It is very hard to be truly original these days, but I always like to hear a hard-fisted effort to attain it. I didn't experience that here. From the bands title I expected to hear industrial metal...it wasn't. The band states they are hard-core style on their website, I FULLY disagree. I'm safe to say this is mid-paced thrash (PANTERA, SIX FEET DEEP) musically with aggressive vocals. I don't mean guttural vocals, but rather clean, processed vox that sound like "demon possessed" victims in movies. Really, the vox were not bad at all, just nothing mind-blowing. The production put the vocals very upfront against the music so I guess the band wanted them to be the focus. I always favor the opposite. Illusion Remixed didn't totally suck, I just don't see these guys rewriting the charts. Pretty much just "burn-out" material here that I don't plan upon "burning-out" on.
5/10
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Dead Zine 2002Reviewed by GrindboySo this is a band that brings in as many people to the local shows here in the Twin Cities as Crimson Thorn. Gotta be worth a listen, eh? Firstly, I never heard the original mix of Illusion, but apparently it was pretty poor. If so, this represents a success for the band, because it sounds great. Guitars are loud and in your face, the drums are full and tough, and everything's well mixed. Well…
