L'Eau Rouge

Get the fuck out of here with this shit (excuse my French).

I don’t have the first idea what that dude was screaming about, but I know he meant it. This is not for me…partly because it’s in a language I don’t understand, but also because it scared my goldfish.

French nine inch nails? Actually, they're Swiss.

Meh. Didn't think it was bad. But wasn't really feeling it.

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The Good: Wine anyone? The Bad: Seems the water is mixed with blood... The Ugly: A French version of Rammstein... unless you are into that, of course... It started off well... intriguing, I would say. Then, well, then it was a little less of intrigu and more of annoy... And yet, then the intriguing started showing up again... I am so conflicted on this one... What can't be denied is that I am no fan of the singers voice... Shooting this one down the middle... 3*

I’m not sure if it’s completely my taste but I don’t mind it, it’s kinda like death metal but it’s all in French so I have no clue what they’re singing about, very deep screamy music, which if done right, I quite like.

457/1089 a very spooky opening track, it’s on the verge of clicking for me idk i like the string section that comes in around halfway through okay it just didn’t click, french industrial rock isn’t for me ig 23/100

Spooky ass French circus magic

French Tom Waits being sucked into the pits of hell:

French Nine In Nails... I did not need to know this existed.

Ween if they were french and made an industrial album

I’m getting a swiss-French nine inch tails / Metallica / rammstein tri-brid. A good Halloween album, especially with the song Charlotte. The album cover communicates a lot about the music. 3.5 rounded down.

Blast from the past! I bought this on cassette when it came out and I was blown away. Lots of people copied this style in ensuing years and the Young Gods themselves only improved after this (TV Sky anyone?) but this is still a classic. (4.5/5)

French Tom Waites, but slightly better.

It's hard not to draw comparisons to Laibach and Tom Waites. I really enjoyed the first track and did not expect it to make a switch to industrial noise rock, but that was cool. It's kinda impressive and epic for the first half but I got a little bored once they settled back down. Not sure if it was the French shouting or the instrumentals that got stale. Either way I mostly enjoyed it.

similar sensory experience to hearing du hast for the first time at like 8 years old or whatever. cool and kind of scary and bad but still compelling? opening with the haunted carnival vibe is fascinating, completely draws you in right away. i think it runs out of creative stamina partway through, but the front half compensates for that and generally speaking it's just noisy and cool. La fille de la mort is my favorite. strong 3

Rating: 6/10 I'll be honest the French vocals were throwing me the most. There's something about the guttural French shouting that turns the effect from interesting to slightly obnoxious. The industrial noise stuff is right up my alley, the cabaret sound it takes on ("Charlotte", "Les Enfants") actually works pretty well for the vocals, and gives it an evil Tom Waits vibe, but I wasn't into that aspect as much. Those two tracks are probably my least favorite for that reason. It makes for a pretty funny transition when it goes from cabaret back to electro-industrial, like tracks 4-5. Pretty awesome actually at times. One other problem is that there was barely a track that actually stood out as really noteworthy. My favorites would be tracks 2, 3, and 5. Overall I liked it but didn't love it. Probably super political in some type of way I don't understand lyrically but I didn't dive into it, so maybe not

Super creative and cool!

Napoleon Blownapart

Not entirely sure what I just listened to. Vocals were creepy, didn't understand a word, and happy for that. Most of the songs were a mash of wierd nonsense. I did enjoy the songs with the orchestrations embeddded in them, that was different and cool. Had the feel of a heavy metal symphony.

