While retaining the hard-edged industrial sound of their previous U.S. release, Homicidal Dolls, Germany's Armageddon Dildos present a more straightforward rock sound on Lost, a fact all the more notable because they traveled to the industrial noise base, Chicago, and used Ministry's producer, Keith "Fluffy" Auerbach, for this recording. Again, their work is almost indistinguishable from Ministry (one of the disadvantages of the form is that, with those mechanical beats and harshly whispered vocals, it can lack ...
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While retaining the hard-edged industrial sound of their previous U.S. release, Homicidal Dolls, Germany's Armageddon Dildos present a more straightforward rock sound on Lost, a fact all the more notable because they traveled to the industrial noise base, Chicago, and used Ministry's producer, Keith "Fluffy" Auerbach, for this recording. Again, their work is almost indistinguishable from Ministry (one of the disadvantages of the form is that, with those mechanical beats and harshly whispered vocals, it can lack individuality), but a version of Morrissey's "Everyday Is Like Sunday" that they did back in Germany is an interesting re-imagining of the song. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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