L'Eau Rouge

French grunge I guess. Started out as carnival music but it was really interesting

Shitty noise. It sucks.

wasn't able to get through it sorry

Bonkers! I respect what is happening here. Will probably not be in my regular rotation but it was refreshingly different for a change.

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.

Look, shouting in French over drum machines and samplers has never sounded so good.

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.

Wow, I hated this.

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.

Nope

Musically variant with gruff voiced French lyrics.

Dreadful!

agua vermelha

This is some wild French avant garde, industrial, symphonic music. A wild and crazy ride. I must return to this album.

TOO DIE TO DIE YOUNG

Too much French for me

Not something I expect to listen to again but glad to have had the opportunity

This was pretty hard to get through.

French/Scandinavian metal 1.5

A touch of Nine Inch Nails, a touch of Tom Waits, a touch of Slayer, except Swiss. It's a very likeable mix! I'm definitely coming back to this!

“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.

Pretty cool symphonic industrial, with a lil cabaret. Might not return super soon, but def neat 👍

Hardcore underground punk from Drive Like Jeru yesterday and this Swiss industrial noise today. Oh dear. The only thing I can say is that it was vaguely a novelty to hear classical strings used up against industrial production and heavy drums and guitars. Another album that is not to my taste.

I Listened To This A Month Ago. Gimme Something New please

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.

I liked this more than I thought I would. Some really nice songs here.

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

not my kind of scene baby.

Ahhhhhhh, what am I listening to??? Gritty, angry yelling in French? This is a hard album to get through, but I thought there was maybe just enough charm to keep it from 1 star. Unfortunately, it was 54 minutes long, which is entirely too much of this album. It never changed or got better, just stayed stagnant and blah throughout.

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...

Basura francesa

Stylistically it feels like two albums competing with each other but its still a very enjoyable album

It's a no from me dawg. This one is edgy, weird, experimental, but just does not pan out. There's a lot of industrial, house and classical influences here, but man, it turned into a whole lot of noises that don't actually fall in line together and ends up being a sporadic mess. I will likely be avoiding anything described as "baroque metal" in the future, because this is supposed to be the best of that genre. Disclaimer: I do not speak french, so I may potentially be missing out on some insightful lyrics. I have a hunch that I am not, but who knows. Fave tracks: Nope.

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

Noise annoys.

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.

Best Song: Longue route. Nice heavy groove that really epitomizes the industrial sound they are going for. Worst Song: Ville Notre. Without knowing the context of the song, it just sounds like it is taking itself too seriously. Overall: A nice surprise. I liked how experimental it got with songs like "Les enfants". At times the experimentation got in its own way and I found myself looking for a consistent rhythm or theme, but generally the vibe here was a good industrial grind.

idk yet

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.

French industrial carny music. Sleazy vocals, and cold emotionless music, big hands and the smell of cabbage. Best Tracks: Rue des Tempetes; Charlotte; Longue Route

Jako kul i jako zanimljiv album. Osjecala sam se ko da slusam neki mjuzikl. Vjerojatno moulin rouge zbog kabareta.

Nevjerojatno koliko me u dijelovima podsjećaju na early Swanse. Svaka čast Švicarci, iznenađen sam. Volim taj cabaret što je umiksan u ovaj album, a općenito industrial kad mi paše onda paše, sad ne toliko jel, ali dost dobro. S obzirom da nema 3,5, bit će 3, ali ono debelo jače od tipa Eagles-ove trojke koja nije ni trojka maltene al et. Na prvo slušanje mi je drugi dio albuma bolji + prva pjesma s albuma.

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

French rock is not for me, this album has shown me that

Interesting moody French industrial record. Loved it - so moody it actually spooked me out while listening on a night time drive. Kind of a gem like Suicide’s debut.

Better after the first song, interesting pieces in the production

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

ah c’est ca du coup les albums francophones de la liste

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

Never listened to this industrial group for some reason. It's a good record! Love the lo-fi experimental sound, which has a kind of collage feel applied to grizzly rock sounds. The best tracks are menacingly dark. Sometimes the deep growled vocals verge on making it a caricature of edgy cool macho music (or like a homage to early Swans). The track "Charlotte" has a kind of gothic cabaret feel, which I did not enjoy at all. But overall, 4*. It's like Swans meets Faust or something. Glad I heard it.