Groupe connu, cet album fait partie de mes préférés ! J’ai découvert le style ‘Industriel’ avec 2 disques très différents et inégalés à mon avis : Streetcleaner de Godflesh (plus metal) et celui-ci (plus expérimental). ‘L’eau rouge’ commence très bien avec ‘la fille de la mort’ qui enchaîne des ambiances de plus en plus sombres. Les samples sont excellents, la batterie acoustique un vrai plus, le mixage est aussi très bon. Et les morceaux s’enchaînent, plus ou moins dynamiques selon les cas. Leur structure est rarement standard, et les samples de guitare sont vraiment biens choisis. Quelques autres morceaux remarquables : ‘les enfants’, ‘longue route’. L’album mérite la meilleure note sans hésitation ! =>5/5 Et leurs albums suivants sont aussi à découvrir.

This one has always intrigued me. I like the title, I like the band name, and I like the cover. But this has like, NO good reviews. I'm interested. 01. La Fille De La Mort Absolutely batshit insane way to start off an album. A great ballad, with some wicked sampling. I fucked with it. 02. Rue Des Tempêtes I really fucked with this one. Was fun. The guitar is so uniquely not fitting with the song. 03. L'eau Rouge This sampling feels so ahead of its time! I've never heard a song like this, let alone from its time! 04. Charlotte Feels like a Mr. Bungle song (I love Mr. Bungle). 05. Longue Route This made me realize that the lead singer doesn't do on good on harder, more rock like instrumentation. 06. Crier Les Chiens Absolutely crazy chorus, that instrumentation is crazy! Great vocal performance too! 07. Ville Nôtre Feels like a weaker version of Crier Les Chiens in every way. Least favorite so far. 08. Les Enfants It really interesting. Not my favorite, but for time this is super experimental. Perhaps a bit too long. 09. L'amourir A really interesting, synthy one. I really love the latter half. 10. Pas Mal A nice, quick, fast-paced song to cap us off. Nice and enjoyable. Although not my favorite album ever, this is extremely ahead of its time. This crazy, wacky and strange samples and guitars are absolutely nuts, especially for 1989! I know Pretty Hate Machine came out this year too, and I have no idea how that's not here.

Cool that this is on the list! Name checked by a lot of bands/artists I like but never really listened to them

I hate when you can hear how full of themselves they are.

As soon as this album started, I wanted to be at a live show listening to this band sing these songs. I just really felt connected to the music and voice and even some of the words (the little bits I could understand). I was surprised to learn after my listen that this band actually uses a lot of samples (some borrowed, some created), which sort of ruined my image of what a live show would be! Like with some of the other albums on this one-a-day journey, not having lyrics that I could fully connect with pushed me to focus more on the music itself. The heavy rock guitar riffs were energizing and the classical bits were a surprising element that totally worked. The vocal was very unique and intense and full of feeling, so that really hit me, too. My favorite track was “Rue de tempêtes.”

5.4/10. I can't say I understand the purpose of this album, because I don't. Due to the same music throughout every song and the harsh vocals, I couldn't get any emotion other than rage coming from this artist. It was good at first, and I enjoyed the use of metal instruments as well as orchestral ones, it brought a grandness to the album you couldn't get without that many instruments. But 10 songs in a row of it just wasn't the best, they all kind of blended, especially because the album was sung in French. Not my favorite kind of metal, it was too heavy and not catchy in any way, and it just didn't catch me in the same way other artists of the same style do, like Nine Inch Nails.

The main vocalist makes me nauseous.

Fucking piss in my ears

It’s got quite a unique sound, as if an industrial baby grew up in the streets of France and learned how to play the accordion. I like that. At the same time, the songs aren’t very good, and I will probably never listen to it again

I don't think this is as repellent or as interesting as a lot of the reviews make it out to be. It's neat.

circus rammstein

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods is basically like getting tossed into a chaotic, neon-lit funhouse where European cabaret meets '80s industrial metal. It’s pretty wild, no traditional riffs here, just a wall of sampled guitars and heavy, clattering drums with the singer snarling over the top in French. It sounds like a deranged, horror-movie version of Tom Waits or Jacques Brel backing an early Nine Inch Nails demo. One minute it's a tense accordion waltz, and the next it's just full-on mechanical mayhem that leaves you feeling totally buzzed and weirded out. It’s definitely not for everyone, it’s abrasive and kind of a lot to take in, but the way they pull it off is pretty cool. It's a high-stakes, intense ride that might catch you off guard, but if you can handle the industrial noise and the French vocals, there’s a really unique, dark atmosphere underneath. And true purists know that Eau Rouge is technically part of Raidillon...

