Hocico - Signo de Aberracion

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Free Music Review: When I Look For Answers I Realize We're Forgotten Tears
Hit: 5 Stars

While touting other releases outside of Metropolis records, Signos De Aberracion was my first taste of Hocico and it is their most refined effort to date. And what a release it was, too, taking me back to moments when the distortion of voices drove beat after seething beat into a person until you could almost taste the anger seeping through the speakers.
It felt - good.
So, how would I describe this album?
Well, I'd say it is a mesh of hauntingly harsh electronics assailing its listener with vocal stylings that piece together sounds remnant of something Cradle of Filth would do, only mixed with an Informatik or a Wumpscut. Here, a voice that could be classified as another instrument in the expression of anger plays, its reasoning distorted and yet clear, as it remarks one of the many subjects plaguing this industrial complex - violence. As it remarks, it speaks of pain and wanting to be outside of it, commenting on childhood infractions, playpens of brutality, and the monsters that we, as human beings, oftentimes are.
In all but a couple of instrumental pieces, it keeps the attention with heavily flowing BPM counts, reminding one that hatred and rage, it can come in a package that we can all move to.

Don't let the titles fool you. Despite not being in English, the lyrical content is, translating to those who have, by way of translation, drawn borders in the sand. So, if you enjoy the taste of EBM melodies with your daily dose of reality, then I would send you looking in this direction. This is because there is something being offered here that reminds me of many of the bands that appeared in the late 90s up until the present, and the lot being cast seethes. Personally, I find seething to be a healthy way of functioning in today's overcrowded, overpopulated, overindulgent world and would recommend it to anyone looking for a few minutes of escapism.
Still, don't take my word for it. To sample it, simply listen to tracks provided herein or go to Metropolis.
For fans of this release or for someone who tastes and wants something more, Disidencia Inquebrante is coming in August 2003 and sounds promising as well.

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