Cool beats and heavy basslines interspersed with mellow guitar lines and emotive vocals. Innovative use of samples, and songs that are actual songs, rather than extended set pieces.
DiV throw a lot of flavors, from the opening, Spiritualized-fueled “Girls” to Mazzy Star guesting on the typically Mazzy-esque folk-pop “Killing Smile.”
Blazing club-driven songs sit side by side with the atmospheric Sisters of Mercy/Love and Rockets-sounding songs. They break new ground with lush soundscapes.
Laibach basically invented the sound of Rammstein and KMFDM. They continue their 20 year brand of opera/EBM/industrial rock performed in Slovenian and English.
KMFDM does what they do best: Kick-ass metal with electro beats and synths. We haven’t seen a KMFDM album quite like this since 1993’s ANGST or 1997’s SYMBOLS.
While Lord of the Cynics may poke its head above the morass of nü metal/industrial/whatever, that’s not really saying much. I would suggest Pigface over this.