Eh… gets redundant after awhile but I really liked the dramatic opening track.

WTF is this

nice enough

It's industrial/noise music with a good amount of orchestra fills (which I like), but also with growly vocals and occasional circus elements (which I don't like).

Imagine Ministry being fronted by Tom Waits and they are going so hard and fast they occasionally fly off the road and crash through a circus tent or orchestra hall. Probably just a 3 but rounding up to counter balance the haters.

I liked when this veered a bit more creepy Moulin Rouge. The minute it went hard rock/metal, it lost me.

Really cool. Some sort of French industrial rock, I quite liked this.

I didn’t listen. The symphonic metal wasn’t for me. It wasn’t bad. I just didn’t want to listen to more.

Weird but some good times

Really bad album. Something about the cover does not sit right with me. Did not like the french, tone, backing tracks, or instruments at all. By song 3 I wished that this was over. This isnt just because its in an unfamiliar language either, I genuinely listen to k-pop in my regular rotation and attend concerts reguarly despite not knowing an ounce of korean. If you want to listen to decent french music, listen to the Clair Obsur Expedition 33 soundtrack. Lumiere beats blows this entire album out of the water skyhigh. Best Song: Crier les Cheins Worst Song: Les Enfants.

I don’t speak French, so I can’t fairly evaluate the lyrics. The music was sometimes deep, methodical, cryptic and yet other times it was randomly light. It really never connected.

Je suis ear bleed. This hardcore, often metal, French album is one born from anger. Backing guitar and drums are heavy and loud. The eeriness produced by these sounds is what gives this record its uniqueness, and is quite interesting. The vocals are dark, often devolving into low screams. This is what misses the mark for me, as I disliked the grunting and growling constantly heard throughout every song. I guess I don't want some French guy yelling at me in a language I don't understand — pretty cool guitar though, sometimes.

Nope. Not for me. I had never heard of this group and was hopeful but ultimately disappointed.

Qué acabo de escuchar. 5/10

Too loud...

Sometimes it put me in the mind of a creepy circus

#244 - The other reviews have been pretty spot on so there is not much more I can add. It's far from the best album, but I did hear some early NIN sound, and production in there. I didn't spot the Pink Floyd influence as much. It felt more like French Circus music sprinkled throughout, it was weird. I would listen again at some point I am sure, just not anytime soon, or on purpose, unless someone wanted clarity on said French-NIN style Biggest Hit - L'Amourir Biggest Miss - Les enfants Hidden Gem - Pas Mal

not bad at all but i don't think this will be back in my shuffle...... the 5 star system is so hard!! the 3 star albums are so nuanced and some are better than others!

No aguanto la voz del pavo. Seguramente si supiera francés diría oh la la je suis enamoré pero como no pues se me ha hecho horroroso. Será que no me gusta el industrial.

This album is basically symphonic metal and French, if you're a metal head you might really like this. I however am not I will say that the album IS listenable and enjoyable even for a non-metalhead like me favorite tracks: L'eau rouge, Les enfants 3/5

Absolutely ruddy excellent - SO weird, memorable, odd, great to listen to while working... awesome! :) Godflesh is a similarish band too, both are discoveries this year I can't believe are news to me :) 5*

so many feelings in just the first track. i did not really like the vocals throughout but i did enjoy the music quite a bit. kind of a headscratcher overall, but for the good.