I had no idea this was an industrial band/album. It reminded me of Ministry, which I was fine with. Nice surprise here.

Not a fan.

Am I listening to a rock opera? What is going on here?

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.

On paper I could get into industrial, but this feels a bit too try-hard in terms of edginess. Some neat sounds though.

Dude. I really didn’t care for this. It’s not that it’s in French but for sure that doesn’t help. The main problem is that I despised the vocals. I found the instrumentation annoying and tedious. Just. Really didn’t like it.

Ok I guess

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

From the cover, which is pretty good, I expect something noisy. Never heard of the band. And diving in we've got ... French? OK reading about them, Swiss Industrial. Alrighty, I'm game. Starts out surprisingly dainty and one could even say a bit Swiss. Gets louder and weirder and kind of industrial. This guy has a great growl. I like the strings and other things going on. Really good pacing and transitions in places. Ultimately a bit wearing. Liked Rue des tempetes and Longue route was the most, um, accessible? and gave me what felt like solid ground to decide I like them pretty well. 3.5 stars. Rounding up for innovation.

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

Not my cup of tea

Reminiscent of Vaudeville at times mixed in with metal. And metal vocals in French. Kinda dig it.

Oh my goodness what on Earth?!? What is the point really?? This is like a guy shouting in French over the Flight of the Bumblebee but more like light of the wasps!! For fucks saaaaake!

Another horrible metal album just to try and spoil my week. Unbelievable irritating. As Grace said, super stressful.

Yeah it's shit.

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.

Heftig werk. Interessant om een keer op plaat te horen. Heb ze ooit een keer live gezien. Dat was wel indrukwekkend goed.

Hier kon ik echt bar weinig mee.

Who'd a thunk a French language metal album would bethis good? Rating 4 so I take a moment to listen again

Strange one this as it is tagged as industrial music I was expecting more of an "Einstürzende Neubauten" feel, but this is something different. Heavy reliance on sampling/tape loops I can see credit in it's ingenuity and creativity, but..... I realise I am not an aficionado of Swiss Post Punk Industrial music. "Criers Les Cheins" "Charlotte" "Envoye'" (Live Zurich21/12/89) are the most appealing tracks I think but not one on my list of greatest albums I am afraid. Perhaps the Live experience is better than the record? Wouldn't be the first time would it.

Going into this listen through, there's a lot of baggage. I'm aware that it's one of the lowest rated albums on the list, but I tend to like most of the low rated albums quite a bit (outside of general garbage like the trailer trash magnum opus Devil Without a Cause). The Birthday Party, John Zorn, Laibach, and Pere Ubu currently reside there with some legitimate great albums. I've seen Butthole Surfers down there as well. Napalm Death, the lowest rated, isn't a favorite of mine, but it's much better than some of the garbage people on here seem to like for no discernable reason like Guns 'n' Roses and Oasis. I'm familiar with The Young Gods. Not intimately, but they are in a similar orbit to a lot of music I like. I've heard their music a bit, I've heard some remixes Franz Treichler has done, I have heard a number of Roli Mosimann projects. I don't believe I've heard this album specifically, but I've gone around the bend a few times, trying to get into this group. I like industrial music, including industrial metal. I like arty, pretentious stuff. The Young Gods have always felt like an industrial metal band with arty leanings. Despite my attempts though, they always felt maddeningly out of my grasp. They couldn't hook me. I do respect them though. Quite a bit. And while I don't jive with them, I can say the music doesn't belong on the bottom of this list by any stretch of the imagination. It sounds pretty good, it's got some good grooves. It's better than a lot of the shit industrial that came out in the wake of Skinny Puppy and Ministry. The pantheon for great industrial for me has always been Foetus, Einsturzende Neubauten, Coil, and Nurse With Wound. Only one of those artists is on the list along with the requisite genre founders Throbbing Gristle. The writers would do well to better represent a pretty important genre that has had its influence come back with explosive momentum in the 2010s. While they aren't my favorite band in the genre, at least The Young Gods provide a little bit of representation of this sound. I won't be returning to this album anytime soon, but I'll give it a high three. I'm tempted to give it a four for its role of token inclusion, but my rankings run straight. No grading on a curve, no bonus points.

