Noise Unit

Drill (Metropolis)
by Chris Best

Noise Unit have a God-given right to sound like Front Line Assembly if they damn well please. Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber are once again joined by Marc Vernhaeghen to release an album of dark and dancy, dreamy tunes that are both extremely well-done and old. There isn’t any new ground covered here, with the same sounds and themes recycled over and over and over again, but if that stopped us from liking something, no one would’ve ever purchased more than one Queers record. This is more mood music than something to dance to, but the sounds are inviting and do warrant a few listens. On a side note, the members of Huajobb (a band that hauls more ass than a bus full of “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” dancers) also had some input, though I couldn’t tell you how much.