If you like your music heavy, this might be the band for you. Industry Eleven is two guys by the names of Geoffrey Grimstad and Brent Otley, who previously comprised a death metal band called Fear of Faith. While the current album is more diverse and industrial than their previous project, it isn't a whole lot lighter. There are still a lot of real heavy crushing guitars, but also programmed drums and some keyboards. References can be made to Ministry, Circle of Dust, or Klank, although the quality here may or may not satisfy diehard fans of those outfits. The production is a little rough in places, but overall it's a solid CD.
The vocals are mostly distorted but clear enough to be understood without the lyric sheet. Blended together with the music, they do a great job of supporting the intensely dark lyrics reflecting a variety of negative emotions like anger, pain, loneliness, grief, and frustration. The lyrics paint a bleak view of the world, shown by these from "Alone": "I never asked for anything from you/I always saw my death as the only way out of this pain and misery/I never thought there could be another way/ to live to love to open my eyes and see another human being who wouldn't rape me/I have nothing/ I'm going to be so alone." Not a lot of hope in this world.
3.5 tocks
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