L'Eau Rouge

This is definitely an odd album with a unique sound. It sounds like the soundtrack to an art house 80s vampire flick. Some of it is quite harsh and industrial and the lyrics are pretty bizarre at times. The singer does have a very rough gravely voice. Not for me.

Maybe I would have liked this better if I could speak French. Otherwise probably never listen again.

The entire time I listened to this I kept picturing Bruce Springsteen dressed as Pennywise singing French metal in a circus tent. 🤷🏻‍♀️ it is unique but I probably won’t listen again.

kinda zoned out while listening to it. could i write poetry to it: n

This album made me want to punch a street mime, but not in a good way. The parts that I liked were done to better effect by bands like Ministry, Wire, Front 242, and Skinny Puppy. I hope none of those albums were excluded from this list in order to include this one.

Ok probably the weirdest albums on this list, like bizarre French grunge music. Makes me want to protest or something. Not bad as it’s certainly entertaining 2.3

E visst ikkje så glad i fransk metall

French....

...

It was all right. Not my cup of tea.

Not my style

A little too French for me

First track is anxiety inducing

Beetje raar

Nee

Disney

wtf

Actually kinda liked the trippy circus-like French oddness up front, promised something new and different which I’m always down for. Seemed that the creative spirit left after the first track or two, though, as the album ground itself down into a monotonous Grindcore kinda thing? As a whole the LP felt a bit rushed and lacking in direction, disappointing given the jolt of novelty it promises up front.

Weird gothic industrial sound. Only listened once. Wasn’t for me. Didn’t enjoy the music or the vocals.

Weird and French.

French Rammstein

I'm tempted to rank this higher because it's so weird and I think some of the tracks have a lot of artistic merit but it just does not sound that good most of the time. Will be revisiting soon to befuddle and disorient friends when I'm on the aux.

Müzikler güzeldi ama sürekli gırtlaktan söylemesine dayanamadım

Although I can’t understand what is being said, the music gave me anxiety at certain points.

Ok in parts but quite derivative. Part Industrial with tinges of claasical accompaniment. what can I say- not bad but equally not good either.....

Something too odd

¿En francés? ¿De Suiza? Los pocos oyentes de Spotify no prometen mucho y el hecho de que en la wikipedia lo principal del álbum sea que está en esta lista de 1001 discos no suele ser buena señal. Me lo he escuchado y hasta he repetido alguna canción. Vamos que se puede oír una vez en la vida y ya.

Not feeling it

I really tried and man, this lot make a hell of a noise but I found it mostly unlistenable. Kudos, there's a lot of heart and soul in this, but no thank you.

Euro punk cabaret. Not as impossible as Einstrurzende Neubauten to listen to but hardly easy. Probably awesome live.

Weird French industrial

The Young Gods are a Swiss band who sing in French. Wikipedia gives the genre as Industrial Rock, Dark Cabaret, Symphonic Metal, some might call it pretentious. I quite liked "Rue des Tempêtes" but could quite happily live without the rest of the album.

french meth vampire music

Interesting album. Sort of reminded me of the Butthole Surfers without the humor (I think?), but also like a French Swans. The sampling technique is innovative, if jarring (is this what comes on in French people’s heads when they see tourists?). Couldn’t listen to this casually, but will file it under the gym agro Euro edition.

Literally none of this left an impact on me. Is it loud and abrasive? Yes, but none of it actually struck a chord with me, for better or worse. There's parts that sound like Tom Waits, but when this guy does it, it feels gross, not interesting. I don't hate this enough for a one star, but I wish stuff like the string samples were used more interestingly.

They are clearly talented musicians and what they've created is impressive. However impressive doesn't necessarily mean good.

When I saw "industrial" in the description I got excited but this is not what I had in mind. Another Tom Waits except this time he's angry and French (or Swiss). Some of the orchestration is pretty cool and I might be able to get into it if it weren't for the vocals.

Le côté lourd, opulent et cinématographique devrait me plaire; mais la voix et les textes m’irritent, entre autres par leur aspect répétitif

- instrumentals are okk - maybe don't let the heavy smoker be the lead singer

its not irredeemably bad but its also really irritating

some parts of the instrumentals were so good just to be ruined seconds after, huge lost potential 3,5/10

Did not enjoy this, but it was definitely interesting. My French isn't good enough to understand what he's on about, but the titles of the tracks suggest some unpleasantness that definitely chimes with how it sounds. A lot of the commenters on the site mention how it sounds a bit like Tom Waits in places, and I'd agree, a really deep raspy voice at the centre of it all, but it also goes into the creepier end of metal in places. 2/5, worth one listen but no repeat.