I would get really close to enjoying this and then I'd get the ick from the singer, I'm not sure if it was the vocal style or the French

I always enjoy strange and interesting music but I feel like these guys are taking advantage of me. WTF did I just listen to? I had intended to rate 1 star because I didn't really "enjoy" it but I'm giving an extra star for creativity.

adoro música industrial

Very strange turn for ratatouille

Non. French language industrial music is not for me. I did like the accordion intro to ‘Charlotte’ and French Tom Waits vocals

I was startled. My dog was startled. The Alexa was startled.

Now, I don't think this is my kinda thing, and objectively think I should probably hate it, but despite all the noise, I sort of enjoyed limited parts of this. I think it was the unhinged circus vibes in places that I didn't mind. I can't really explain it though, so I'm not going to try. 2/5

Couldn’t wait to finish this fast enough

Yeah, not for me

I bet this guy’s voice is just shot to hell at this point. Honestly this wasn’t that bad kind of reminded me of the prodigy. That being said, I wouldn’t skip this if it came up on shuffle but I also wouldn’t seek it out to listen to it.

This album felt like it was trying to push me away with every track. It's gritty and industrial with guttural throat singing which was interesting to see how nasty french could sound. At its worst it meanders and loses my interest with the heavy drums and guitar bouncing around the sampling. At its best I can see traces of some decent heavy metal ideas that is solid. Don't see a lot of situations in which I would recommend this to someone but I'm fine with having listened to it once through.

This is the weird shit I want to find when I started this, french rockers growling over classical music samples? Bizarre and curious, I don't think it lands too well but I love the idea

You don't need to hear this album. Not before you die, and not after you've died. Headache

Just couldn't do it. Too much of an acquired taste it seems.

this is too much for me.

it IS like french pink floyd and nine inch nails had a baby

A tough listen. I appreciate the bravery to make something this noisy, but it's not for me.

Not my cuppa, but the Waitsean zeal and guttural vocals have thrash-inspiring moments!

Too hard and rough. Not really my cup of tea.

God I hate the Industrial genre. Even in French. No redeeming qualities. 1/5

Listening session: september 15th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: my god what an awful album. The vocals are one of the most horrible I’ve heard in a long time Favourite track: Longue route

Really comedically bad to the point of seeming like someone doing a nasty impression of what french music might sound like

What an interesting record. It is mainly labeled as industrial rock but the intro song is actually "Dark Cabaret", which was incredibly surprising the first time I listened to it. It has very playful violins and a very raspy but expressive voice that fits very well in the theatrical sound of the track. In addition, the flow is really great, as the mood changes quite fast with very subtle transitions when the violins start playing very tense and dramatic melodies, and soon after come back to the most relaxed tone, just to end the song returning to the intimidating playing with now the drums adding a very frenetic performance. It is indeed a great start for the record. From here the album moves to the industrial rock sound, with just another track returning to the cabaret sound. The second song, "Rue des tempêtes", brings this very heavy and punishing atmosphere thanks to its slow rhythm, deeper voice and industrial sounds in the verses, with some occasional electric guitars and violins. Then, in the choruses, the paste is accelerated and the guitar and bass appears to throw some energy with fast playing. Really great stuff. The following song, "L'eau rouge", follows a similar pattern with very heavy and slow verses, but in this one, the choruses are just louder versions of the verses, so the damning atmosphere is constant through the whole song. Next is "Charlotte" which returns to the cabaret sound. It's main elements are the voice and the accordion, and musically speaking is very similar to a macabre cut from Tom Waits, having the very raspy voice and the very weird percussion and melodies, yet being very unique in its own way. I think it is a nice track, and the lyrics (from what I could read from translations) are quite sardonic. Then comes "Longue route" being possibly the most energetic part with its metal adjacent sound thanks to the fast and heavy riffs and rhythm, making it a headbanging and fun experience. At this point ends the first half of the album, which is the strongest part of the album, as from here, most of tracks aren't as daring or fun, lending to a more safe industrial rock, even though some of them have some aspects worth talking about: "Les enfants", being the best track of the bunch, incorporates an incredibly big and epic orchestration, and "Pas mal" has some actually decent and hard-hitting riffs, but not as powerful as "Longue route", tending more to the safe sound that makes this fragment the weaker one. Overall, I actually thinks is a nice album. It is a shame the last half is so soft in comparison to the first one, but I still think all the songs are good.

