L'Eau Rouge

More interesting than good. Sign me up.

Nice.

Favorite track(s): La fille de la mort, Rue des tempetes, Longue route, Crier les chiens

Definitely interesting

Ég var að fíla þetta. Dökkt og gróft og franskan passaði vel við þetta. Rúllaði henni oftar en einu sinni í gegn.

Me encantó el inicio, luego empeoró y mejoró. Pero igual encontré un temazo. Nota: 3.8

I don't know how the hell I'm going to describe this album to my boyfriend but I know he absolutely needs to listen to this album before he dies. Industrial Rock, but make it Cabaret. What a concept. It's like Trent Reznor and Tom Waits had a violently French child who smoked cigarettes every day since he was 13. I haven't heard a theatre kid-centered song as creative as La fille de la mort in a while. Even the not-very-theatre-kid stuff still radiates fun. It's also made much more fun by not knowing what on earth the guy's talking about. I took French classes in high school for two years and only learned enough words to ask a local French guy how to bring my baby to the nearest gas station and not understand any answer they could possibly give me, so I can say I just focused on the overly exaggerated way this guy makes his vowels sound. He's probably saying something of note.

If Rammstein ate a baguette.

I would have guess this was mid 2000s but holy moly these mad bastards had it going on for 1989! If I only I understood the language

New to me and very welcome! It won't be in my regular rotation, but it's a sweet back pocket option for playlists.

This was cool!

This was a really interesting, densely layered record full of really interesting sounds. It's hard to imagine how this was even put together in 1989, and the influence on many future acts is very apparent.

What a wild ride! Rock opera meets horror musical? Highly recommend a listen while walking in a rainstorm at dusk

It's not a banger as such, but I genuinely believe it's a very accomplished artistic statement.

2.32 average rating are you guys for real?? i loved this, strong early NIN / ministry vibes and i love both bands a lot, so i knew i'd like this too. the cabaret aspects are not my favourite things ever in music but the darker vocals really hooked me

Another album that I certainly would have never heard were it not for this project. And it’s exactly the kind of music I want to learn about from this. It’s was weird and creepy, there was an angry French man yelling the whole time, and I had a blast with it. It was really interesting to hear industrial music from another country. Even though I couldn’t understand a single word, I could still understand the feelings it was supposed to evoke. And I now have a new album to show people when they want an oddity.

Dit heeft me vrij positief verrast. Kende het niet maar is heel dik gedaan. Vrij elektronisch en cinematisch, maar toch echt een rock plaat, en dan ook Frans. Vrij apart. Vindt dit wel een beetje Nine-inch nails.

Well, that was weird.

This was a great listen. It started off really weird, and I don't speak French, but the music was fantastic. Can definitely hear them in later NIN, Ministry, and Rammstein. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Quite possibly the coolest in French band I've heard besides daft punk! I was not expecting this album to be a freaking rock your face off album!

4/5

Heavy French-language industrial. I wasn't familiar before but I can see why it was so influential. I enjoyed it.

Oh this one was surprising. Never heard of them, but a really good listen. I hope to return to this one.

Feel 8/10: I don’t know how they switch feels so much Length 7/10: don't awful. First song is stretched out too much Musicality 9/10:Surprising how good it is Flow 6/10: Very different feels but not awful Understandability 3/10: I don’t speak French Overall 7/10: Very very good

Their second album. French Experimental / Industrial. Well, this is bonkers and I found I am all for it. It's all over the place structurally and I've no idea what they're on about but really enjoyed this.

The influence on future bans like NIN and Rammstein is evident. An innovative, early industrial album.

The Young Gods are an early industrial band from Switzerland. Their album “L'Eau Rouge” offers, aside from the language (I’ll get back to that in a moment), a whole range of experiments, many of which work surprisingly well once you’ve listened to them a few times. For one thing, the sound is extremely dense for 1989, yet it sounds largely natural, even though no real instruments are involved aside from the drums. For another, the vocals aren’t typical of the ’80s at all; instead, Franz Treichler impresses with a powerful baritone voice featuring slight growling elements. The 80s drum sound, on the other hand, doesn’t fit the music at all in my opinion. Also, personally, I could do without the shooting gallery organ interludes (“La fille de la morte,” “Charlotte”). Then there’s the matter of the language. In fact, French wasn’t uncommon in experimental music in Europe at the time. I still remember a concert by the band Forguette Mi Note just a few years later—they were considered the hottest thing among musicians and, with acoustic instruments, sounded very similar to this album. While none of this has become standard, I interpret it as The Young Gods standing here as representatives of the European avant-garde of the late ’80s—and that is indeed something worth exploring.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Good industrial

Really, really enjoyed this. It's so cinematic and heavy and industrial and confusing as someone who doesn't speak French, but that all adds up to an interesting and cool listening experience. That first track in particular is a real eye opener! Kind of sounds like the band Ministry at times? But with a lot more depth (in my opinion), and more experimentation. This really sounded great to me. Awesome experience.

This is a trip to Fire Island. First you head to the subway weaving through NY pedestrians and traffic. An endless sea of people, colors, and chaotic movement. Next, you zip quickly by train -full, fast, ordered. A mad dash to busses trying to secure your spot for the trip to the ferry terminal. So close, you hold tight while skipping harsh waves at a quick pace to the island, ultimately being dropped off on land to drag your belongings to the house.

Nobody know what it means, but it’s provocative, it gets the people going.

7 / 10 - Rau, Dreckig, Verstörend - Nur Synth, Drums & Gesang - Gleichzeitig Repetitiv und Abwechslungsreich, interessante Mischung - Von verstörendem Cabaret zu hartem Industrial Rock ("Charlotte" zu "Longue Route") - echt wild ... aber auch irgendwie geil Favs: - Rue Des Tempêtes - Charlotte - Longue Route

When I turned this one on, I was sure I was going to hate it. I was wrong. Completely unpredictable at every turn. They sound like ZZ Top, Motorhead, and Tears for Fears at different points in the record. So cool. Loved it.

I had never heard of this one before. it’s nice for when you want to listen to Swans but in French. D’ACCORD!!!!

Parts of this were deeply unsettling. I didn’t exactly like it, but it succeeded in extracting the emotions it intended to.

I was only able to listen to half of the album. My French didn’t help with the lyrics. Overall I thought it was good

Industrial meets cabaret and make it French. This kind of worked for me. 4/5

I could hardly tell you what was being said but it was a good time listening.

The shit goes pretty hard. Dark, anxiety, aggression. No cheese - despite the Swiss origins.

French industrial musette is my jam. I ran to Discogs to put this album in my want list! Amazing!

So many fun weird sounds

The intense vocal stylings of Neubauten meet the surreal disorienting dark-circus vibes of Foetus, but it's all in French. Maddening in a cool way but not really essential. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for the darker end of the industrial rock spectrum but not to many other people.

Wow! A pleasant surprise. Not a fan of electronic music or industrial, but this was smart, melodic and aesthetics that I can appretiate. Listening to this was an experience and the one I rather enjoyed. Fun fact: song Long Route includes sample of "Technocratic Manipulators" by one of my favourite bands Voivod. I liked how Young Gods took the main riff from this song and made something completely different out of it. (Why Voivod isn't in the book, ffs?) Also, they have one of the most badass names a band could have.