Wow - This is not at all what I expected. I've seen The Young Gods name around for decades and (for no good reason) I kinda thought they were something like Fun Lovin' Criminals. Most of this did nothing for me, but some of the more atmospheric stuff was interesting.

Meh

It's funny, when I was listening to the live album that came out this week, I said to myself that I wanted more French music. The gods listened, but this wasn't what I was expecting. Kind of a french metal/alternative type album. I didn't love it, but I've appreciated the uniqueness of some of these albums we have gotten recently.

Listened Before? N This was surprisingly good for a foreign language album... The music is spectacular and the singing was tolerable. I won't listen to it again but it's not a 1 like many others. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Rue des tempetes

I did not like this nor finish it. There's a time and a place for this. Next time I'm a spy in a French nightclub going tet a tet with a criminal mastermind... I'll give it a spin.

Predominantly ugly.

Ehh not what I expected. Can't say I'm a fan. Interesting album but not for me.

French alt circus rock? The instrumentation here isn't bad, but having the singer belch his vocals really brings down the entire album. I'm going to be generous with a 2/5 here.

Well that was definitely something.

Bruh…

Well that was deeply unpleasant. Point for uniqueness I suppose

Was expecting something better here, I like loud and noisy. I’m not even gonna blame low score on the French, that didn’t bother me, I found the majority of this to be bland. There were sparks of shine here just nothing really drew me in. Wasn’t necessarily awful just meh 2.5 stars

Heel stereotype franse hijgstem

french songs? nice. I don't think I finished it, the post-industrial sound is pretty harsh.

After the lure of the band name and album title the disappointment of the actual music. Raucous, a mis-melding of styles and lacking grace.

shite!

Rimeligt anstrengende

Not for me, too hard and heavy

Have no idea what i just listened to. But i didnt like it much

Celui merte Or something, I'm not fluent in French and apparently neither are these guys.

started off so strong with the weird long rock/orchestral song but then the rest of the album was just metal in french and I wasn't really a fan.

En tykkää, liian teatraalista. Kielestä piste.

Onpas aika häröä kamaa! 😂 Vaihtelee ihan kunnon paahtamisesta johonkin sirkusmusaan. Jos osaisin kieltä niin sais ehkä lisää irti, mutta nyt aika hätäistä on 2/5

This sounds like foreign Billy Idol. Instrumentally, every song is quite different. The language thing is a tough barrier for me...

It is French industrial rock. I have no idea what they are saying. I made it through it. Rammstein is better.

French metal is cray

Oh maaan, it is French :(

Interesting

Weird, French

I had no idea what was going on at any moment, L’Amourir and Pas Mal slaps though.

imagine being french

L'instrumental industriel était intéressant, quoique un peu redondant, mais le style de vocals est assez moche

lol French metal

Industrial rock, dark cabaret, symphonic metal. Algunas canciones comienzan hasta bien, pero luego entra el cantante a vociferar y la música a desbarrar. Un 2.

Una cosa bastante extraña. No empieza mal, pero luego empieza a gritar y desvariar.2

I'm torn about this album. Not as a whole. I found it pompous and full of itself. But... why? Was it because the singer seemed to not really be singing with the music, but OVER the music? Or was it because he was singing in French? If I read the lyrics in English, will it make the songs sound less pompous? Or will is seem more pompous because it will be one of those beat poet kind of songs? I listened to the expanded version on Spotify, which was probably a bad idea. They had three or four versions of the same song back to back, which got real tiresome. So yeah, I ultimately found this overbearing. And this from a guy who listens to prog rock on a fairly regular basis. Just wish I knew exactly why. Next.

I don't know what to make of this album. It's interesting, but not something that really piques my interest.

Well this album is completely bizarre. It mostly consists of loud clanging sounds, grungy guitar, and baritone screaming and grunting in French. That said, I hated it quite a bit less than the Pantera album I was recently subjected to. At least it was mildly entertaining. Definitely not my thing, and I will not be seeking out French industrial music again, but it was weird and interesting and not PURE torture, hence 2/5.

Artsy fartsy. Hätte was werden können, is‘ dann aber doch nicht. Erreicht mich nicht.

