Reviews (page 7 of 7)
Það var önnur plata sem heitir Killing Joke með bandi sem heitir Killing Joke. Ég byrjaði á henni og hún virkaði sem algjör ömurð. - Ég hef ekki smekk fyrir þessari, en þetta er svo sem ekki alsæmt.
Not my style
Clearly a product of the early 80s, but it doesn't vibe with me. Neither the songwrighting nor the sound did anything for me. 2/5
OMG, hombres gritando, que original. Esta muy meh.
Boring SORRY
An okay listen, and an interesting mixture of punk, metal and goth. Not so keen on the singing and other than the Wait and Requiem, too many of the other tracks plod along rather aimlessly
I’ve had enough of these muddy 80s mixes man
Found this quite tiring
It's not really my kinda album. None of the songs are bad, but as a whole it just got really old by the end.
Wtf qualified this as music in the 80s
Sound is a bit harsh
Not funny
Meh
I'm reviewing this two days after listening to it, and I can't remember anything about it anymore. Oops.
I did not care for the vocals one bit. The ones on "Wardance" were especially jarring and annoying. The music had its moments where I could enjoy it. Overall: meh.
Eipä tarjonnut kummoista kokemusta.
Hetkittäin ihan siistiä meininkiä. Ei kuitenkaan mitään ihmeellistä. Kyl tän kuunteli
really boring
Eh. Didn't love it.
I don't think this band/album broke through in the US. Not quite punk or hard rock, but a combination of both. Reminds me a bit of Nine Inch Nails.
Not for me. I don’t see how this is essential listening. I liked the chiller and more spacious parts the most.
The only thing that album did for me was make me want to listen to Judas Priest...so I did...and it was awesome. I hope that Screaming for Vengeance or British Steel come up on this list
Wardance is scary. I enjoy this more than the "every song sounds the same" punk, but still not my jam really.
nohoyou
Cool heavy rock, not my fav but glad I listened
Didn't like it.
it was ok, some songs had a rush-y vibe which was cool
This was alright
This album- was a joke. And it killed me! No but the singing ruined it completely. The music had some potential however I was too distracted by screaming. Not much else to say. 👎👎👎
Industrial raw roughly-mixed punk sounds like my biggest musical nightmare. ...but man the opener "Requiem" is pretty damn good. It's only after that that things slip off the rails - "Wardance" yeah when your lead singer sounds like gargling thumbtacks would improve things, it's just not gonna go far. The music isn't bad albeit a bit too simplistic to carry the song. And I feel like that applies to virtually the entirety of the rest of the album. I guess to someone who would really hate this genre what's the difference between this and something like Gang of Four? I don't know that these guys could play very well or more importantly write good songs. Based on what I could tell from the wiki article they wanted this recorded as quickly as possible and raw. And... that's where I jump ship. Who gives a fk about whatever the hell "authenticity" means if it's not any good? I can't fully slag on this because it's not all bad - "Bloodsport" I love that synthesizer running through it. But it's ... eh it's just not a good song. That was a great start and then it didn't go anywhere. "Primitive" suffers a similar fate albeit without synth - there's a very cool idea in there but it just drags. This is far from the worst album and there really are elements that work (or come frustratingly close to working) simply because they're cold and angular and even spacious but damn, they should've hired a producer. 4/10 2 stars.
Every song somehow managed to sound exactly the same
Electronic kind of punk
-like 5 songs in, not very into it yet -i didn’t get into it, it just isn’t good -no this album just sucks
There are about 15 songs by XTC that are absolute bangers. Every time one of them comes on I think "I should listen to more XTC." Then, I listen to more XTC and remember why I don't listen to more XTC. This is roughly a yearly occurrence. I struggled through this record, but I really liked 2 songs.
Not my style
Not very interesting. Not bad but also doesn't stand out. My star rating: ⭐- Hated it ⭐⭐- It was ok / meh ⭐⭐⭐- I liked it, good for background music. ⭐⭐⭐⭐-I really liked it, would recommend. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- Best thing since sliced bread. Other people are wrong with their perfectly logical criticisms. It's part of my personality now.
