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2.5 Actually enjoyed this whenever there was no vocals, but his voice was so grating
this is the most unlistenable piece of hype moments and aura ever. this is so awesome though, def one of the coolest rock albums i've ever listened to. i wish i could listen to an album full of the vibe of the first track though. God damn i'd never listen to this again though.
What an interesting album, French Industrial rock. Depending on how you listen to it, it either sounds like complete garbage noise or something quite cool. But ultimately, the complete garbage noise won out most of the time. Good addition to the list, never will listen to again.
The music itself was great but the vocals were so grating
Oui oui! Baguette! Sacre bleu!
At it's peak it was just okay. I think I wanted to enjoy this more than I actually did. Definitely an interesting album.
I like weird, I like screaming, I like circus altough I don't like this :(
Segundo Francia
hm
the only thing worse than Prog Rock is French Prog Rock
This record is mostly forgettable except for those raspy-ass vocals. I think they gave me second-hand throat cancer. Favourite Track(s): Longue route, Charlotte Least Favourite Track(s): La fille de la mort
cant stand the vocals
not what i felt like at all. L'Amourir was ok. The rest was mostly unmemorable. would not even remotely consider listening to this again. 2 stars
It must be hard to sing heavy songs in French, but here we are. NFI what they are singing about as I know little French. I didn’t mind the orchestral bits. One word to summarise: oubliette.
like if you asked tom waits to be french and make industrial music. ts so butt and that coming from someone who likes tom waits
I gave this one my best shot, but I failed to connect with it. Sonically, it's all over the place and doesn't sound like anything else I've ever heard. There are some cool songs here, like "Ville Notre," but I just don't know when I'd want to revisit this in the future.
2.5
Just not for me. Didn't listen all the way through.
I wanted to like this but it’s too screamo for me. Didn’t finish the album.
I’m always surprised by how much weird cabaret music is on this list. This album is a hybrid of industrial, metal, and French cabaret. The lead singer has an insane, menacing growl. I’d be curious to know what he’s singing about since it’s in French. Overall, I respect this, but I didn’t particularly enjoy it.
These are some atrocious vocals
Tom Waits in Geneva?…
Does they mean it? And more importantly - what is it exactly? My rudimentary understanding of French is both a benefit and an impediment. Drum sounds aside - there's enough unique sonics here - the waits/Serge vocals and often excellent strings - to keep it interesting. Ultimately though - at this same time - Foetus is doing much more compelling and affecting work in a similar palate - and with much better drum sounds.
French screamo industrial metal cabaret music. It is an interesting listen, the music is pretty damn cool, but the singing just doesn't hit for me. Cool to hear different than what I would normally listen too, but not gonna get much replay. Also, hate the band name and the album artwork.
This felt like a parody of itself. Which sometimes works for me! But this time did not. I liked the last two tracks well enough.
This dude somehow managed to get 4 Nick Cave albums on here so its no surprise he found the French Cover band of the NC&The Bad Seeds.
Nelabai patiko, balsas įkyrus
Overall Rating - 2.15/5 (4.30/10). Just not really a fan of industrial, and making it in French doesn't really improve it.
Yeah... no. Absolutely not. This ain't it. This just doesn't work for me in all ways. On top of having problems connected with vocals in a different language, the vocals in this are TERRIBLE. The music sounds like the first idea that popped in their head without actually working on it. I was going to give this 1 star, but it's clear these guys pioneered a new sound that very obviously lead to NiN and other artists taking it over and actually making good ideas with it. So I'll add a star for that. But does the first guy who figured out adding garlic to food remembered as a great chef if the food he made still sucked?
No
Not my vibe at all. The only thing I enjoyed was the occasional guitar part. The mixing, singing, and style of the music really put me off the album as a whole. I listened through it but it never got any better.
Frank rock, inte min grej.
That was interesting, not quite my taste but interesting
I can take just about anything for 40 minutes… except this.
Mammy, daddy this one was hard work. The opening tune was like a fairground tune. Some of the tunes had driving bass and there were some episodes of heavy metal drum work but I found this album to be one that I feel I have survived rather than enjoyed.
I'll be honest, and this is a bit unfair of me, but I wasn't expecting much from a group named 'The Young Gods'. Kind of a pompous name. This was somehow even stranger than I could've expected, though. Not everyone is going to have the mindset for industrial rock, dark cabaret, or whatever the hell you want to classify this as. Not to mention the gruff French voice that is uncomfortably belting out to you all the while. It's intentionally creepy and unsettling, so I guess I get the vibe. There are some melodic elements amidst the chaos, but it's never consistent enough to digest properly. I also can't unhear Tom Waits after so many reviewers mentioned him...
Like Rammstein, but without chorus. A few songs are ok.
Woof, not sure I needed to know that French industrial was a genre. One of those records I struggle to imagine anyone really enjoying. Wasn’t completely unlistenable though so light 2.
Maybe if I understood what they were saying I would’ve liked this better. Some (but not all) of the music was actually pretty good rock. Almost a 3
European circus music from hell. This actually had a couple of good moments but they were few and far between.