2 albums in French in 3 days makes me feel like I'm being a little harsh. I don't think I am though.

Didn’t know this existed but happy I was made aware… Seems like they’ve been influential but that also doesn’t mean I enjoyed this enough to go back and listen again.

some good moments but not enough to warrant a relisten 4/10

Not that great - feel sorry for the French.

wasn't able to get through it sorry

Today wasn't the day to have an angry man shouting at me in French. I have friends who love this band but was never for me.

the discordant strings were really interesting and the best part. I'm generally not a fan of groaning as a vocal technique which is sadly about all this dude was interested in doing. Sonically it was certainly entertaining to listen to but its definitely not making any playlists and I won't be revisiting. It's just too french. Skipped the live versions and remixes. I can't be bothered.

Feels like the French version of NiN and Rammstein combine. 0 clue about the French industrial rock scene but not the worst I've heard. Au revoir.

agua vermelha

TOO DIE TO DIE YOUNG

Too much French for me

“Cacophonous” is probably the best word to describe this album. Industrial music at its purest, combining disparate elements of metal, electronic music, even white noise-you’ll know pretty quickly whether it’s your thing or not.

Swiss band with an industrial rock album done entirely in French that dabbles in cabaret themes. Music drenched in horror, it approaches the likes of early Swans without ever getting as good. The riffs occasionally come through, and when they do they're pretty good, but a lot of this album is held back by the weak dark cabaret parts. I'm all for pushing boundaries and atmospheric music experiences, but this feels like a flop. Too cheesy to be scary, too theatrical to rock, too bad to be on this list.

Great sound, but couldn't connect with the lyrics.

not my kind of scene baby.

Not my cup of tea

I'm not familiar with this group. Not my favorite industrial-ish album, but there are some parts that I enjoyed. No plans to revisit this one...

I'm going to generously say that this was... Ok. A little weird for my taste, definitely not something I would listen to again, the circus undertones were very eerie. But I didn't find myself wanting to stop it from playing in the moment (high bar we have here). I did find the extensive use of sampling and looping interesting, it was like making electronic music but for metal. However, that did get fairly repetitive after a while. Points for creativity on that one I guess. Fav Tracks: Nothing here I would re-listen to

This album made me feel like I was being stalked by some unseen horror through the decaying set of the 2001 film Moulin Rouge

I really wanted to like this. Weird industrial type rock and a lot of noise is always good, but something about the repetition of the backing track just gave me a headache.

The only good thing about this album is that it's not yet another English speaking artists. There's actually tons of music created outside of the Western music scene, despite what this list is trying to tell us; even this album doesn't go far enough in that department. Other than that one good note, this particular album is just plain weird. It failed to click on any front.

Francuski uvijek dobar jezik, instrumental mid, glas mi se nikako ne sviđa pa nisam do kraja ni poslušao.

Not a fan

Industrial rock/metal has never really been my style. I tend to like the riffs themselves, but to dislike the jarring and tinny sound with which the music is typically played/produced. The symphonic metal elements in the music make some tracks a bit more interesting, while the cabaret elements make some of the tracks more annoying. All in all, definitely not the album for me. This is probably also the most abrasive I've ever heard French.

Interesting listen. Not great, but enjoyable. 2.5/5

“Hey Siri, what is French Nihilism?” Unfair to rate, as not for me *at all*

One of the lowest rated albums on the list and I can definitely see why. It's not so much the music style that bothers me so much as it's the singer's constant gutteral singing/shouting that turns me off. Though I must say, their choice of samples doesn't help matters much. An incredibly melodramatic sound. Hasn't really aged well - especially the way the drums are recorded. I made it 8 tracks in before having a genuine urge to stop listening. Kept going despite my better judgement and wasn't rewarded for my patience with any pleasant surprises. I will say they are very consistent in what they do.

The sounds of what would happen if Willy Wonka dropped too much acid and got pissed off at the oompa loompas.

Interesting, but its not for me. May try again sometime if I'm in the right mood

Haha, als tiener opzoek naar nieuwe muziek, kwam ik uit op The Young Gods. Ik las destijds dat het zware, loge muziek was, precies mijn straatje. Ik denk dat ik 15/16 jaar was ofzo. Ik begreep er weinig van en heb toen de gehuurde cd ook niet op cassette gezet. Ruim wat jaartjes later maak ik er nog steeds geen cassette van.