I can see why this belongs on the list but not for me.
Metal uden rigtig at være det
Not my vibe
Punk never really my thing, even though this band was emerging from the punk scene. They were influential to follow on groups, for example, Dave Grohl, so we have to thank Killing Joke for helping formulate the sound of groups like Foo Fighters
Basic.
This sounds way ahead of its time to me. A nice mix of garage band rock and punk. That being said, it's not really made for me. It was just okay.
i dislike the rough distorted sound plus FX on the vocals
Pretty sure this album gave me a headache. Major thumbs down
Don't remember a lot from yesterday, that's a bad sign
What Ben said
loved the german radio in the background in that one song
Clear line from the clash>killing joke>Jane's addiction, minus the good guitar work of Jane's. First song is fine. The growly synth vocals are not needed. Some of this navigates the space between tolerable and good. Early Nirvana vibes on The Wait. It's OK overall. Probably closer to 3 than 2 but I round down.
Interesting listen. Cool blend of post-punk, metal, electronic, industrial, and even dub. Not something I’m likely to visit again, but I will admit that this album was at least 10 years ahead of its time and definitely deserves its spot on this list.
‘Bloodsport’ was a great song, didn’t particularly like anything else.
No fun man
Not a huge fan
Well, it certainly isn't the sound I was expecting when I started the album. Sadly not really a sound I'm crazy about. It takes a very simple approach for a lot of the songs, but that just means a lot of the songs start out good then don't do anything to stick in my head. I will agree that the bass is very nice, and some of the songs remind me of other songs I do like (early Ministry comes to mind), but this really doesn't do it for me.
Ok album. I liked Complications. Everything else kinda forgettable/samey/repetitive
Not my thing - a bit coarse and heavy
Not crazy about this one. Bloodsport was pretty good, but even that went on a little too long.
Unpleasant to focus on and as background music.
The Wait is a good song, the rest is bad.
some heaviness similar to metal punk too 2.5
Average.
Not that good really.
Not bad but definitely not great. I liked Bloodsport
Listened to this on Friday and thought it wasn't great then, flicking through it now and I don't disagree with past me. Not awful, but not particularly good either. Not my favourite genre, and I don't think a particularly good example of it. 2/5.
Connaissais zéro ce band, peut-être vu un t-shirt ou une patch de bummer... J'appréhendais mais c'était meilleur que je pensais. Un peu répétititf mais quelques surprises, sons de synths cool et bass pas inintéressante.
2-3 bons trucs. C’est pas très conventionnel, mais c’est pas hyper intéressant non-plus. Ça s’écoute bien quand même.
"Killing Joke" is an early and raw effort in the industrial rock genre, mixing post punk with a very metallic instrumentation. I understand that this is an historic record for the industrial scene, but doesn't sound particularly good.
Very industrial post punk. Could have been 1990 rather than 1980. Impressive on that basis, but too harsh for me.
* Not for me, but I didn't hate it.
En la mayoría de canciones de este disco parece como si un hooligan se hubiese colado en el estudio de grabación pegando gritos y al grupo le hiciese gracia y se quedase así. Por lo demás, este álbum pasa sin pena ni gloria por tus oídos. Solo “Change” se hace notar un poco.
Några bra stunder men lite för mycket edge för mig egentligen. Så jävla whack sound, känns som de medvetet clippar ljudet för att ge en högljudd image. Lyssnar hellre på hög volym utan clipp
Not for me
It was An album.
I did not enjoy this album until The Wait which is track 5. Aptly named.
Bit too thumpy and repetitive, but fine as background music. Fav new track: Requiem
In the context of 1980 I can see why this was groundbreaking and influenced the whole industrial genre. It's just not my thing
231221 15:49 2.5
Dark crunchy goth grooving. The soundtrack to trying to stay standing up on a dancefloor for longer than you'd like.
A little bit overwhelming for me, but sometimes you're in the mood for something like this.
