Blatant Propaganda -- Various Artists -- Eye Corporation [Last Sigh Magazine]

Track Listing

1. EYE - Logo Identity (k.k.k)
2. Testube - Condenser
3. Sterile - Control
4. Zeitgeist - Death by Porn
5. Keystone - Mmm Mmm
6. in-FUSED - Digitized
7. Frankie Death & the Photon Belt - Lovekult
8. Fate Razor (formerly Crimson Boy) - Blackguard Wolfpack - Tetaz dub
9. Dark Violence of Beauty - Catherine pt. 1
10. Bride of the Atom - Sciomancy
11. NOVAkIll - skreamFLESH
12. Troll - Sits and Sews
13. Centrifuge - Triangular Seas
14. Dogmachine - Fetish
15. ON - Perpetuity
16. Ray Cathode - Sex Model
17. aya - oi-ya

    As I can't do a general review of a compilation, I have mentioned each band's song individually and give general ideas and concepts. However, as compilations go, this one could definitely be a lot worse. Most of the electronic bands on here are rather interesting, although I truthfully can't say I like every band.
    The introductory song, EYE's Logo Identity, is a nice introduction. It is fast paced techno-industrial, with well written political lyrics. Testube's Condenser is definitely a song I enjoyed, reminding me of some earlier Controlled Bleeding. Very good soft ambient style music. Sterile's Control is industrial music with some sung and spoken lyrics mixed.
    Zeitgeist is gothic metal with female vocals that have a little punk tint to them. Keystone is somewhat experimental techno, with some very random effects that actually are somewhat amusing, although I don't think that's intentional. in-Fused is industrial EBM with distorted vocals, somewhat typical but not too bad overall.
    Frankie Death and the Photon Belt just rule. I love the way they introduce the song, with a little kid saying "Presenting Frankie Death and the Photon Belt!" The beginning of the song is a little slow, with just guitars and hard to hear vocals. Within 20 seconds it gets really cool though. My only complaint on this song is that it's too short.    Fate Razor seems fairly standard industrial, though some interesting effects were used.
    Dark Violence of Beauty is a band that considers themselves gothabilly, though i don't find too much evidence of that in this song. Some dark early style goth in this song, definitely, but not much evidence of country. Not too bad of a song, but it gets a little repetitive, because most of the vocals are spoken.
    Bride of the Atom's sound is slightly hard to describe. Gothic rock with a pack of howling wolves as background vocals. Some definitely interesting sounds to this band.
    NOVAkIll's sound is slow industrial with dramatic vocals. Initially it reminded me of Fate Razor, but with a different style of vocals. Not a bad song. Troll's sound is very catchy, initially. Heavy guitars and female vocals make up most of this song. Some of the verses get slightly repetitve, however.
    Centrifuge's Triangular Seas is very difficult to describe. Soft percussion, piano, flute, horns, and a couple other instruments mix with dramatic etheral vocals for an interesting experimental approach to music. My short review does not give this song credit to its originality.
    Dogmachine's fetish opens up with a heavy EBM beat, repeats itself for a couple seconds, then goes off into fast industrial with female vocals. Could be a definite good dance song mix at an industrial club.
    ON plays beautiful ethereal ambient music, with a slightly faster techno beat than is typical for ambient. However, should the rest of ON's music be similar, a worthy purchase to those who enjoy piano mixed with ambient.
    Ray Cathode's Sex Model mixes fast industrial beats and some odd effects. I like the background soundscape effects used. You also gotta love the name.. Cathode Ray Tube was an instrument used to discover certain particles, and they just dropped the Tube and switched the name around.
    The final track is by Aya, and it starts out as experimental techno which after about a minute, switches to heavier faster industrial. It uses a little too much track repeating for my tastes, but still is a fairly decent song.