L'Eau Rouge

distinct and not uninteresting. would probably listen again, but would struggle to get through an entire album

Pass unless you speak French.

I was just thinking I needed more French industrial in my life. But still, I’ll take something unique any day. This is like Tom Waits meets Ministry crossed with Gogol Bordello. And hey, if you really want to alienate your family, play this album on a road trip like I did.

I'm not sure if I enjoyed this or not.

Have you ever wondered what a Rain Dogs era Tom Waits Beauty and the Beast musical set in a traveling French circus would sound like? Well dear reader, half of this record is the answer to that question. The other half is terrible Industrial. Can’t win them all.

Synes aldrig albummet når samme højder som åbningsnummeret efter det. Fransk er et dårligt sprog til den her slags musik! Når det så er sagt var det en positiv overraskelse, jeg forventede ikke rigtigt noget

Spøjst! Lyder ondt på en ret fed måde! Rasmus ville have elsket det her i 9. klasse

Starter rimelig industrielt, noget som Marilyn Manson godt kunne have hørt.. Men bare mere poppet. Produktionen lyder stadig rigtig godt, så jeg synes egentlig fint at det holder her 35 år efter sin udgivelse.

Oof. Super noisy

Kind of a strange French metal band. The songs were okay, but it was a little hard to get into. It's not just the language, since Rammstein seems to make it work.

this album was rather intense! and i'm surprising myself that i enjoyed it. the young gods' sound is completely unique from anything i've heard before. the industrial sound, metal, dark cabaret, orchestral. this album never went where i anticipated. orchestra backing or a carnival tone would pop up when i least expected it, but either the young gods made a lot of happy accidents or they planned this album out well. i can understand why the lead singer's voice can be grating or not even enjoyable, but i love how he (and the rest of the band) hold exactly nothing back and i found myself getting sucked in. i sure hope he took care of his voice since 1989, though. 3.5

It's definitely weird, but it's still more interesting than a lot of albums. The riffs are actually pretty good on some songs. Its a solid 3.8. I wouldn't listen to it on my own but I think the hate is overblown.

Really not my thing, but not so bad for metal (?!) I liked the carousel sounds, and I did save the song Charlotte as I thought that was very good

1 Stern weil es Schweizer sind, 1 Stern weil irgendwo noch eine Maxi bei mir rumliegt, 1 Stern weil es eigentlich nicht mehr ist

I... respect this. But this genre, Industrial Electronic Rock, I need very little of in my life. Same goes for cabaret. And so those 33:40 of the original album seemed very long.

dings spanische band ich mag die orchestralen elemente

I didn’t hate it for some weird reason

"L'eau rouge" is a really interesting album. By the Swiss industrial rock band, The Young Gods, this album opens with the intensity and grandeur of a symphony. While not encumbered with power tools and deafening grinding, the vocals hit the industrial vibe, but the beats and musicality are quite good. The group's use of samples opened a new realm of how music could be produced.

pretty weird, pretty cool

Favourite tracks: l'eau rouge; la fille de la mort

I haven't known this band before and it is the first industrial/dark cabaret album I've listened to it. I liked the angsty feel throughout the album, though the singing was distracting at most points. Overall it is quite a weird album but also interesting. Not sure if I could listen to it again but it was good to listen to something different.

It was interesting, and for that I am grateful. I’d rather listen to an interesting misfire than a too-safe nothingburger. I don’t know how to feel about this album. It did not entrance me like one of the great albums, but I am relistening to Les Enfants right now. There’s maybe something to this album, maybe even something special, but I don’t think I caught it in my first listen and I don’t know if I care enough to search for it. I think this album probably deserves a deeper review after it has time to digest, rather than a review on first-taste.

Very interesting stuff! The fact that all the instrumentation besides drums is sampled really lends a unique air to it. It sounds like metal, but somehow off in a really neat way. I'm not as huge on the vocals but they aren't unlistenable either.

Under usual circumstances, this seems like the kind of album I would really enjoy. However, I’ve been exhausted today after spending a lot of time recently travelling and socialising, result in today being a wipeout. I think this possibly led to less enjoyment here than it deserves. My commitment has been to listen to a different album every day so I still have, and I’ll still write a review, but this is the first time I feel like I’ve not really been fair. I’ll need to listen again in the future. The over distortion and gravelly vocals should be right up my alley.

After 952 albums, I had still never heard weird French Ramnstein industrial music until now so this album has that going for it if nothing else. I couldn’t tell if I was entranced by this because I actually enjoyed the music or if I was just trying to process what the fuck I was listening to. I think I mildly enjoyed it at the very least but still not sure.

Another unheard of genre - industrial. And after listening to this loud, fast, French growl, I can agree the appelation is appropriate. Not bad - I didn't hate it. Would not choose to listen, though - could fit in a Peaky Blinders sound track.

What a strange album. I've never heard of this group so I had very few expectations going into it, I'll say it was certainly an interesting listen. It's a very weird album. I think I can easily categorize it as industrial, but sonically it jumps around all over the place (which I guess is common within the genre already). The vocals were pretty over the top, raspy, spoken word, and sung all in French. There were moments where he flat-out reminded me of a French Tom Waits (especially on the song "Charlotte" which sounds like "Rain Dogs" era Waits). It's a cacophonous album and it's filled to the brim with seemingly abrupt switch-ups instrumentally. The opener "La fille de la mort" is the most evident of these, starting with a very light, almost waltz-type sound, before exploding into a sea of chaotic, dissonant strings as a wall of noise. My favorite part of the song is right after that when the strings brighten up and synchronize to form this gorgeous atmospheric melody over these spaced-out drum hits. The vocals are equally as spaced out in this part, I love it. I think this opener is easily the best song here. "Les Enfants" may be the most unsettling song here, especially the weird frantic string section with the simple drum pattern closing the track out. It sounded like something that would soundtrack a very old monster flick. I love the noiser layering on the closing parts of "L'Amourir", it's probably the most overtly industrial-punk moment on this album. I think that's really what I mainly got out of this album; quite a few of these songs have some standout moments that are noisy, crushing, and enjoyable to that degree, but only when looking at them in isolation. As an album though, I only got mild enjoyment out of it and don't see myself revisiting it very often. This was more of a one-and-done "wow" type deal. One thing I can say is that it's surely ahead of its time in many ways and I can see how it could've been influential in the more direct and in-your-face facets of the industrial-punk scene.

