A FIVE SENSES FIST "When The Red Becomes Green" Demo CD.
(official website)
SADMACHINA, a French industrial rock band with female vocals have changed their name into A FIVE SENSES FIST and offers us this album that has not been released yet since they are looking for a record label. The NINE INCH NAILS influence is still pretty strong on songs such as "Liar" or "C.R.A.S.H". Most of these songs are quite enjoyable but I can't help to think that this band can do way better. Maybe there's just too many tracks on this CD (16 of them) because some of them almost sound unfinished to me but that's something you often find in bands using machines. Irae's vocals is a big part of the band's identity and that's a good point in a world full of NIN clones. Male vocals would definitely have put the band into this category whereas they can show their own identity on a song like "The Classic Clash" which is my favourite one. To sum it up, A FIVE SENSES FIST has the potential to make it big but should just choose their best songs and work on them a little more.
/Laurent

SADMACHINA "Black and Bloom" MCD.
(official website)
This is the fourth demo of this industrial rock band from France even though this is the first one I ever listened to. 4 songs that could be described as a mix of early NIN ("Pretty Hate Machine" era) and MANSON (for the metal guitars) with female vocals and sometimes spooky goth atmospheres. Most lyrics seem to deal with introspective/personal stuff and are as dark as the music and the demo's cover.This is quite good musicwise and the band does a good job about their image; if you need to see pictures and videos, there's some visual bonus on this CD. Sure, this is not the most original band ever, but this CD is more than enjoyable especially for those of you who dig industrial rock...SadMachina should release their first full-length CD "The Seven's Time" soon. So keep an eye on them. I will.
/Laurent

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