Collide
Category: Industrial / Goth / Rock
Album: Color of Nothing
Blurb: After six long years, kaRIN and Statik return with some of the richest and most rocking songs they have yet produced, making for an excellent entry in the Collide discography.

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Cubanate
Category: Industrial / Rock
Album: Brutalism
Blurb: Well renowned for fusing heavy metal guitars with techno, this collection of tracks from Cubanate’s early period is a perfect example of that band’s significance in shaping what industrial/rock is today.

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Paresis
Category: Industrial / Metal
Album: That.Black.Form
Blurb: This latest effort from Paresis continues along the path of industrialized extreme metal established by past outings, making it a rather inert effort that will please genre fans but offers little else.

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Jensen
Category: Industrial / Rock
Album: II
Blurb: With this second outing, Jensen may have achieved a slicker production sound, but seems either unwilling or incapable of escaping the trappings of adolescent lyrical angst that sounds a bit too familiar.

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Cease2Xist
Category: Electro / Industrial
Album: Zero Future
Blurb: Staying true to the band’s nihilistic subject matter, the fourth album from Cease2Xist may not tread new musical ground, but shows a greater lyrical and conceptual growth.

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K.P. Riot Brigade
Category: Industrial / Rock
Album: K.P. Riot Brigade
Blurb: Dana James brings together a long list of artists for an album that has its finger firmly on the sounds of industrial/rock’s heyday.

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Killing Joke is practically an institution – for nearly four decades, the prominent post-punk group has been a singular trailblazing entity whose influence has been cited and felt through virtually every genre of music since. Comprised of vocalist/keyboardist/programmer Jaz Coleman, guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker, bassist Martin “Youth” Glover, and drummer “Big Paul” Ferguson, Killing Joke’s sound is a juggernaut of contrasting musical atmospheres driven by spiritual and sociopolitical themes; constantly autonomous and innovative. [..]