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DEADSTAR ASSEMBLY

Unsaved

Pure Records (2006)

review by Sully Payton

 

South Floridians Deadstar Assembly would like you to believe that their new record Unsaved (Pure Records) is the height of cutting edge music for 2006. If you've never heard the likes of Ministry, Marilyn Manson or '90s faux-goth industrial flash-in-the pan Orgy, then this probably is the edgiest music you will listen to all year. If you've never heard any of the bands just listed, what rock did you finally crawl out from under?

These guys wear a lot of make-up and try to pull the scary, "we've come for your daughters" Manson vibe. However, once you start listening to the CD, it begins to sound like the lost Orgy record (and lets face it, those guys didn't scare anyone). There is nothing to fear about this record whatsoever because you have heard it all before. "And Ashes Will Fall" is an anthemic gothy tune that would segue nicely into a Stabbing Westward song on alternative radio. "At Both Ends" would fit nicely after Orgy's version of "Blue Monday". "Killing Myself Again" sounds like a track that Manson didn't want to use on "Portrait of an American Family" and there's probably a good reason for it. Al Jorgenson could probably have shown these guys how to do "Unsaved Part 2" the right way, whether he was on heroin or not.

This is probably a cutting edge record if it were1995 all over again, but that's even questionable. You're money would be better spent buying classic Ministry records or the Wax Trax box set.


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Saturday, July 15, 2006