interesting 2.5/5

At first I was going to be a bitch and roast this – and to be fair, it does start off on a very unappealing and difficult foot – but as it went on and with a few more listens, I warmed up to it a lot. It’s far from the most interesting no wave/industrial music ever, and I think a lot of the ideas for its strange, dark cabaret elements work better on paper than on wax, but it’s ambitious and animalistic and chaotic, which was 100% the goal and they definitely achieved it. Personally preferred the more straight-forward metal tracks, but I still respect the weird musique concrète tracks a lot. With a little bit of an open-mind, this is pretty enjoyable, especially if you like heavy music, experimental music, or both. It’s not going into instant heavy rotation if only because I have some semblance of sanity, but it’s a cool discovery that I wouldn’t have found without this challenge, which is pretty cool I think!!

Franz Treichler, Young Gods' mastermind is not French, he's Swiss. And he's a *German-speaking* Swiss, mind you. Even if he's perfectly fluent in French, as this album proves, he's still got a German accent that's unmistakable for a French native (such as your humble servant). Which gives an extra layer to the "Dark Cabaret" shenanigans in *L'Eau Rouge*. Those specific shenanigans (as exemplified by the strikingly ominous, waltzy opener "La fille de la mort") are pretty evocative and cinematic, and they aged quite well. Which is not exactly the case for some of the Industrial / Metal flourishes found in other parts of this record. In that realm, how cheesy, hackneyed and stilted do "Rue des tempêtes" and "Longue route" sound in 2024. You know, Belgian "neighbors" Front 242 did that sort of thing better around 1989 / 1990. Not to mention later "Industrial" acts going from NIN to Daughters. The title-track's rhythms and loops are interestingly "restrained" AND groovy, though--unwittingly foretelling drum'n'bass patterns. "Charlotte" goes to convincing middle-career-Tom Waits Brechtian territories--obviously off-kilter, but oddly charming as well. And some tracks on the second side explore early Swans-adjacent punishing soundscapes in quite a convincing manner (the album was produced by their drummer at the time by the way). All in all, not the utter debacle that the global score for this record on this app would have you believe. General audiences are probably way too narrow-minded for this sort of "extreme music" anyway. But does that mean that this album is a reasonable candidate for an "essential album" list? Hard to believe, in spite of its reputation as the band's magnum opus. Seems to me that the subsequent Young Gods albums displaying gems such as "Skinflowers", "Kissing the Sun" and "Moon Revolutions" are way more listenable than *L'Eau Rouge*, for instance. The investigation is still ongoing, as far as I'm concerned. But *L'Eau rouge* is pretty much a closed case as of now. 2.5/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential records" (rounded up to 3). Which translates to a 7.5/10 grade for more general purposes. Next, please. Number of albums left to review: 251 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 326 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 187 Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many other records are more important to me): 241 (including this one)

Áhugavert. Kom mér á óvart.

Kinda cool. I'm not huge into industrial rock, but given it's age it holds up, and I'm sure influenced a lot of later acts. pretty good. 3.4.

Jag har aldrig tidigare lyssnat på fransk goth-metal men det var förvånansvärt bra!! Skulle lätt kunna lyssna när jag pluggar matte. Rösten var väldigt bra och även instrumenten i bakgrunden. DOCK inte riktigt min musiksmak då de var lite väl mycket ibland. Min favoritlåt från albumet var Longue Route. Albumet får 3/5 stjärnor

3.75

Crazy. 3.5

Not bad. When I saw that it was industrial rock, I wasn't expecting a lot, and the first song didn't grab me. But the second song is very likeable and got me primed for the rest of the album. I enjoyed it. I don't expect to ever listen again though. Not that it's bad; just not great. 3 stars.

A promising start ends in a rather self-absorbed show of a certain style.

Ein bisschen zu französisch

Het klinkt een beetje gelijk Arno (TC matic)

Huhm

The Young Gods do their own thing and I like it. Bolshy, brash and heavy industry.

THIS is what I am here for. An album that I have never seen by an artist I have never heard of? And its a crazy orchestral french bad acid trip reminiscent of tom waits but better? Yeah thats some decent shit. I probably wont listen to it again any time soon (I dont really "like" tom waits) but I was more happy than unhappy to discover this. 3/5

As a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein and other industrial music artists, this album was rough. On one hand I did like where some of the tracks were going, but the vocals turned me off many times. I am used to lyrics that I don't understand (I can always look them up), so the language barrier is not an issue. I recommend at least a listen from those that enjoy industrial music. Favorite Song(s): "Longue route", "Rue des Tempêtes"

Kinda cool.

French metal is interesting, unique sound I've never really heard before. L'Amourir is particularly nice.

Did I enjoy listening to this? Mostly not, but I am rating it higher simply for being released in ‘89 and sounding considerably ahead of its time. This came out around the same time as NIN’s Pretty Hate Machine, and some of the gritty industrial sounds on this album sound more modern than PHM.

Interesting

A track or two of this is interesting. A full album is a lot.

Never heard a full album by The Young Gods before and I thought I’d like it more, since there’s a couple of songs by them I really enjoy. [0114/1001]

Hell yeah. 3.4

Don’t know why, but I get some Coldplay Vibes.

Started strong but then it got really repetitive. Probably would’ve helped if I could understand French.

I found this album really interesting but I wasn’t quite sure. I was feeling pretty anxious when I listened to it which probably didn’t help. Would definitely like to listen again to fully make up my mind.

A group and album Iv never heard of, this was interesting both in soundscape and French vocals. Glad I listened and deserves its place on the list, but not sure I’ll be rushing back.

dude what in the hell? Rue des Tempetes rocks. The title track is cool. It oscillated between like motorhead style metal and french cafe music in a post apocalyptic steampunk universe. I can see this music scratching a very very specific itch.

Interesting but a bit much for me...