I really like Killing Joke’s single - Love like blood it’s propulsive and has great guitar and bass hooks. Most of this album doesn’t come close to this benchmark and all of the songs sound pretty much the same to me. The exceptions are Requiem, Wardance and Change but it just isn’t enough for me to seek this out to listen to unfortunately.
Weird. Not really for me.
There's a lot going on here. Not really my thing
Medium
Killing Joke 1980 debut not their later album of the same name which is stupid. Very of its time lyrically, war references despite there not really being a war on middle children of history angst. all about war. Bloodsport is one of the only good tracks and is instrumental, this is not co-incidental. Only other decent track was The Wait which is a cover. S.O.36 this ain't no CBGB primitive is a strong closer but did not save the album and would have been better as an instrumental 2 - not for me but doesn't hurt my ears - experimental for experimentals sake. not a one but could be depending on the day.
A bit of a grower but I'll probably never go back to it.
Por algún motivo me hizo acordar a Sumo. Particularmente Tomorrow's World. Me gusta el sonido medio podrido y psicodélico que manejan. El arte de tapa me hace acordar a esos viejos fancines que te daban en la puerta de los recitales que eran la fotocopia de la fotocopia de la fotocopia, cosa que me encanta. El sonido en general del disco está muy bien. Bloodsport, The Wait (que tiene los acordes bastantes parecidos a 'Yo Canibal' de Los Redondos) y Requiem son los temeas que más me gustaron. 7/10 ludomatics
Not my type of music. Theres better and theres worse, but this falls short of my expectations. Favorite song(s) are Requiem and The Wait. This rating was scaled because its not my type of music, but I understand how other people could listen to it regularly.
Bracing.
Sommige nummers waren echt lekker. Simpele maar doeltreffende basloopjes.
Tja, heeft veel weg van Joy Division maar dan iets funkier. Ook veel rauwer dan Love Like Blood. Leuk om een keer mee kennis gemaakt te hebben maar niet voor een hele plaat.
Kon er niet zoveel mee.
Verschrikkelijk, zeg. De naam van de band vind ik wel heel leuk (omdat ik een tante Joke heb), daarom twee sterren ipv een.
Pues no es mi tipo de música
meh
Ni fu ni fa
Distant, pissed off, 80s shit. Not the worst but not for me.
Además de algunos soniditos adelantados a su época, nada memorable.
No sé qué calificación ponerle porque sí me gustó pero muy poquito.
Pues nada especial por aquí
Too heavy
Sadly, another entry on this list that is just decent, mostly forgettable rock.
I understand why this could be influential but I just didn't enjoy it that much
Made me feel uneasy
not my thing, but i can see why some might like it.
Yo lo odie pero los demás no tanto
On first listen this didn’t massively stick out to me. I enjoyed the sound of some of the songs and the new wave elements. I think I was slightly lost by the album being a compilation and therefore would prefer the opportunity to check out albums to get a more cohesive feel of the band’s work.
Uninspiring
Depressing
Killing Joke, yes, I even own one of their albums, but not this one, a later one. What comes to mind regarding their debut album? Actually, nothing, except that I'll never listen to it again. With some albums, I also wonder if I'd want to discuss them with someone else or even recommend them, and I don't think Killing Joke's debut album is one of them. It's simply boring, but maybe I've misunderstood something. Every time the drums kick in, I feel like I'm listening to the same song—well, the lyrics, but I have to admit, I couldn't care less about them. I'm sorry, but this wouldn't normally get any stars. I find it neither innovative nor interesting in any way. Zero points, no stars.
Despite expecting to enjoy this, nothing really stood out to me. It wasn’t anything special and I didn’t really enjoy it.
Malo
I listened to the entire album before realizing I listened to the wrong one because this dumb band released two different self-titled albums. So I'm rating this based on their 11th album, which I suffered through. It's trash. Just purely awful British metal/industrial rock. I quickly skimmed through their 1st album and it's no better. This is the Marmite of music. Nobody likes it, except for the British for some reason. 1/5
Punk range. Annoying noise.
meh rock común común fuerte pero medio dark. me aburrió. una estrella y media porq hay peores
Listening to this was a killer.