Hard pass for me. Not a fan of the vocals, and the production didn't really grab me all that much either

ギターを用いずにインダストリアルロックにチャレンジしてるらしい。一曲目は、積み上げて破壊みたいな感じの曲だけど、2曲目はいきなり暴れてたりして、曲によって違った暴れ方で面白い。サンプリングとキーボードだけで、こんな多様なものができるんですね。 同じジャンルでもNINとは全然違うと感じた。 もう一回聴くかと言われたら聴かないかも。まあこれは好みの問題

Interesting – and that's more then the records of the last days offered to me.

Interesting and unique, but not something I'd listen to again.

I thought the instrumentation was really interesting - it almost sounded like modern day loops of samples, but was certainly just played in such a way as to sound like that, even before the technology was flourishing. Charlotte had a really cool sound to it, and some of the other songs had really interesting melodies, but I really tired of the vocals 2/3 into the album.

Me: "Finally, some music in a non-Germanic language on this list." *5 Minutes Pass* Me: "Not like this." But on a serious note. This is another of those albums that is interesting if you don't pay too much attention to the lyrics. 2.5 stars rounding down.

Baffling, but better than I expected? 4/10

That was fun!

This was one of the more intriguing albums on the list: an industrial album that mixed in elements of dark cabaret. If I was being reductive, I would describe it as the halfway point between Ministry and Tom Waits. The music flicks rapidly between theatrical orchestra samples and jagged guitars, while the vocalist, Franz Treichler, provides a wild performance of guttural growls. While I did think this combination of sounds was interesting, it didn't quite have the emotional impact on me that the band probably intended. It may just come down to personal preference, since I typically prefer my industrial rock to be a bit more percussive than this one was. The one track that I felt truly worked as intended was the closer, Les Enfants, thanks to the droning guitar loops and echoing drums. However, this is one I would like to give another try at some point in the future, because I do think the band was onto something here.

Had to get used to the vocalist which I'm still not entirely on board with but he does add character to the songs. The muic itself is a bit weird and experimental but to an enjoyable degree. I can see this growing on me over time.

Once you get through the utter tripe that is the first track, I actually enjoyed this random mix of exprimental samples and awful string layering I have heard much worse on this list, but this is by no means a 4 or 5* album

Interesting

So…industrial rock but make it cabaret and circus and lay an angry man growling in French on top of it. That actually makes it sound kinda awesome, which it was not. But occasionally a good riff or inspired sound offered something.

The french language does not work for me on this kind of music. The first track that i did not find strange was the english one that spotify played after this album

Don't know any French Highly experimental record Don't know what to say

When I first started listening to this, I thought it was comical. I continued to listen, though, and it paid off. After 4 years of high school French and a couple semesters in college years ago, I understood some of the lyrics but not many. It was the music and the delivery that drew me in.

Waarom??? Slechte jaren 80 industrial meuk

I wanted to like this but didn't.

Yeah, no this is the worst thing ever

no es mi genero fav, pero reconozco que esta muy bien

This album is like getting cornered by a homeless man who wants to air all his grievances to you. There are times of brief coherence where you can kind of tell what he’s trying to say but for the most part, it’s pretty weird and crazy. It’s all in French so obviously I have no idea what they’re saying, but the guy’s voice is semi grating. It’s like a weird industrial sound mixed with elements of techno and a little bit of punk and some metal but then there are also times where there are definite carnival music vibes. Like I said, it’s pretty weird. The brief moments of clarity are not terrible, but for the most part, this is not up my alley.

Was not expecting to see French heavy metal on this list, not terrible