Just WOW

Whoa, wasn't expecting to hear theatrical French industrial music this morning, but what a treat! Guitar tones reminded me of KMFDM at times, and comparisons to early Ministry seem appropriate too. I wish I spoke the language to understand what he was saying with that great, gravelly voice of his. 4/5

Straight away, in "La fille de la mort", I notice that the vocalist is like a French (I now understand he's actually Swiss!) Justin Young from The Vaccines, which really works. Treichler has one of those unique voices that has the power to stand alone with very little instrumental backup, and that's demonstrated wonderfully here. Treichler's voice warps into something more sinister in "Rus des tempetes" and "L'eau rouge", showing that he has more range than first realized. The industrial guitars have Silent Hill energy to them, making me wonder if the band inspired Akira when he created "Angel's Thanatos". The frenetic vibe of L'eau rouge kept in me in suspense throughout the track, making it an instant favourite. "Charlotte" did nothing for me, though I appreciate the lean into more traditional French music with the accoordian present as a homage. We are straight back to it with "Longue Route" though, with tight drum patterns and an interesting guitar effect with a clashing cymbal effect. All tracks from "Crier Les Chiens" down to the end with "Pas Mal" all follow a similar pattern of sinister lyrics and interesting guitar effects to break the instrumental silence, such as the deep reverberating guitars in "Ville Notre". Overall, I really enjoyed this album, the only thing that prevents the 5 is that it is sang in French, a fault of my own. Triechler's voice is incredible, but me not knowing French prevents that final piece of connection to the music. Everything else is here.

I enjoyed the gritty sound, even though I don’t speak French and had no idea what they were saying.

8/10 20.01.2026

This is the first punk album I've heard that used so much sampling, and I was really impressed with the seamlessness of it all. I'm used to sample-based music relying heavily on melodies from the original work to make its point, but it really feels on this one like the samples were cut down much further to allow the sequencing of more original melodies, reusing only tones and production decisions from the original work. An impressive achievement all around! Sounds just as gruff and grumbly as any other punk record, but using an entirely different technique to make that sound happen.

Like being in a haunted French circus. The guy's voice is great though, super deep.

Rarete pero guay i guess. Igual no muy mi movida pero no tengo nada en contra de señores franceses gritando sobre música de feria en loop que se convierte en ruido y tal. No sé tendré que escucharlo más y mejor pero curioso. Lynchiano? Yo que sé me voy a la cama

L’Eau Rouge is a strange, confrontational listen, and I spent a fair chunk of it unsure whether I was enjoying myself or just intrigued. It is abrasive, theatrical, and unapologetically odd, throwing industrial textures, sampled orchestration, and hard riffs into a mix that should not really work. And yet, somehow, quite a lot of it does. Even when it feels chaotic, there is a confidence behind it that keeps pulling you forward. What really stood out for me was how uneven but compelling it is. Some tracks clicked immediately, driven by genuinely strong riffs and hooks buried under the noise, while others felt more like experiments I admired rather than wanted to revisit. The album shifts constantly between aggression and atmosphere, and when those elements align, it becomes genuinely gripping. There is a sense of danger and unpredictability here that makes the stronger moments hit harder. By the end, L’Eau Rouge left me feeling more impressed than converted, but impressed in a good way. It is not something I would put on casually or expect to love front to back, yet there is enough invention, attitude, and raw musical muscle to make it memorable. The weaker tracks do not undo the impact of the stronger ones, and the ambition alone carries a lot of weight.

This is a very strange album, I really wasn't sure what to do with this. It's almost vaudevillian at times, and I think the fact it's not in English didn't help at all. It was interesting though, I really liked it. I was just really caught off guard by it. Favorites: La fille de la mort, Ville Notre, L'Amourir

#791. Don't know how i managed to never listen to them before, but somehow I haven't. I should have though, because it's great. 4/5: great

A fusion of Theatrical and dark industrial. What might happen if Al Jourgensen of Ministry and Angine de Poitrine got together and had a evil musical love child. It's definitely interesting and dark, but it's not compelling enough for me to come back.

Great album. Loud, angry (I assume - have no idea what he's actually singing), eclectic. Loved it. Never would have listened to it if not for this project.

I listened to it late at night as I was reading before bed. It definitely deserves a second to listen much louder, I'll be doing that as I ride my bike to work this morning. So I listen to it to and from work on my bike ride today and that was some pretty Epic carnival style Industrial. I've never heard French industrial I think I'll be checking out more of it

I like me some gruff FRENCH. I honestly went in thinking I'd not have a good time with it, but I had a blast. The circus, honky tonk music sometimes pulled me out the enjoyment though.

Interesting. Dark brooding music but sounds awesome

Really enjoyed this like if Nine Inch Nails and Rammstein had a French baby

First song felt like I was being mocked. Second song feels like they are mocking 80s hair metal. Third song sounds like Swiss KMFDM. I’m on track five. Did some reading on this band and I’m fascinated. Music technology didn’t quite exist for what they were doing. At least not like today or even in the late 90s 10 years after this. When this album started I wanted to hate it. It just kept getting better.

Welp, guess this was the last one. It's dark, crazy and adventurous. Industrial meets symphonic meets avant garde. One thing it's not is cohesive. Which makes it feel like a random collection of songs instead of an album. Enjoyed it though.

Don't judge an album by its first track. The music on this was great (although obviously not understanding the lyrics). Charlotte stood out and liked the motor on most of the songs. Some reminded me of a French Rammstein. 4/5

This was pretty good. I liked the heavier sounding songs the most.

I think is is a really cool record, but I think I understand why it's so low rated here. It's very far from the matured, cohesive projects such as Rumours and Dark Side... Instead, The Young Gods violently jerk between uncomplimentary genres. Kicking off sounding like Gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello, you soon find yourself tumbling between songs that sound like the least talented members of Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein and the Dead Kennedy's got mortally pissed and recorded an album out of hatred, fronting it all with a Frenchman who sounds like the personification of 'Sacre Blú' I think this is totally deserving of your time, but it's *so* niche.

Honestly, this is like French NIN, and I’m kinda here for it. Mix in a little Rammstein for good measure, too. I expected to hate this, but I did not.

Tom waits French Slasher. Orchestral, industrial, heavy but controlled and richly complex.

++*: La fille de la mort ++: Rue des Tempêtes, Charlotte, Ville nôtre, Les enfants +: L'eau rouge, Longue route, Crier les chiens 8,5/10

If Daft Punk’s mum married a much older man who was the head of a French crime syndicate these would be their new, angry, step-brothers. I really rather enjoyed it, but it’s not the kind of thing I’ll listen to regularly.

Totally unhinged and I love it for that. Gave me drakengard vibes, unironically based.

late 80s french metal that incorporates a lot of sample chopping and sound manipulation to create a musically complex yet familiar sound that wasn't really used at the time. Really groundbreaking album

i am so glad that i listened to thin lizzy right before this album, because it made the contrast just that much more jarring !! aside form having the highs and lows i was looking for in lizzy's live album, the young gods take it further by giving a very untraditional rock project. truly an experimental record, everything is so zany! aside from the production, the insane deep growly vocals and the whole album being sung in french kinda made me feel like wtf is going on?? i can definitely say that i havent heard anything like this, and probably will wonder if i really did hear this.

So these were the forefathers of industrial, and they’re Swiss? I was thinking Rammstein/industrial/MLWTKKC/NIN - and it seems they definitely owe their sound to The Young Gods.

It was different and I can respect it, but ill never listen to it again

This is really weird. I had never heard of this band, although it is clearly linked to one of my favourite bands of all times (TC Matic) and although I have always been totally into European music and certainly French speaking music. This obviously borrows a lot from TC Matic and especially their debut album. Makes me wonder even more why that album is NOT on the official list (it's in the Dutch edition of the book, though). That album is so refreshing, influential and timeless... This is a lot less refreshing because of its industrial influences. It reminds me of Godflesh. The thing is, it's original - listen to the musette-like 'Charlotte' placed in between two industrial metal songs - but it's also too electronic. All instrumentation is done by sampling and that makes songs monotonous. No, not all, there is a real drummer but his drums (midi-drums? not sure) sound very synthetic as well. Last remark: the voice of Franz Treichler reminds so strongly of the voice of Arno at a later age, it's almost bizarre. Kudo's for the innovative character, a rather tough listen though. Just listen to (the album) TC Matic

More enjoyable than I remember

WTF, this is really cool. The rating on here really isn't justified. This is some bizarre combination of French and industrial rock that seems to blend really well. There is nothing I've heard that is similar to this, for better or worse. I really enjoyed just how bizarre and fun this entire thing was. French and rock mix like oil and water but the contrast works really well here.

