"you say you've got it figured out you're the chosen one who knows it all but you're not any better at the game it's breaking you down just the same so tell me why should we? don't want to hear what you know don't want to know what you think don't want to think that you care don't want to care anymore you're dying, i'm dying it's clear that no one's trying why should we? frustration all the lies are coming down to this and no one cares"
--Why Should We
This is the first track on the CD and it comes ripping out of your stereo with guitars so heavy and thick you will wonder if this is really an industrial band. The drums are distinctly programmed but the power of this song is huge in the vein (musically) of early Ministry.
Track two, Purity, keeps the thundering guitars going, and it's not until the next track that they begin to bring the album into the style of music you expect from a band called Industry Eleven.
Filled with dark, and somber lyrics most of the way through, Industry Eleven manages to deliver (aptly so) 11 songs of rough edge industrial music that is a must hear for anyone who has ever enjoyed Chatterbox or the Way Sect Bloom.
Vocals are distorted all over the place and are well performed in most places. The only complaint I have with the vocals at all are in the song For The Love Of Sorrow where the vocals are sung in a passionate form, and it really doesn't come off all that well. However the combination of music and lyrics make this one of my favorite songs of this CD. Then at times the vocals just go all crazy and death influenced ala Horde style, as the song Suchness shows.
The music is very heavy for industrial, and I found that I kept going back to this CD over and over again. This music really grows on you and gets under your skin, and you can't help but get lost in this album. Overall this is very unique music that needs to be heard to be believed.
8.5/10
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