Volvemos al ruedo después de un largo tiempo con esta banda que no ubico para nada pero el que sea industrial me alegra. No me terminó de enganchar, más allá de que el género me gusta. Sin más para agregar, nos vemos la próxima semana.
Not bad late 80's industrial but I've heard much better.
Не слушабельно Аутентично, необычный вокал Франция, но больше ничего
"Hey Google, How do you say 'tedious' in French?" cirque du soleil, but make it a nightmare theme
Fransk!! Noe kult, men også litt for tøft for meg, men spennende
Not my thing. French helps
Oh that's a spicy one. I'm glad it's on the list, in the sea of generic britpop, but it's a little too hot for my taste buds.
2.5
I do think some of the industrial textures here are interesting, though a bit tiring, but I find his singing (which also gives me French chanson vibes) really bad. 2 stars
interesting but not good
A bit long for the french heavy rock. But had a pretty unique sound just not that pleasurable
I hate the French lol
Can’t take this one seriously, because: 1. Vocals sounds ridiculous 2. French 🤮 1.5/5
not for me.
Dark Industrial is a genre I don't quite grasp, despite efforts. But, this album was listenable.
Ok so Rammstein vibes - initially interesting before devolving into Willy Wonka mess. 2/5
When I'm in a niche music competition and my opponent is French industrial dark cabaret avant garde symphonic metal. Weten jullie nog dat ik het had over muziek die je laat voelen? Well, this album gives me the creeps. Het voelt een beetje als een horror film, en ik denk dat veel tracks - minus vocals - goed zouden werken als soundtrack van een film (Bugonia bijvoorbeeld!!!!!). Dit onbehaagelijke gevoel verliest helaas wel een beetje zijn kracht in de loop van het album, en repeat listens zitten er niet echt in. Net als hoe je de clue van een goeie thriller ook maar één keer echt fresh kan ervaren (kijk Bugonia!!!). Veel van de industriële sounds en scary strings fuckte ik wel mee, maar ik kan écht niet met die clown accordion. De vocals zijn conceptually cool en passen bij de duistere vibe, maar na een tijdje worden ze wel wat saai. En misschien komt het omdat ik geen Frans kan, maar de lyrics leken voornamelijk te bestaan uit 100x de song title herhalen. Het album heeft absoluut een atmosfeer, en ik vermoed dat het sterke invloeden heeft gehad op (Europese) industrial sounds, zoals bijvoorbeeld een Rammstein, maar ook in de techno scene. Ik ben blij dit ervaren te hebben, maar hoef het niet vaker te horen. No liked songs, maar Pas Mal was niet slecht :p
2, interesting but not my cup of thé
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Interesting genre. Not a fave, but didn't dislike it.
lowkey had to stop listening cause i just wasn’t vibing LOL, but do appreciate its innovation soundwise
The soundtrack to Expedition 33 if Ubisoft produced it.
what the hell, sure
This was a lot for a Tuesday morning
No standouts
It's no Angine de Poitrines, I'll give them that.
The French were really going through it.
Interesting
Weird
This was a fun novelty listen at first, but a full album of this? No thanks. Luckily this album is pretty short, so at the very least it doesn't overstay its welcome. Any more of that grating voice would have been too much. The cabaret elements are mostly what make this actually listenable, it's such a weird contrast from the vocals and the general style, but there's something fun about it. Overall definitely not deserving of being in the top 20 lowest albums in my opinion, but I won't be coming back to this likely ever.
Well, that was interesting. Swiss Industrial Metal. reminded me of Rammstein (German Industrial Metal) and early Nine Inch Nails, but not as good.
Thoughts before listening: I have 0 frame of reference for this band and album. If its from 1989 I have to think its probably British and either Britpop or dance of some sort. I'm going in completely cold on this one. Review: So I was way off on my guess. Allmusic calls them "Swiss electro-noise terrorists", and this album is pretty out there. Apparently their claim to fame is incorporating samples into industrial noise rock...all things I typically wouldn't gravitate to. Carnival music with a Tom Waits reminiscent vocalist singing entirely in French that morphs into Nine Inch Nails-style industrial....I will give these guys credit for being interesting, but otherwise its just not for me. 2-stars
Some things transcend borders of nations, languages and cultures. They are true no matter where you are in the world. The happiness of a child’s laughter. The excitement found in seeing someone engage in feats of physical or mental excellence. The love of family and friends. And how industrial music is unlistenable garbage. Also, hot tip for all aspiring lead singers. If you sing in a scary monster voice, I’m not going to think you’re a scary monster. I know there’s not monsters on the world. I’m just going to think you suck.
Not for me
5/10 Wanted to like this, and to be honest I might have, but the vocals kinda ruined it for me. Still glad to have heard it. Highlights: Pas mal Rue des tempêtes
To be honest, the entire album vibe sounds like a circus gone wrong. I'm not fluent in French at all, so I have no clue what the lyrics are. Surely I can look it up... Anyway, from what I researched, this album is the band's only one sung in French. Which is intriguing because the band is based in Switzerland. I don't know, maybe ethnically the band has French ancestry somewhere in there. :p I digress, I would give the album a solid 5/10... Unfortunately, for some songs, I was kind of bored and never had that moment of being stunned, where I thought, "Oh my god, this song sounds really good, I have to add it to my liked songs." The one thing that saves the album from getting a 2 is the singer's husky-toned voice.