I started with optimism, went to "uh oh," and got to "this is amazing" in the first spin. It's worth sticking with this one. Pretty fun stuff.

Really, really interesting, but I don't know what I think just yet. A combo of Jaques Brel, Nine Inch Nails, and somebody trying to do a death metal growl but producing something that's close, but not quite that. I'm leaning toward a 4-star rating here just because this is so, so different. It does have me wondering what the rest of their catalog sounds like, but not sure I'm going to looking to find out.

I expected to hate this, but after the second listen was quite enjoying it. I've loved NIN for a long time, and always wanted to find some other Industrial Rock to listen to, but never came across this band. I'd say this had some sort of influence on Trent Reznor and various other hard rock acts of the 90s.

Treś Reznor review: 5 stars

Listens: 3 Standout tracks: La fille de la mort The extent of my experience with the industrial rock genre is almost exclusively tied to Nine Inch Nails, and I really enjoy most of what NIN has put out, so when I got an industrial rock album - my first in 140+ albums so far, I was a little excited. The genre is underrepresented (so far) compared to the deluge of post punk, new wave, "classic rock" and pop music I've heard on the List. To my dismay, though, the band is French, and all the songs are too. No hate for the French, but I can't really appreciate the lyrics in the same way a native speaker can. For all intents and purposes, I am listening to jibberish screaming, groveling and grunting, with industrial rock instrumentation in the background. This album is categorically industrial rock. It's hard for me to pin down and articulate exactly what differentiates industrial rock from other sub-genres in the rock and roll category. I sort of imagine walking around a warehouse that makes... I don't know... car parts, and I can imagine banging on on the robot arms with drum sticks or swinging a metal chain around into things and recording those sounds. When I think of the genre, for some reason I get this picture in my mind of some of the later levels in Donkey Kong Country I, where the Kongs are moving through factories with dangling chains and flaming barrels - Oil Drum Alley is the name of one of the levels. Anyways, the album starts off decidedly not industrial rock, and had I not known the genre ahead of time, I would be wondering what I was getting myself into. Creepy theme park music or a distorted and uneasy caresol song. But knowing the genre I was basically just waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop and finally about a little more than a third of the way into the track, the music starts to take on an even more corrupted, disturbed quality before diving head first into the hallmark signs of the genre: hollow drums, synth sounds, distorted guitar, chains rattling, banging on metal, etc. The rest of the album is a wild ride. I would possibly give this a 5; I just wish I could understand what the songs were saying.

Genre bending metal that kept demanding my attention, despite (maybe not) the guttural vocals. 3.5

Cabaret industrial Rammstein but in French. Fantastic (probably wouldn't listen to it from front to back again though) 7/10

Discovery for me. Interesting mix of stuff here, a bit difficult of a listen but rewarding after a little effort

Hahaha fuck yeah what is this? Like Tom Waits, Rammstein, and some Camembert was put in a blender. This is wicked. Loved every second of this miserable French bastard grunting over these 50p beats. Another great 1001 discovery.

definitely deserves attention. i dig the music but the vocals is what prevents me from loving it fav track: Pas Mal

I discovered The Young Gods one late night watching Rage, the ABC's all night music video show one night in early 1992. They played Gasoline Man and Skinflowers back-to-back, probably about 2am, as part of the release of the TV Sky album. I was working at a small independent record store, and Dogmeat Dave, my sales rep at Shock, offered me the album a few days later. I quickly ordered a copy for the store, and one for myself. My flatmate Andy and I were both really into industrial music (we were in the process of forming our own terrible industrial band), and we played this record a lot. We went to see them at the Phoenician Club in Sydney in May 1992. They were an awesome show: a crunching metallic sound, but with just a singer, drummer and keyboard player. They had a really simple but effective light show with big washes of white light, as I recall. The use of synths and samples meant that the sound was really crisp and clear, but the live drums gave a visceral intensity. Great show. The thing I always liked about The Young Gods was their clean, mechanic industrial sound, but the way it incorporated acoustic instrument sounds (orchestras, rock guitars), but by cutting them with samplers, it gave a crisp mechanical edge. This contrasted with other industrial bands that were either highly synthesized (your Front 242 or Nitzer Ebb), using actual guitars (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails) or just a mess of mangled sound (Skinny Puppy, Severed Heads). The use of actual drums gave it a bit of human feel, which contrasted with the highly quantized beat of most 80s and early 90s industrial. I prefer the TV Sky album because it was the first one I was familiar with (and the lyrics are in English), but I also like the way it more explicitly references and recontextualizes classic rock (The Doors, Pink Floyd, and Guns 'n Roses samples all feature prominently). They are well versed in the tropes and history of rock, but their presentation was a fresh and exciting take on the form. And Franz Teichler is a charismatic front man, which goes a long way. L'Eau Rouge is cited as their 'masterpiece'. I will admit there are some real bangers on here (Longue Route, L'Amourir), but I also really dig the more atmospheric use of orchestral samples to create rising tension and drama. Not the album I would have picked for this list, but a really great late 80s industrial album.

This is goood unknown music

Pas mal!

Fantastic! This is the kind of music I've been waiting for from the generator for far too long. A heavy metal Francophone Tom Waits? Yes please!

Yes, the danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing

French nightmare fuel - enjoyed lots

jako sam ugodno iznenađen! čak mi ni pederluk jezika (fr*ncuskoga) nije uspio pokvariti dojam. pjesma "šarlot" - vrh!

a bit of a hard sell for me, even if I really enjoy the idea of this band and this music. it's an industrial rock album where all the guitars are played off of a sampling machine. but, more than that, it's also a surreal ambient record. with the throat-sung Swiss-French vocals layered on top of everything, the final result is a truly alien experience; it's not shocking to me that a band named after a Swans song would produce something so difficult to categorize. (seems like David Bowie was listening to this when he made 1.Outside, which totally scans.) ultimately, I find myself more enthralled by the sound of The Young Gods more than the songs they write. but, hey, these guys definitely have a sound, which is more than you can say for most bands! light 7/10.

Let’s be honest, this would be twice as cool if it was in German instead. „Das rote Wasser“ I kinda liked it though. Maybe it was the novelty of it, and if I listened again I wouldn’t like it as much the second time

theyve created a brand new human experience and when its not a brand new human experience it just reminds me of 2003 killing joke (i havent heard any killing joke from before then so idk how different it is) so far 1001 shows off some fun metal albums and i get to learn more about my own tastes

It starts out like you're having a bad acid trip with a french carnival barker yelling at you and that's before the thrash metal kicks in. This album is kind of a mess and all over the place but I actually liked it and it was refreshingly unique. Extra star for how wild this was

When I was a kid, I had this PlayStation game called “Sled Storm” which was a hyper-stylized snowmobile racing game. On of the races was this multi-level track that would wind through a demented, slightly surreal, nighttime circus world. Lots of misfiring pyrotechnics, evil clown obstacles, and some sort of race announcer yelling through speakers suspended around the track. This album reminds me of that experience. Much like I do for baroque pop, I locked the fuck in when the opening song started out with a demented circus style loop and a raspy, belty lead singer. Total personal bias, these things just always grab my attention. But I think if you’re willing to wait out the slow first half of the opening song, almost any listener will be super engaged with how the track transforms into a crazy, noisy collage. I think my highlight on here is “Longue Route” for how much is sells out with the loudness and noise, a couple cool airy sound effects, and a very good loop at the first half of the song. But honestly it’s hard to pick out one favorite, as this one of this albums best qualities is how well all of its pieces work together - songs different enough to stand out from the others, but all very cohesive in creating a very specific ambiance. I’d love to see what the production and recording process was like for this record. There’s such a unique mix of looped instrumentation and samples, almost all with some reverb or post-processing effects added to make it all sound like it came from the same centralized recording location. Lastly, this album leaves me wondering about a few things. Would I have enjoyed this as much as I do now if this were one of the first albums we had on this list, or if I listened to this at a much younger age? Maybe, but probably not as much. This does require some active listening ears. Did the language barrier help or hurt here? I don’t think it hurt, but I’m not sure it helped either. Am I giving out too many 4’s lately? Also maybe, probably. I don’t intend on listening to this record ever again, at least for leisure. But I really did get a lot out of this album. I have a tremendous amount of respect for this album, for using instrumentation we are all familiar with in a completely unique way. The Young Gods interpretation of how to make music, and their composition/production process, all deserves a 4/5.

