Personally, this is a very exciting release for me. Stabbing Westward were essentially my favorite band about 20 years ago and I was devastated when they broke up. I never thought I'd get to hear a new record by them so I'm sure my opinion on this is quite biased.
With that said, I think they succeeded in continuing the their previous sound (especially the mid-era) while modernizing it to today's standards.. I think this album works as a true follow up to Darkest Days, albeit a lot less dark ... read more
Stabbing Westward - Chasing Ghosts
Genre: Industrial Rock
Country: US
Final Verdict: 77% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 10th / 326
Highlight: Push (added to my 2022 best of)
Made me think of:
IAMX
Gravity Kills
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I hadn’t listened to Stabbing Westward since they were on my “favorite band” list in the 90s. I was surprised to hear that they had broken up in 2002 and this was their first album since they reunited. I must admit this is one of the big surprises of the year for me. The sound is so familiar yet very modern. I’ve had a special affinity for industrial rock/metal and Stabbing Westward always captured that genre brilliantly in my eyes. This album is no exception as I feel ... read more
| 1 | I Am Nothing 4:03 | |
| 2 | Damaged Goods 4:41 | 74 |
| 3 | Cold 3:48 | 71 |
| 4 | Push 7:28 | |
| 5 | Wasteland 4:47 | |
| 6 | Control Z 5:04 | |
| 7 | Crawl 3:30 | |
| 8 | Dead & Gone 4:27 | |
| 9 | Ghost 5:44 | |
| 10 | The End 7:31 |