Viel nog niet mee om hier doorheen te komen. Ze hebben een ouder plaatje (in het engels), die ik wat leuker vind.

Hier kon ik echt bar weinig mee.

Not as bad on a second listen. Musically, the album is actually quite inventive and reasonably interesting. However, when you throw in the lead singer’s annoying throaty, gravelly vocals things go downhill for me. Can somebody give this man a lozenge?

Don't listen as work BGM. Painful.

2, I didn't know what he was saying but it made me anxious, not bad

Didn’t think French metal would be on here.. not quite for me 4/10

Not my bag at all.

intriguing, but too shouty for me

Muito pesado no momento que escutei

je n'aime pas cette musique. ca me fait mal a la tete. i think i would have enjoyed this more if he wasn't banging on about baguettes and croissants. for some reason i couldn't shake from my head the image that the lead singer was the french version of neil buchanan from art attack or the band marseille.

A guy shouting something that I coundnt understand. Some other songs of another type with the same guy with that voice. Not my choice of music.

You know that time when Funhaus played as a German boy band? Imagine that boy band were actually an industrial band. The lead singer is Animal from the Muppets. I do not like this album at all and I fail to see how it's important or significant in any way.

I’ll admit I don’t get this. It’s not offensive but I don’t enjoy it.

The album starts innocently with sounds you would hear at a midway. I guess that is the genre referred to as dark cabaret. It then moves to industrial. I'm guessing the industrial genre is something you either really like or really hate, so a lot of 1s and 5s. I really like it for spurts but hate it at the same time. I can't explain but it's a 2. Like the Jacques Brel album, I have no clue what they are singing about but, unlike last time, there is no risk whatsoever that they're singing about the Wascally Wabbit.

The first song drags on a bit and the lead singer’s voice is a hard to handle for more than a minute, but other than that, some of the instrumentation is interesting, the interplay between faux violins and speed metal guitar, for example. I don’t think that they’ll be sending us too much industrial music and this is one of the few that doesn’t include “scrap metal” as an instrument, so we should savor it while we can.

There was a time when this type of album would rate very highly for me. Alas, my love of Industrial style music has faded, although NIN will always hole a special place in my heart. As it stands, I can only give this album 2 stars.

It was certainly interesting and it was certainly an experience. I can appreciate the experimentation and the influence this this must have had, but I'm not likely coming back to it anytime soon.

Wow, this is definitely different. The sonic styles between La fille de la mort and Rue des tempetes showcases quite a range. Charlotte brings back the creepy French clown vibe. Props to the lyrics for embracing taboo themes like female masterbation and menstruation, but did it also have to be a horror? Okay this was really a rollercoaster leading to this man becoming a father, then killing her? It's a little unclear what's going on, even once you get past my terrible French and lack of access to reasonable translations. I was originally confused by the Dark Cabaret genre label but I get it now, at least. I was curious what was around every new song, but it isn't something I would recommend or want to listen to again.

4/10 had some interesting musical moments but I’m glad I never have to listen to it again

3/10. Their singing was just so grating. I feel like it's hard to make French sound that bad, but they did it.

This is something you probably need to work at to get truly into. But I don’t want to. Maybe it’s my loss.

Early industrial - loops, anger, some noises, some accordions, lots of overdriven bass guitar and tortured, furious vocals - heavy going.

Album is not their best, but thanks for this new name to me!

Bijzondere franse rock/metal maar luistert niet echt lekker weg

This one escapes me. It starts out real fun, like some kind of dark carnival. But I just drifted away from it over and over again.

Nah

Okay. There's a lot to unpack here. One of the neat things about this album generator project is I sit down and earnestly listen to records I otherwise would never bother putting on, and something described by Wikipedia as a sample-based Swiss industrial band would generally elicit a "nope" without a second thought. But I did sit down and earnestly listen to this and, well, it's about half what I would expect. Pleasantly surprised that the samples themselves were understated and well-integrated, I think I was initially expecting lots of dated goofiness given that this came out in the late 80s. But they were mostly swirling orchestras that the band seemed to write around - very cool. No, the goofiness comes from the singer, whose fake-gravelly voice almost sounds like a parody of the genre. Similarly off-putting were the tinny guitars, seemingly by design, and the frequent lapses into "spooky"-circus music. I give it points for ambition and originality, but the only parts I really enjoyed were the samples. If you're into this kind of music I imagine it's an easy 5, but I have to grade by how much I honestly enjoyed the listen.

its cool but im not really the type of person to listen to music in foreign languages haha

Huh. Mostly industrial, but a few songs sounded like circus music? Very French. The growling vocals were annoying. It's not "Scum" bad but there's not much here.