Idk didn’t like it

Bom.

I generally liked this one. This one was really strange, and I'm into Van Der Graaf Generator. The first three tracks, notably, 'de la mort' were probably the best ones. Really intense and ominous. Reminds me of Van Der Graaf, but at the same time it's nothing like I've heard before. Definitely an album which I'm gonna have to get back to, to really understand. 'les enfants' I found the weakest track on the record. A bit too repetitive. The vocalist here sounds pretty much like he's just smoked all the cigarettes in Paris, but that kind of fits the music. Instrumentation is generally good, but the real draw is the songwriting. Overall I'll go for 3.5 stars here. This was a good, and really interesting, record, but I felt that there was a drop in quality towards the end of the album.

quite good yet put me in a really sour mood

Bit hard, but nice

French heavy metal

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.

Absolutely bizarre.

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 really for me...electronic heavy metal with lead vocals that I dislike. 1.5 🌟

Not my bag at all.

Fucking garbage Mongolian throat singing sounding ass yelling broken French while the most repetitive and horrible instrumentals play in the background. Now I feel bad for all the albums that I already rated a 1/5, because this is miles worse than all of them. Probably the worst thing I've ever heard in my entire life, no exaggeration.

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.

This record reminded me of when former football commentator Gerald Sinstadt and I took a cricket bat to a bag of kittens. What a day. We went back to mine for a Happy Meal and then both licked out my mum. Gerald commentated throughout. Well... when he didn't have his mouth full of course. My word she had an ungodly amount of anal warts.

Industrial cabaret....in French. How novel. It was interesting at least. Not sure of it'll catch on though. You kids and your music.

Allez la Suisse! Hopp Schwiiz! Whatever the Italian version of Go Switzerland is! The Young Gods, the third great Genevan export - just behind Calvinism and money laundering. If we're going Swiss though, can we get some Celtic Frost as well please oh lords of the list?

Na, está bien escuchar esto pa saber que no me interesa nada de lo que conforman estos sonidos.

Que puto miedo chaval. No es lo mio.

2.5/5 Interesting.. never heard of this band before, so I didn’t know what to expect. I liked some of the songs but they got a bit weird which was not necessary for me. Liked the vocals though. Favourite songs: - L’eau rouge - Charlotte - La fille de la mort

Tim music. Total nightmare.

Even though I couldn't understand the lyrics I still understood the music. Great stuff.

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.

I have no idea whats going on.

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.

Kurt Weill, Swans and Einstürzende Neubauten walk into a bar... Seriously though, any band that influences Bowie rates high for me. Wasn't that familiar with this album and only ever got into T.V. Sky, the follow up to this which is in English. Not an album that I will have on high rotation due to its brutal sounds but this rates high for me

What if Ministry and Tom Waits teamed up to do a mix of late 80's Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, and György Ligeti covers? Now, what if it was all in French?

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

As a fan of Nine Inch Nails, this kept my interest well enough. Longue Route is a pretty good one. I can hear the echoes of this influence in NIN, Mike Patton’s various groups, Trans Am, Rammstein, Meat Beat Manifesto. Inventive use of samples, and pads, I think.

Not my type

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.

This was neither entertaining nor enjoyable. The most interesting song was the last one: Pas Mal, but it was too little too late, I already tuned out.

I listened to the first song and just no. Done with this one.

decent fun, french industrial growling

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.

The guy in this record gargles with motor oil, and it's pissed about it. Something new to add to my Halloween playlist.

Enjoyed it more than expected, although it's eerie soundscape was off-putting.

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.

Unsettling, horror movie music

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.

