Chicago’s demented Ted gets a facelift. With programming assistance by Acumen’s Jamie Duffy, Beyond now sounds like Skrew, Fear Factory, and reheated Pantera.
Even with the machine parts and oil drums, the raw sound sources of Neubauten, the CD-ROM inside, and the hoarse, strained vocals, Babyland isn’t very good.
This one-liner/fragment approach broaches all the right subjects: Women’s rights (good), government (bad), modern society (sucks). Once in a while, it clicks.
Christian Death just isn’t the same without Rozz Williams or Gitane Demone. But Amen isn’t all bad. A double live CD with extremely good recording quality.