Insect_Reject

In my opinion, their best album since "Mechanize". Many tracks feel a bit like a swan song for the band given how dramatic they are, but with all my heart I hope that's not the case and that Uncle Dino finds a worthy singer and the FF continue to exist. 'Monolith' is my favorite!

I really enjoyed it!
I'm an avid fan of Korn, and the first five albums are, for me, the best things they've ever done.
Somehow, I admit I've always managed to appreciate something in all their albums (even those released during that long, somewhat unfortunate period for the band, 2005-2013 - I especially love See You on the Other Side and Untitled, probably their most "experimental" album -).

That being said, I consider The Nothing their best album since Untouchables.

Every song is memorable for me. All the members seem passionate and inspired AGAIN (probably Luzier's best performance behind the drums since he joined the group), without that forced need to "recapture the old Korn sound," but simply placing classic elements of their style while almost exploring new sounds.

It almost feels like a concept album (and it could very well be given the losses Jonathan Davis faced last year), with so many beautiful moments in the tracklist... I can't help but mention "Gravity of Discomfort," "Finally Free," "The Darkness Is Revealing," even though "Idiosyncrasy" is by far my favorite... Literally the perfect Korn song.

I was also struck by some details here and there throughout the listening, the bagpipes in the intro, the interlude, certain vocal overdubs from Davis, the bridge of "This Loss," or that little almost drum'n'bass moment in "H@rd3r."

'Pretty Hate Machine' will always hold a special meaning for me! When I was 14/15, I mainly listened to metal and "pure" rock, genres that I still adore and listen to today, but at that age, they were naively the only thing worthy of my ears, hahaha.

This album, along with the following 'The Downward Spiral' and 'The Land of Rape and Honey' by Ministry, was essential in opening my mind to "hybrid"/multi-genre music, as well as pushing me to delve deeper into electronic music and its ocean of subgenres.

If there's one thing I've always loved about NIИ, it's that their music manages to be catchy and heavy at the same time... An abrasive and sophisticated pop. This album lays the groundwork for everything that would later become the true trademark of Trent Reznor and co. in their subsequent works: seemingly simple and catchy songs that actually contain various nuances and elements, from new wave to synthpop, from electro to industrial, from noise to experimental music.

It hasn't aged as well as some of their albums that came after, but tracks like 'Head Like a Hole', 'Terrible Lie', 'Sin', and 'Kinda I Want to', as well as that melodrama that is 'Something I Can Never Have', I still enjoy listening to today with great pleasure!

The more I listen, the deeper I get into it.
The deeper I get into it, the crazier I go.
The crazier I go, the more I can immerse myself in that myriad of nuances, riffs, drum fills, and ramblings of one of the most unique singers in this genre.

For me, 13 years well spent, even just listening to a vast piece like 'Pneuma'.
Okay, "Aenima" and especially "Lateralus" are untouchable, but "Fear Inoculum" is practically there, sitting at the right hand of "10,000 Days."

"..parody of the Jesus cartoons on Rai 2.."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHA THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBERED

Anyway, yeah, total garbage. I don't even know why I tortured myself watching a few clips, when those damn commercials are already something super annoying and repulsive. Anyway, I expect nothing less from Canale 5 one day: hahaha

ATOMIC review... which I am immediately adding to my favorites.

I thank my past self who decided to give this band a listen, starting from the self-titled album (the artwork intrigued me for some reason) and continuing with the rest of the discography. That decision, a bit random, brought me here to enjoy this absurd, twisted, dark, pitch-black, grotesque, earth-shattering, and I would say… unexpected masterpiece.

“…it’s like a barefoot walk on a carpet of shattered mirrors, and the reflected spectacle is not uplifting.” BRAVISSIMO.

LET ME IIIIIN
LET MEEEE IIIIIN
LEEEEET MEEEE IIIIIIIN!

Amazing album. Great job reviewing it!
The record I've listened to the most this year, without a doubt. Even when I'm not sure what to listen to, "Veteran" is always there, as fresh as the first listen, packed with sonic absurdities that seem to have come from the deep web and musical eccentricities that never cross into boring or self-serving experimentation. The opener '1539 N. Calvert' is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful HH songs of the year!

I appreciate that in your review you didn't mention Death Grips (or other """similar""" people - as much as one can resemble another in such an open genre to stylistic diversity - like .clipping or B L A C K I E, or the sacred monsters like Dälek) not even once as a comparison point, as many do as soon as they notice the industrial/experimental shades within certain hip hop.
If you haven't already, listen to "Black Ben Carson," another solid gem from Peggy, released in 2016!

Bravo!
Fantastic album, one of the highlights of 2018. I've listened to 'Black Snow' (I love the video, it's just the right amount of unsettling) so much, it feels like a pop chart hit. 'We'll Take It' is almost frightening; it's practically biomechanical set to music. 'Same', the way Anohni sings - someone I need to explore further - makes me think of '21st Century Schizoid Man', but in an industrial/glitch version.

In this second phase of his artistic journey, his masterpieces, for me, remain "Garden of Delete" and "Replica" (with "R Plus Seven" closely following), but here we’re at a very high level, and Lopatin remains a master at deconstructing his knowledge, blending sounds and influences, and transforming the pieces into Music. It's an extravagant and timeless collage of cold, unhealthy, and polluted electronics, yet at the same time, everything is very pure, organic, and human... with extreme refinement, without pretentiousness or the obsession of being overly experimental at all costs.

I’m rediscovering the "Richardson phase" of Death to Napalm just recently. A few weeks ago I (re)listened to 'Diatribes' (in some parts literally crazy, almost sludge/grind), and now, what can I say? After your review, I will definitely continue the journey.