Barbarossa - Cubanate

The magic has gone by Cubanate's penultimate release, and with its high-speed techno rhythms and Marilyn Manson style harsh choruses, the songs are almost trying too hard to find their way onto a video game or action film soundtrack, sounding increasingly like the work of those industrial bands they inspired in the first place. The vocals and guitars are more distorted than ever, and really losing the battle against the electronic elements, but all the same this is an energetic industrial album from proficient innovators of the form. The differences here mainly come in terms of speed, with 'Joy' being a slower rocker, 'Why Are You Here?' plodding along at a ...