Front 242 is one of the better known names in industrial genre. They could even given a "legend" tag. Cobalt 60 has close linkage to this group. Formed by Front 242 vocalist Jean-Luc De Meyer and machines handled by Dominique Lallement, they released two albums at the end of the 90s.
Named after a radioactive isotope of cobalt, Cobalt 60 was a little bit different group compared to other contemporary acts, since they used quitars - even though that is really common nowadays in industrial music also. Overall their sound is quite bombastic. De Meyer sounds really "german" with his commanding vocals and Lallement's "machines" produce really classical industrial sounds to back him up. Also lots of symphonic elements are combined into their sound.
Cobalt 60 is really surprising and interesting act. Check them out. Here's the opening track of their debut album Elemental released 1996.
Some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_60_%28band%29
http://www.last.fm/music/cobalt+60
http://open.spotify.com/artist/766rOEGuh3SJNXQyjjQkSv
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
#024 - Blood
First time in Japan during this project. From there we find a group called Blood, who actually ended their career last year. Wikipedia tells the following: "Blood's aim was to create music that expresses the meaning of human emotion that breaks the musical frame. They were closely associated with visual kei, but the band referred to themselves as a gothic band". Well... They sound a bit like gothic from time to time, but to me this reminds too often those horrid Eurovision song contest "artists".
There's some songs that are more "industrial" like material and those sound much better. But overall I have to say that this sucks, I've never really got this visual-kei stuff and this proves again, that it might not be something that I should waste my time on.
Some links:
http://www.darkestlabyrinth.jp
http://www.myspace.com/bloodofficial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_%28band%29
http://www.last.fm/music/%EF%BC%A2%EF%BC%AC%EF%BC%AF%EF%BC%AF%EF%BC%A4
http://open.spotify.com/artist/0g5EF7OrwJkdzrahvQKyZ1
There's some songs that are more "industrial" like material and those sound much better. But overall I have to say that this sucks, I've never really got this visual-kei stuff and this proves again, that it might not be something that I should waste my time on.
Some links:
http://www.darkestlabyrinth.jp
http://www.myspace.com/bloodofficial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_%28band%29
http://www.last.fm/music/%EF%BC%A2%EF%BC%AC%EF%BC%AF%EF%BC%AF%EF%BC%A4
http://open.spotify.com/artist/0g5EF7OrwJkdzrahvQKyZ1
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