Not an east listen - had to put it on a few times to 'get it' - rewarding though. Lots of interesting tricks in the music, didn't love the vocals though and my French isn't good enough to understand it anyway.

Wow, pretty intense and creative and recalcitrant. Great in your face recording. Consider me a fan!

As a fan of Nine Inch Nails, this kept my interest well enough. Longue Route is a pretty good one. I can hear the echoes of this influence in NIN, Mike Patton’s various groups, Trans Am, Rammstein, Meat Beat Manifesto. Inventive use of samples, and pads, I think.

Not sure what to think of this. Someone wrote nine inch nails meets punk Floyd. Yes true, but I would add some Foetus to it. I am a big fan of all three artists/groups but somehow this did not blew me away.

I have never heard of this band or album at all. Wikipedia says they're a Swiss Industrial Rock group - sounds like a good soundtrack for greeting my visiting family the day before Thanksgiving! I wrote a very long breakdown of each song and then didn't save it. But this was a cool listen, tracks vary from horror cabaret to Industrial metal and yet weirdly go together. The use of sampling and production effects had cool results when listening through headphones.

69/100

I liked it. Couldn't understand what they were saying but pretty good album.

One of the few albums of the 1001 I’m not familiar with at all from a band I’ve only seen in writing. This was pretty cool. Nothing I’ll go back to a bunch but it was a fun rainy day listen

I like industrial music a good bit, but this has very little that I like about industrial music. Not bad, just not my thing at all.

Not exactly my cup of tea, but respect.

1980s French industrial metal? What’s not to like?

Rock!!! Didn't understand a word. Good album tho! 3/5

This feels like it was made when people were still working out how to use samples. It's interesting and I'm sure it pushed things forward a bit, but it's just not always that listenable.

I listened to this a couple of times, and it's definitely an experience. Not something I'd go out of my way to listen to again.

Yeah weird angry rock in french, Jaime.

Like Killing Joke doing cabaret in French. Fun idea, didn't quite work as well as it could've though.

french classical industrial metal scream? its fine for a one time listen. live drum tracks on drum triggers and electronic drums is a nice aesthetic. gets the blood pumping and the anxious nerves a crawling! yeeeek!

I liked a few songs but golly gee is it hard to after the third day in a row of Industrial music, but this is by far the better of the three I have had so far.

Fine I guess? I still struggle with albums that aren't in English. I wish the Wikipedia article included more context or information about why this was an important record other than just "it is usually referred to as their masterpiece and was included on the 1,001 albums to listen to before you die"

Verrassend toegankelijke industrial.

I don't know The Young Gods and all of the music on L'Eau Rouge was new to me. I had a hard time getting in to this album. The opening track is a good example of the album as a whole. The music started out slow and unremarkable, devolving into noise, but finds some energy at the end. The growl (not quite) singing is part of what's holding me back. There are vocalists who aren't great singers that I appreciate, but the surrounding music has to be at a certain level to capture my attention. Is this music metal or art rock? I finally started to settle in with the sixth track ("Crier les chiens") where the energy of the music got me past the growl of the vocals. I'm rounding up to 3 stars, because I can't say that disliked the listening experience. It took me a while to figure out how to enjoy what I was listening to.

These guys really liked the loop machine and noise, would listen again

Like a French proto-Nine Inch Nails pretty interesting but not my style

Some of the songs are actually good, well I'll say decent. Will I listen to again? Probably not. French industrial is something I never heard, though somehow it doesn't sound as "industrial" in French as in German, ie KMFDM.

I didn’t like a lot of this, but I definitely liked some of it. I was hearing some Ministry here (Longue Route, Crier les chiens) and it piqued my interest through several songs. Interesting stuff.

By no means great, but at least it tries something.

This was an odd album for sure, but it was interesting. They definitely forged a unique rock/techno/metal kinda sound. I think the fact that it was in French is biasing my review - not sure I would have liked it as much if he was singing in English.

The French Pink Floyd and Nine Inch Nails having a baby review might be the most accurate review on this whole website. Difference is I liked it a bit more. Favorite track: L'Amourir

Good listen.

This was strange. All over the place.

The best track on the album is contained in the bonus material, L'Amourir (The Love Beat). It simply rocks! Next favorite is Pas Mal (Not Bad) and that says it, not bad at all. The rest of the album in interesting. I think I need more time to get to know it better. 3/5

Please stay as sober as possible while listening to this album, otherwise you might lose your mind. When the first track devolved into utter chaos, I wasn't sure I was still on planet earth. And as an American who's only language is English, it was even more unsettling not having any clue what the vocalist was shouting at me. But he sounded mad. I think this record is a fun, unexpected turn, even if it suffers from the 80s production a bit too much. The macabre, synthetic swells and circus music make this feel like a Tom Waits record in a few spots, and that's where I had the most fun. The industrial metal side of things turned me off for the most part.

You ever had a fever dream where all the sleep paralysis demons appear as French-speaking, metalhead amalgamations of Tom Waits and Trent Reznor?

What is this, French week? Two French albums a few days apart, very odd. This one's got a lot more for me than the previous. It started out sounding almost the same as the other, but there's some fantastic rock instrumentation and energy. The singer really put his life on the line on some of these tracks, I respect it. Favorite tracks: La fille de la mort, Rue des tempetes, L'eau rouge. Album art: Really hard to even tell what this is. But I like the neon sign-looking font a lot. Color-wise, this reminds me of the Cure's Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. I hope we get that on here at some point. 3/5

twas enjoyable enough. much of the album sounded like a french version of rammstein. however, rammstein did it better… and germaner.

Oh No! The Ringmaster at Le Carnivàle Horriblè Has Condemned My Soul To Hell for My Many Crimes!

What the heck did I just listen to...? some thoughts my fiancee and I sent back and forth on Discord while listening: "I'm in an evil french depression" "churning, dissonant strings and a french man yelling angrily... finally some good fucking music" "it's like french tom waits in an abandoned factory" "sort of a rammstein-in-paris vibe" all in all, it was super weird but I didn't completely hate it. individual songs would go from parts I loved to parts that sounded insane and back again, but I get it. it was the 80s, these things happen. favorites: (parts of) la fille de la mort and longue route?