Weird but kind of interesting
Not great, not irredeemable.
Good lord the spotify biography this group wrote for themselves is some next level pretentious self fallatio bullshit. Its french industrial rock on synthesizers
that was unexpected
It’s so weird, but so interesting to listen to! I really don’t know if I like it, but I did like listening to it. I probably won’t hurry back, though. Best Track: Longue route
Late start today Merry Christmas Eve T1 that French? Alr. Definitely alternate, very excited. 1:18 is that Neil diamond? 3:20 what’s going on here. Very avant garde I enjoyed that experience. T2 didn’t enjoy as much. Definitely still feels like it’s part of a bigger experience though. Didn’t take any notes but had a lot of thoughts, wanted to experience the album first then see what I remember or do a second listen later for notes: I have yet to listen to the final 4 songs (all already in the album but these are different versions / variations). Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Maybe a 2.2/10 or even a little higher. Going to relisten to some songs before giving final rating tomorrow morning.
Some experiments land with me and some don't. This one is the latter. I don't like the vocals, the industrial style, and the auditory roughness. I tried to imagine hearing this live in some seedy Berlin club with all the right atmosphere, but in my mind's eye I was still waiting for the show to end. I respect experiments, but this feels unrefined and uncurated: a directly exposed experiment. I'm sure the creative process was fun, and I can respect this kind of work as a private or ephemeral moment. But in an album I expect that the artist doesn't subject me to the raw material, but rather takes the time to refine it. This misaligned expectation is probably why a lot of reviewers, like me, are having a hard time with this album.
i would love to like this, but in fact, i just don't.
Surprisingly good for a french language industrial rock record.
At first I thought it was someone making fun of the French accent because it seemed so over the top to be true, but it wasn't. Also the first song maybe two, not bad but then it was this death metal with a sleazy french men breathing down my neck. Felt a little more like a horror movie and what a French serial killer would play for this victims. I will give it a 2 only because it was musical at least and didn't hurt my ears, it just gave me straight up creep vibes.
Sounds like a better version of Tom Waits.
I don't need to hear this ever again. Or even really for a first time.
Den här cirkusen har spårat ur.
Interesting
meh it wasn't great
tried a couple tracks Concluded that it was indeed french
How is this album on the list? Only the accompaniments save "L'Eau Rouge" from being irredeemably terrible. The singer's voice sounds so off-putting. Why didn't the Young Gods make this album without vocals? You're better off listening to Godflesh. 2 stars for "L'Eau Rouge".
Some French dude screaming? Nah, not my tempo. At times, the music wasn't unlistenable, though.
p614. 1989. 2 stars. Evidence, if it were needed, that the French can't rock. It sounds like hybrid between Meatloaf and Phantom of the Opera. In French. Nope.
The opening track is an anxiety attack in a bottle. Afterwards we have the second track which is my favorite of the album and one I actually really like. After that we have a bunch of songs, some I somewhat like, some I somewhat dislike. This one is hard to rate, I would give it a 2.5 but I can't unfortunately. I would probably never think to play this album in it's entirety again and if it is being played I would probably switch it to something else after the first half of the album is done playing, so I'm giving it a 2.
2 artsy
Some good rock, but the French sounds odd
2.5 - it was alright
no ❤️
I did not like this at all it was so goofy and also unpleasant. Kind of sounded like Tom Waits if he was French, and I’m not sure that kind of voice needs any additional elements working against it (like being French).
You decide to let this be the soundtrack to the final Sinner vs Alcaraz match of the year. How European.
I really hope this is to someone’s taste
Not my thing
Interesting, but never again
Lame
There are parts of this that are super interesting, but the dude's voice isn't one of them. Makes me think of a random drunk dude getting all in my space being gross... gave me the ick. The rest is like a horror movie soundtrack, which isn't necessarily bad, but not really good for active listening. 1.8, rounded to 2.
The opener was a weird experience, it had me apprehensive for what was to come. The next two sounded like they would fit as the soundtrack to a Doom level. And then it opens with a clown act again on Charlotte. And then back to the abbrasive industrial speed metal. What an experience.
This is the music record store workers play when you forgot your headphones… Grimy grooves otherwise a painful listen.
This was not good. Album 700 tho
Angry french music. Someone in the reviews compared it to a baby of french pink floyd and nine inch nails. I think it is more like a baby of Jacques Brel and Rammstein. Not my cup of tea.
Terrifying day at a French carnival run by a "petite diable", and Doom guy is there Like the river boat scene in Charlie and the chocolate factory, but Wonka is an angry French man
Krach. French Industrial.
French language suite's really well to this kind of stuff. Interesting album. Probably wont listen to it again, but quite enjoyed it for few spins.