OK, so they're the French version of Rammstein. Gotta say this is pretty damn good metal for something from 1989. I never would have guessed they were contemporaries of Metallica if I hadn't seen the year. The weird stuff doesn't always work and I don't love the vocals (although I'm not sure why I find them inferior to the two bands mentioned above), but other than that this was pretty good. 4.2

from the deepest pits comes a dramatic and almost alien rock album, unlike anything i've heard before. mostly in french, this album is mechanical and almost villainous. pairing orchestral samples and drum machines with deep guitars and gravely, sinister voices, this album is an acquired taste. at first i was put off by the sound, but the more i listened the more i liked it. if you like nine inch nails, but you're a classy victorian lady, you'll enjoy this one a lot.

Billy Idol meets Def Leppard meets Leonard Cohen meets Jacques Brel with a little Rob Zombie thrown in. Didn't understand anything other than the words L'Eau Rouge. Surprise 4 star.

I actually... love this? With experimental music, I feel like you often either love it or hate it. And this is right up my alley. It mostly consists of repetitive drums and samples and frantic vocals, but they're occasionally interrupted by amazing riffs and melodies. I think this album strikes a perfect balance between being atmospheric and exciting, and I actually enjoy this kind of approach a lot. It didn't overstayed its welcome and was never boring. The only song I didn't really like was Charlotte, but it's only 2 minutes. Definitely not the finest work of experimental rock I've heard but great nonetheless.

Damn son. What a start to my day, this is sick. I definitely enjoyed this, this is Somme good industrial for sure.

This is why I signed up for the generator. I’d never heard of The Young Gods before and based on the reviews, I would never have sought this out (even the good ones didn’t make it sound like my cup of tea) but I really enjoyed it. Who knew I liked Swiss industrial rock with a dash of the theatrical? Not me.

The Real Young Gods - Len Houmous & Ken Chutney c1960. 4.2

The scrawled slab of stone plunges into red water as the industrial minded Young Gods refine and improve upon the sample-based soundscape of their first record. Nearly every song on here can be considered a peak in the fusion of pure electronic and rock that isn't diluted by pretentious histrionics. May these young deities grow wise in age. Favorites: La fille de la mort, Rue des tempêtes, L' eau rouge, Longue route, Crier les chiens, Les infants, Pas Mal.

tönt na funny bis jz? STRINGS WS BAUT UF ES BAUT UF hahahaha ich lieeebs, nüt zum immer wieder lose aber gad als erfahrig findi la fille de la mort uuhuere geil rue des tempêtes soooo over the top, aber bin gad richtig ide stimmig (riese bass) charlotte chli "ruhiger" haha longue route eifach mrga metal ja er het keis engelsstimmli und au keini wo ich ständig wür welle freiwillig ghöre aber es passt gad also ih mim chopf isch de franz treichler en riiiese tubel mit dere dreckige stimm les enfamts findi jz recht arsch ABER ICH HANS ALBUM GRUNDSÄTZLICH RECHT FEST GLIEBT WNL ich wirds jz nümme hüfig lose gahn ich schwer devoo uus aber s isch unhinged, weird und aggressiv, also es 4i.

To me this sounds like an early prototype of Rammstein .... except French

Sick this. Despite what some philistines in this group would have you believe, noise rock can be good (take notes Liars and Einstürzende Neubaten). The album reminds me somewhat of Swans earlier/darker stuff but has some rockier riffs that complement it well and give it a bit of groove. Longue Route sounds a bit like Butthole Surfers. So it’s a bit of a heady mix, but one which works for me. It can be quite intense but has some light and shade in there, so isn’t as unlistenable as some of the other records we’ve reviewed here (Prince). It’s gritty but also very French, which isn’t a juxtaposition you get a lot, but it’s one which works on this record. Best Tracks: Longue Route, Rue des Tempêtes

wild listen! was very bouncy bouncy nightmare before christmas vibes

Oddly compelling. I've heard the band name in passing before, but never listened to them. It's weird, but I enjoyed it a lot.

Went into this with low expectations and was blown away. Starting off like a haunted cabaret, this quickly becomes a thumping industrial noise fest, with incredibly varied and powerful vocals. Drops off a bit towards the end, but the first two thirds or so is a blast

A dramatic flair Metal rhythms, punk inspired French high art in rock

No me esperaba para nada que sonara como sonó. Tiene una mezcla de sonidos y estilos agradable, ya que va cambiando y no se torna aburrido.

New to me and really good

This went way harder than I expected it too. Rare win for the French language.

Opener La fille de la mort is a multipart bad-trip. Opens with a carnival sounding instrumental that grows increasingly demented through the midsection, before turning to something that resembles a normal/bright structure around 6 minutes. Then the night terrors creep in again in the form of horror movie strings and thumping percussion. All the while punctuated by a deep French throat singing. I'm both unnerved and impressed. Rue des tempetes is built around an absolutely wild sounding guitar loop. Has no right being as much fun as it is. Charlotte is a weird Parisian street song that feels like it could have come from a demented Lady and the Tramp -- honestly pretty solid though. Longue route is like if hitler youth, Megadeth, and Rick Rubin had a love child. And as bad as that may sound the result is actually pretty interesting. Out of the gate I was scared, but this was a surprisingly fun ride. Not something I want to listen to all the time, but this had a TON more depth than I was anticipated from the Megadeth-esq vocals. production was solid, as was the use of looping and sampling throughout. I suspect most won't care for this one because it is off kilter, but for me it is a soft 4.

Some crazy industrial rock with a screaming Frenchman singing, what's not to like about that? This album had some really cool metal aspects to it with some random strings thrown in which I really enjoyed. Makes sense that one of the genres is listed as Symphonic Metal. This was surprisingly awesome especially once the singers crazy voice started to grow on me. The uniqueness of this album really pushed it up. Don't think I would ever listen to this again but for 1 playthrough it was quite a ride.

Dark, Loud, Tight, and very Industrial

good album, enjoyed it a lot

almost every member of this band is credited with "sampler" except for the drummer who is the only one playing an instrument. rly striking and inspiring stuff, tho a lil more in its conception than the actual music, at least for now...the strange Unmoored feeling that comes from building semi-traditional songs out of a sampler can be hard to find a place in on just one listen. still, i literally havent heard anything that sounds like this...the strange theatrical undertone and the menace of the vocal delivery add additional wrinkles to what could just be a one-gimmick band. in its best moments, it feels like the sky is the limit but its also made of bronze and trapping u

Dit is natuurlijk in het Frans, maar het voelt heel erg Duits aan. Het lijkt een voorloper van de stevige elektronische rock. Het is echt wel even wennen, ook omdat ze soms doorschieten met bijvoorbeeld de strijk-geluiden. Soms is het net of je tegelijk met een rock-album een film aan het kijken bent en lijken de geluiden ver van elkaar te liggen. Vaak haak ik af bij dat soort grollen. Maar in dit geval zorgt het dat ik geprikkeld blijf. Best prettig. Ik heb soms wel wat moeite met de zang, zeker als het schreeuwen wordt. Er zijn daardoor onderdelen die ik best een 1 zou geven. maar al met al lijkt dit album met zorg geproduceerd te zijn en laat het mij actief luisteren. Ik kan dit best nog eens opzetten. 3,5 ster.

3.6 I had to give this album a few listens to start to really appreciate it. You can hear the beginnings of industrial music mixed with French sounding music clips. Very interesting once you get into it fully.

