Artist: Desillusion
Title: Blasphaestetic
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/desillusion
Style: Industrial/Electronic/Metal/Indie
Rating: 8.5/10
By: James Bogacz (jamesbogacz@gmail.com)
It’s obvious that Desillusion takes their music seriously. And, they
have all and more that it takes to be popular at a Goth industrial
club. They’ve recorded with such well-known producers Steven Bier, Jr.,
Brian Diemar, and Rae Dileo. They have some non-mainstream, outspoken
ideas in songs. It would be hard to talk about this band’s sound
without mentioning the similarity between them and Trent Reznor’s NIN.
Desillusion may be more electronic, with aggressive sounds bouncing
between the left and right headphones. Also, they occasionally have
guitars that are very metal sounding. I don’t like metal too much, but
this music rocks. It’s busy like The Faint but heavier and reminiscent
of the earlier/better Marilyn Manson. The vocals on this disc are often
screaming. But, I can understand what he is singing. All the sounds
really compliment each other. I believe that is because the lead singer
also programs for the group. He is obviously listening to everything
going on in the music and not any single aspect.
They say the power of this music lies in their live shows. I fully
believe it. They have intense live shows complete with front man
controlled light shows. This would be a great show to check out. So, do
it.