated.  The worst part is the light/light kit is bright white, not warm like the picture here.  The side of the box says light kit is 2700K but it's MUCH brighter and industrial or hospital use in color.  How can you know the color of the light before it's installed?  This picture is misleading and should be changed.  The manufacturer said there is no other light kit option.
4094040
If you're a professional in the lighting industry this board may be easier to understand. If you're thinking that out of the box you can plug this unit in and read through the manual and quickly get up to speed, you have another thing coming. The manual for this product is one of the worst I have ever come across in any industry. It dedicates 1-2 pages for each major function of the board. There are no useful examples of anything; it assumes you are intimately familiar with all sorts of stage lighting terminology. The end result is confusing and chaotic. Using the board as a real time manual control is easy enough. But programming scenes and other functions is extremely confusing. I cannot recommend this unit and if I could take mine back, I would.
1267718
Finally, my first review of a proper industrial album (my review for Ministry's Houses Of The Mole doesn't count since Ministry is in more of an "industrial metal" vein... besides, it wasn't much of a review anyway). And I couldn't have picked a better album to start with--though I gather that would-be rivetheads should probably cut their teeth on something easier. No matter.

Skinny Puppy's Too Dark Park is, in a word, SCARY. Nivek Ogre and cEVIN kEY are true composers of the dark and sinister. Listening to this album is like being in the throes of some drug-induced nightmare. Corrosive beats that sound like the drum machines are having seizures; noisy synths; disturbing, layered collages of samples (including the obligatory sirens); complex polyrhythmic assaults seemingly absent any trace of melody; and on top of this backdrop are Ogre's electronically distorted, hellish vocals. Forget Slayer and their pseudo-Satanic ilk, or the contrived teenage angst of Nine Inch Nails; this is what EVIL sounds like.

I've never understood why this album is labeled "industrial dance music." This sounds nothing at all like Revolting Cocks, Thrill Kill Kult, or KMFDM. No friendly dance beats here, just sheer sonic jihad from beginning to end. The lyrics fit the onslaught as well--insanity, pollution, exploitation, violence, mental illness, drug abuse. All the horrors of the modern world are on display.

Opener Convulsion sets the tone; Shore Lined Poison and Nature's Revenge have moments that would almost be considered "subdued" if they weren't so creepy and insane; Tormentor has its catchy beats eviscerated by waves of abrasive electronics; Rash Reflection has a suprisingly memorable chorus ("kiss the master's feet"); and Spasmolytic is pure f--king chaos, and I mean that in the best possible way.

Absolutely excellent, and highly recommended stuff if you think that you're up for it.
3695714
This is DEATH's first album Scream, Bloody Gore!!  This is a blistering, raw, rough ride through the horror movie psyche of then 20 year old Chuck Schuldiner over brutal guitar riffs and deadly drums.  Yes, campy as the lyrics and overall feel may be this is still a hell of an album to listen to.
I know its HIGHLY debatable, but contrary to popular opinion, I consider this album the worlds first death album.  I know, Possessed released their first album two years prior but in my opinion their sound was not quite pure death.  It was as close as it gets but it sounded just a tad more like sludgy thrash than what I would consider full-fledged death.  For that you would have to look no further than this album here.  This is, despite being raw and primitive, a way more polished finished product than Possessed's stuff.
This is for those who can take it raw.  Raw Death.  Try it baby...you might just like it!!
3604972
This song is very heavy and very dark. The music is catchy at times and abrasive at others. The influence of evil is definitely present within the lyrics and overall tone of the song.