Fleisch – Mine (2017)

September 16, 2020

Holy shit this is bad. The “goth” end of the industrial spectrum has never ranked highly for me, but Mine is a perfect example of all the awful tropes that the genre perpetuates. The guitar playing is lazy and dated, as is the harsher vocal styles. The clean vocals are pretty good but are mixed awkwardly. Percussion wise, we’re clearly in drum machine territory here (if not, then that’s some stale-ass drumming, guys). A prominent machine can be a good thing, but not when the drum sounds are like someone slapping wet cardboard. 

To top it off the mix is just absolutely bizarre. It genuinely sounds like a bunch of uni students have taken their Rammstein worship a little too far. It’s a no from me.