82. L'Eau Rouge - The Young Gods 10 tracks. They are singing in French but I'm going to stick with it, (if I can) just because. It better be fucking good because they aren't even bloody French, (they're Swiss). The strings mid-way though track 1 stopped me binning this off. This started off bad with French singing, the strings kept me on, but the accordion music and the screaming lost me for good. French accordion screaming? No thanks. 1/5

well, THAT was fun...late-80s french industrial? yes please! easy comparisons: nitzer ebb & front 242. overall just a lot of fun.

I wanna get off the boat Mr Wonka

Gritty, Dark, and Circus/Cabaret. I fucking love the vocal delivery, grooves, and backing noise.

Rock industrial.

if tom waits were to have been born french and scored a high paced low budget slasher

"L' Eau Rouge" or in English... "The Red Water"? Information is limited and I don't know French, but this might have something to do with menstruation, love affair, and probably sex. And what is that lame cover? Is that an amber? I'm a big fan of Rammstein. And Young Gods sounds a lot like the mentioned industrial German band. But for some reason I didn't enjoy the album much. Unlike Rammstein which has a heavy and more slick sound, this album is loose and even inconsistent. The beats and the noises didn't engaged me that much. Still, the tracks that incorporates classical elements are stellar. "La fille de la mort", "Rue des tempetes", "Charlotte", and "Les enfants". I liked those even more than Rammstein's popular violin driven "Mein Herz Brennt". While I'm not whining that my favorite industrial band isn't mentioned in the list, I still wonder why this is in the list. My guess is that this is the beginning or the biggest influence to the industrial music in the '90s. Released in 1989, this might be the turning point from new wave to industrial rock. It has a few great tracks, but not a solid must listen album overall. It's hard to say if I hated it or loved it, but it surely is interesting.

Language barrier aside, interesting listen. Had to look up the band to find out there a sampler player.

Wow... This was just.... awful. Terrible. Why is this album on this list? Why must anybody hear this album ever? This album needs to die and be buried so nobody has to suffer through hearing it ever again. I need to sue The Young Gods for permanent brain damage because it will take a long time to forget this. I would give this negative stars if I could. What I'm saying is that I did not care for this.

French knock-off Tom Waits.

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So bad i couldnt finish it

“L'eau rouge is the second album by industrial band The Young Gods, released in September 1989 by Play It Again Sam Records. It is usually referred to as their masterpiece.”

it sucks

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.

An awful slog. The only things I liked were some guitar moments. 2/10

Random samples and vomiting on the mic is not an album of music, but an album of sounds. I don’t see what is enjoyable here, even if it is historical for industrial rock that comes later.

Very unorthodox, would have liked a bit more singing than speaking but overall not bad

Solidly enjoyable album, caught maybe 33% of the french words haha

I HATED this....then I loved it. Then I hated it again. Wild trip but I won’t say it wasn’t an enjoyable one. Kind of like French Rammstein in parts. Fav tracks : “Rue des tempetes” “Longue route”

Buen disco. Interesante

Rock en ocasiones un tanto experimental en cuanto a la instrumentación. Canciones sin mucho peso y un tanto guitarreras. Me lo podía esperar así. Bastante parecidos los cortes entre sí

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.

Ok so it's like if a French Pink Floyd and 9 Inch Nails had a baby? But also the baby kind of sucks.

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

Really great stuff. Super ahead of its time.

After the eight minutes of La fille de la mort I understand a connection between industrial and post-punk which I missed before. If this album came out today but with more traditional rock backing I would be as interested as I am in hindsight. The strings are just traditional enough for me to grip as the band dives into more obviously industrial territory. Some of the samples come across as anti-The-Mood, but it's relentlessly intriguing. A grower because of that confusion, perhaps, but great on first listen. There is truly little new in music.

Loud! A bit like Tom Waits. Inventive, interesting, but probably wouldn’t stick it on for fun.

// Favs: La fille de la mort Score: Decent to Strong 3

Wild album, just in French...

Bijzondere franse rock/metal maar luistert niet echt lekker weg

i did not enjoy this

9/23 Really liked the first song then from there it got much more industrial and experimental, didn't love it but it was interesting throughout. Standout Tracks: La fille de la mort, Charlotte, Crier les chiens

Hated the vocals a lot but this album disturbed/even scared me to earn very respectable 4 stars

Yes, you're very moody.