Haha experimental music. Schizophrenia to my ears with its high anxiety mood and all-over-the-place sound. It's loud and atmospheric with its wall of sound, satisfying that symphonic metal genre. The random abrasive samples and dark percussions are one of the earliest examples show signs of various gothic music of the 80s, but also predate the style industrial music would take in the 90s with NiN and Ministry. A lot of this music I could hear being played in gothic clubs. But we also get some weird vaudeville music, related to that "dark cabaret" genre, in tracks like "La fille de la mort" and "Charlotte." Honestly, I thought they killed it in the first half (although I got a few complains) but the second half started sounding pretty generic. "Crier les chiens" and "Ville notre" sound almost identical and are pretty forgettable. "Les enfants" is fairly interesting but a bit over-the-top and repetitive in what it does, and unnecessarily goes on for far too long. "L'Amourir" is actually a really sick industrial metal track. "Pas Mal" is pretty decent and has some cool effects but didn't impress me too much.

French orchestral metal. Unique for sure

Fouge

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Experiência verdadeiramente singular. A orquestração atmosférica é industrial o suficiente por si só, mas quando combinada com um vocal rosnante em francês, a experiência se torna ainda mais intensa.

I wish I had better speakers for metal. The frenchness and the intro were nice, don't know that I'll be listening again.

This one was a bit of a shock at first. I was not mentally prepared for this album. I had a thought that shifted my perceptions, though. Part of the way through the second song, I thought, "This is like the soundtrack to some sort of twisted, post-industrial, dystopic carnival." And then I kinda loved it. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of wordless screeching and noise for the sake of noise. But if they were going for the gothy death circus vibe... well, they nailed it. Still not a jam I'm adding to the regular rotation but, for the right mood, it's a distinct vibe.

It’s Tom Waits singing Nine Inch Nails songs in French. Seriously though, Bowie liked this album and this group. That gets it a bonus star.

Meh

This was one of the weirdest albums so far.

You know, I listen to a lot of music, but this was something else. Young Gods aren't particularly extreme compared to some of their peers but geez, do they even have peers? I can't see myself coming back to this album, but it gets strong points for creativity. This was a wild whirlwind of symphonic noise, gritty cabaret sounds, and industrial thrash. I see others have made the Tom Waits connection, so I'll refrain. From what I've seen of the lyrics they're kind of poetic in a way I can only describe as, well, French. Moody and a little twisted, but not as dark as some of the song titles led me to think they would be. Fave Songs: L'eau rouge, Charlotte, Longue route, Rue des Tempêtes

Vage stem, goede muziek maar zang is kut

From Minute 4, La fille de la mort really hits nicely.

Kinda cool, weird, camp etc. If INXS are the my yardstick for the epitome of good 80s music then these guys get relatively close. Can hear some NIN and QOTSA too.

At first I was thinking wtf is this... but it grew on me

An interesting take on French 80s rock

Ei genre kyllä oikein aukea, mutta sen verran kiinnostava enkä osaa varsinaisia virheitä sanoa, että pitää varmaan se 3 antaa.

*Confused American noises*

Um tanto indigesto mas cumpre seu propósito

What in the world is this? The first track shook me with its sheer intensity. Absolute madness.

Crossover of carnival, industrial, rock and - at times - metal and a singer who himself is a wannabe crossover of a french Tom Waits and Till Lindemann, albeit trying too hard. The result is mixed. 2.5/5

Oye, esto suena como si hubiese sido grabado esta misma decada. AL principio me tenia rascandome la cabeza, la primera cancion sin duda es un desafio, pero despues fui entrando en su onda y me cautivo.

I didn't really have much use for this. I don't really care for this kind of singing (if that's the word for it). Maybe being able to understand the words would help, but I doubt it. Playing it near maximum volume on my headphones did nearly down out the music the weird denizen with a giant rolling suitcase on my bus ride home was blasting from what appeared to be a battery powered clock radio, so there is that.

Like going through a fever dream. Interesting choices musically, like nothing I’ve heard before.

Must admit I didn't spend much time with this album. (Hey that's life.) And I thought it was going to be easily dismissible. But no. The genre 'dark caberet" fill me with dread but it seems musically inventive. You have to get over some of the screaming French vocals but its worth a further explore.

Una sorpresa. M'esperava un mal de cap de música industrial pretesament innovadora, Throbbing Gristle style, i per sort queda molt lluny. És industrial, sí, i és innovadora, també. Però no perd de vista el seu sentit musical i el so és tan potent com atractiu. 'Loungue Route' és impactant, i temes com 'Crier les Chiens', 'Charlotte' o la inicial 'La Fille dela Mort' el situen com un dels millors discos de rock industrial que he sentit

I feel I would enjoy this less if I was used to French music but I really enjoyed the pronunciations over some really alright rock tracks

Hmmm, in some ways like a Swiss-French/Swiss-German but weaker version of Rammstein...if Rammstein and Tom Waits had a lovechild. I did not like the real avantgarde stuff that sounded like Waits' circus music (La Fille de la Mort, Charlotte, Les Enfants) but the heavier, almost thrash Rammstein-sounding (or NIN-sounding) stuff was kind of cool (Rue des Tempetes, L'eau Rouge, Longue Route, Crier les Chiens, Ville Notre, L'amourir, Pas Mal). Yeah, the vocals are pretty brutal, but the beats really are captivating. I thought for sure I'd give it a 2 after the first song but the album really grew on me.

The first track had me super excited, and then it went a little downhill from there. It’s definitely not awful. I think the vocals could be improved, but the overall bits of experimentation and creativeness are pretty awesome. Not really my genre, but I still got some enjoyment from it. 5/10

It surprised me, but not enough to listen again.

Heavy and dark

Kind of hard to take a French metal band seriously, but this kinda slaps.

Pas Mal, Pas Bien

Not the start I was expecting, but picked up a bit by track 2. Harder to get into the themes without speaking French, but digging the industrial sound...as the album dragged on, my attention waned. Was thinking 4 for a bit...but we're down to a 3.5.

I had absolutely no idea what to expect. What I got was an updated industrialised and foreign version of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. It appears that they are more interested in drama than in music itself. The vocals are generally declaimed rather than sung, and the arrangements / samples are clearly designed to produce dramatic effect. Listenable but not something I am likely to come back to.

