L'Eau Rouge

I've never heard of these guys, but I'm hopeful as I see that fans also like Front 242, one of my favorite industrial techno groups. I can see the I guess I can see the similarities, but Front 242 is way better, in my opinion. 242's Front By Front album is far superior. These guys throw some strings in there, and there's a bit more heavy rock. If I want hard, dirty industrial, I'm going for Godflesh. I like the music ok, but I just don't like the guy's voice. Ville Notre was my favorite on here. L'Amourir was pretty hard, too.

Not exactly sure what to think of this one. Maybe something was lost in translation for me. In the past I've listened to a lot of Brazilian samba music. Despite me not knowing Portuguese I enjoyed the delivery and the feel of it. With this Young God's album, I don't speak French but the delivery and performance of this is a bit disconnected for me. Cool sounds in the background but the feel of the vocals just isn't there. I've also listened to the original performance of Kletva (Ladytron did a remake) and I enjoyed that even though it was in Bulgarian. I've also listened to Hay Kacher performed in Armenian by Ontronik from Apex Theory and ready dug that. So I think a language barrier may not be the problem so much as the feel of the performance. Lastly, this sounded to me like a cross between Nine Inch Nails and Rammstein.

L'eau rouge (French for The Red Water) is the second album by The Young Gods, originally released in 1989. I've never heard of this band prior to listening to listening to this. They appear to be an industrial group based out of France. For 1989's "L'eau rouge", The Young Gods come out swinging with heavy use of sampling and drum machines, not unlike NiN, who would release their debut record a few months later. The sampling ranges from guitar parts to orchestral pieces, often placed sporadically throughout the tracks. The band also made liberal use of both drum machines and live drums, adding to the "industrial" feel of the album. Most of the tracks have a vary dark vibe to them. It's pretty clear that these guys were a bit ahead of their time, considering the hair metal that was dominating the airwaves in 1989. The one thing that irritates me about this record is the lead singer's voice. He does this growl type thing that reminds me a bit of Nick Cave at times and I'm just not digging it at all. I guess it goes along with the vibe of the record but there is no vocal variety between these tracks.

This was good even though I did not understand most of it lol

Rubbish

Oh yay. Some guy screaming in French.

live from the french haunted goth circus

Did not grow on me :)

The Young Gods sound familiar but looking at their popular songs I don’t recognize any of them. More French music! “La fille de la mort” is giving circus vibes.. and now it’s like hard rock metal on the second track? What is happening! It’s not getting better and I do not like it.

This was like a French NIN at times and others it sounded like Leonard Cohen’s final album. I couldn’t stay into it with the multiple changes in sound of the music throughout but enjoyed the metal jams that sound more like Metallica/pantera/NIN.

That's not my taste in musik.

Some alright guitar work at times, but otherwise, not a huge fan of the gravelly French man yelling into my ears.

Strange. Dark. Not atrocious but not great. Saved from a 1star by the contrasting music and haunting vocals.

Not my thing.

I’m not even sure what to say about this album. Kinda sounded like a harder, French Tom Waits. It didn’t really hold my attention.

Wasn't into this. Some of the instrumental aspects were good, but the constantly angry growling French vocals kind of ruined it. I liked the creepy and macabre atmospheric aspects of the music, but not much else.

2/5. whatever

Tom Waits sings in French over B-tier early Nine Inch Nails. Unfortunately, this isn’t that good. Maybe if I understood French, there’s something amazing happening lyrically here, but as it stands it felt like 80% of this album was a dude growling at me over a shitty, thin sounding, and uninspired snare drum. Another 10% was the first five minutes of the album, comprised of nothing but repetitive, purposely off-key carnival music and growly man attempting to actually sing and then sing like a creepy circus ringmaster. That’s 90% of the album that feels, at best, like a moderately interesting experiment.

That first song is such a high bar for entry lol. Absolutely one of the worst things I’ve heard while doing this project. I was close to tapping out. Thankfully after that, it kinda grew on me. But, like, the way a toe fungi grows on you.

interesting, but not really my taste.

Loved the whole album - album just flew by. Now a convert to Willie Nelson

experimentell, düster - nah!

I'm all for hearing random Swiss industrial metal albums from the late 80s before I die, but this fucking blows I'm sorry lol

Felt like huffing nitrous in an airport security line - rad moments involved but largely tense, loud, disorienting, and in a foreign language.

This came out in 1989? and does not sound dated one bit. It's industrial-ish and ...cinematic? The singer has a deep gravelly voice that I don't really like. He sings in what I assume is French. I don't like industrial music and a lot of this leans pretty heavy into that. The songs are not obvious, so it keeps you engaged, but I don't really care for this.

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

Few, if any, other metal-industrial bands have even shown such an innate grasp of Old European waltz and oompah traditions. And if that isn't what the world needs now, one doesn't know what might be.

Weird, creepy and not the least bit appealing. It is interesting, in a strange way, if you enjoy an angry french guy and noise backgrounds. At worst, forgettable and avoidable, at best, Tom Waits lost in France and trying to get out.

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.

Never heard them and had no idea what to expect. Good start weird and fun enough for me in the beginning but by the 3rd song I got a bit lost and started skipping which I rarely do.

Circus type sound in beginning of songs and changed to darker notes.

Total miss for me. It was too samey, which is not inherently a bad thing. I just didn't like what that thing was.

these guys aren’t even from france

If the first seven tracks were anywhere near listenable, compositionally controlled and genuinely intense as the closer, I could see this being album an absolute necessity for this list… ..However, those first seven tracks have very little to latch onto, especially not without my least favorite part of this album’s stew, the vocals (the album’s true broth), coming to crash all sensible semblance. There are elements and attitudes behind this record that are decades ahead of their time. Those same genuinely interesting facets are held back by shoddy tech of the time. The guitar sounds (especially) and drums are very cheap sounding, giving the whole thing a presentation of hokey rather than cutting edge. It’s an interesting listen, for sure. But the kind of *confused head-tilt* kind of interesting.

