Reviews (page 7 of 8)
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.
Had to DNF. Not a fan
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
Expected better from the album cover. Kinda pissed me off
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
Écouter juste une piste…
I made it to track 4 bless me; i know bad music when i hear it shout out to Hesh. Alongside Kid Rock this is my next 1.
On the edge of being just noise. Managed to stand only 2 tracks
Korvia riipivä kokemus
Oh wow. I don’t want to jinx it, but I’m already thinking I’ll give this a 5, and I’m not even a full song in. Huh, guess that’s just the power of French over me. Wait never mind lmao. It got really hardcore and that’s really not for me if I’m honest here. What the fuck was I thinking lmao. 1 all the way (0 if that was allowed). It’s probably great for those who like this type of music, but I REALLY REALLY don’t. Whatever. To each their own, different strokes for different folks, etc. 1 all the way down/across the board.
Dulllllllll
01) La fille de la mort - 3,0 02) Rue des Tempêtes - 4,0 03) L'eau rouge - 4,0 04) Charlotte - 5,0 05) Longue route - 5,0 06) Crier les chiens - 4,0 07) Ville nôtre - 3,0 08) Les enfants - 3,0 09) L'Amourir - 5,0 10) Pas Mal - 4,0 TOTAL: 4,00 (40/100) Current ranking: 523/536
I can't listen to this.
I can appreciate the creativity and I’m sure it’s culturally significant but holy shit is this not for me. I can’t even imagine the type of person who would listen to this unironically but I’m sure they reek of cigarettes
This is certainly something I listened to.
Noise is not for me.
I understand the compositional intent. I do not enjoy the industrial rock sound.
Not into industrial rock by an old swiss band
Somehow it feels like this album could only have been made from someone from two countries: Germany or France. We got the latter. While this was quite a different listen, I didn't enjoy it particularly much. The french growling and screaming definitely worked against me. There is just something inherently creepy with someone moaning in a low voice in french. There were definitely songs that were better than others. 'Pas Mal' almost had something, for example. There are definitely worse albums on this list in my opinion, but it still ends up being a 1.
Puh. Wild ride. First song I sorta like the rest is a lil too funkeeey for me
Stop showing me this shit please
Wish I could rate 0, not music to me.
French, weird
Ooh sweet baby Jesus, in your little crib, don't do this to me
Terrible.
I hate french in rock music. I didn't enjoy this. Sorry, it's not that bad but I just hate french sometimes.
I HATE his voice lol.
Well I know it’s close but fellow 1001’s are going on about the French when I believe this lot are Swiss as in a thin sponge with jam on top and then rolled up. Very yummy, unlike the music produced here where it is recommended that the aforementioned confection is used as ear plugs. That would be a waste as it was in terms of my wasted time listening to this. 1/5 30/3/25
No. Nope. Noooooope. No thanks. I'd like to believe that, had this been in English, I would've liked it better. I do not think that's true. This could've been in any language and I don't think I would've found much to redeem it. The genre isn't for me, the vocal style isn't for me, the weird shifts in genre and instrumentation from track-to-track are not for me. I wouldn't be surprised if there's something culturally specific to France here as well. I didn't need to hear this once, and certainly not before I die. One star. Please never again. Standout track: Rue des tempêtes
So many things to not like.
Truly awful
I'd like to think I could listen to an album in another language, but this was a hard no for me!
This is good - if you like growly, out-of-tune French vocals over mediocre punk.
*some* of the music here is interesting, but man, those vocals are shit. couldn’t make it through more than a minute of each song, usually only like 10 seconds lol
Eh. Not for me. Angry metal but in French.
1+ Stars (3/15)
Very French Parisian
I did not like this album.
Das zweite Album der Schweizer Band The Young Gods zeigt ihre Mischung aus Industrial, Rock und experimenteller Elektronik. Die Band nutzt Sampling-Techniken, um eine intensive und oft düstere Klanglandschaft zu erschaffen. Aufgenommen wurde das Album in den Artag-Studios in Zürich. Die französischen Texte von Sänger Franz Treichler verleihen den Songs eine markante Note. Besonders hervorzuheben sind „L’Amourir“ und „Rue des Tempêtes“, die die Dynamik und Vielschichtigkeit der Band gut widerspiegeln. Insgesamt ist L’Eau Rouge ein konsequentes Album, das die musikalische Richtung der Band weiterentwickelt und ihren Stil prägt.