French grunge I guess. Started out as carnival music but it was really interesting

Look, shouting in French over drum machines and samplers has never sounded so good.

Musically variant with gruff voiced French lyrics.

Pretty cool symphonic industrial, with a lil cabaret. Might not return super soon, but def neat 👍

I liked this more than I thought I would. Some really nice songs here.

Noise annoys.

Best Song: Longue route. Nice heavy groove that really epitomizes the industrial sound they are going for. Worst Song: Ville Notre. Without knowing the context of the song, it just sounds like it is taking itself too seriously. Overall: A nice surprise. I liked how experimental it got with songs like "Les enfants". At times the experimentation got in its own way and I found myself looking for a consistent rhythm or theme, but generally the vibe here was a good industrial grind.

Nevjerojatno koliko me u dijelovima podsjećaju na early Swanse. Svaka čast Švicarci, iznenađen sam. Volim taj cabaret što je umiksan u ovaj album, a općenito industrial kad mi paše onda paše, sad ne toliko jel, ali dost dobro. S obzirom da nema 3,5, bit će 3, ali ono debelo jače od tipa Eagles-ove trojke koja nije ni trojka maltene al et. Na prvo slušanje mi je drugi dio albuma bolji + prva pjesma s albuma.

Better after the first song, interesting pieces in the production

I had no idea this was an industrial band/album. It reminded me of Ministry, which I was fine with. Nice surprise here.

Am I listening to a rock opera? What is going on here?

On paper I could get into industrial, but this feels a bit too try-hard in terms of edginess. Some neat sounds though.

Ok I guess

Reminiscent of Vaudeville at times mixed in with metal. And metal vocals in French. Kinda dig it.

Heftig werk. Interessant om een keer op plaat te horen. Heb ze ooit een keer live gezien. Dat was wel indrukwekkend goed.

Going into this listen through, there's a lot of baggage. I'm aware that it's one of the lowest rated albums on the list, but I tend to like most of the low rated albums quite a bit (outside of general garbage like the trailer trash magnum opus Devil Without a Cause). The Birthday Party, John Zorn, Laibach, and Pere Ubu currently reside there with some legitimate great albums. I've seen Butthole Surfers down there as well. Napalm Death, the lowest rated, isn't a favorite of mine, but it's much better than some of the garbage people on here seem to like for no discernable reason like Guns 'n' Roses and Oasis. I'm familiar with The Young Gods. Not intimately, but they are in a similar orbit to a lot of music I like. I've heard their music a bit, I've heard some remixes Franz Treichler has done, I have heard a number of Roli Mosimann projects. I don't believe I've heard this album specifically, but I've gone around the bend a few times, trying to get into this group. I like industrial music, including industrial metal. I like arty, pretentious stuff. The Young Gods have always felt like an industrial metal band with arty leanings. Despite my attempts though, they always felt maddeningly out of my grasp. They couldn't hook me. I do respect them though. Quite a bit. And while I don't jive with them, I can say the music doesn't belong on the bottom of this list by any stretch of the imagination. It sounds pretty good, it's got some good grooves. It's better than a lot of the shit industrial that came out in the wake of Skinny Puppy and Ministry. The pantheon for great industrial for me has always been Foetus, Einsturzende Neubauten, Coil, and Nurse With Wound. Only one of those artists is on the list along with the requisite genre founders Throbbing Gristle. The writers would do well to better represent a pretty important genre that has had its influence come back with explosive momentum in the 2010s. While they aren't my favorite band in the genre, at least The Young Gods provide a little bit of representation of this sound. I won't be returning to this album anytime soon, but I'll give it a high three. I'm tempted to give it a four for its role of token inclusion, but my rankings run straight. No grading on a curve, no bonus points.

Bom.

I generally liked this one. This one was really strange, and I'm into Van Der Graaf Generator. The first three tracks, notably, 'de la mort' were probably the best ones. Really intense and ominous. Reminds me of Van Der Graaf, but at the same time it's nothing like I've heard before. Definitely an album which I'm gonna have to get back to, to really understand. 'les enfants' I found the weakest track on the record. A bit too repetitive. The vocalist here sounds pretty much like he's just smoked all the cigarettes in Paris, but that kind of fits the music. Instrumentation is generally good, but the real draw is the songwriting. Overall I'll go for 3.5 stars here. This was a good, and really interesting, record, but I felt that there was a drop in quality towards the end of the album.

French heavy metal

Industrial cabaret....in French. How novel. It was interesting at least. Not sure of it'll catch on though. You kids and your music.

2.5/5 Interesting.. never heard of this band before, so I didn’t know what to expect. I liked some of the songs but they got a bit weird which was not necessary for me. Liked the vocals though. Favourite songs: - L’eau rouge - Charlotte - La fille de la mort

I have no idea whats going on.

What if Ministry and Tom Waits teamed up to do a mix of late 80's Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, and György Ligeti covers? Now, what if it was all in French?

As a fan of Nine Inch Nails, this kept my interest well enough. Longue Route is a pretty good one. I can hear the echoes of this influence in NIN, Mike Patton’s various groups, Trans Am, Rammstein, Meat Beat Manifesto. Inventive use of samples, and pads, I think.

The guy in this record gargles with motor oil, and it's pissed about it. Something new to add to my Halloween playlist.

Rock industrial.

"L' Eau Rouge" or in English... "The Red Water"? Information is limited and I don't know French, but this might have something to do with menstruation, love affair, and probably sex. And what is that lame cover? Is that an amber? I'm a big fan of Rammstein. And Young Gods sounds a lot like the mentioned industrial German band. But for some reason I didn't enjoy the album much. Unlike Rammstein which has a heavy and more slick sound, this album is loose and even inconsistent. The beats and the noises didn't engaged me that much. Still, the tracks that incorporates classical elements are stellar. "La fille de la mort", "Rue des tempetes", "Charlotte", and "Les enfants". I liked those even more than Rammstein's popular violin driven "Mein Herz Brennt". While I'm not whining that my favorite industrial band isn't mentioned in the list, I still wonder why this is in the list. My guess is that this is the beginning or the biggest influence to the industrial music in the '90s. Released in 1989, this might be the turning point from new wave to industrial rock. It has a few great tracks, but not a solid must listen album overall. It's hard to say if I hated it or loved it, but it surely is interesting.