4.5 Some of the cream of the first wave Industrial class. I don;t speak French so for all i know the lyrics are about ducks and spiders but it POUNDS hard and gets drunk in a late night cabaret. Plays Kurt Weill is probably my fave YG but this is superb

4.5 stars. I was into this. 80's ish metal that is just experimental enough. At times heard some Rammstein, Motley Crue, and Iron Maiden influences. Standouts are "Rue des tempetes" and "Longue route" and "Pas Mal".

This was a much needed surprise. Chaotic and unpredictable. How have I never heard this before? I can see how Mr Bungle and more specifically Mike Patton was heavily influenced by the intensity of this band. The way the guitars are sampled and manipulated is really creative and at times they reminds me of The Refused or NIN. The hybrid approach of live drummer verses programmed drum machine is an entertaining battle to hear play out. The synths and samples used are so menacing as they bubble up from sporadically placed orchestral string runs to a full on distorted and warped symphony. Even though I don’t understand the language I still love the vocals here. The growls and screams show hints of Tom Waits. Overall I really enjoyed this one.

This is what I'm doing the list for. Nice to hear to some new ideas. Will I listen to again: 100%

French NIN. I really liked it

Grew on me

I don't understand the hatred here. I mean, this isn't my favorite album. Sort of sounds like Rammstein was down on their luck in the early 90s and reluctantly agreed to record the soundtrack to the French release of Twisted Metal on Sega Genesis, but why is the overall score so low here? Is this objectively worse than Slipknot? Or is the problem that most of us don't speak French? Quelle horreur. Probably 3 stars, I am giving it 4 for justice.

What a cool sound. Reminds me of a French Tom Waits. Very weird, but awesome music. Four stars.

whenever i listen to this band they’re my new favorite band

Can definitely see the DNA of this album making its' way through the later Industrial album.

Pretty good - 90's cabaret industrial or something. L'Amourir was my favourite

4.0 - I'm imagining a circus performed in hell, emceed by a zombie-like announcer wearing a tattered and smoldering tuxedo. I like it.

Yeah, it's pretty good.

Is this French Tom Waits?

This is one of those bands that I have always appreciated. One of the few industrial bands whose music stands the test of time. Although this is industrial, this is experimental avant-garde industrial that’s way a head of its time. I was a little surprised when this album popped up and I saw it on the list, but I’m grad it’s going to be heard by a wider audience. Now if that wider audience is going to enjoy and appreciate it, well that’s a whole other story of its own.

Hard maar Nice

I liked it quite a bit

Enjoyed the music. had a very aggressive industrial feel. and the Growly sound of the lead singer reminded feels more like a late 90's industrial sound than something from the 80's. if someone played this for me and told me it was Til Linderman making a French album produced by Trent Reznor I would believe it.

Like French, horror coded Randy Newman - a mix J'adore! Favourite track: Rue des tempetes.

I didn’t know what kind of music this band made before listening and I’m still not completely sure afterwards, but I think I like it. The orchestral parts give it a really cinematic feel, like a blockbuster movie soundtrack, but one of the more weird and mind-bending blockbusters. A Christopher Nolan film perhaps. I’m giving this movie 3.5 stars, and rounding up as a small ‘va te faire foutre’ to the haters.

Genre: Industrial rock, dark cabaret, symphonic metal 1989 Before Listening: Not sure what to expect After it Started: Not what I was expecting.... After listening: Need to listen to that again. La fille de la mort: Interesting, haunting melody. It it an 8 minute journey that starts like a carousel song but by the end it feels very industrial and is a great introduction to the album. This is the reason I signed up for this three year 1001+ albums journey. Albums like this are so unique and totally out of my normal listening "comfort zone" that I would have never heard it before. It was definitely worth listening to! 5/5: La fille de la mort, L'eau Rouge, Charlotte, Rating: 4/5

Very interesting early industrial French music. I have it two listens and I enjoyed the second thoroughly.

It is wonderful music.

I was expecting something awful based on the ratings, but this was atmospheric and interesting with very little dissonance. Pretty cool!

A fun mix of industrial rock and cabaret

After listening to L'Eau Rouge, I am just here questioning why this album isn't considered metal because it had some very heavy moments. I also found that this album felt very experimental with all of the cinematic sounds. And that's what I love about this album. The album was so experimental and crazy it made it fun to listen to as well as having no song sound the same. They each felt like a whole different trip. This album might not be for everyone but i still think its very good Best Song: Rue des tempetes Worst Song: La fille de la mort

I enjoyed that a lot. Had zero expectations going in. Loved the overall sound and vibe.

The Prodigy trifft auf französischen Chanson. Mir gefällt's.

Not my usual vibe, but actually really liked this. I liked the mix of metal and orchestral stuff. Definitely going to get running to it.

Gave it a few listens, got better each time. Love that grizzly French voice.

A good album, I liked Les enfants and Charlotte the best. Was nice to listen to an album that was mainly in French as I'm learning the language.

It's like a French Tom Waits.

I had not heard of this band or this record, and am on a bit of a stretch where I've been getting a lot of records I have never heard of. More often than not they are not the best, but I was pleasantly surprised with this. Very cool early industrial music. I'm sure Trent Reznor was inspired by this band. Definitely dug it!

I feel something a bit odd, but I think that's what they were going for? maybe?

I get why this site doesnt like it, cuz its very industrial, but personally I really enjoyed it.

Another industrial album that’s made it to the lowest rated on this site, I’m starting to notice a pattern. I dig it though. Nice grooves and a bit of a wacky atmosphere

Int så brazy som ja vänta mig med allt skit det får på denna sida... groovy

I didn't know I could dig French rock n roll. Hell yeah.

Ovo je mali krlo jako volio

Weird but listenable, might give it another go with some more space and time.

"L'eau rouge" is the second album by Swiss industrial rock band the Young Gods. Industrial rock, dark cabaret and symphonic metal are the listed genres. I like those descriptions. The Young Gods bandmembers are Cesare Pizzi (keyboards), Use Hiestand (drums) and Franz Triechler (vocals). This album is considered their masterpiece. Interestingly, the band decides to open with a waltz in "La fille de la mort" ("The Daughter of Death"). Didn't see that coming and not the last one. There's a droning organ and synth strings. Lead singer Franz Treichler is screaming. The song changes near the end and goes chaotic with the keyboards; they do that a lot throughout the album. "L'eau rouge" ("The Red Water") is dark with a hypnotic drumbeat. Franz with a creepy voice. The song speeds up and again goes chaotic, this time a guitar added. The drums are all over the place. The second side opens with "Longue route" ("Long Route"). Alright, this is more like it. A thrash metal guitar. Pounding/thumping drums. Random gunshot sounds. More metal guitar. Rumbling drums and a slashing guitar welcome us to "Les enfants" ("The Children"). Weird and dramatic synth sounds. The guitar and synth echo each other. I don't what he's doing or saying but it doesn't sound good. This was fairly intense. I like intense. I'm a fan of late 80's/90's industrial music and bands like Ministry and NIN and this fits that. They add a little variety with the waltzes, thrash metal guitar and drumbeats. Recommended for metal/industrial music fans.

Those vocals are eerie as fuck, but it REALLY works with the instrumentals? Perfect for the start of autumn. Depending on what kind of autumn you wanna have.

This was very intriguing for my ears...at least to a point, then my ears started to get weary.

This was interesting. Kind of a French electronics-heavy metal by way of Tom Waits. I’m not in love with it and suspect additional listens wouldn’t change that, but it sure was interesting to listen to.

Album #12 Full disclosure - I do not speak or understand French so I cannot make an opinion on lyrical content. Where has this album been? This sounds like the French analogue of Pretty Hate Machine-era Nine Inch Nails. A little more minimalist though, but it works. I really enjoy this style of music (industrial), with short samples being looped, heavy guitar work and driving drumwork. I also like the circus-sounding samples in some of the songs. I feel like I should be listening to this while reading some Sandman comic books. A firm 4* from me.