Definitely interesting and could be cool in the right setting but I didn’t love listening to it
kind of hilarious ? what the hell is going on here
More into the symphony part than the metal part though I can appreciate a good blending of both.
The first and last songs are okay. Meh
an plodding post-punk style experimental rock with a lot of French metal growling. sampling bounces between repetitive Metallica-style backtracks to queasy carnival horror music. 2.5/5
Not good
french
Am I prejudiced against singing in French? Yes. Do I dislike industrial? Yes. This is a hard pass.
Nicht meine Musik.
6/10 not really my type but the music is good (not vocals)
The music wasn’t bad, I would have enjoyed it more if it were in english
Ministry did it better
Bad album
Didn't not particularly enjoy this grungy french escapade
Screamo/goth French? Interesting… not my cup of tea. Really liked the song Charolette, but it was a strange one off like they were trying to appease their management or something? Check a box I guess. It was okay. Not the worst, but not really good either.
It was odd. The first track was l'orrible, an accordion???? I could just picture a metal band in stripey t.shirts and berets. Didnt do it for me. It picked up from there, vocal was pretty good, even if it was in french. However the whole album lacked a decent drum. Finally heard a drum towards the end, pity they didnt have drumsticks. It wasnt that bad but I disagree that its a masterpiece. They have better tracks.
Hmm... It reminds me of when you get to the dingy rock club a bit too early. You don't know what's playing, the floor is still clean-sticky instead of spilled-drinks-and-vomit-sticky and the atmosphere is still a little uncomfortable. You get a drink and look around to see a pair of weird goths already on the dance floor, and nobody else, so you stand around for a bit, occasionally bopping your head. It's not bad, you've got something heavy and you're a few drinks into the night, but really, you're just waiting for the club to fill so they play the songs you know and love. It's certainly not the worst thing I've heard, it sort of works. Indeed, these are my favourite 80s French Industrial band. I'm not in any rush to hear it again.
Turns out that losing wars isn't the only thing the French are good at... They're also pretty decent at making bad music. The Young Gods sound like they're tryharding to be like Rammstein, yet they miss the plot. But at least it's creative and I bet there are people out there who'd absolutely love this. Gonna give it 2/5 cuz while it isn't good music, there's some okay bits in it... And it's still way better than the last 3 albums we had to listen to.
First couple of tracks the vocals kind of made me think of “the wall” but in French. I don’t know but a few words in French, so this may be a lyrical masterpiece I’m just too dumb to understand. The music didn’t do it for me on its own though.
Like going to a Cirque du Soleil show, but wearing a blindfold the whole time. Somebody's going to have to explain to me why this was so important to listen to. Almost gave this a 3, but realized when trying to pick a favorite track that I didn't like any of them.
Didn’t pay much attention. Not for me.
We love a gritty, baritone singer, but man do we not like industrial music. However, of the few industrial albums on the list I've heard so far, this is the best by far.
The instrumental wasn't terrible, but the gruff vocals were rough.
The French Tom Waits? I have to assume the songwriting is considered excellent but I can’t understand a word so I’ll have to continue to assume.
2.4 comme ci, comme ça,
Listening to this album felt like being kidnapped. It was scary and unenjoyable when it first happened. However, I got Stockholm Syndrome halfway through and began to sympathize with - maybe even start liking - my captors. But by the time I escaped, I remembered that this wasn’t the right life for me. I wish them all the best.
Another band of men I don’t know. Not a fan.
Odd, but not bad. French pop/punk rock. Didn't finish it.
I tried. Nothing grabbed me to save any of these songs.
It’s art, but I wouldn’t say I enjoyed it.
Reminded me of the soundtrack of a french psychological thriller I once watched.
Not for me
Si lo hubiera escuchado a los 15 me habría gustado un poco más que ahora.
The singer drones on and on. He sounds like a car that won't start.
I appreciate the swing here and chaotic nature of the album, I just found little to enjoy here.
** 1/2 Can‘t connect to that kind of music
• 2/5 • Do I like it? No; Do I appreciate that they are at the vanguard of sampling and industrial when it came out? Not deeply; Do I dislike it as much as Korn? Not at all (maybe Korn should sing in French) • Sounds a bit like Manhattan Steamroller went goth and scored the basement rave scene in Blade
Not my bag. I guess I like my gods a little older....
Did someone just scream "d'accord" at me for a few minutes? I'm sorry, I don't think you can mix the French language and metal. I feel like I'm in a Monty Python language lab skit.
French circus metal. The Tidal link actually took me to a different album (by the band Eau Rouge) which sounded like MGMT dance music, so I was confused for a couple of tracks until I figured out what happened. The actual album was much closer to what I expected based on the Wikipedia and reviews. I liked the opening track, but wasn't especially into the album as a whole by the end. I think I would have liked it better if the vocals were less grating.
idk what i expected but i didnt expect french. i cant really say what it reminds me of because ive never heard french rock before, but its interesting, mayhaps a little too angry for my tastes. the first song was also very long but had a cool riff at some point in it. the title track song is v angry sounding and experimental. no idea what the dude is saying but he's going thru it a bit. charlotte kinda slaps, i like how it has a french-esque background track.