Language barrier aside, interesting listen. Had to look up the band to find out there a sampler player.

100324 16:16 3

Random samples and vomiting on the mic is not an album of music, but an album of sounds. I don’t see what is enjoyable here, even if it is historical for industrial rock that comes later.

Very unorthodox, would have liked a bit more singing than speaking but overall not bad

I HATED this....then I loved it. Then I hated it again. Wild trip but I won’t say it wasn’t an enjoyable one. Kind of like French Rammstein in parts. Fav tracks : “Rue des tempetes” “Longue route”

Buen disco. Interesante

Rock en ocasiones un tanto experimental en cuanto a la instrumentación. Canciones sin mucho peso y un tanto guitarreras. Me lo podía esperar así. Bastante parecidos los cortes entre sí

Loud! A bit like Tom Waits. Inventive, interesting, but probably wouldn’t stick it on for fun.

// Favs: La fille de la mort Score: Decent to Strong 3

Wild album, just in French...

9/23 Really liked the first song then from there it got much more industrial and experimental, didn't love it but it was interesting throughout. Standout Tracks: La fille de la mort, Charlotte, Crier les chiens

Yes, you're very moody.

Scary music! Was a fan though.

I can't understand a word that is said, but it sounds pretty good. Kind of sounds like if Rammstein wrote music for a stage show.

Not my genre and I don’t speak the language, but I can respect the fact that the album sounded connected and they did it well.

this is an odd one, but I like it. Going from weird accordion sounds to industrial every other track...

Very different from most of the music I've heard in my life, which is why I love this '1001 Albums' project so darn much. This is a wild album with wild energy and some really interesting stuff going on. Not sure if these musicians love horror movies, but it definitely won't surprise me if they do. All sorts of clashing noise, dissonance, frenetic rhythms and changes, hard-driving' industrial sound. Not at all what I normally listen to musically, and I honestly went in expecting to hate it (I know, I know: I do try to push away expectations but I don't always succeed) but it actually kind of drew me in at times (yet another excellent feature of this project).

French industrial. Singer sounds like Rammstein.

Liked this more than I was expecting to. The sampling approach is interesting, reminds me a bit of how Thr Prodigyvusea guitar samples. The vocals were slightly hard work because they were in French and quite prominent in the mix. Overall I liked it and it seems to have influenced some cool people! 7/10

Definitely out there but some of it was actually pretty cool. Saved track: “Rue des tempetes”

assez cool

I'm really enjoying the foreign language records chosen for this book. They're all pretty stellar (imagine that) and I probably would never have listened to them otherwise.

At first I wasn’t sure about this album, but I was pleasantly surprised with it.

Was wondering what this would be - I assumed some kind of Euro alt rock before listening. Wiki says it's industrial but it doesn't sound like the other stuff I've heard... ok by the second song it's more like KMFDM/Ministry/Skinny Puppy etc. Still different to those bands though, like it's more performance art than music. I'd describe the tracks less as songs and more as "pieces", if that makes sense (or Stücke, if I was going to be a wanker about it). Would probably listen again though, probably will. 3/5.

WTF is this

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).

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.

#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!

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.

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

Yeah, not for me

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

this is too much for me.

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

I wanted to like this but didn't.

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

Ugh!

As everyone has correctly alluded to…this is French NIN. Is it interesting? At times yes. Is it listenable as a whole album. No.

Interesting Soundscape Not necessarily for me tho

Honestly had some good bits

It sampled the firebird! Singing was bad

Commendable attempt at art, misses the mark quite a bit but respectable nonetheless

26. avgust 2026. 17.28h okej nisam očekivala francuski muzika nije loša ali ovaj grating voice is driving me craaaaay also sve zvuči kao saundtrek za neki mjuzikl best: rue des tempetes, longue route

bizarre record. nothing I would choose to listen to. i imagine this similar to system of a down where they're mixing hard rock/metal with traditional folk songs from their ancestry (in this case france some of the french accordion/songwriting styles are bizarre). I can respect the creativity/production and performances but definitely not my thin.

For some reason I picture the Frenchman singing this album as wearing makeup, like French ICP. Can't say I enjoyed this experience. 1.5 stars, rounding up.

The album has some interesting stuff (the sampling is cool) but I personally find it insufferable. Like I recognize a cultural value but I don't want to be the one who listens to it.

Wow I REALLY didnt like this. It didn’t even have to do with it being in French/frenchish. I just didn’t like the sound or anything about it.

Not a fan of this one. It felt like the French chef in The Little Mermaid goes metal.

Ce n'est pas mon truc.

no thank you!!

Industrial pop &/or sit down & count the ways monotony & pressure may go hand in hand, L'Eau Rouge is like the weirdest arena act you'll e'er hear. This is music for the pretentious sports fan. I don't enjoy it, I don't actually respect it, but I guess I understand it - it's there to get you hyped & freaky all at the same time. It's just that Franz Treichler's vocals are a headache & a guttural forgery that remind me of a Tom Waits who forgot to take a dose of the good lord - at least something that'll redeem the edginess that in the end is no more than Kiss on a French acid trip (listen to the transition from 'Charlotte' to 'Longue route'). Performers that underperform, these so-called young gods are neither gods nor that young. Pub rock for weirdos.

The singer’s voice is unique and it was fun listening to French lyrics. No hooks or melodies though and I don’t see myself ever being compelled to listen again.

I usually like songs in french, but this album didn’t go well with my Monday vibe:(

It never felt like it took off. Always felt like I was waiting for something to happen with the songs

This is like crazy that’s why it gets two stars. Otherwise it would suck and just be normal garbage

French metal

I don’t recall hearing a Swiss band - maybe this is the first one so far. This is the second album from the Young Gods, and is essentially industrial rock/industrial metal. I listened to the original release (not the bonus tracks). The singer has a gravelly voice and all lyrics are in French. I enjoyed trying to translate some of those French words. I didn’t enjoy the music, however.