Some of this was interesting, but I also could not understand any of it because it is French.

Didn't really like the screaming

no thanks

Their mothers probably fraternities with the nazis.

Idk Would listen again if I'll want to feel like a French mouseman

I was so excited when I saw this album was in French, but The Young Gods are basically a Gallic Rammstein. Too loud. Too angry.

When you make something French, it automatically becomes better. Except people and music

Not particularly interesting (and in French). One or two songs caught my ear but this doesn't warrant another listen for me.

Album 354 of 1001 The Young Gods - L'Eau Rouge Rating : 1.5 / 5 Rock in French from a Swiss band. Didn't do it for me. Interesting, though.

It was interesting, granted. But I actually enjoyed about a fifth of it. Extra star because I didn’t hate it as much as some others I’ve been subjected to so far.

Meh.

Nice sounding French industrial metal album, but I personally did not click with it.

The fact that this WAS NOT used in American Horror Story: Freak Show was insane. It's a magical, mystical ride that I wasn't expecting... but kind of enjoyed.

Puh, nicht geeignet für ein "schnelles Durchhören". Aber ich behalt die mal im Auge. Falls meine Industrial-Phase nochmal kickt.

Didn’t finish but a wee bit odd for my taste. Liked the guitar.

It was Ok. Probably won’t listen to it again.

Gear: Meze 109 PRO Mix: Mon Dieu, ce n'est pas si mal! Musik: Je suis vraiment désolé, mais je n'aime pas du tout cette musique. Je ne peux déterminer ni la prétendue influence « industrielle » sur l’œuvre ni aucune influence qui pourrait provenir de l’œuvre. Dommage. Wertung: 🥐(🥐)/5

It appears that French industrial rock from the late 80s was not what I was after this fine public holiday Monday

Has its moments but not in any rush to listen to it again.

# Playlist track - Rue des tempêtes # Notes - Has some interesting instrumentals at times, but that's all. - The album is a bit boring. The super industrial sound might have been interesting in the early 90s, but didn't age well. - Very hard to choose a track to add to the playlist. I didn't ENJOY a single one.

Kaj ja znam. Ne. Mozda nes sitno instrumentalno izvlaci al zapravo ne. Nije bas 2 nije bas dno dna 1.

I see that this is an influence on other bands but bot for me!

Have not heard anything like this. Not really digging it at all. Very dark, loud and macabre.

Nop

What have I just listened to?! Swiss French industrial metal apparently. And yet having found it bizarre and horrendous at first, I quite enjoyed a bit near the end and might give some of it another go. Some of it, I never want to hear again in my life.

French crap

Bit too industrial for me

Meh, teki mieli lopettaa kesken.

Paikoin toimi, mut pidemmän päälle ärsytti

I wanted to like this but I just couldn't get there, the idea of it is better than the execution.

2-

Not today, Switzerland. Pas aujourd'hui.

Always happy to take a trip outside the Anglosphere, I think this is my 30th album and only second one not in English (or instrumental by an English bloke). But just by reading the description, it doesn't immediately strike me as something up my alley, never been super into \"industrial\" music, but I'll try and go in with an open mind. Eh, I honestly just don't have a lot to say about this one. It was a little goofy at times, maybe just because it sounds a little funny to my ears to hear these dramatic vocal performances in French. I thought about giving this a "3", just in terms of like "I see what this is going for but its not for me," but I also feel like 3s are albums i wouldn't mind listening to again, and I don't think I'd really want to listen to this again. So, I'll go two. Sorry Young Gods.

not very good but at least it's not in english

A very creepy crawly album with a lot of interesting samples and structures. Not very enjoyable, but worth experiencing once I would say. Best song: La fille de la mort?

Some interesting stuff but I won’t be listening again

French Rammstein Punk?

Wtf sérieux. C'est trop intense. Je suis francais et je comprend pas trop le but de ce genre. Ça foitft jouer dans des shows qui ont vraiment pas de sens à une certaine époque. 2.5

This matched my road rage vibes. People seemingly forget how to drive in the rain. Glad this was on at the time. 2.5

nah

Foreign metal. Like rare earth metals. I know I need it, but really, how much do I want to have it?

Has a very "Du Hast" vibe, without anything being as close as entertaining as that song. French industrial is a bit tough to listen to and kind of a chore to get through. There are a few times the music gets a groove going, but the vocal delivery and foreign language makes it a bit more challenging to enjoy.

Not my thing.

Not terrible, but I've already listened to Tom Waits and liked that better

Impressively tedious, combining the worst of metal-industrial and oompah bands. It is notably cleaner and airier from a production perspective than most metal, but that's like saying some toxic sludge has a nicer patina than other toxic sludge.And to think one ever liked the Swans.

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

The main vocalist makes me nauseous.

Fucking piss in my ears

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

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

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

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

Very strange turn for ratatouille

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

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

Couldn’t wait to finish this fast enough

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

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

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

Waarom??? Slechte jaren 80 industrial meuk

Yeah, no this is the worst thing ever

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

This album is straight dogshit. The instrumentation frequently lacks good rhythm, and the vocals are genuinely atrocious. I don't even hate industrial rock, but this is just awful.

Not enjoyable.

This is not good. Do not use carnival themes in your music. Just don't.

Unlistenable.

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

“J’ai une carte dans mon tête”

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.