Out of all the years, they did 1989 the most dirty. Some of the these picks feel so random. Where's "Floating Into the Night" or "Beneath the Remains" or "Streetcleaner" or "Hats" or "Pretty Hate Machine" or "Energy" by Operation Ivy or "Wrong" by NoMeansNo? All these amazing albums and instead we get stuff from John Zorn, fIREHOSE, the Young Gods and fucking Aerosmith. Nothing against this album specifically just something I've noticed. Favorite track: Charlotte
French
Didn't really grab me
I struggled to find anything appealing or interesting about this work. There are not many records on this list with non-English lyrics, aggressive electronic sounds, and circus tunes. While I was glad to see something a little bit challenging appear this morning, it does not hit me like Butthole Surfers or Throbbing Gristle.
Man, I got hyped when folks said Pink Floyd/Nine Inch Nails. I get why folks say that, but this isn't anywhere as good. 2/5
Some songs, like Charlotte, were fun. Most songs, like La fille de mort, were painful.
Angry French man plays instruments loudly
French nine inch nails if it was the 80s
This being a french industrial rock opera made for a tough listen.
The Young Gods L'Eau Rouge After my initial whosdat I decided to listen without looking them up. I imagined them to be some French electronic types from 2015+. They are in fact an 80s band from Switzerland and apparently used lots of effective sampling which influenced people like David Bowie WOW, not sure if you can hear my sarcasm where you are, because while they may have influenced Bowie, he would never have made an album this bad – so he obviously took the good elements and made them into something unique. For its part this album sounded just dark and had elements of carnival music that has been used to such great effect by the Doors but here just didn’t work. It was just loop after loop of boring noise.
The hard part in rating this album is that I can't understand the lyrics. The easy part in rating this album is that I don't like the music very much. Overall, 2 stars or D+.
What's even going on here. This sounded like a lame angsty French carnival. They did make that sound as good as anyone could, but why did this happen.
The first track had me expecting to like this more than I did. Just not working for me.
Very weird wasn’t much of a fan
Esto es de lo más extraño que he escuchado. Parece como si Serge Gainsbourg se hubiese dedicado a hacer rock industrial mezclado con cabaret. Así suena esto. No obstante, los gritos que aparecen de vez en cuando le restan bastante. 2'5/5
As someone that speaks French but doesn't listen to/keep up with French music I was interested in this one. The cover grabbed my attention and I wanted to know what was going on. I no longer wonder anything... not for me at all! Best song: Les Enfants because of the cut up strings and production
Okay album. Industrial is really not my thing. Performing in French did not change my opinion.
I like the classic industrial beats, and want to like the sludgy, guttural vocals, but they just don't quite work for me.
It was ok, I feel like I have heard this band many times in the form of other bands before
I should have been on mushrooms for this
??????????????
Just couldn't get into this.
This started off okay, but got as bit too metal for me by the end. I like the fact it's all sung in French, but the music was a bit lumpen as it progressed.
A little spooky. But f them for their pretentious spotify bio
I really do try to listen to every album I get served. "Try" being the operative word. For this album, I tried and I failed. Industrial just isn't for me and that's a-ok. 2/5
2.
Knowing French would probably help me get more out of this band. Still not great.
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Gritty, fascinatingly inconsistent. The audio quality was the tell for the 80s but otherwise ranged in genres and energy levels and was nothing like anything I've ever heard before.
Reasonably interesting sound. Might make more sense if I spoke French.
I'm just not the French Industrial rock typa dude you know?
Very much not our cup of tea.
It might come as a surprise, but I’m not a big fan of weird French grunts.
Dark, explosive, avant-garde.
Eh, I was in a better industrial band. Pretty sure it’s here because it’s French and hence exotic rather than it being worthwhile. 2 stars.
I just know he’s singing about prison sex.
It's like Renaud and Tom Waits started an industrial band. I'm not saying this in a good way
What if Tom Waits and Metallica had a secret French love child? It would still likely sound better than this.
Meh. Music had good stuff but the accents and the lyrics. Tom Waits-at-home but with omelette du fromage.
If Billy Idol were a dramatic performing Frenchman in a dark carnival, this would be it. While that may seem great, the novelty wears quickly.
Heavy menacing riffs, hard hitting industrial drums, growling guttural throat shredding vocals, some mathy proggy bits. The bits where it all comes together really rip, but there's a lot of it that doesn't that's kind of dull, not enough tension or dynamism, all the menace but without the threat - ruins the suspension of disbelief and it all becomes a bit rediculous and laughable (les enfants, lol). Favorites: Crier les Chiens
Not for me, but at least they had a good time (I think? I can't understand them)
Nope. If I wanted to listen to Tom Waits, I would have, especially since Tom is not singing in French. Felt like I landed in a hardcore French circus act.
Interesting. But not something I'm gonna listen to again. Some cool production instances, but it's a weird mashup of genres that I already don't really like. Also, what type of mumbo jumbo language is this fella singing in? Learn English. English ain't that hard!
