Already legends in the underground European art and music scene, Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala starts incorporating tonal melody structures and actual musical instruments in their screeching industrial orchestra; the result is a perfect amalgamation of their initial uncompromising sound with a surprisingly less nihilistic and disillusive approach to songwriting.
Neubauten starts resurfacing from the depths of anti-music for a breath of conventional song structure. After paying the way for every post-80s extreme musical act, they dropped their most accessible album of their first working decade, proving they are also masters in writing conventional industrial music, while staying true to their abrasive philosophy. Successive albums will never reach the scorching highs of their first 5 albums, but is Blixa Bargeld, one of the most brilliant musical ... read more
Perfect bonding between satisfying grooves and spine-chilling samples. Most industrial acts from the 90s and basically every contemporary noise/experimental rock outfit owe this album their career.
More """accessible""" than Kollaps, still on the path of questioning what western music actually is, and how far you can bend it without it breaking.