Termination Bliss - Deathstars

Termination Bliss was the 2nd album by Swedish Industrial metal band Deathstars. It was released in early 2006. These guys had pedigree in death metal circles, so it was an interesting change to start playing in the more commercial industrial metal circles. The latest album Night Electric Night was ridiculously poppy but Termination Bliss is a class or two above it, incorporating nice melodies and still a pleasant mixture of electronic music and metal, plus deep vocals in a Sisters of Mercy style. There's a hint of Rammstein in their track "blitzkrieg", the swings in moods and styles is superb and makes this album ideal for fans of bands like Nine ...  Read the complete review

Following on from their first album "synthetic generation" Deathstars continue with another superb album. Not quite as heavy grinding as Rammstein or as fast paced as some of Ministrys tracks- but nestled nicely inbetween! with a blend of synth and heavy guitars they have a good sound with neither instrument overpowering the other. The lead singer "whiplasher" voice might get on a few people's nerves though- he can be quite monotonous sounding! it's not that big a problem to me, it's just he doesn't do the high pitched screaming or voice box/ synth effect that a few bands do, at least you can understand what he's saying. My favourite track would be ...  Read the complete review