Y si vamos terminando la jodita de poner el primer álbum y me dan lo mejor de casa banda
Muy malo, no sé cómo esto puede estar entre los álbumes que hay que escuchar antes de morir, si escuchas esto y te gusta te tenes que morir. 0/10
geral achou paia. barulhento e repetitivo, o combo perfeito para eu tacar o dedo na nota 1.
This sounds scary :(
El disco no es que no me haya gustado, de hecho tiene momentos que dan mucha motivación. Es muy instrumental para mi gusto, pero demasiado oscuro. Los momentos aburridos aburren mucho
*no real music only screaming, and irritating noises
The worst punk album weve had so far.
"Requiem" was passable. The rest didn't do anything for me. Maybe on another day.....
it was bad, liked changes
listened to 2 songs and had enough
This was like KMFDM but without any talent. I hated it. I really, really need to catch a good album soon, because this list is just terrible so far.
No joke, this is utterly fucking terrible.
I am all good with punk and metal but this felt like a mess to me.
No.
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not for me
Another band I couldn’t into. Again, this music is for someone, but not me. I was bored, annoyed, and generally bothered. I zoned out for most of it.
Nope, didn't like this
I didn’t much like the Killing Joke at the time they were new, and the decades since then haven’t changed my view. It’s fairly leaden postpunk music and I really don’t like the vocals layered over the top of it.
Maybe on a second listen
30/1089 в этом что-то есть, но не для меня точно музыка то норм, а вот исполнение... обилие рок музыки в этом списке впечатляет
хуйня меня тошнит как и от всех этих рок альбомов
The plodding, chugging guitars at the forefront aren't my bag.
Not my style. It became extremely repetitive and no one song really stood out to me.
Dollar store lemmy kept getting worse
Not for me. I didn’t hate this, but this is not a genre I enjoy.
I don't have any use for this album. Did not expect more from Germans, honestly.
Fucking bad
Did not like. Industrial grind music. Not for me.
Sorry not my thing.
I mean I am only a couple hundred albums into this thing but this album really is one of the 1001 I NEED to listen to? I don't buy it, someone explain.
Just fucking noise. Felt like when you walk into your kids doing music class Awful
I could not find a single thing that I liked about their music
Added 7-29-25
Boring and uninspiring...
I did not find one song to love on this album. 🥲
Not quite
Nope. Unlistenable
I’ve heard of this but never listened before. And it’s a no from me dog.
Horrible
no comment
Not excited from the get-go. I do not enjoy this music. I want to turn it off, but will continue listening for the integrity of this project. 6.5 songs in - is it over yet? Why are there 13 songs?
i dont like men doing punk especially british men
Kinda felt like grating noise. I didn't finish the last couple of songs.
It's just noise
I can........sort of see the appeal, but no song really jumped out at me. Just sort of background rock. If I'm going to get a lot of semi-punk albums that all sound the same, gonna be a slog.
ugfufh
What the goonie googoo was this???
Not a fan, very droney, non engaging
Not for me. I must admit, even though I listened to this only yesterday, I can't remember the album. Very unmemorable.
I made it through 4 songs and called it a day. 1.5 for the effort of making an album
ew
Not for me
This is more boring than I expected....
No
Trash
Not for me
Of all the music I’ve listened to here, this might be the single most devoid of talent album I’ve heard. The vocals suck, the musicanship shows zero evidence of actual ability, and it was overall a completely unpleasant experience. Like listening to a bad high school Battle of the Bands entrant.
Well that was unpleasant
This is just not good, but 1 star or F+ for effort.
Whatever. Boring.
I was working in the Limelight when these guys played. When it was showtime the lead singer turned left instead of right coming out of the dressing room and went full steam into a wall. That was much more entertaining than this album.