Actually unbearable.
It was in French...
épouvantable!!
Well, it had to happen eventually over the course of trying to listen to 1,000+ albums. My first one star album. The Parisian mix of Moulin Rouge soundscapes mixed with baroque instrumentation doesn’t work for me. And I don’t think it’s an issue of not knowing the words; it’s a slog to get through from start to finish. The only song I think is interesting is the album closer “Pas Mal” and the more I think about it, I may like it just because it ends the listening pain.
Maybe I should give this the benefit of the doubt and assume the lyrics are genius. But I just didn't enjoy any of this album
My favorite part of the album was the fact that I understood what all the French song titles meant (thanks, Duolingo!). My least favorite part was literally everything else. It was messy and grungy, but not in an enjoyable way. The songs were stressful to listen to and aggressive, chaotic, and felt violent. Not something I enjoyed any of.
There really should be negative reviews.
On the 1,001 podcast, those guys loved this. To me, I was REALLY struggling by the fourth track (Charlotte). I'd say that this is just a very unsettling album and I really don't want to hear something like this again. It's REALLY not my style and I'm kind of surprised that it's anyone's style
This was terrifying
haha da isch nöd sooo agnehm zum lose. haha. rue des tempêtes macht chli meh sinn aber joooooo ääääh. l'eau rouge no cooli samples und ich glaub das sött mich desorientiere. abeeeer. roli mosimann het sache gmacht mit ton jo. longue route findi etz au eher nervig mitem furzbass. fuck die erste schwizer und ich finds scheisse. jo schad. industrial isch afoch nöööööd miiis.
I try to find something to appreciate with every album, and I'm sure it's probably my cultural ignorance, but I have no idea why this made the list.
This was a roller coaster ride sometimes I felt like I was at Barnum and Bailey Circus and other times I felt like it was 80s Metallica. It was the language barrier… I wasn't a big fan.
I always like listening to music in French. This was not my cup of tea. A little ... I'm not sure if "pretentious" is the right word.
Painful
Garbage, just listen to NIN. The vocals on this are genuinely insufferable and the instrumentals are just straight up uninteresting. There's so many projects that do this better, I'd happily never listen to this shit again personally
Nah this one wasn’t for me, could not wait for it to end. Genuinely one of the worst albums I’ve encountered so far.
pésimo
Not for me, mate
i listened to this shit while iw as hoem alone and i felt like i was dying
painful
Unpleasant annoying noise and an awful voice = horrible music
Not a fan at all
Experimental.
Non, merci.
wtf
It's interesting, not good but unexpected
Uff. I used to listen to Dark Wave a lot but this atonal monster with a tendancy to obnoxious singing style is ridiculous. Would love to vote zero stars.
This got increasingly unpleasant. I feel like the curator of this list is drawn to make singers with aggressively raspy, harsh voices -- or maybe I've just been unlucky and had several of these in a row this week.
This is all a bit horrible. Kind of feel I'm trapped in a seedy European sex dungeon again. No Klaus, I don't want any GHB thanks. Don't touch me there Franz. Singer sounds like a xenophobic impression. Or a really mad episode of Tin Tin where everyone does indeed accept the GHB and loses their minds. Highlights: Longue Route was acceptable. When it ended. Lowlights: All of it. Grim. No vibes, no grooves. Felt like I needed a sit down shower after. But especially; Rue Des Tempetes - Road Rash music on a cursed Mega Drive Charlotte - I'm really worried for Charlotte whoever she is. Hope her parents find her remains. Terrible. Zero stars. You ok Koffi mate?
Really did not enjoy this at all. The French really takes you out of it. It was almost comical, but very annoying. Did not want to listen all the way through.
what the actual France
Why do we have to hear this before we die? Some of the riffs were pretty awesome but the overall album was tres mal!
Combining two things I hate: French & thrash metal
1. fille - 1 2. rue - 1 3. rouge - 0 4. charlotte - 0 5. longue - 0 6. chienz - 0 7. votre - 0 8. enfantz - 0 9. lamourir - 0 10. mal - 0
Hot French, techno, metal garbage....
