Reviews (page 6 of 8)
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
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
Angry french noises
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.
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.
Awful. This is mostly noise and goes on for ages with no improvement
Absolutely fuck off with this
The first song pretty much gave me an anxiety attack when I thought I'd listen to it on the train home, not an experience I'd recommend. What bothered me most throughout the entire album was the lead singer's voice. If it was sometimes used like this on certain lines to define them more or something like that, I would have preferred. But constantly listening to that voice, my god, I hated. I did like the ambience of the songs (except the first one because of the pure stress it triggered in me lol), but it was just ruined whenever he opened his mouth. So I'm giving one point for the instrumentals
I'm sorry, but I only listened to the first two songs, and then I'd had absolutely enough. What is this supposed to be? Some kind of noise that causes ear cancer? So, thanks. Rate it? I'll give it my favorite rating of one star, which could also mean minus five.
French circus grunge growling? I can't believe I listened to the whole thing.
Peaks at 1:15 in the first track with that key change. chefs kiss.
Only needed one song to give this one star
I'm not even sure how to review this. French man moaning & screaming in my ear over the top of distorted and eerie heavy guitars & drums. All I know is that it wasn't an enjoyable listen at all, especially when the French man opened his mouth. 3/10.
WOATED
Really didnt enjoy this- hyper industrial music mixed with overly sappy french singing. Had a gew moments of interesting movements but few and far between. Overall- not for me. 1.5 / 5
I'm pretty sure my speakers owe me an apology after this listen. It's just a wall of extremely pissed-off noise. This is the music you play if you want to clear a room fast. It’s too harsh to be good, and too relentless to be fun. Holy hell, this sucks. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions Rue des tempêtes
Definitely not Dick Rivers music.
Bit, uh, grimy for my tastes.
This is garbage but it's French so it's seems artsy.
Genere: industrial rock svizzero Genere un po’ metal e gotico, album scritto e cantato in francese e il gruppo è composto da un cantante, un batterista e un addetto ai samples. Infatti sono uno dei primi gruppi ad usare campionamenti nelle loro canzoni.
I don’t know what the French word for avoid is. But that’s what I’d do with this album.
Fucking hell I'm in such a drought.
40 minutes of French growling. Solid nope.
Incredibly dissapointed, I expected industrial and got avantgarde art rock.
Bro what??? No
Weird is good, stupid is bad.
I remain steadfast in my belief that the Swiss do not belong on any top 100 culture list. Your people and country are beautiful your art and food is not.
Not liking this at all👎🏿👎🏿
Meh.
French fuckin garbage
это какой-то кошмар
I did not like anything about this. Horrible.
For my next 1001 albums to hear before I die I got a French Industrial Rock album from the late 80s by the name of L'eau rouge by The Young Gods. As much as I commend the french for being such bold and outgoing people, in the case of L'eau rouge it just really doesn't work for me. The lead singer sounds like a drunkard and is 3 times louder than the background instrumentation which really threw me off for the entire runtime of this album. This project feels like a metal album without any interesting riffs and just has a very intimidating sound that feels heavy for no rhyme or reason other than to match the deep-voiced vocalist at the front. If I could understand French I feel like I would have a greater appreciation for what is going on here, but man is this just not checking any boxes for myself and is feeling more like a burden to hear than an enjoyable experience. Definitely wouldn't recommend this, but that's just me and my opinion. I can understand why someone will think this influential and important, but I found it nothing short of annoying.
God damn industrial music makes me want to stop listening to music. At least this one was a little musical in nature, but I'm still not listening to this for 40 minutes.
This one was annoying.
I think I was too harsh on Lorde. At least the synth noises she chose didn't sound like a lawnmower or train derailment.
In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The Young Gods
Listen I'm not a big rock guy but even I can hear when it’s good music. This shit is complete and utter ASS
Horrible!
is to Swans as a French Tom Waits is to Captain Beefheart
I’ve learned lessons about myself in the process of doing this list. I haven’t figured out what some of them mean though. Sometimes I listen to something that is immediately repulsive to me, but over the course of listening to it I convince myself that it must have some merit that I’m just not noticing yet. Then I give it a 2 star. I always end up regretting it: on further reflection, I think “No, it was repulsive.” Didn’t take many seconds of this to be like “Ugh!!!! No!!!” and it didn’t let up. I listened to the whole thing. It didn’t let up. I know the truth, which is that this is a one star record, and I hate it. (There was one interesting thing about it, which is that to my ear the guy sounded very Québécois. But he is Swiss? Weird.)
# 573 : L'Eau Rouge When your only claim to fame is that you are in this list… Probably be alright if I was a frog, but I 'aint French, so to me, it was just bad.
An assault on my ears, but make it French
My ears have just been assaulted, I would like to be recompensed for this but the only info I can find about some form of remuneration appears to be audible and I CANT FUCKING HEAR
this shit le sucks 0/5
This sounds like the fictional score to a French cyberpunk dystopia movie. And I don't like it very much at all. Pretty shit, actually ⭐
This sounded like a French clown’s nightmare.
Totally shite, like most french music
c'est quoi ce bordel? there's some shit on this list but this is right up there with the worst.
Sad clown music
Not only did this album give me a headache, but it also made me feel like I can no longer in good faith wear my "Hanspeter Kunzler Was Right About Everything" hat. I think it was probably a good thing it was in French though.