I possibly didn’t give this a fair chance but every time the vocals came in I felt annoyed. I don’t know how this is even in the list 1*

Not sure there were any redeeming factors particularly.

This was a fascinating industrial/cabaret album, I adore the atmosphere! Some of the songs were a little repetitive for my taste, but I liked most of them.

Scary music! Was a fan though.

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.

Nonsense.

Pretty sure this is what Ministry would sound like if they were French and Al consumed more Brie than heroin. In other words, I enjoyed it. (But kinda missed the heroin.)

Nah

Not my thing. Impressive for 1989 tho.

Is this brave? Or stupid? Can’t decide. It’s like the weirdest pub band I can imagine! French industrial synth rock? Who the fuck knew! I’ll come back to it a few times before deciding for sure but at the moment it’s a solid 3. Some will adore this, many will loathe it!

I have no idea what the hell I am listening to right now. I don't mind foreign music, but this is just confusing. 'Longue route' is slightly catchy, but the rest is a hard pass.

No words.

Constipated Frenchman trying to beat his best time.

Probably won’t revisit

Not for me.

Great French rock/metal.

Well, I can say that I successfully listened to this album before I died. A bit torn on whether I deeply regret it, or if it was an important step in a well-rounded musical education. So that was "industrial rock." After powering through some of the incredibly awful things in the first few tracks, I realized that there are some moments with some interesting music. There are tidbits of tolerable metal riffs, and occasionally some electronic or string sounds that don't make me cringe. But those are too rare, and ruined by, well, everything else. Not all experimentation should be recorded, sold, and replayed.

Not great, but not offensive. Some great theatrical moments in the early going. Not something I'd return to.

Parts of this reminded of the boat tunnel scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It got weird, dark, a little creepy, and altogether unpleasant.

No bueno.

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.

Angry French with his angry buddies pounding on their synthesizers. If I ever become crazy and lock someone in my basement, this will be on the playlist. From that moment on; they will know my pain.

I can't understand a word that is said, but it sounds pretty good. Kind of sounds like if Rammstein wrote music for a stage show.

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

Not my genre and I don’t speak the language, but I can respect the fact that the album sounded connected and they did it well.

Not for me

On réalise rapidement lors de l'écoute que la grammaire française et la bonne prononciation des mots de la vie courante n'est pas la priorité de ce groupe suisse.

I am very intrigued by this album. But at the same time, I don't like it. But it has to be one of the most interesting albums I've heard yet.

i'm summoning ALL the patience my body has to offer, i WILL listen to this in its entirety. well it payed off around 4 minutes into the first song so that's great haha this is much more my thing. second song is going to be a banger can tell from the start. i love this so much lol this is so exciting. the title track is great too ugh. i got curious about the lyrics but i'm having trouble finding translations :( i'm used to listening to music in languages that i don't understand but lyrics are normally more easily available D: found rough translations for a couple of songs so that's better than nothing. vocals aside, the last two tracks sound way more like my idea of music from the 80s lol they're pretty different from the rest of the album. well i'm done, i enjoyed this a lot and i saved pretty much all songs so i'll probably just come back to the album.

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.

this is an odd one, but I like it. Going from weird accordion sounds to industrial every other track...

Bizarre. I found this simultaneously repugnant and entrancing. Flitting from some sort of mad euro-thrash metal to the avant-garde (at times very much like Tom Waits - except in french, which really doesn't help). I must have played the whole album 4 or 5 times so far but I'm still no nearer to understanding what's going on. I don't even know if I like it or not. It just sits there, demanding to be played (again) and that way madness lies. I'm quite disturbed, both by it and how it makes me feel. I'm going to try never to play it again and to forget I ever heard it.

I thought I was going to enjoy this in a Gogol Bordello kind of way at first. But then I hated it. Couldn't get past the third track.

Sucks. 3.9/10

Couldn't get into this at all. Not my kind of thing, and I don't think I know anyone who would immediately like this.