Hello! It's French metal, of the most industrial variety. I'm instantly invested, because I'm still quite smug whenever I can put my rudimentary French skills to use. The first track, weighing in at eight minutes of unabated noise, is almost intolerable, but it does improve from there. I'm going to say that if I liked industrial metal, I'd think this was good. I don't, so I don't.
This is, regrettably, simply too French for me.
Meh
A weird mix of musical theatre and thrash metal. It's a hard listen. Longue Route is one of the few highlights.
французский треш (или что это) как оказалось не увлекает меня
I gotta be honest and say I don't really know what to say about this one. Do I talk about how awful the singer's voice is and how he is trying to do death metal vocals over an accordion? Do I talk about the drummer who is playing way too fast for the other instruments in the lineup? Do I let anyone reading this know I can't speak French so it all sounded like gibberish to me, losing all semblance of how impactful the lyrics are? Do I talk about how unique and how unlike any other music it is and how even though I disliked it personally, I knew it made sense as a groundbreaker? All I know is that listening to this album was a bit of suffering but made me appreciate that I don't live in Germany.
Vocal is baaad
some interesting ideas, and covered a lot of genres. Production on the drums led this to feel quite lackluster to me
La fille de la mort: since I don't speak French I have no idea what's being said, but the vocals are kinda loud and conflict with the instrumentals (in my opinion). this song feels like an orange. not really my style of music though so it's a little hard to enjoy it properly. when the drums come in with the added beat and change in style it sounds SO NICE. considering the whole song though this one wasn't for me. Rue des tempetes: short and sweet. funky sounding. L'eau rouge - like the electric guitar and stuff. fun to listen to and I enjoy this one much more. Charlotte - this one is strange. I again like the instrumentals but the vocals throw me off and ruin it for me :/ it sounds creepy. Longue route - the vocals match the instrumentals much more here which makes it WAYY better. the ending was annoying though so I skipped the song in the last few seconds. Crier les chains - last song I listened to. I was too discouraged to finish the album :/
Oh nice ! Swiss industrial rock ! too bad it wasn't really good. 4/10 (+1 for international language)
It wasn't bad, just nothing good about it.
Remember seeing this on the "Worst Rated albums" list so knew I was in for a ride. The first track was what I was expecting with an annoying circus organ loop. After that I thought it picked up a bit. Still it had annoying experimentation like moving the sound from left to right. But there are some good thrash metal riffs in there (Lounge route). I was also kind of a fan of the vocals, sounded like if Tom Waits was french and decided to be a metal singer. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big fan but I think there are a lot of worse and blander music on this list. Weak 2.
French Laibach. Was nice to hear this sort of industrial music again but would have preferred Laibach. There were genuinely interesting parts but think the silliness of the whole thing overshadowed it.
Had some cool sounding riffs at times, but largely didn't do much for me. Bit Leibach esque, which was nostalgic in a way! Shouldn't think I'll be back to this, but not sure I've heard much like it before in fairness
Really rough album to listen to. Some decent instrumental work and though largely discordant there are some decent moments. But this is one of the worst vocal performances I've ever heard, and really makes this album unappealing to listen to. Wouldn't hate an instrumental release for this album. Top tracks: Rue des tempêtes, Ville Notre
Not great, but not terrible.
I don't speak enough French to actually know what I just listened to so I'll just say bon chance figuring it out for for yourself.
Wanted to love it but its just not very good. I like some of the ideas but these songs dont finalize into anything great. Songs that take too long to go somewhere in a short album isnt a good combination
cool voice, decent experimental album
I am sure France has some good music there somewhere. But not in this list.
Another reason to hate the French
I am not too sure about this one.
I didn't get this at all. French nu metal? I like weird music most of the time, but not this. I'll give two stars as they are enthusiastic about what they are doing, and it seems original to me.
If Rammenstein were french
2.1 2x first couple tracks much better than rest of album, catch up 3/18/25
It's interesting. Yeah. I am never going to listen to this ever again but I appreciate those that made this list for putting it on here
French death metal.
Industrial music isn’t really my thing, but this is at least a bit interesting and varied throughout.
Swiss industrial metal/rock is not my thing. Not without merit or terrible but will never listen again. So a low 2.
Pink Floyd meets Nine Inch Nails and tom waits is singing in french. Sounds like nightmares 2*
A cool sound. Love the vocals. But the tracks feel way too repetitive
I am a pretty big Industrial fan but this was mostly a miss for me. A few redeeming moments but not many
Very interesting. Tbh kinda fucked w it but also was uncomfortable by it haha
Dave malloy ass music
Very interesting. Favorite tracks: - Crier les chiens
Shit is minda interesting, feels very french. It's probably not the best way to put it, but feels circus-y at points. I like what they do musically and with the beats and time. I don't really care for the vocals. Maybe if I knew what was happening I'd enjoy it more, or maybe it's just be some French nonsense. It took me a few minutes to realize this wasn't a full band but samples and effects and synth and stuff, so props to them for that I guess. This one isn't really in my wheelhouse.