(Swiss) French industrial? 👀 Turns out I wasn't really a fan (vocals too gruff for me), but at least it was interesting. I like the background music sometimes, when it's more drum-centric than guitar-centric, but at other times (like in 'Longue route') it just feels like Scandinavian heavy metal, albeit with some sort of old timey fair/cabaret theme. Though I do think it's nice for diversity's sake to have some ugly music en français! Now I will listen to Indochine's 'Pink Water' to cleanse the palate. Miscellany: it's a bonus track that I didn't even listen to, but the title 'l'amourir' reminded me of the Magnetic Fields' lyric "La mort c'est la mort, mais l'amour c'est l'amour". Making me think Whorfian thoughts!

Hard to find anything to like about this.

Honestly, I think this record is here just for the weird factor. And it is weird. But not really in a fun way. It’s sort of like if Ministry was French and not very good, and to distract you from the fact that they’re not very good, they sprinkle in some accordion here and there. And then some creepy French guy grumbles and grunts in your ear as all this is happening. 5.5/10 This one is just on the cusp of a 3 star, which I usually give to records that I’ll never listen to again, but don’t quite hate. I don’t out and out hate it, but it’s not good. I think I have to go 2 stars on this one, just cause none of it really works at all for me.

Великолепно

Not at all understanding why it is on this list. Yeah, intriguing, occasionally arresting, but I don't get a coherent approach. So the pure noise focus can be for me, but not that much else.

Huh. I struggled to come up with a coherent reaction to this. At no point did I feel like i had any idea where any of this was going, which can be exciting, but here was just kind of confusing. Also, i kind of hated the singer, which may have been the larger issue. It was different. And it wasn't EDM or 90s Britpop, so that's something. I don't know what to rate this. I can't see returning to it but giving it a 2 seems a bit harsh because there's interesting stuff going on. ... bleah, I guess i'm going with a 2 even though that feels a bit wrong.

I know some folks find that the French language sounds elegant and charming. To me it just sounds so ... hard and difficult. (I know I'm bringing my deutschophile and college French class perspective into this) So when you combine hard(ish) rock with French, I've already got a few strikes against it in my head. There is just something, je ne sais quoi, that makes me want to say NON!

Difficult to get past the fact that his voice is awful and I can’t understand what he is singing about!

Sinister French rock… I’m not mad at it, just don’t look up the lyrics. I feel like I should be listening to this while participating in a heist.

Look, there was a French rap album here that was pretty good. This is a French NIN album that is not very good. If I weren't such a completionist at heart, I would have bailed three minutes into the opener.

Kind of sounded like a soundtrack to a bad movie. Seemed like the singer was occasionally singing a song that the band wasn't playing. It just wasn't for me. 2/5 Won't listen again

They seem mad

French avant gard bullshit…pero tiene algunos momentos por ahí

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. Ultimately, I find myself more enthralled by the idea of The Young Gods than the songs they write. but, hey, these guys definitely have a sound, which is more than you can say for most bands!

Like a French creepy circus ring master with a band that occasionally rocks heavy but is otherwise odd. I've wondered why there haven't been more entries from other countries, specifically non English speaking ones.....there have got to be other bangers out there. Not here specifically tho.

Sorry Switzerland, really not my style, didn't manage to finish. Not a 1 cause objectively it is well done music

Really disjointed. Industrial in places mixed with almost fairground music. Too weird for me on a first listen

I hated most of it but kinda came around at the end, the infant song was cool. It’s 2 now but I feel it might be better than I’m giving it credit for.

Fr*nce

NO es mi estilo, ni me atrae, pero siempre han sido bastante reconocidos por su calidad. Con una vez ya me parece suficiente.

I didn't know there was such a thing as French hard rock. I liked the French elements, the string and accordion, but I'm not a fan of hard rock in general.

The opening track exhausted me. The repetition of the first four minutes made me feel crazy and I was relieved when it was over. I also really want to make the lead vocalist a hot tea, because the growl in the singing was hard to listen to. Clear your throat, please. Scream at me or don’t, but pick one. I’d complain more, but I can hear big ideas and cool production choices that are striking me as histrionic, so I think I just have to save my breath and say that this is simply not for me. Parts of this (the vocals, the way the sampled strings are mixed, the cabaret music touches) hit my ears wrong no matter how I twist my perspective.

I think I'm being sensitive today but this shit just wound me up.

Kinda fun but nothing really memorable.

Some interesting moments here and there. I can appreciate music in a foreign language but for whatever reason the French gravel wasn't doing it for me. My favorite was probably Longue route or L'Amourir. I have zero interest to come back to this but it was interesting hearing it with the context of it being from 1989 and maybe being a little ahead of it's time.

fav songs: longue route industrial, aggressive, dark 50/100

Had some cool riffs and mixing at parts... but yeah...

Heavy metal with a bit of circus music thrown in for good measure. I think the French lyrics complement the music well though and I think that elevates this album above others.

That was tough. Other reviewers have compared the album to Pink Floyd, NIN, and Reznor—all bands and artists I really enjoy listening to. I was curious. The very first track put me off so much that I couldn’t bring myself to listen to it all the way through. The second one reminded me of old NIN songs, but it didn’t win me over. It’s really hot today—maybe that’s why I’m not in the mood for anything radically new. I might give the album another listen after all. But that’s enough for now. 2/5

Yeah okay i can see how someone could like this but absolutely not for me

I’m sure this important in the history of music somehow but it’s not enjoyable

Weird to get two industrial experimental metal albums from non English speaking European bands in one week, but it makes the comparison easier. I liked Laibach better, this was not far enough off the deep end to make it interesting and not safe enough to make it enjoyable. Its in the middle between normal and weird not a good place to end up