Mon projet initial était d'insulter et menacer directement tous les autres revieweurs de ce générateur, qui ont fait d'un des seuls albums francophones de cette liste minable un paria, un moins que rien, a en juger par la note globale attribuée. Néammoins, force est de constater que cet album était bien que surprenant relativement difficile à écouter par moments. De toute façon, mon camarade Robdubstep et moi même emettons de forts doutes quand à la qualité de la grammaire employées par l'illetré faisant office de chanteur de ce groupe

Far too screamy for my liking. Managed to get through it and they get an extra star for being Swiss!

Sadly not a convert to French industrial punk

Una cosa bastante extraña. No empieza mal, pero luego empieza a gritar y desvariar. Un 2.

Hmm.

sacré bleu!

Not for me

This had some interesting moments, sort of like if Jim Morrison had grown up in a French cabaret listening to industrial music, but overall I didn't enjoy it much. 2 stars.

French probably was alright couldn't listen all the way through

Not what I was expecting but an interesting album nonetheless, though I probably wouldn’t listen again

Crazy shit

Bit much

Wow those vocals! No thank you sir!

Ugh, not for me thanks.

eh.

i think i've reached eargasm 15s in ok the next songs seem meh

I haven't even finished this yet, but I can say with utmost confidence that this is absolutely 100% certified ass. Skipped every single track on here, every single one. How did this make on here bro. Who is actually bumping this? PF: None.

Could be interesting but I don't like growl or whatever

Französisches industrial. Eine "interessante" Kombination. Ich kann aber mit der Sprache nichts anfangen, da ich gerne die Texte verstehe. Insofern nichts für mich. 1-2/5

French shite

Wat is dit dan weer voor een verschrikkelijk (*$£¥+!¡?) muziek… Wat een absoluut debacle en garbage van de diepste krochten uit de muziekgeschiedenis is dit. Onwetendheid is een zege, zegt men wel eens, en in die onwetenheid had ik nog graag willen leven als het gaat om deze grandeur der herrie.

Afgrijselijk van begin tot eind

Afschuwelijk.

This album is the musical equivalent of the guy who always uses a five dollar word when a nickel word would do just fine. At least it gave me some French practice out of it.

Just awful. And being in French just made it worse. But it was terrible regardless.

Not my cup of tea sorry. Someone described them as Pink Floyd mixed with Nine Inch Nails, now that could have been decent.

Bin nicht reingekommen (nach 3 songs aufgehört)

não dei conta de terminar de escutar, existem limites pra minha SANIDADE achei uma belíssima merda

eh, rock industrial nao eh pra mim nao eh ruimzão memo, infelizmente. achei que teria algo bacana, mas não. eh só um mano falando em frances com instrumental medíocre.

Rock, franz., Punk, 1989 -> 1

Waow straight ass garbage! I don't know how evil french metal circus music got on the list, and I don't really want to know.

Garbage

This sounds like Pepe Le Pew’s angry uncle having a late-80s identity crisis at a metal show. Poor Charlotte.

Theres a sort of unfair bias that most of us have for languages. German seems to fit metal (Rammstein), English English seems to fit rock (British Invasion) and French seems to fit ballads/romance Maybe its point is to flip our expectation, but I dont find it “good”. It just doesnt fit? 🤷‍♂️

Spotify says if you like Young Gods you may also like Kollaps. That's kind of all you need to know. This is like a Type 2 fun album - completely miserable to listen to, but kind of fun to have done it.

just so boring this definitely had to be added to pad the number of albums. i mean hell like 1/3rd of the wiki description is the fact its on this list. i gave up a few songs before it was over it was obvious it was going to be more of the same

214. ok

Slow noise.

I guess I don't really understand industrial music either. 1/5

Didn't dig it. Almost did, some cool sounds.

Awful French language noise. Listening to this felt like being stabbed in the ear with a red-hot ice pick. I can only assume someone added this to the list as some sort of sick joke.