A Swiss band! I thought it was a bit weird and I did not manage to get into it
Didn't like it at all
Nah fam
Not my vibe
Vocals: bad Metal: no Prog: no Driving guitars and rhythm:ok Songwriting: no
It sure what they are. French punk, rock?????
I actually didn't mind the instruments themselves, but the lyrics / singing were super off-putting (not because of being in French but because of the way he sings).
OOF
As a fan of HypoLuxa productions, WaxTrax! Records, and Paul Barker - I want to like these guys more than I actually do.
I would not be missing out if I had never heard this album before I died.
What the fuck even is this? I mean....it's just an angry French man banging cupboard doors closed, right? Yeah. This is dogshit......pardone moi, en France. Chein merde.
Nächstes Album für den Schrottplatz!
French industrial isn’t my thing.
I haven't given many 1-star reviews, but this is one of them.
*A noise making album, no music. First track was the only track with possible vocals and instrumental sounds.
Worse than Coldplay
First track: "The Girl Of Death". Sounds like the perfect title for a heavy-metal banger, especially with its 8-minute runtime. But instead we get this incredibly odd whimsy-prog one-bar-loop thing, featuring flutes and a vocalist that can only be described as "huskier Roger Waters". I definitely see the connection to Pink Floyd, as several other reviewers have pointed out – even their earlier material, like A Saucerful of Secrets. But where Pink Floyd (usually) lands on their feet after a chaotic episode, The Young Gods amputate those feet and then scream at you as if it's your own fault. That first track contains five different sections and none of them are thematically connected or smoothly transitioned. Progressive rock? More like regressive (take that!)! A scant few tracks here toe the line between interesting and palatable. And one of the three "listenable" numbers (Pas Mal) wasn't included on the original album release. It's straightforward screamy metal, which importantly includes a metal element and is hence at least slightly good. Nice drums, I guess. Charlotte is almost a sea shanty, with the accordion not exactly helping matters – but it also avoids being deafening and/or horrifically terrible, which is always a plus. I also enjoyed Rue des tempêtes with its rapid, tense, unnerving atmosphere. Tragically, the album contains seven other songs, and they all suck. Mostly because of the Tom Waits-esque singing, which quickly diverges from Waters into an irritating atonal shell that barely resembles anything human. Most aspects of the music are pretty atonal, though. And we've learned since 1989 that atonality doesn't (in fact!) sound good. 1/5 Key tracks: Rue des tempêtes, Charlotte, Pas Mal
No :)
Why do French guys always growl when they attempt to sing? I was going to give this a 2 until I read the band's Spotify bio and realised they think they're much more important than they are.
Not for me
Non merci
French Industrial Rock basically bringing angry French with his angry buddies pounding on their synthesizers. Again an album of this list straining my patience (591 and I never skipped an album and always listen trough all of it).
Sounds like Billy Idol singing CSE French. The only thing that could make this worse would be if I could understand what the fuck they are shouting about. Music? What music?
It was weird, but this grew on me.
interesting concept. i like the mix between the harsh voice and the classic music. not expecting that at all.
Title track almost drove me to give up. But I persisted and ... hated the rest just as much. Singer's voice is unlistenable to me.
Not for me
What angry garbage.
☀︎1. La fille de la mort: on dirait une musique de fête foraine or something. j’aime pas sa voix. c’est quoi cette fin?? 1/5 ☀︎2. Rue des tempêtes: j’aime pas sa voix!!! qu’est-ce qui se passe???? l’instrumental est… pas si pire i guess. skip. 1/5 ☀︎3. L’eau rouge: pourquoi sa voix est de pire en pire??? l’instrumental est pas bon. skip. 1/5 ☀︎4. Charlotte: la musique de fête foraine recommence! pourquoi ils aiment autant les instruments fucked up. sa voix est toujours bad et l’instrumental est insupportable. pauvres filles qui s’appellent Charlotte, je les plains [j’ai écrit cette phrase avant de l’entendre prononcer « Charlotte ». c’est de la PURE HORREUR.] c’est malsain. -15/10 i’m done
Noisy and pointless. Maybe it gets two stars if it was in English because then I might be able to understand a bit but I doubt it would rise higher than that.
Not a fan, I can see where they were innovative but it's too industrial to me.
Deeply unpleasant, from the singer's voice to the jarring and repetitive horror movie sounds in the background. This put me in such a bad mood on a Saturday morning.
Hate his voice
Absolut nicht meins
Udder shite. I like industrial music as much as the average listener, but this french gargling of syllables came out more like throat singing or duck sounds. Really cool riffs and drum and bass grooves but that guy "singing" needs to change something about his delivery to better suit the melody.
Mjög leiðinleg rödd dregur úr ánægjuna að heyra frönsku. Einstaka þrástef skemmtileg, t.d. lokin á Les enfants, en það er ekki nóg. Ein hlustun, ein stjarna.
French knockoff Nine Inch Nails. Waste of time - obviously another album the author pulled from the Tower bargain bin to pad out the 1001 list.
Bad and even worse: French
Fransk gotisk rock, industrivibes
As if Tom Waits went French industrial. Not gonna listen to this ever again and will likely forget about it. But some tunes sound like they could fit in a weird early 2000s PlayStation indie game.
Usually I can appreciate some rough music. However, I found this album less successful
If I wanted to make a point about how anyone will listen to anything as long as I named it art, this is what I’d make.
Ain’t no way
Voice is interesting but the overall sound is more cartoony and angry than appealing.
Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full
some more BS. can’t believe this was added in 2005
Not my thing
What the fuck
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