Aside from some cool drum sounds and effects, this album really fell flat for me. I just don’t care for this guy’s voice or the industrial metal sound.
Take music away from the French!
Malaise absolu
Meh
This is one of those albums I just cannot get behind. Im sure it has its reasons for being on this list but wow I could not wait for it to be over. I thought that it was already a little much in the French language but then the style sent it over the edge. I definitely was not a fan.
Not for me
Ugh 1/5
2.5/10
not for me
I genuinely hated this.
Merde
Weird romantic euro death metal. I love the French, but they shouldn’t try to emulate the worst parts of other country’s music. The French suck at rock, but that’s ok. They’re great at other stuff. Pastries. Strong coffee. Hedgerows. Protesting.
I skipped most of these songs. I just did not connect with any of them.
Contenswr for my least favorite album on the list. Grating (vocals and music), boring, repetitive. Would give it zero stars.
Ik weet ongeveer wat je van industrial kan verwachten, dus toen de plaat begon met een duister brullende Patrick Bruel op een achtergrond van cabaretesque violen, was ik even de draad kwijt. Gelukkig is nummer 2 het typische industrial met repeterende drums en zware gitaren. Ik vind het altijd maar vrij simpel hakketakke, het is niet mijn muziek dat industrial. Vervolgens raken we weer een paar keer de draad kwijt, want ze blijven wel improviseren op het thema. Dat cabaretesque, zoals ook nr 4 charlotte, vind ik alleen zo niet bij het thema industrial passen. Meer een soort karikatuur van een Franse chanson. Ergens is het goed dat ze wat afwisselen, want 40 minuten hersenloos hakketakke in een moordend tempo, dan kun je daarna aan het zuurstof. Maar door die rare intermezzo's weet ik niet zo goed wat ik hier allemaal mee aan moet. Met industrial kan ik weinig, met Frans cabaretesque kan ik weinig. Dus met dit album kan ik weinig.
Sounded like a drunken bar fight at 3 am. Hard to put into words what I thought about this one. Think sewage smell.
weird screaming french...
Nope nope nope. Worst thing I have heard so far. Not for me thaaaaaank you.
🎧How do you say “absolutely not” in French? Absolument pas.
oh man NOT IDEAL
Lame. and French
My first one star!
Imagine sitting at a coffee shop, enjoying a nice cup of joe. Then an elderly French man, in the grips of dementia, starts screaming in song right in your face in French. That’s this record.
This album is a hot mess. I could have lived the rest of my life never hearing this and would die a satisfactory death. I want my 33 minutes back. A hot garbage dumpster fire of a "French Industrial Rock" album.
This album was better in the back half, but it's still not great. It was definitely the worst impression of ministry/rammstein/nine inch nails that I've heard. There was absolutely no reason for some of these songs to be more than 3 and 1/2 minutes.
I hate the French.
ycchhhh
My ears are never going to financially recover from this.
It’s times like these I forget this is not a greatest albums list, rather just albums to hear before you die… we never sad they would all be good. This really puzzled me. surely this is just something people pretend they enjoy, just to seem ‘unique’ or ‘edgy’. Couldn’t finish it in all honestly.
Couldn’t listen to this 🤢
The Paris Olympic Committee really dodged a bullet by selecting Gojira to play the opening ceremony instead of these guys.
Jeez, this sounds like some wild Eurovision entry. Can’t decide if that’s a good thing or not… it’s not unpleasant but then the gruff French vocals kick in and I’m not sure why I ever decided this album list was a good idea.
Extra half-star for the cool orchestral elements. And honestly, there are some other musical elements that pop up every now and then that I don't hate. But for the most part, this is verrrrrrry much not for me. 1.5/5
I didn’t make it far with this at all
Ik kan niet zo heel veel met deze Franstalige boze Samson. Beetje een songfestivalact. Moteurtête gemengd met Neuf Pouce Clous. Het heeft minder streams dan de kerkdienst van afgelopen zondag op de lokale omroep dus dit zal wel weer een typische snobkeuze zijn. Tel daarbij op dat Rammstein niet in deze lijst voorkomt en ik voel me opgelicht. Onzin dit.