TW: the French

Nope

Just yelling even if I’m French

Angry french noises

Wow. Like Tom Waits crossed with Yoko Ono. Absolute shit

It took 319 albums for me to roll something in the Bottom 20, and man was I not disappointed. In this instance, by not disappointed, I mean to say that this is absolutely terrible, and I would not subject my greatest enemies to it. Being French is fine. I’ve had some French albums that were ok at best. None amazing, but they generally make some REALLY good Electronica. However, this is not one of such cases. This is the musical equivalent of water torture. The background elements sound fine in places, but each and every song is ruined by the Death Metal singing Frenchman making the music sound terrible. God damn this is bad. I mean seriously, the first song sounds like something you would hear at a circus, and the singing makes it even worse. This is one of those albums where I was happy when it ended, unfortunately. There’s SOME saving grace in the background elements, but the terrible singing is simply unforgivable. Songs like “Pas Mal” would be fine if I could tune out the singer, it’s got a pretty cool background element and a good beat, but it’s absolutely ruined, just like every other song on the album, by the singer. I’d love a version of this album without the singing. If that exists, this would get a 3. As it stands right now, this is either a low 2, or a high 1. I haven’t decided yet. It’s fucking abysmal though for what it is. Gonna compare it to my other 1’s and 2’s and make my final decision at the end of the day. Favorite song?? None of them. It’s all bad. That’s probably a point in favor of being a 1 star. Just, yikes. Bad album. Do the French themselves even like it?? That might be even more terrifying if they did. This is bad. Ok, next album please. I’m done venting about how bad this one was. I wanted something in the Bottom 20, and boy howdy did I get it here. Excited to see the other 19, excited in the worst possible way. Until then. Upon further review and comparison, I’m going to give it the 1 it deserves. It’s awful. This is the first 1 I’ve given in 81 albums. L’Eau Rouge by The Young Gods will take its rightful place in my profile on the album list of shame.

This is utter shite

I don’t understand how people can become Francophiles if this is the kinda shit music they make.

ugh. no lo pude ni terminar

not for everyone especially me.

Puro gruñido y estridencia. De pronto se asoman por ahí algunos riffs interesantes, pero no lo suficiente como para quitarme el fastidio y el odio hacia el resto del disco. Horrendo.

might be the worst album i’ve ever heard. nur wegen paar instrumentals gibts 1.3 sterne

Good god.

If you’re looking for music to help you take hostages and torture them after a long day at work…this shit should do the trick.

The album sounds like a French version of Tom Waits.

The French are always doing something diabolical

Have never heard of this artist and know nothing about them at all. Thoughts while listening... Ok, apparently this is all in French. Voice sounds like Tom Waits - and that's not a compliment. Makes it even worse since I can't understand what he's saying due to the language barrier. There were short parts of the songs "Ville Notre" and "Les enfants" where I thought the music was interesting to listen to. Funny that those 2 songs I partially like are the songs that have the least streams on Spotify. I guess me and the tiny group of fans of this band don't see eye to eye. Perhaps this was influential to other bands - like Nine Inch Nails. But NIN is so much better than this. Would I like this more if it was in English? Probably not. Would I like this more if it had no vocals? Probably, a little bit. I don't need to hear any of this again, so won't be liking any songs on Spotify. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/8 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)

i didnt get past the first song

I hated this. It was French hard rock music. I don’t know French, so I have no idea what any of the songs were about. The singing/yelling was terrible.

Trash

horrible noise.

? Que pingo es esto

Not for me. 1

1.5/5 enkel omdat ik hem niet zo laag zou willen plaatsen als dat verschrikkelijke album van gisteren. Wel fijn dat ik nu in m'n schaal de 1 uit 5 ook gedefinieerd heb.

Herrie

Brief review: Not the album to listen to when you have a headache.

couldnt finish this - grating

I don't speak the language which makes it tough, but it didn't sound good to me. Sorry Young Gods

Mediocre at best. Then being in French made it worse.

Sounds like he's throwing up when he's singing

favs: charlotte rating 0.5/5

That was awful.

Hell nah wish I could give this a zero

Would I listen again: NO Made it through 3 songs. Turn that shit off

I’m convinced this album was recorded in hell

Terrible.

Really quite unsettling stuff. Never been more glad my name is not Charlotte.