This album may have been influential for the time (to be honest, I don’t really know), but it’s just fine nowadays. L’Eau Rouge is an industrial rock album, with some twists. Most importantly, its use of orchestral instruments. There are a few points (I think like 3 songs) where the Young Gods bring in an orchestra and these songs are the best on the album. The first track in particular is neat for starting as this nice and soothing orchestra piece before becoming abrasive and harsh. The vocals become more guttural and the song just works. It’s probably why the first track is my favorite track. The other tracks using strings are neat, but it’s the first track that does it. I should also note there’s this metal sounding song that uses the orchestra and it’s pretty cool, albeit it’s only one song near the beginning. Other than that, it’s just industrial rock. I will give it credit, some of the production choices are really interesting, like the use of sampling (something you don’t see everyday when listening to rock music) and the manipulation of those samples (sometimes they are made quieter then louder and then quieter and also the reversal and un-reversal of said samples) which add some flavor to this album. Other than that, this album does really just peak in the first song. It’s something I truly hate when the first song is so good and then the rest of the album is good but nowhere near as good as the first song. I kind of wish the album was just the use of orchestra and sampling as I think that’d be neat. As it stands, it’s an interesting industrial rock album that could have been more. 7/10.

Never have I heard a French person so angry. Softer instrumental moments like the opening to the first song and the entirety of “Charlotte” sound like Tom Waits if he learned French, while the rest of the tracklist is closer to Captain Beefheart but going completely industrial. This shits cool

Wild French rock, pretty good stuff there. 4 stars.

This album was a trip. From calm, beautiful tones to an absolute barrage of noise.

Like French Rammenstein

Never even remotely heard of this one before! But the Wikipedia genre tags of industrial rock, dark cabaret, and symphonic metal certainly caught my attention. The first track is a slow burn that had me feeling like I'd been duped for a few minutes, but once the album gets going it goes. Bowie, The Edge, and Mike Patton all cite The Young Gods and their sample-based approach to music as an inspiration. After listening, and reminding myself a few times that this was released in 1989, I can see why - this is super cool stuff. I'm not well-versed in the history of industrial music to know what else was going on around this time, but it certainly sounds to me like this was probably ahead of its time. Some parts definitely sound aged by now, but a lot of it stands up pretty well. Will definitely be revisiting this one!

It's an odd coincidence that I was just watching a documentary about the history of industrial music the other day and get treated to an industrial album today. This album has a lot of the elements that would be featured in the industrial music of the 90s. It develops a little bit slowly, which is fine, but I'm more used to industrial in the mold of NIN or Ministry. Overall, it's a really cool album that serves as a nice transition from the early industrial stuff that was pretty hard to listen to and the really popular industrial stuff from the 90s and 00s. 4/5

Le thom waits

Ahahahahahah this is fucking mental, I love it. There's no way I would ever have listened to this were it not for this project. I had a young god's t-shirt when I was a kid, used for decorating and whatnot, I have no idea where it came from or who they were. Gets less mental as it goes on and reverts to more standard industrial rock, which isn't a bad thing but I would kind of liked an album as crazy as the first few tracks the whole way through. Ah! Les Enfants! We are back in crazytown, good times. This is fabulous.

Weird prot-proggy french music

Had a bit of a similar sound to Coil, but French. Most of the first track had me not really looking forward to the rest. Happily, it improved. One of those albums that just wouldn’t be great on headphones

This was one of those albums that are too strange to ignore and, simultaneously, too much strange to enjoy fully. I like how the 1001 list helps me get out of my "comfort zone" so strongly that I end the experience with nothing to say about what I have listened to. This album does not deserve to lie on the worst albums list of the Global stats (it is still there on the day I'm listening to it). Maybe I'll change my mind before confirming my rate, but it is a 4-star album in its weird way to surprise me.

Ongulés ! Les ongulés arrivent ! This is like a French 'Swordfishtrombones' era Tom Waits, but even more demonic and genuinely terrifying. Not something to listen to with a baby, but very striking and perfectly achieves it's artistic vision. An industrial masterpiece. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Rue des Tempêtes Date listened: 05/03/23

HL: "La fille de la mort", "Rue des tempêtes", "Charlotte", "Longue route", A few albums I've heard this year feature some kind of unexpected genre fusion, but I was still taken aback by this metal/chanson française hybrid, L'eau rouge. It's like someone took all the more avant-garde elements (in a rock album) that appeal to me, such as theatre, tape loops, a horror movie atmosphere, and uh, weird strings (that's not a real category, but think Radiohead's "Burn the Witch" or Muse's "Unsustainable"). Not music for everyday listening, and Franz Treichler's voice isn't my favourite, but it's pretty low in the mix, & my French isn't good enough to absorb most of the lyrics anyway. And I did recognize the title from the lowest-rated albums, went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. makes me want to revisit the Killing Joke album February 22, 2023

Oh wow, this starts very subtly and then jumps into wonderfully angsty fun. Just the kind of mood I was in today. I love the duality of La fille de la mort, and my fave track would be Crier les chiens.

This is currently number 9 lowest scoring album on the whole site. What's the matter, people, is Swiss industrial cabaret really so far out there? 😒 I dug it. Enjoyed the more straight forward industrial tracks most, but the cabaret was still entertaining. Fave tracks - "Longue Route" and "Pas Mal" could almost be Ministry tracks, so yeah, them 🤘

Yes please! Strange and interesting, creepy, varied, driving, excellent use of orchestration. Still sounds unique and modern. Another one of those vocalists whose voices I can't get enough of.

Holy shit!

French metal? Sign me up.

Wow its been a while since I've had a truly interesting album come through. The Young Gods with their dark industrial sound symphony like arrangements and the deep guttural voice of their lead singer was like a match made in heaven. Would love to see them live! Best: Crier Les Chiens Worst: Pas Mal

This is not an album that I would have chosen to listen to if not for this list. I enjoy industrial music, and the symphonic aspects mixed with the growled French made for a very ominous and engaging sound. Occasionally the guitar tone came off more hair metal than anything, but I found that more humorous than anything.

Bonkers! I respect what is happening here. Will probably not be in my regular rotation but it was refreshingly different for a change.

This is some wild French avant garde, industrial, symphonic music. A wild and crazy ride. I must return to this album.

Not something I expect to listen to again but glad to have had the opportunity

A touch of Nine Inch Nails, a touch of Tom Waits, a touch of Slayer, except Swiss. It's a very likeable mix! I'm definitely coming back to this!

Stylistically it feels like two albums competing with each other but its still a very enjoyable album

Jako kul i jako zanimljiv album. Osjecala sam se ko da slusam neki mjuzikl. Vjerojatno moulin rouge zbog kabareta.

Interesting moody French industrial record. Loved it - so moody it actually spooked me out while listening on a night time drive. Kind of a gem like Suicide’s debut.

Never listened to this industrial group for some reason. It's a good record! Love the lo-fi experimental sound, which has a kind of collage feel applied to grizzly rock sounds. The best tracks are menacingly dark. Sometimes the deep growled vocals verge on making it a caricature of edgy cool macho music (or like a homage to early Swans). The track "Charlotte" has a kind of gothic cabaret feel, which I did not enjoy at all. But overall, 4*. It's like Swans meets Faust or something. Glad I heard it.

From the cover, which is pretty good, I expect something noisy. Never heard of the band. And diving in we've got ... French? OK reading about them, Swiss Industrial. Alrighty, I'm game. Starts out surprisingly dainty and one could even say a bit Swiss. Gets louder and weirder and kind of industrial. This guy has a great growl. I like the strings and other things going on. Really good pacing and transitions in places. Ultimately a bit wearing. Liked Rue des tempetes and Longue route was the most, um, accessible? and gave me what felt like solid ground to decide I like them pretty well. 3.5 stars. Rounding up for innovation.