Hello? Itchy & Scratchy Land, open for business! Who are you to resist it, huh? Come on, my last paycheck bounced! My children need wine! I’m positive whoever did the accent for the Euro Itchy & Scratchy Land bit heard this record and parodied his guy’s voice. Man, the Swiss were into some weird shit in the late 80’s, huh? The harder songs are all right, but some of these tracks sound like creepy circus music.
Some of it is giving Tom Waits meets Nine Inch Nails on holiday in Paris. The orchestral industrial idea is interesting, but that's about as far as it goes for me. Wouldn't seek out- wouldn't want to replay.
Nah
I enjoyed parts of this album and the first song was great but overall it was annoying. I didn't enjoy the frenchman grunting in my ears for 40 minutes lol
Growly french industrial, with alot more metal than im used to for an industrial album.
Opener was pretty interesting but the rest of the tracks are meh
I’m not a massive industrial fan if it isn’t NIN, so this was a bit of a slog.
Not sure i get the appeal but I guess it was different at least
I actually liked the first song on this, it was very orchestral and a unique take on harder rock. I had higher hopes after that, but it kind of fell into more of a typical noisy industrial rock thing, which didn't do it as much for me. "Les enfants" at the end got back to it a bit, but most of this didn't really appeal to me very much (it definitely didn't help that it's not in English either). Favorite song: La fille de la morte Other: Crier les chiens, Les enfants 2/2/25
This probably would’ve hit me a lot harder at the time, but we live in a world with machine girl so this is pretty tame by comparison and the songwriting isn’t that good to make up for it
This is #day177 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... among my wife’s favorite genres, industrial (and its offshoots like electro-industrial, industrial metal, etc.) takes center stage. I’ve come to appreciate this side of her musical taste—after all, how many men get a wife who loves this kind of music? I’m fine with some industrial too now and then—Neubauten, Skinny Puppy, and Coil (thanks to her). But, this... is a bit too left-field (?) for me. I find those growling vocals particularly oppressing. At the same time, I get why Trent Reznor cites this band as an influence. I'm giving it a 2 out of 5 anyway. Sorry, wife. Looking forward to #day178.
This was pretty annoying but it had its moments. No business being on this list though.
This album makes me realize I should check out more non-English music. There's a whole world of music I'm missing out on. Having said that, this album is okay. It doesn't fit my mood today, but maybe another day?
It was okay I guess. Not really a fan even though I like industrial metal.
I fucking hate industrial
Audacious and bold. Also ugly and punishing. I admire its qualities, but I do not enjoy them. Not a must-listen in my book.
Not my style
Listened to this at bedtime. Dreamt of murderous clowns.
In a nutshell: strange and unusual Please do yourselves a favour and find the lyrics, even if they are in French. It’s dark and adventurous. It’s industrial cabaret. Don’t take it too seriously. Just listen. Overall: 4/10
That was a slog. French grunting over some relatively decent riffage, but nothing that really comes together as overly interesting. Nothing that I need to revisit anytime soon -- but at least it's better than Slint.
Pretty unique but I found it quite hard to listen to
Songs i know: 0 Songs i like:0 Jarring and grating music this, abrasive and offensive on my ears in some parts. Not a fan, won't be back here. They should strap people that torture animals to chairs and make them listen to this album on repeat. That being said it's still at least twice as good as Travis so it's scraping a low 2.
Was ok in parts. Overall not massively impressed
Well it's different!
First listen. Maybe not for everybody. Me included.
Difícil associar a língua francesa à essa psicodelia. Corajoso é a pessoa que faz esse tipo de intervenção artística. Seria um perfeito encaixe para várias trilhas sonoras.
The most listenable industrial album I've heard so far. I still don't like it very much, but it could be a lot worse.
30 seconds in, I'll say that I'm intrigued. Who knows if I'll like it (so far it sounds a little like circus music), but it's going to be completely new to me, and that's fun and interesting. I've gotten so tired of cookie cutter 70s rock, so anything new and/or different is so refreshing. OK, on to the actual thoughts about the album: It's not great. I don't know who this is for, really. It kind of reminds me of industrial in parts, but there's also a whole lot of something that sounds like an accordion. The vocals are kind of shit. All the lyrics are in French, so maybe it's genius lyrically, but I don't speak French. Overall, it's kind of experimental rock. Not the worst I've heard, but nothing I'm clamoring to hear again. Look, I stand by everything I said in the first paragraph. Discovering music is fun and energizing, and it's really the whole reason I started this project. That said, they can't all be zingers! And that's OK! So 5 stars to the project for including something unique and original, and 2 stars to the album for being a bit shit.
Maybe this is generous
Sensory overload the album
Angry French with his angry buddies pounding on their synthesizers.
Not my cup of tea. Instrumentals were solid but I couldn't get into the vocals. 'L'Amourir' was decent.
I'm sure they're saying something rebellious, but I sure as hell have no idea what it is. The riffs and vocals on this were good, but everything done on this album just feels underdeveloped.
This album does a really good job at creating a sense of unease. I wasn’t a big fan of how the album started. I think the second track onward is where it hits its stride. Unfortunately I don’t speak French so while I’m sure he was saying some deep things it mostly just sounded like the vocalist was trying to poop. Best songs were Rue Des Tempetes, Longue Route, and Les Enfants.
