Industrial Music finds: June 28/2019

Went on an industrial music hunt today! Found some older stuff that I previously had in my collection (that I got rid of when I was a young adult)... that I am finally purchasing again after all these years... sooo many memories! I was specifically looking for Ministry, but I could not find any used stuff, but I did find some other music that I've been meaning to pick up again, and some stuff that I've never heard that has never been in my collection. I made a couple of stops today... one at Blackbyrd Myoozik... didn't find anything there that I was interested in... so headed on over to Sloth Records... not much there either... then later in the day headed off to Turn It Up! Records here in Calgary! This was my first time there... they actually have an goth/industrial section which is cool! Here is some of the pieces I picked up:
 

(Marilyn Manson "Antichrist Superstar" front cover)

Ooooh my, when I was looking through the collection of goth/industrial stuff at Turn It Up! Records, I saw this in there and was unsure I should purchase this... I used to have it in my collection, and I got rid of it... I hadn't intended on ever purchasing it again... but a few years ago, I went to Edmonton to visit my best friend, and he turned on some Manson while we were drinking and shit... and I realized, "why the fuck did I end up getting rid of this..?" this is probably one of my favorite Manson albums (other than "Mechanical Animals" and "The Golden Age of The Grotesque")... I think my favorite song off of "Antichrist Superstar" is "Cryptorchid". Listening through this and I still like this album! 

 

(Marilyn Manson "Antichrist Superstar" back cover)

I remember when this album came out, first of all, everyone was fucking excited about it! Second, this album was produced by Trent Reznor and there is definitely a lot of use of synthesized sounds on the album. I remember Manson getting flack back in the day from the music community and critics because they (critics) felt the album relied too heavily on electronics and synthesis and at the time, it was frowned upon in the community... cause a computer created it. Ridiculous! It's funny cause, nowadays critics don't bat an eye when it comes to electronics and synthesis... but their argument at the time was "synthesizers/computers created all the music..." and "synthesizers aren't real instruments... blah blah blah"... yeah, most of the critics at the time had no idea what they were talking about.

(White Zombie "Astro-Creep: 2000" front cover)

White Zombie's "Astro-Creep: 2000" I've been meaning to pick up again, and originally found it at Sloth Records in the used section, but the CD was soo dinged up and scratched I decided to pass on it. Many weeks later (today), I manage to find it in a not-too-bad quality, so I took a risk and purchased it... Glad I did cause it obviously plays and was easily ripped to iTunes! Not really sure why I got rid of this years ago either... Back in the day, White Zombie was my favorite band... I remember listening to the "La Sexorcisto" over an over... when this came out I was sooo excited, I wasn't expecting it... I don't recall White Zombie announcing anything in magazines that they were working a new album or anything... and then, I think for Christmas one year... this was gifted to me... and I was sooo excited!

(White Zombie "Astro-Creep: 2000" back cover)

I remember being inspired by this album artistically, with all the weird fucked up imagery in the liner notes, and musically with the heavy use of samples and more industrial type tones! Granted, they aren't really my favorite band these days, I do prefer Rob's solo stuff nowadays over White Zombie, but if I hadn't got into White Zombie initially, I probably wouldn't have gotten into industrial in the first place. I'm glad I have this back in my collection!

(Fear Factory "Obsolete" front cover)

Now, I've never owned this album until today... I loved this album since the first time I heard it (which wasn't actually all that long ago, probably 7 or 8 years ago), and so I thought why not pick it up! I dig some of Fear Factory's other albums and own a couple of them as well, so being that the store had it, why not?! This is probably one of my favorite Fear Factory albums of all time, and "Descent" is probably my favorite Fear Factory song of all time! 

(Fear Factory "Obsolete" back cover)

Lately, I've been really loving Fear Factory... their latest album "Genexus" is really good (I love the song "Expiration Date")... also Dino (their guitarist) has a side-project with Claus Larsen of Laeather Strip called Die Klutae. Such a good collaboration! This particular album ("Obsolete") they worked with Rhys Fulber from Canadian electro-industrial act Front Line Assembly on some of the tracks, and I think they turned out quite well! Glad to have this in my collection!

(Insurgent, Inc. "Self-Titled" front cover)

I've never heard of this band before, so this was a random find at the shop... I thought why not... see what these guy's are about! They are a mix of guitar driven techno and industrial. Not sure I like it, but I'll definitely keep it! Something different! It looks like these guy's have a Facebook page... so they are still around doing stuff... this album was from around 2002 or so... 

(Insurgent, Inc. "Self-titled" back cover)

I'm not liking this enough to pick up another one of their albums, but I think for what it is, not bad! It does remind me of a more technical electronic rock type sound... they can definitely play their instruments, in a very technical way... and the programming and instrumentation is, I'll say once again, very technical!

(Jakalope "Born4" front cover)

Well, I've never owned any Jakalope stuff, and I've never really taken a good listen to it either... so I figure why not! Totally not what I expected, it's not bad... I'm not sure I like the vocals, but overall it's decent! Trent Reznor is listed as an Associate Producer... so I'm not entirely sure how much he was involved in this... This band, at the time of the release of this album, was written and produced by legendary producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy, Marilyn Manson, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails), and vocals are done by Katie B. There's also quite a list of collaborators on this album, not gonna list them here, but yeah... lot's of people on this album!

(Jakalope "Born4" back cover)

I would say this album and possibly music lies in the industrial pop rock genre of music. I would say that this stuff is not really inspiring (to me) musically, but I'm glad I picked this up! Sometimes it's good to step outside of what you would normally listen to, and expose yourself to something new (or newish), and expand your musical palate!

That's my finds for today! I might make another music store trip again sometime this weekend... would love to find more Ministry, but I guess we'll see...