OHB got a whopping 3/10 from Brave Words....
Reading stuff like that makes me think I'll need to hear this album before I just buy it.
From Brave words -
ANGEL DUST Of Human Bondage (Century Media)
The steam engine, precision hammering, which introduces the title track, switches from left to right channel. Sadly, it is one of the last successful moments within the ten disappointing cuts from Angel Dust. Admirably seeking to distance themselves from the scores of power metal outfits dotting the Deutsche landscape, equal parts symphonic, industrial, techno and Faith No More quirkiness aren't what the Germans needed at this juncture of their career. Despite adopting a Warrel Dane vocal tone for 'Unreal Soul', it quickly becomes evident the Angels have embraced technology, including electronic drumming, guitar synthesizers and modulated backing vox. 'Disbeliever' begins as if one of Alice Cooper's atmospheric, gruesome '70s ballads, yet never amounts to anything substantial. Big production and sweeping synths greet the start of 'Last Forever', but quickly turns into a quirky guitar driven electronic experimentation. A watered down, commercialism is apparent in 'Unite', where once Dirk Thurisch again mimics the Nevermore singer, while 'The Cultman' is a legitimate, albeit tame, acoustic/orchestral ballad. Only on final original, 'Freedom Awaits', does the sound approach past glories. A cover of 'Killer' closes the disc. All the fire and aggression the band exhibits onstage is missing from Of Human Bondage. Take off the chains and be free!
3.0 Mark Gromen
Reading stuff like that makes me think I'll need to hear this album before I just buy it.
From Brave words -
ANGEL DUST Of Human Bondage (Century Media)
The steam engine, precision hammering, which introduces the title track, switches from left to right channel. Sadly, it is one of the last successful moments within the ten disappointing cuts from Angel Dust. Admirably seeking to distance themselves from the scores of power metal outfits dotting the Deutsche landscape, equal parts symphonic, industrial, techno and Faith No More quirkiness aren't what the Germans needed at this juncture of their career. Despite adopting a Warrel Dane vocal tone for 'Unreal Soul', it quickly becomes evident the Angels have embraced technology, including electronic drumming, guitar synthesizers and modulated backing vox. 'Disbeliever' begins as if one of Alice Cooper's atmospheric, gruesome '70s ballads, yet never amounts to anything substantial. Big production and sweeping synths greet the start of 'Last Forever', but quickly turns into a quirky guitar driven electronic experimentation. A watered down, commercialism is apparent in 'Unite', where once Dirk Thurisch again mimics the Nevermore singer, while 'The Cultman' is a legitimate, albeit tame, acoustic/orchestral ballad. Only on final original, 'Freedom Awaits', does the sound approach past glories. A cover of 'Killer' closes the disc. All the fire and aggression the band exhibits onstage is missing from Of Human Bondage. Take off the chains and be free!
3.0 Mark Gromen