This is quite a confronting sound in place, being industrial and all. Still, didn't mind it. High twos.
Felt like a lot of the tracks were pretty grating. Too avant garde plus his voice made me want to smash my head into a table. Rest of it was aight. I feel like I liked the idea more than how it was arranged. Fav Songs: Rue des tempetes, Crier les chiens
The Young Gods are a Swiss industrial band that makes extensive use of samples in their work. They make edgy, angry, driven music, featuring the screaming/singing of Franz Treichler. L'Eau Rouge, their second album, is regarded as their best work. Much of this album is a rage-filled version of heavy metal. There are some bright spots, like the Tom Waits-ish "Charlotte," or the melodic opening track, "La fille de la Mort," which has a vaudeville feel to it, but these are unusual songs for the band. The majority of the songs are angry, and not particularly inspired.
I mean it's certainly a thing. Not My thing of course, but A thing
Ministry kidnaps an evil and angry Leonard Cohen then force feeds him heavy laxatives, and puts him on the toilet at center stage with a microphone while simultaneously a French orchestra is playing alongside trying to keep up with the industrial and fecal onslaught. I will say - it's different. Awarding a point for serious effort but honestly: holy shit. 3/10 2 stars
Was not expecting this French to sound so German. Not the worst thing I have ever heard, but I would not say I enjoyed it.
An interesting combination of styles and instruments here, but I think I would have enjoyed it more if I spoke French. The prevailing heavy metal vibe is not overly unique.
French ramstein
C’est vraiment terrible. Je le donne un plus etoile parce que j’essaye appendre francais et le m’aider un peu
How do you say weird sh-t in French? Unlike a lot of weird music this has some musical merit and is interesting at times, but I really don't think I'll *ever* listen to this again. The vocals are quite off-putting. Highlights: "Rue des tempetes" (the strings and percussion are cool. The vocals are a bit disturbing. I never knew French could be that gutteral.), "Crier les chiens" (tense soundscape), Notable: "La fille de la mort" (starts like a traditional French chanson, but then gets kinda like Rammstein but French...), "Charlotte" (has an oompah thing going that's creepy when paired with the gutteral vocals), "Pas Mal" (music says post-punk fuzziness, but, again, those vocals...yeesh!)
Experimental stuffs but, catchy.
This did not float my bateau. Too angry and wierd
Well that was weird. Mixing genres is one thing and I've listened to plenty of albums from this list that do that. But jumping from one genre to another in the space of two songs is different kind of freedom. Do I like this "freedom act"? Not particularly. Still, there are worse albums here.
Kennelijk is dit een bandje, op mij kwam het over alsof dit door één lolbroek in zijn eentje op zijn zolderkamertje op een oud keyboard in elkaar was gedraaid. Kennelijk zijn dit moedertaalsprekers, terwijl ik dacht dat een of andere Amerikaan zijn schoolboekje Allons-y tous en zijn Prisma-woordenboek erbij had gepakt. Hoe dan ook, een beetje wat grunten, wat gitaren door de beats laten brullen, en hup, de Top-1001 is weer gehaald. Geen idee wat we hiermee moeten, want op een gegeven moment is de lol er wel af. Ik vermoed dat Matthijs en Snollebolleke geen pelgrimage naar het graf van deze figuren zullen maken, die ook wel niet op Père Lachaise zullen liggen.
Not a fan
If Billy Idol and Marlyn Mason had a love child it would sound like this. Very interesting textures, especially for ‘89.
Not a huge fan of this one, but I can't call it bad. There's some interesting stuff here, but it didn't flow well to me. There were moments that the singer sounded like the singer from Rammstein decided to learn french. 2.5/5
Ok, but like the NIN x Pink Floyd comments are pretty spot on. It also acquired Metallica growling. Meh.
French Tom Waits
There's some neat riffage here and there, and the fact that most of the music is all samples and synth is neat - but it's generally abrasive and not very enjoyable.
Couldn't understand a word of it
I like tea but this is not my cup of it.
don't put a band together with no guitarist
If it was in English I probably would have hated it, but since it was in French it only slightly annoyed me.
What the hell was this French circus metal? No.
french rock meets nine inch nails.. i also hear a bit of rammstein sound in this. favorite track: l’eau rouge other picks: la fille de la mort, les enfants, l’amourir
I can see how this may have influenced artists I like (Mike Patton) but this was not a winner.
Not one of my choices to listen to again.
Absolutely cursed album. The opening track is one of the most horrid things that has ever befallen my ears. Harry Lime was right about the Swiss - their contribution to culture is a horrid one. I'd be lying if I said the album hadn't grown on me though, and some of it I kinda dig™. Tom Waits meets Oxbow would be a good way to describe it. Best Track: Les Enfants Worst Track: La fille de la mort
Kinda just sounds like Swiss Idles. I enjoyed some bits but I can't wait to never listen to this album again Best Song: Rue des tempetes Worst Song: Ville Notre
Ok, but i dont know what is happening