Grendel - Harsh Generation [2007].

Buy this cd, because it's something people must own. Really truly. Here goes.

Harsh Generation starts out with the very awesome intro which lasts about 23 seconds, but dammit, it really boosts the the title track, which comes on next, into the land of brilliant songs. Harsh Generation the song sounds like it belongs in a club, whether or not it's a goth club or a rave or some other variety of club where goths may or may not frequent. It has a great beat, and if you listen to it loud enough through headphones, it's like there's a rave in your brain and everyone is going mental. Headphones make it seem cooler. Ugh, it's just plain cool full stop. It makes me wanna fucking shuffle, and god I hate shuffling!

Void Malign has a cool intro, and just like the song before it, has a great beat that will make you want to dance, even if you're bad at it like I am. Even the name of the song is cool. Vooooid Maliiiign. It's fun to say. Can this band do anything wrong? The Judged Ones seems to have a deeper bass sound, unless my ears are misleading me, but either way, marvelous!

B.a.a.l (Deliver Me) is significantly slower. Well, not that much slower, but it's slower enough to be noticable. It has the same 'ahhh' voice in it that Void Malign has, it's kind of haunting actually.
Then there's the deliciously dirty Dirty. Come on, the sentence was just BEGGING to have a pun made out of it! No harsh whispery industrial vocals here, no sirree. Just a girl telling the listener how much she likes it dirty, and how often. Really. Even prudes will find this song danceable and just all round fun. Actually prudes will probably find something to complain about, so you know, steer clear so I won't get blamed for suggesting that you'd enjoy it. Wonderful. Not that anyone actually cares, but this is probably my favourite track on the cd. It has nothing to do with the girl, it's just fucking awesome.

For those of you who like a side of angry expletives with your industrial, then Hate This is the song for you. It should make people want to break shit, and if it doesn't then you're shut off to it's greatness and you need to play it louder. Sure, it doesn't swear as much as some songs, but who gives a shit? Hello children if you have stumbled upon this page. It's too late to tell you turn back now because, you've surely already seen my use of obsceneties, so you know. Too bad. It's your parents problem for not supervising you. Go swear at them, okay? Ohhh I digress..

Now, lucky little me has her hands on the copy of the cd with the bonus remixes. Oh yes, remixes. Let's see, the best tracks on the remix disc. Void Malign (Amduscia Remix), and it's not just because it's that song. It's because the remix is.. Almost possibly better! Hate This (X-Fusion Remix) is pretty dandy also. Hate This (Caustic Remix), because it sounds so jagged and messy and staticy. It's brilliant!

It seems that a good industrial song needs good sound effects and maybe even a smattering of quotes from action movies/tv shows, and Harsh Generation all in all has not too many or too little of the sound effects to make it a damn good album. Definitely worth spinning til it blows up.

*Although not on Harsh Generation, people interested should check into the song Pax Psychosis.