Devils In My Details
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Free Music Review: Different
Hit: 4 Stars
If you are expecting the ohgr sound from welt or sunnypsyop, you will not be getting anything near that. Ohgr has changed his style dramatically. There is probably not one song on here that will remind you anything of past ohgr. It kind of reminds me of what a second ritalin album would have sounded like, with a hint of skinny puppy darkness and some ohgr melodies.
This is a really dark piece of work from ohgr. Even lighter moments on the album, such as "Feelin' Chicken" have a strange eeriness to it. I was very surprised with the release, as it was nothing I was ever expecting. Although a bit of a letdown, since I miss the old ohgr sound, it is still a great piece of work. Definitely worth a listen.
Free Music Review: surprising release
Hit: 4 Stars
When you first play this you will not be expecting what you hear. I didn't really like it the first listen since I was in a different mood and then this dark bizarre sound comes in and you are wondering what the hell is going on. After you listen to it a few times you will enjoy it more and more. The whole album is great, I really like feeling chicken. It starts off with ranting but ends with a playful blissful romp around. It is pure insanity and I love it.Free Music Review: Excellent
Hit: 4 Stars
The album cover reminds me of Insane Clown Posse, but it gets better with each listen. I agree with the vocal qualms, but I was still very happy to hear this release. I love the direction ohgr is going, meeting sp somewhere in the middle. I regret missing them live a few weeks ago...Free Music Review: My initial response: Disappointed... After more listens, better.
Hit: 3 Stars
First off, I want to say that I did not grow up with Skinny Puppy, but discovered them after having discovered Ohgr. Therefore, my love of the psychopop first album, Welt, along with the mellower but still nice Sunnypsyup led me to blindly buy their 3rd album, Devils In My Details without first listening to it. I see this now as a possible mistake.
This album reminds me of what I heard of earlier Skinny Puppy: Clashing sounds, no decipherable lyrics, and personally, just not that great of a sound to me. I will say that I have but skimmed the surface of this CD. Perhaps after having listened to it a few more times, I will pick up on these 'tunes' and will then return here to write a new review or edit this one (if possible, I'm not sure).
However, for the moment being, I will say simply that if you're a fan of just Ohgr, listen to some samples first, as I don't think you'll like it. If you're a fan of Skinny Puppy and you did not like previous Ohgr albums, then this may be the one for you.
This was rated 3 out of 5 for the fact that this is my initial reaction and that Skinny Puppy fans will probably like it, at least more than the Ohgr fans.
Follow up after many more listens: (11-14-08)
I think the rating of my initial thoughts was dead on though I must say I do enjoy the album more than I did before. The album has to be digested as a whole rather than one song at a time. As many other people have said, this album is more of a soundscape than a traditional, more lyrical album, like the first two Ohgr albums were. You can't really pick out one song or another, as they all tend to blend together seemlessly for the most part. Really, there are two to three different sounds in each song. The thing that really grabs me as disatisfying is that you can barely hear the singer.
I think that if I had bought this CD and it was by someone else, I would probably enjoy it alot but since it was done under the Oghr name, I was expecting something similar to the last two albums and thus leads me to not liking it as much as perhaps it should be.
Free Music Review: It's a good recording, but...
Hit: 3 Stars
I think this is a very creative album.
The soundscapes are exactly what I would expect from Mark Walk, alien yet familiar. The weaving of riffs and ambiance is masterful and at times chaotic. The song structure is definitively anti-pop, which is nothing like WELT, but is touched on in Sunnypsyop. Some elements of songs just aren't used enough to give a song a solid form, which of course does not make it a catchy album you can growl to.
In my opinion if a band is going to feature one performer over another (in this case Ohgr/Ogre) then make them a significant part of the mix. THere is a lot of use of the terminology 'raw' in regards to this album, but would call it sloppy mixing and mastering. The vocals need to be lifted significantly by my various stereos so I can barely make out the ramblings of Ogre. THis I find disappointing and it doesn't make this recording any better. If there is one thing like about Skinny Puppy or Ohgr that makes me want to listen to them time and time again is the chain of thought imagery lyrics that Ogre portays (it fills out the song).
There is a lot of spoken word soundscapes on this recording as one song shapelessly bleeds into another. This is reminiscent of the tracking glitch on Last Rights. It doesn't detract fom the songs too much.
So, good album, but it has issues. I can honestly say that Mark Walk and Ogre are a great pairing. I cannot wait to see them live on Thanksgiving in Denver. I am sure the live show of this material will kick my preconceptions of the material into the stratosphere.