Erase The Virus - Songs In The Key Of Filth (c) 2008 Gut
Artist....: Erase The Virus
Album.....: Songs In The Key Of Filth
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 15
Genre.....: Industrial
Label.....: Gut
Catalogue#: n/a
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: www.myspace.com/erasethevirus
Tracklist:
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01 She Said 04:13
02 Ampu-Cutee 04:01
03 Please 02:40
04 Worthless 04:07
05 Pied Piper 04:14
06 United We Fall 05:05
07 Skip Track 7 (Donkey Breath) 03:45
08 I AM 04:31
09 Don't Tell Me How To Die 04:46
10 The Somber March 02:49
11 Two Shits & A Flying Fuck 02:25
12 It's All Over 04:35
13 Chok(H)Er 03:19
14 The Fuck Song 04:10
15 We Are All Drunk 03:27
Total:78,10 MB/ 58:07 min
Release Notes:
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Sleazy, abrasive industrial rock that's fun to listen to, even if
you've already heard it all before.
There's very little to be said for a band that displays a discernible
level of talent and yet somehow manages to stay within the confines of
what others before them have already achieved. Such is the case with
Erase the Virus and their debut album, Songs in the Key of Filth. The
Texas sextet blast out a varied set of caustic industrial rock,
chockfull of heavily distorted guitars that drown the listener in a
wash of heavy metal corrosion, synthesizers that singe and sear without
overtaking any of the songs, and venomous vocals, that while only
vaguely possessing of any sort of melody, scorch with themes of social
nihilism and sexual obsession. It's a wonderfully abrasive formula that
we've unfortunately heard many times over from the likes of Bile,
Static-X, and Marilyn Manson. This is not to say that Erase the Virus
aren't capable of producing some rather catchy moments of alienating
fury, such as on the chugging rhythms and incendiary slide guitar solos
of "Pied Piper," although its chorus of "We are coming for the children
/ mothers and fathers lock away your sons and daughters" comes across
as more whimsical than malevolent, even if it is a clever play on the
song's title being based on that classic Brothers Grimm tale. A better
example of this lyrical ineptitude come in "United We Fall" with it's
chorus of "I am blind / I give a fuck about nothing / I am the
antichrist;" this, along with the later track, "The Fuck Song," just
reek of Manson, doing little to offer the listener anything more than a
triviality to upset conservative parents and authority figures.
Although not lacking in moments of raging intensity with their
effective arrangements of acoustic and programmed drums, dark
atmospheric synths, and guttural guitars, "She Said" and "Chok(h)er"
almost come off as juvenile with their overly sexualized lyrics. Of
course, this could all simply be a tongue-in-cheek jab at those people
who would conceivably take the music and its themes too seriously, not
unlike Cradle of Filth's approach. After all, the closing track is
titled "We Are All Drunk," which can by no means be taken in without
the slightest snicker, especially as the songs ends with the sound of
the vocalist throwing up into the toilet, and its stop/start
arrangement of breakbeats and acid synths giving rise to an explosive
chorus does make for an energetic song. "I Am" produces one of the more
satisfying moments on the album with its epic chorus offset by marching
verses and a mournful guitar solo that does unfortunately overtake the
mix in the latter part of the song, though it hardly ruins the overall
effect. Ultimately, Erase the Virus should be commended for doing what
they do very well: producing some hard and dirty industrial rock, with
all of the sleazy grease, grunge, and grime one could want. In the
absence of a new Bile record, Erase the Virus' Songs in the Key of
Filth fills the void just fine; just don't expect too many surprises.
-from RegenMag.com