I learned one thing from this album. Never listen to this band again.

yee, i'll passe

A crap album, I'm sure there is an audience for this thing, but not for me. Surprisingly it was not as bad as I expected, but still one star. Would I like it more if I could understand what he is saying? Probably not cause I hate his voice and the review that called him a French Tom Waits was spot on (I don't like Tom Waits either). My biggest positive is that they at least kept it fairly short. Favorite Track - Rue des tempětes Least Favorite Track - L'Eau Rouge ⭐️

This was wierd. In Tidal in their bio they are titled as "electro-noise terrorists" and at times it definitely sounded like that. There were moments that sounded good but mostly it was just wall of noise to me atleast.

this is something else

1:5

Not for me. I listened to like the first 30 seconds of each song which was all I could take.

One balance that artists try to manage is innovation vs aesthetic. Innovation keeps music from getting stale while exploring new ideas. All of this while creating something that people want to hear. Some artists will cast off innovation in favor of something predictable but sounds good. While others will innovate without any regard for anyone actually listening to it. I feel like this album falls squarely in that second camp. Minimalism is a movement that was gaining speed in the 80s in which composers use repetitive patterns that repeat so much that the music either becomes entrancing, or sounds anxious. The first track seems to be using this minimalist technique. And while its kinda cool and innovative to use this in pop music, it definitely not something that I want to listen to. In other places sound collages are used which again is innovative, but not particularly fun to listen to. I think the most accessible instance of this is Les Enfants which had at least some form and structure. But another big drawback for Young Gods is that vocalist -- I don't think I can even call him a singer. He's using this gravelly vocalization that doesn't have any sense of pitch. With the way he's using his voice I have to imagine that he is in a state of perpetual laryngitis. Maybe this is innovation? But it's definitely not pleasant to listen to. I can't say much about the lyrics being in French, and frankly I don't care enough to look up any of what he's saying. I can't imagine ever listening to this again.

I am pretty sure track 1 is the worst thing I have ever heard. The album has some moments that are okay but this was a tough listen. It reminds me of a french Rammstein but way way way worse.

This is a good contender for the worst album I listened so far

genuinamente inescuchable

Saved? ❌ Would listen again? ❌ Would recommend to anyone? ❌ Would buy on Vinyl? ❌

tbh I wouldn't listen to this in any language

Favorite songs: L'Eau Rouge This is like the soundtrack for the Murder of a Mime. If only the lead singer was a mime.

An eerily accurate amalgamation of everything I hate. Tom Waits in French backed by half-assed industrial nonsense.

Una tortura. La voz del cantante es molesta.

raros sonidos, se aprecia el esfuerzo i guess. Le pongo uno porque me gustó el minuto 3:20 de la primera canción y las guitarras a veces eran interesantes

Kid: Mom I want to listen to Rammstein. Mom: No, we have that at home. *Get's home to French speaking Swiss Rammstein.* Kid: Ugh...FML.

A tough listen

This sounds like my nightmares. For context my nightmares usually involve me getting shot.

didn't like that one bit

Du rock suisse, on aura tout vu...

It's not every day you hear something so astoundingly bad that all you can do is laugh. What a blast.

DNF

this was super creepy and horrible

Unlistenable

not my vibe

My poor ears

Awful

Oof (3/100)

sounds like the shit Rodrick played when Greg was in the middle of the skating rink about to grind on Holly hills

Okay I can forgive irritating vocals (germs my beloved) but not when the instrumentals are equally ass. This whole album feels super theatrical but not in a good way and always seems to be building to the most underwhelming and booty drops ever. ZERO stars would rather listen to rock bottom

Someone get this man his inhaler

No thank you.

Yeah I couldn’t listen to this. Maybe the instrumentals were good but the vocals were so French

There were a few times that for a split second i thought it had potential and then he opened his damn mouth

why cant they just give up on music like they give up on everything else 1.5 rounding down

And then they clicked “record” 😳

Angry french man over the sounds of a blender with a brick in it. Miserable to listen to

Nope. Nightmare music.

Zero

Not for me

"My husband Gregory and I want what any couple wants: to retire to Stockholm and develop a currency for dogs and cats to use"

Swiss garbage

Watahelll je ovo

I'm not a big fan of metal music in English, and it turns out I'm not a big fan when it's in French either. Le Fille De La Mort actually started out pretty interesting, I was really loving the energy. But then it just devolved into noise. The rest of the album was just not my thing. Best song: Le Fille De La Mort

Trent Reznor with a French accent. That's not a compliment.

1/10

Gosto bem peculiar, não me agradou.

Unfortunately, this was really a struggle to get through. The French vocals were unbearably rough and I felt similarly about the industrial instrumentation. It was just so thick and direct. I didn’t actively hate the album, but it was an unpleasant listen. Faves: n/a

i liked the beat but i hated his voice...

