Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Killing Joke/The Singles Collection 1979-2012/Spinefarm Records/2013 Triple CD Compilation Review


  Killing  Joke  are  a  band  from  U.K  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  this  compilation covering  all  of  their  musical  styles  including  industrial  metal,  post  punk,  disco,  funk  and  new  wave  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  triple  compilation  album  "The  Singles  Collection  1079-2012"  which  was  released  by  Spinefarm  Records  in  2013.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  drumming  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats  being  present on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  ranges  from  funk,  punk,  metal,  industrial,  disco  and  new  wave,  as  for  the  synths  they  bring  elements  of  industrial,  synth  pop,  disco  and  new  wave  to  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  riffs  that  cover  musical  genres  throughout  the  years such  as  post  punk,  industrial,  metal,  funk  and  new  wave  to  create  a  sound   of  their  own  along  with  a  great  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  post  punk  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  full  chords  to  add  more  variety  to  the  music.

  Vocals  range  from  post  punk  style  shouting  to  clean  singing  as  well  as  some  more  aggressive  industrial  sounding  industrial  elements  being  used  in  the  later  material  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  political,  esoteric  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  a  very  great  sounding  compilation  from  Killing  Joke  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Adorations"  "America"  "Pandemonium"  "Hosannas  From  The  Basements  Of  Hell"  "Our  Last  Goodbye"  and  "Feast  Of  Fools".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

  

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