Who'd a thunk a French language metal album would bethis good? Rating 4 so I take a moment to listen again

Strange one this as it is tagged as industrial music I was expecting more of an "Einstürzende Neubauten" feel, but this is something different. Heavy reliance on sampling/tape loops I can see credit in it's ingenuity and creativity, but..... I realise I am not an aficionado of Swiss Post Punk Industrial music. "Criers Les Cheins" "Charlotte" "Envoye'" (Live Zurich21/12/89) are the most appealing tracks I think but not one on my list of greatest albums I am afraid. Perhaps the Live experience is better than the record? Wouldn't be the first time would it.

quite good yet put me in a really sour mood

Bit hard, but nice

Allez la Suisse! Hopp Schwiiz! Whatever the Italian version of Go Switzerland is! The Young Gods, the third great Genevan export - just behind Calvinism and money laundering. If we're going Swiss though, can we get some Celtic Frost as well please oh lords of the list?

Kurt Weill, Swans and Einstürzende Neubauten walk into a bar... Seriously though, any band that influences Bowie rates high for me. Wasn't that familiar with this album and only ever got into T.V. Sky, the follow up to this which is in English. Not an album that I will have on high rotation due to its brutal sounds but this rates high for me

decent fun, french industrial growling

Enjoyed it more than expected, although it's eerie soundscape was off-putting.

well, THAT was fun...late-80s french industrial? yes please! easy comparisons: nitzer ebb & front 242. overall just a lot of fun.

Solidly enjoyable album, caught maybe 33% of the french words haha

Really great stuff. Super ahead of its time.

After the eight minutes of La fille de la mort I understand a connection between industrial and post-punk which I missed before. If this album came out today but with more traditional rock backing I would be as interested as I am in hindsight. The strings are just traditional enough for me to grip as the band dives into more obviously industrial territory. Some of the samples come across as anti-The-Mood, but it's relentlessly intriguing. A grower because of that confusion, perhaps, but great on first listen. There is truly little new in music.

Hated the vocals a lot but this album disturbed/even scared me to earn very respectable 4 stars

Great French rock/metal.

I have the album that came out on ipecac, but that recorded many years later. Zero similarities, lol. This is weird drunk bar music, thrash industrial, modern classical??? This is amazing.

I kind of love everything about this. It's sort of cute how dark it's trying to be. It reminds me a lot of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, and I mean that in the best way possible. Love Les Enfants

Really unique electronic/industrial/orchestral music from Switzerland that avoids sounding dated. I didn't hate the vocals. Glad to have the opportunity to listen to it. I might only come back for tracks 1 (La fille de la mort) and 9 (L'Amourir).

If you're tired of cookie cutter, you won't find anything conventional to your ears here ... French creativity is unmatched...

Good albom. Different to normal and french

This was very interesting. It was diverse, it was listenable, and I'm still not sure what it is. The only part that I just couldn't wrap my head around was the French. This is a "one and done", but the once was okay.

After listening to the first song I was adamant that this would be a 1, but it actually managed to turn itself around. Once you look past the singing there's some decent stuff on here.

Pretty rad. 3.5/5

Young Gods walked, so Ministry could run? 3.5/5

Some interesting tunes, some gnarly sounds, some strange noises. That was worth to listen.

I can image that someday, I'll want to hear this again.

Waiting room music at a sexual torture dungeon (complimentary)

Not liked very much, understood we it is here but not really my jam or at least to be heard in specific environments

hmmm i don’t totally get it but i also don’t hate it

Started out with high hopes for this. France 1989 - very formative. Just shouty rock with added frills in the end. Wouldn't have noticed it at the time.

Deep down I know not every industrial band sounds like Ministry or Rammstein. However some of my favorite parts of this record were when it sounded like Ministry or Rammstein. I also enjoyed how at times it was cinematic (like the haunted carnival sounds of the opening track) and at times sounded like the soundtrack to a 90s video game. Overall enjoyable for me, but I didn't enjoy it enough to warrant giving it anything higher than a.. 3/5

This was interesting enough it made me listen again, so I guess that's something.

interesting listen. vacillates between powerful heavy industrial rock with very intriguing sampling and overall awesome production that I really fuck with, and some silly kitschy classic French circus sounding bullshit that is way out there. my biggest takeaway from this album? I really don't like the French language.

L’Eau Rouge von The Young Gods ist ein solides, kantiges Hardrock‑Album in französischer Sprache, das seine Energie vor allem aus den treibenden, industriell angehauchten Gitarrenflächen zieht. Die Band kombiniert rohe Härte mit einer fast ritualhaften Rhythmik – intensiv, aber nicht immer abwechslungsreich.

Ég meinar ókei þetta var áhugavert, skil hugmyndina, ég naut þess hins vegar ekki nægilega að hlusta á þetta. Þyrfti dass af kjarnorkuvánni.

That was surely different. Interesting

Vidim da ovo svi mrze, ja baš i ne. Možda jer se stvarno čuje ovaj utjecaj na Mikea Pattona koji vidim na wikipediji pa to znači da sam aklimatizovana za ovu vrstu neobične muzike. Najviše mi se ne sviđa francuski jezik ali pošto sad zvučim kao ovi rasisti koji ne mogu podnijeti da postoji jezik osim njihovog engleskog nek se zna da nije do toga. Meni je i engleski strani i ne volim ga, francuski mi je samo još ružniji.

French NIN meets Pink Floyd with a bit of Tom Waits thrown in - what’s not to like? This is a bit off the wall but plenty to like, something a bit different, and something I need to listen to again to appreciate properly, so I will.

Expected French music, got French music. Almost Rammstein level, but just not enough cohesion between songs.

Pretty interesting not amazing

5/14/26. Will need to come back for a genuine listen since I was traveling. But nonetheless interesting, the first couple tracks caught me off guard.

I was definitely intrigued and up for the prospect of checking this out. Unfortunately, it wasn't as exciting (or as abrasive) as I might have hoped. The sampler-as-instrument stuff is interesting, but pales in comparison with how it was being used in hip-hop and dance music at the same time. There's also a weird theatrical, overly-devoted to Brecht kind of vibe to the vocals. a 2.5 really, but I'll kindly round up to 3.

the French language at its most frightening

I’ll probably not ever listen to this again, but it does sound pretty cool

I see the vision. It’s ambitious and bold and individual. I think if I knew the language well enough to follow the stories they were trying to tell I might have appreciated it more.

creepy unsettling carnival vibes 2.5

This is fairly standard industrial rock/metal. It pulls a lot of influences from NIN, Ministry and Die Krupps. They touch on Rammstein and it's clear they're familiar, but they don't quite get there... they just don't get HEAVY and fast. It's a good record and I'm glad I heard it, but I won't be going back for another listen any time soon.

An interesting listen

I thought this album was pretty okay

Never was as into them as other similar efforts. I think this was just a bit too arch but not bad. I enjoyed a good bit of it.

First off, good to have a non-anglophone album. Unfortunately, this is a style of music that's not worn well I think with the passage of time. It's not bad, but it's a bit dull.

French Tom Waits over industrial music. Better than actual Tom Waits I suppose

I think I could have really enjoyed this if they got anybody else to sing. I love weird music and I really like industrial music. But man... these vocals are some of the worst on the entire list, he really sounds like he is trying to take a shit the whole time. The instrumentals are great, but that singer just kills any excitement I would have for this band. High 3.

hard rock with an interesting approach. not my thing but pretty good

If the apocalypse was aggresively french, it would sound like this. Swans meets Jean-Michael-Jarre

Very rammstein-esch. Little ministry-ish. This was a cool listen. Started a little Broadway-ish. I feel very cultured listening to foreign languages in music. This is ahead of its time - some nine inch nail-sy vibes. I discovered I like using band names as adjectives.

For those dismissing this as "French NIN", be aware that The Young Gods predate NIN by several years, so it's more accurate to say that NIN were the "American Young Gods". That said, this is a difficult album to love. It's texturally interesting but also rather abrasive, and a lot of the tracks are quite repetitive - particularly the atrocious opener - putting your attention squarely on the lyrics, which are in French. I'm not one to put down world music just because it's not in English but in this instance the language barrier is a problem.

