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AXIS OF EVIL
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Set aside Johan Van Roy’s tastelessness in calling himself "Suicide Commando" in these times and you’ll find a multitude of obligatory goth-rock sonics in which to reindulge your fancy. Gravelly vocals, overweening orchestrations, Baroque fugue effects, electronic beat breaks, campy theatrics, death-rock marching music — it’s all here, and full of current-event sarcasm, often irresistible ("Cause of Death," "The Reformation," "Neuro Suspension," "One Nation Under God") but just as often charmless, especially the acid-trance numbers ("Mordfabrik," "Evildoer"). As for the session’s dirge ballads, "Sterbehilfe" ("death help") is a scary scream worthy of Rob Zombie, whereas "Plastik Christ" lacks focus — but then who in today’s non-religious Europe really cares about Jesus figures, plastic or otherwise?
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