Ok, so there's noise rock and punk and black metal and industrial, and then there's this. This album was actively painful to listen to. This is p harsh, but the only reason it will be memorable will be from the scars left from listening to it.

Very different from most of the music I've heard in my life, which is why I love this '1001 Albums' project so darn much. This is a wild album with wild energy and some really interesting stuff going on. Not sure if these musicians love horror movies, but it definitely won't surprise me if they do. All sorts of clashing noise, dissonance, frenetic rhythms and changes, hard-driving' industrial sound. Not at all what I normally listen to musically, and I honestly went in expecting to hate it (I know, I know: I do try to push away expectations but I don't always succeed) but it actually kind of drew me in at times (yet another excellent feature of this project).

okay industrial rock. I probably won't listen again.

não consegui ouvir, wtf

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

Industrial electronic, akin to a French Kraftwerk.

Complete & utter French garbage

Jätte- jätte- jättekonstigt. Vetefan om jag kommer lyssna på hela. Spolade igenom alla låtar, NEJ tack. 1/5

Icefrog album

French industrial. Singer sounds like Rammstein.

Not without talent but not for me. Endured rather than enjoyed

Liked this more than I was expecting to. The sampling approach is interesting, reminds me a bit of how Thr Prodigyvusea guitar samples. The vocals were slightly hard work because they were in French and quite prominent in the mix. Overall I liked it and it seems to have influenced some cool people! 7/10

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

Just wow.

Definitely out there but some of it was actually pretty cool. Saved track: “Rue des tempetes”

Shit

Sadly not a convert to French industrial punk

c'était de la merde

Couldn't get through it. Non, merci

Interesting album. Some great sounds and very experimental. Liked the mix of French and English and the different styles put together.

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

no thx

No thank you.

I have the album that came out on ipecac, but that recorded many years later. Zero similarities, lol. This is weird drunk bar music, thrash industrial, modern classical??? This is amazing.

It's French

Je ne sais pas

I kind of love everything about this. It's sort of cute how dark it's trying to be. It reminds me a lot of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, and I mean that in the best way possible. Love Les Enfants

Horrendous noise and indecipherable vocals in French. I couldn't make it through the whole album.

What is THIS? Creepy, atmospheric orchestration under a growling baritone frontman, en francais? Count me in.

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.

assez cool

I'm really enjoying the foreign language records chosen for this book. They're all pretty stellar (imagine that) and I probably would never have listened to them otherwise.

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

Deep voice nonsense

Not for me...

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

Not my thing

Crazy shit

Really unique electronic/industrial/orchestral music from Switzerland that avoids sounding dated. I didn't hate the vocals. Glad to have the opportunity to listen to it. I might only come back for tracks 1 (La fille de la mort) and 9 (L'Amourir).

Bit much

At first I wasn’t sure about this album, but I was pleasantly surprised with it.

Very weird, eclectic mix. Liked Longue Route, but not that much beyond it.

Wow those vocals! No thank you sir!

If you're tired of cookie cutter, you won't find anything conventional to your ears here ... French creativity is unmatched...

Ugh, not for me thanks.

Good albom. Different to normal and french

POOP

eh.

im sure the sound is unique or something but its not really that great

- "wtf" - me after the first song - "W T F ?" - me after songs 2-14 - this album sounded like a weird combination of bad French rock and a Disney film soundtrack - needless to say, it just did not do it for me

Stopped like 3 songs in. Really bad. French metal from a band that doesn’t know french.

You never know if you truly like something until you try it, and now I can say with confidence that French industrial rock songs about period blood are not for me. Best track: Les enfants

Industrial rock, not really my thing

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

Was wondering what this would be - I assumed some kind of Euro alt rock before listening. Wiki says it's industrial but it doesn't sound like the other stuff I've heard... ok by the second song it's more like KMFDM/Ministry/Skinny Puppy etc. Still different to those bands though, like it's more performance art than music. I'd describe the tracks less as songs and more as "pieces", if that makes sense (or Stücke, if I was going to be a wanker about it). Would probably listen again though, probably will. 3/5.