Artist: Doomsday Refreshment Committee
Album: Hail To The Freaks
Label: Digivirus
Website: hailtothefreaks.com or vampirefreaks.com/drc
Ok, so this album is not even close to new. It came out in 2007. But one of the things we strive for at HTP is to promote indie bands, and this one fits the bill perfectly. Not only that, but the album is free! Read on for how you can download the album.
Hail To The Freaks is DRC’s first release, and as such it is raw and unrefined in places, but that is part of it’s charm. The music is a mashup of industrial and goth, and sometimes swings more one way on one song, and the other on the next. Electronic sounds mesh with low and distorted bass, haunting keyboards and deep vocals, all converging to make something at times brutal, at times gothic, but almost always beautiful.
Songs like “Fucked It Away” are industrial to the core, and any fan of the genre should immediately feel at home upon hearing them. During these songs it brings to mind bands like Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM and Rammstein, but does not copy any of them directly. Instead, it uses heavier guitar riffs and gothic elements to create its own being, living and breathing all on its own, without being a parasite on some other, more popular band.
Then there are songs like “Cry”, which are gothic through and trough. Type O Negative is listed as one of the band’s influences, and you can truly see how that works here. Some might say it is a little too much like Type O, but it is good stuff and well worth a listen.
“Flesh Machine” is one of my favorite songs, partially because it is about zombies. There are lots of songs about vampires out there, but not very many songs about zombies, so I gotta love the originality.
Sometimes the songs get a little bit repetitive, or drag on a little too long, but that doesn’t take too much away from the experience. All in all this is a great effort, and I can’t wait to hear their next album they put out, Crown Of Thorns, which came out in 2008.
As I stated, this album is free to download, and you can get your copy here. If you like it, be sure to pick up the follow up album, Crown Of Thorns. So far these are the only two albums they have put out, but count on HTP to let you know when that changes.
Rating: 7 out of 10
Suggested Tracks: “Cry”, “Flesh Machine”, “I Only Bleed For You”
Track Listing:
- For You
- Fucked It Away
- Spread Your Wings
- Game Of Pain
- Flesh Machine
- Cry
- Hail To The Freaks
- Here We Stand
- I Only Bleed For You
- Shape Shifter
- Take It All
- Robotic Thrust
- The Shadows
- When You Cum
- Wasted Tears
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