2.5 interesting sound choices, there’s a strong Minneapolis sound to this, Prince beats with French rock vocals

3.5

First song made me feel sick... the rest was just... angry French lol

I liked the energy of this music. It was both interesting and relaxing at the same time. Being in French I couldn't understand the lyrics of course. But the singers voice was smooth and emotional.

This is actually either a 2 or a 4. Quite interesting but also quite infuriating. Might have to listen to it again.

So this was nuts. I thought it was some trippy circus music shit, then the metal starts. And it's French? It remains psychedelic and such, but only intermittently so. Reminiscent of Gojira, for obvious reasons. I'd add to that Mastodon. Neither of those are exactly my cuppa, but I don't hate either. This would probably be 2.5 if that were possible, but I'll bump it up for riffage.

Wasn't bad but I don't speak French.

I thought it was pretty cool! Never heard of these guys but I enjoyed the blending of industrial with more traditional music. Parts that sound like Ministry, parts that sound like old French music. If there's a downside, it's that his voice is a bit over the top, and that I can't pinpoint to a specific standout song.

Alright

La fille de la mort ("The Daughter of Death") 3.6 Rue des Tempêtes ("Tempest Street") 3.4 L'eau rouge ("The Red Water") 3.5 Charlotte 3.3 Longue route ("Long Route") 3.6 Crier les chiens ("Screaming the Dogs") 3.5 Ville nôtre ("City of Ours") 3.5 Les enfants ("The Children") 3.3 Score: 3.4625

Industrial francés

This that chaotic shit Melkor played that disrupted the harmony of the music of the Ainur. Kinda cool tho.

This is a weird one. At some moments it reminds me of a hard rock/industrial version of Tom Waits' Rain Dogs. But it isn't nearly that good. It comes off sounding like an experiment not totally gone right rather than genius. It's also not nearly as good as something like KMFDM, which is more along their direct peers. It has some good moments, like L'Amourir and Pas Mal, but not something I'd listen to a lot of or recommend. 3/5

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experimental, beautiful, gross

It started horribly, but as it went on it got better and better, but never got to impressive levels. Horrible singing, playing is mostly good, but essentially industrial (i don't like that). All in all a 2.5/5

it's a unique album, but it's very dependent on your tastes and the moment you're listening it. While reading The Invisibles, worked really well. But outside of that, it's quite harsh and uncomfortable.

I’m into foreign music and weird music, so this benefits a bit from my personal bias. Not sure I would listen again though.. 2.5/5

Französische Schweizer - der Stil ist recht schwer zu definieren.

2.8 Hmm. On paper I should love this. Industrial metal from the late 80s. Yet I really, really couldn't get into it. Two main gripes were: 1) the vocals. I struggle with both that style of vocals, as well as the French language aspect. It's why I could never get into Rammstein when all my mates loved them. 2) the experimental nature. It almost sounds theatrical at times, and not in a good way. Either do an industrial metal album or do a Broadway show. Not both imo. Won't be putting on again. Then again, there's so much worse shite out there.

I was initially pretty taken with this, but the novelty wore off fairly quickly. It works for a song, but less so for an album. I still enjoyed it, but it doesn't have lasting power for me. 3.49/5

Listening to the first song of L'eau rouge was like watching a play: theatrical, expressive, full of twists and turns - genuinely interesting stuff. Listening to a whole album of it (especially when it gets weaker) becomes a chore. The recording is messy, the vocals are the messiest part, and there's not enough structure to hold the whole thing together.

Not my cup of tea

Tja, annað hvort hefði ég gefið hærri einkunn eða lægri einkunn ef ég myndi hlusta á þetta á fullum styrk. Fílaði þetta samt alveg nógu mikið til að gefa þessu miðjuna.

I’ve been listening to a lot of Bad Bunny recently in the run up to the half time show at the Super Bowl. His music vocally hasn’t done much for me and I thought it was because of the language I didn’t understand. Well this album being sung in French has made me second guess my thoughts about foreign language music. I enjoyed this a bit even though with some of the avant guard music choices

6/10

One of the best intros I've ever heard. I really like the tone of the vocals and meeting them with the instruments. However, I don't know if the whole album had the cohesiveness of that intro. I enjoyed it overall though. 3.5

Reminds me of some Tom Waits albums. Not bad overall. It’s in French so hard to judge lyrically. I probably wouldn’t seek this out again, however, I did enjoy the listen for the most part.

Odd... Great in places... Very odd in others... Will listen again though.

Not really my thing Swiss French yelling

Well... it doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard before. Probably for a reason.

Never heard of this band. Very french, not for me. Although I have nothing against the french, just the style not for me.

They are, like... French Liabach!

This album is why I signed up for this album generator and why I was excited to do this challenge! While it's not my favorite album ever, it is so different than anything I would have picked up on my own and I actually enjoyed the flow of the songs.

First of all this, this album is not for me. There is too much I really didn't care for to really place it above my 6.0 thumbs sideways threshold. But I do find in intriguing in structure. I do like the keyboards that sound like a big ass guitar, and some of the builds in this were kind of nifty. I think overall the dark experimentation was not really anything I'm prone to appreciate. But there is moments on the album that I can just say that I like that. The only track I did enjoy was "Rue des Tempêtes" which, to me, sounded like a demented "Love Missle F1-11" (5.75) ★★½

Cool album. Very cool mix of hellish avant garde soundscapes and turbo charged industrial rockers. Can be a bit cheesy and dated at times though. French vocals are admittedly a big turn off at the beginning as they sound like a cross between Rammstein and Pepe Le Pew. Opener La Fille De La Mort is a particularly punishing lengthy standout that concludes by sounding like an absolute warzone and carnivalesque 4th track Charlotte inexplicably has a go at being a Swiss Tom Waits and is, as Bono would say, even better than the real thing (not that it’s hard).

I appreciated some of the gnarly guitar in this but... damn... who let the French get hold of the overdrive pedal. I love that the Wikipedia article forwards the opinion that this is widely regarded as their masterpiece... okay guys. This has made it hard to jump back in and write reviews, but... onwards we march. Favourite track: title track Least favourite track: literally roll the dice bro 5.5/10

Not great but I’ve never listened to anything like it. Grungey French stuff

Didn't really like it, but some were ok.

Alright

Extra star because its refreshing to hear something unique

French Tom Waits (circa Bone Machine)

La fille de la mort was een interessante start, ik dacht eerst dat we Franse chansons gingen luisteren en was me mentaal aan het voorbereiden op een uurtje rustige muziek. Halverwege het nummer gaat het om in een soort geluid waarvan je een paniek aanval krijgt, een man schreeuwt een onverstaanbare taal in je oor, de muziek is paniekerig en ineens begint er een epische viool (4:00-5:00) en langzaam zakt de muziek weer af in angst en paniek. Ik weet eigenlijk niet wat ik luister maar het roept op een interessante manier gevoelens op. Je hebt het idee dat er verhaal wordt verteld over iemand die doordraait en daarmee strijdt. ""La Fille de la Mort" by The Young Gods translates to "The Daughter of Death" and embodies themes of transformation, rebirth, and confronting darkness, often interpreted through industrial sounds and powerful, haunting vocals, symbolizing a surrender to change and finding beauty in letting go, as explored in their gritty industrial rock style. " Zonder de taal te begrijpen toch de feeling gekregen... nice. Charlotte is wat je hoort op een horror kermis scene. Een zigeuner waarzegster zegt dat je het einde van de avond niet haalt, je hebt psychedelische middelen op en de kermistent draait en het reizigersvolk danst om je heen. Daarna ineens Longue route vol op terug in de metal en met gekke synthesizers en een pratende man, waardoor ik me in een grimmige club aan de drugs waan. De muziek komt ook lekker uit m'n nieuwe boxen. Ville Notre releasing the demons from hell in de laatste 15 seconden Soms lijkt het wel Mongoolse keelzang Paar song geliked, fuck it. 3/5, ik zou het zeker niemand aanraden om te luisteren maar heb er vandaag met plezier naar geluisterd

I can appreciate this for what it is, but am fine only listening to it the once