The latest release by Jesus Complex, "Greetings From The Dead",
is a pleasant surprise that offers plenty of variety. In today'ss
dark electro/industrial scene, it isn't often that I hear
anything that really stands out in my mind as being unique or
even has a semblance of originality. Jesus Complex definitely has
something new to offer (for me, at least). The music has a
melodic harsh- ness with just the right amount of grimy noise
thrown in. The bass on "Greetings From The Dead" is excellent,
and does a great job of pounding the listener into submission.
The synthetic orchestrations are nice and thick, and add a fair
amount of horrific gloomi- ness without going over the boarder
into the region of sounding 'campy'. There are also touches of
guitar on this CD, but they are never overwhelming. The vocals
are also done quite well, and have a decent amount of variety of
their own; that is, in the way they're presented (i.e. the
variety of effects used on them). There are definitely songs on
this release that would fit well in a club setting, like one of
my favorites on the CD, "Bone By Bone". Other stand-out songs are
ôMurder Is The Only Revengeö, which is very reminiscent of
Suicide Commando, yet still manages to not sound like a copy, and
the slowly pulsing "It's Cold In Hell". To be honest, all the
songs are good. The only one I didn't really like was "Worry",
and only because it is a straight forward punk song. Don't get me
wrong, because I love punk and it's a good song; it just sounded
totally out of place on this CD. With that minor complaint out of
the way, I can honestly say that Jesus Complex's "Greetings From
The Dead" is a release that every fan of dark electro/industrial
should check out.
Tracklist: 1. Greetings from the Dead (5:40)
2. Your Existence (4:20)
3. The Urge to Kill (3:53)
4. Cold Dead Eyes (5:09)
5. I Want to Murder You (3:42)
6. Bone by Bone (5:40)
7. Psychotic Interlude (2:52)
8. I'm Not the Enemy (4:43)
9. Murder Is the Only Revenge (4:34)
10. It's Cold in Hell (3:32)
11. Till Death Do Us Part (4:46)
12. Survive (5:50)
13. Worry (Don't Be Happy) (2:53) DOWNLOAD:
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