No joke, the album name sort of matches with almost a death rock feel (albeit not as harsh) - not a fan of industrial rock!
I actually liked the first song. No to the second No to the third No to the fourth , etc
Is the whole purpose of post-punk to make the most annoying and bad album possible? If so do people unironically like it or are they all just parodies of stuck up pricks? This album had like one guitar riff and an hour of incomprehensible vocals. It's a joke. It's killing me.
Just not my thing, even if Dave Grohl is a fan.
Sorry lads this isn’t my bag.
I don’t think I can finish this one
Couldn't get into it. 1/5
Got two tracks - noth bloody awful - why do I keep getting this crap?
No thank you.
I didn’t really enjoy this.
Cansativo
Not for me
It's different but I really didn't like it
Another album I hope not to hear again before I die. 0001/5 26/3/24
1. requiem - 1 2. uuardance - 0 3. uuorld - 0 4. bloodzport - 0 5. uuait - 1 6. complicationz - 1 7. 36 - 0 8. primitive - 0 9. change - 0 10. requiem - 0
There’s a reason that Killing Joke isn’t a household name. This was just noise
I can't stand it.
It wasn't funny. It killed me so fast I couldn't listen long. It was that good at doing whatever it did.
Gefällt mir nicht.
I usually don't mind industrial sounding music, but this was bad.
I couldn't get through this.
3.8 would give 1.5 stars if I could
I really wondered when I was going to get to my next 1 star album, and lo and behold, it's here. This entire album was absolutely grating. There wasn't even one song that I thought was worth another listen. They were all too long and droned on unpleasantly. I ended up skipping through the last few.
Headache inducing
Mediokrer Postpunk.
Didn't like this at all, got through it. Glad it was a short one.
This album was hard to listen to and actually finish it. To quote my favorite critique of Eric Whitacre, “It’s boring super boring The Boringest peice of music I ever heard of… for some reason can’t imagen a even worse song then this and I don’t even like it…”
Did not like
This is awful. I have a song of theirs in my playlist so I thought maybe they learned to music in the future. Having listened to one of their newer albums, no. They just have one good song.
This album sounds like if the robots in IRobot made an album together. Where's Will Smith when you need him?
Punk, Post Punk, who gives a shit? I understand the important political aspects of punk and post-punk, but the music is not really my cut of the jib. It's kind of funny to see the transition of punk from the 60's into the 90's and how much of a turn it makes entering the 00's. Not for me
Didnt enjoy, it wasnt terrible, but just not really that good for me.
I didn't like that one. The music lacks creativity and the singer sounds like he is in the room next door trying to talk with his band.
A little bit too punk for me, don't really find most of it that exciting
Another questionable pick. Some ok guitar but lyrics and singing were naff.
Well the shitty synths and reverb drenched guitars are back. This band probably said "hey lets be like The Clash but really suck".
Forgettable
Generic and very plodding in places, everyone else did it better than this. The Wait is the only redeeming feature.
meh
“Not my thing” - Rich, probably. Also me
This was terrible. My ears hurt halfway through the second song
Really simplistic punk rock -- no real instrumentation to speak of, mostly the same handful of riffs and chords, very repetitive. Also struggled a lot with the vocals -- not very melodic, and while the vocal FX have been used to good effect for bands like Mars Volta, I found it really grating when paired with the lackluster music. Just not my jam, I guess?
No
It felt like nothing worked: mix was terrible, sound was bland, words were uninspiring. I'm not really sure what the point of this album was, but it was extremely mediocre.
First song gave me hope for a gem but it just delved into punk garbage. Not feeling this at all.
Hard to get through this one
Did not enjoy
Toohard
Um, nah. I'm not listening to this. Too metal for me man. It does make me want to listen to the Arctic Monkeys though, so here I go!
The music wasn't bad. Is there a reason why this album needs to be on this list?
Ugh industrial post punk is not for me. I feel like if some one asked me to make an album this weekend, I could could probably bash this out easy enough but I wouldn’t be happy with the results.
ahh metal