Went in blind on this one. No idea what to expect. And then the French circus music kicks in. Uh-oh. If first impressions are important, things are not going well for this one. Then a serious left turn into grating treble heavy noise with angry French lyrics/screaming. Hmmm. Not really better, but certainly surprising. And then something closer to good music. All in the first track. Exhausting nearly 8 min track. And then a quickie punk/sort of industrial /heavy metal track less than 3 mins. Head spinning. This one was a level up from the experimental track 1. Foreboding French lyrics that I have no idea what the meaning is. Track 3. Best so far. Solid industrial rage. Track 4. Shit circus music again. Accordion is not my fave. Almost sounds like he is trying to be Tom Waits, but not nearly as good. In fact, this track is ass. Track 5. Speed metal and French anger screaming. No thanks. Track 6. I don’ve the pretentious sound of the French language. The music in the background here is above average metal. But I hate the French screaming. Track 7. If it isn’t more of the same, I’ll be damned. This one isn’t terrible. Or good. Track 8. Hope I never have to listen to this ever again. More industrial. Hear the Kraftwerk influence in this one. DO NOT LIKE. Why am I spending so much time analyzing this one when I clearly don’t really like it? Because I’m on a plane on summer vacation. Ha! Track 9. Ok, little groove to start. Not the worst track. This one is tolerable and a little bit interesting. Reminds me a little of a band I once heard but can’t think of the name. Not the Cult, but? Hmm. Last track. Thank God. Nothing more to say at this point. I will give them this… it’s avante garde and not really like anything else I’ve heard. If this is your jam, I think there’s quality in there. It’s just absolutely not for me. I hope to not listen to this again.

So maybe I'm not admittedly as open-minded as I thought. This is a bit out there for me, and I've learned it's not my vibe. Yes, there's elements of a French Pink Floyd, NIN, and what I thought sounded like Megadeth (Pas Mal). I appreciate the opportunity to listen to something outside of my comfort zone. This is for some people. Sadly, I'm not one of them.

Sounds like absinthe tastes

They are summoning demons

Not for me

2.5

deeply naff.

My rating 2.0.

Wanna be French Rammstein but honestly an insult to those German rockers to even compare. Regardless, this was not good. Could easily round down. 1.5

This album gave me anxiety. Sounded like a combo of French Rammstein and the score of a suspense thriller. Props for being one of the more interesting bad albums on the list. 2.25/5

3 - BAD

wat.

This is... Interesting. I've never really gotten into industrial music too much. Doesn't do a whole lot for me. It's mostly just kinda there but then some of it sounds like music from Killer Klowns from Outer Space or some shit. This album artwork looks like Piss and Blood, the Andres Serrano piece that Metallica used for Reload. My half-assed research attempt couldn't find whether Serrano made another Piss and Blood artwork, when the first one came out, or any details about this album's art. Funny to speculate on but not worth doing any more research.

There are some ideas here that I find a bit interesting, but industrial metal is not my thing at all and I would never come back to this album.

I’m sure this is influential or something but it was not much fun to listen to. Longue Route was CNN kinda cool.

Heavy rock, I'd say bordering on metal, with some orchestral additions. Very broody

A long long long 40 something minutes. What is this? The worst parts of NIN with the dark side of Willy wonka. That may sound awesome, but it’s not.

It felt too dark for me

I have no fucking idea what this is. Even after listening to the whole thing. I now understand the general consensus on French Tom Waits / Trent Reznor / Rammstein at least, but… so much of it is just fucking mad. There are flashes of good bits in here… like a particularly fat riff, soundscape or driving rhythm, but it’s mostly just very noisy and weird. But you know, I didn’t sign up to this thing to be played safe easy picks every day. It’s good to get the weird shit every once in a while to spice things up.

Clous de vingt trois cm. Trent Reznor had to move into the Manson house and enter a drug fuelled depression to reach the emotional state required to produce the Downward Spiral, while all Young Gods had to do was be European.

It was weird as fuck, but not without some merit. The vocals were extremely guttural and in a foreign (to me) language, but they complemented the music perfectly. The music was very hit or miss, and by the end of the album it felt very repetitive. I'm glad I heard it, it was a band I had no knowledge of and it expanded my horizons. That being said, I'll never knowingly listen to it again.

Sounds like a French Rammstein. Could be good my French is sadly lacking. Overall type of fast metal not my type though.

Sounds a bit too Laibach-copypaste. Interesting ideas though.

36/100. There’s a strange and almost whimsical weirdness to the album, but unfortunately it just never clicks for me. The vocals especially did not work for me. They have a deep and theatrical style that almost reminds me of Rammstein, but without the same power or intensity behind them. A lot of the delivery feels closer to spoken grunting than actual singing, which made the album difficult to connect with.

I mean, the sampling is cool sometimes I guess but other times it's really stupid sounding ('Longue route') and also the guy needs to stop singing.

It's basically French Leonard Cohen. Hard pass.

Liked the more clowny stuff but the rest was so generic

Not terrible on the ears, but far from pleasant.

Another album that just wasn't my style. At times I hated it, at times I was intrigued. A few times it pulled out of the heavy industrial sound to give me something I enjoyed immensely.

Loved the first song.

I didn't like it, except the instrumental I guess...

This was not for me. I enjoyed some of the more orchestratral pieces, but the lead singer's voice didn't do much for me.

So. Weird.

This is my least favourite genre of music, but I don't know, it was kinda fun in French.

2,5

i have to respect an album that's trying to be out there even if it sucks. there has GOT to be better options from the industrial genre than this though

Day851 - this album was all over the place. you don’t have to speak french to know the accordion doesn’t belong in any song unless you’re weird al

Sounds like a French rock opera version of Beauty and the Beast. 2.4/5

Another shocking choice for the list

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.

No sir, I don't like it.

Just because this record is considered "their" masterpiece, does not mean it is by any means an actual masterpiece...

This is definitely music, but I definitely don’t like it.

There were a few good moments, but mostly this was either boring or incredibly amateurish.

There were moments here I did find interesting and enjoyable, but the rougher ones just pull it down and make it a challenge to return to. The vocals are the element holding everything else back the most. The first track is downright bizarre and not in a fun way. 1 listen Favorite Track: Les enfants

Expectation: -> Never heard of this band. After listening: -> This may not be popular but I do enjoy this some. Not something I'll return to but if this were an english speaking band I would consider. Some incessant abrasive screaming nudged this down to a two. Could this get some play time at Halloween? Track ranking: (skipped)

Джигурда 40 минут рычит на французском. Странно, не нравится.