For those of you who don’t speak French, let me assure you that this sucks just as hard when you understand the lyrics.

I hate that I got intrigued by this at one point because Revolution 9 musique concrete usually draws me in. It's boundary pushing experimental sound art that establishes a tension. This is that, but instead of being artsy, they inserted a Swiss-French guy who is doing his best Tom Waits over this Trent Reznor-like stuff. The result is too much for my American ass. From my research, the Europeans ate this shit up. All it did for me was give me a headache. I also was committed to Duolingo French for two and a half years, so I understand some of what the guy is saying. Hearing him say OK a million times on Longue Route (Long Road) became annoying with his "CRASSANT" ass voice. D'ACCORRDDDDDDD and that awful disorienting sample work. The only part of this album I liked was Charlotte because dark cabaret actually fits his voice. When you try and add some heaviness to that, then it becomes overbearing. But hey, c'est la vie. C'est shit (2/10, 1/5 on this scale)

Idc if this is technically a good album on some weird niche music nerd level, it sucks to listen to. I could not be convinced one person listened to this and actively enjoyed it. It started off kind of cool and eerie and then lost sort of any semblance of melody, which is probably the point but i personally don’t like. Even the parts i liked felt like if you made the nightmare before Christmas song kidnap the sandy clause worse. “Fav songs: La fille de la mort, charlotte

Couldn't make it through any one song. Not at all for me.

L'Amourir

1.5

1.5

I encourage everyone who thinks French is a beautiful language when sung to listen to this.

Yeah, no. French idk what, but no thank you. - French! Rather lengthy album... - Easy skip on the first one. French carnival music? - This might be too experimental for me. Just because you're playing instruments doesn't make it music... - Oof I just got a nails on chalkboard shiver. Skip!

This would have been okay but oldmates disgusting voice (and language) made this painful to listen to. I really struggled especially after the halfway mark. The instrumentals were... OK, but the annoying fucking vocals really made me want to give up on this. Update: yeah I couldn't finish this - this Les enfants got me, this album is fucking putrid bro

It feels like I am in a fucking circus. I don't wanna be in a circus. I don't want a creepy clown staring me down and shout at me. Like what you like but, it ain't for me. I wanna forget what I have just listened.

Sacrebleu

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. It’s just not good, is it?!

Fr*nch

als ich das Albumcover und den Namen der Band gesehen habe, hat es mir Nick cave vibes gegeben. ich weiß nicht genau warum, aber dadurch habe ich auch etwas in die Richtung erwartet. jedoch wurde ich stark enttäuscht und es ist wieder ein experimental Album. jetzt habe ich aber auch das Gefühl, dass die meisten alben in dieser challenge experimental sind, vielleicht kommen ja noch ein paar die mir besser gefallen.

Mongolial throat singing ass vocals. I don't even know what this was, so weird, not good

Nou wat een taaie zit was dit of zoals ze dan denk ik in het Frans zeggen: 3 fois rien. Snap niet hoe dit in de beste 1001 albums aller tijden komt te staan , maar goed, smaken verschillen. Geen nummer dat op mij aansloeg of wat hier op in de buurt kwam. Franse experimentele Metal is dus niet echt bepaald een genre waar ik van kan genieten. Zeker de slechtste tot nu toe en 1 ster waard voor dit gedrocht van een album.

Wat de hell was dit. Zaten er enjoyable stukken in? Sure. Was dit op enige manier een verdiende plek in de lijst? Absoluut niet. Op geen manier zou dit album op een lijst van albums you need te hear before you die moeten staan.

Angry french men. Yeah!! (This one’s not for me)

Bunch of French noise. Leave the real rock to the Americans and Brits. Gojira and Daft Punk carry that country (and some other DJs)

Bass and drums are good but vocals are awful, makes the album painful to listen to.

??? mhh kurz tom Waits stimme sonst? c

Just not an electronica fan

Much too Heavy and Foriegn for me. Did not like music and could not understand lyrics. Hard for me say anything positive.

Jeez Louise… this sounds like Tom Waits fronting a French prog rock band. Nope.

Ugh

No wonder French people are so rude. I’d be pissed too if this was the music coming out of my country.

I was not fucking w it it was way too long but the transitions were cool

This sucked.

one of the worst on this list...

Not for me. At a push, Track 2 & 5 guitaer was good.