Released
April 1999

Label
Tinman Records

Reviewed by
Jason X

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29 September, 1999

I, Parasite

Turin

Track Listing

1. Piety
2. Criminal
3. Flesh To Take
4. Skeleton Key
5. Gun
6. Miasma
7. No Question
8. Slow Pain Of Water
9. Vertebrae
10. Haunt

           One of the newest acts to hit New York City, I, Parasite is making waves with the industrial and gothic community. Often compared to such huge acts as Wumpscut and Skinny Puppy, I, Parasite is on its way to making a mark on the dark industrial scene. The roster consists of Nurv on voice, programming, sampling, and guitar and J on programming, keyboards, and bass. Signing on the Tinman label, these city boys bring to us their debut album, Turin.
           The first track begins with the organ grinding away while the dark synthesizer wails away in the background. The piano chorus is well done and adds more flavor to the dark atmosphere. Nurv's voice resonates like a mix between Nivek Ogre and Rudy Ratzinger's voice. Even those screeching screams he produces is enough to make you want to scream along with him. Criminal does not have the same gothic tone as Piety did, but it does bring about its own technological horror. With a catchy drum beat, it does have that rivethead stomp appeal to it. Track three begins with soft, ambient synth introducing us to what appears to a harsh stomp-fest to come. As the drums blaze with their harsh bang, the music brings out the inner facets of your anger. Skeleton Key is a slow song with a relaxing melancholic tone. An almost angelic piece yet still dark in its own right. The next two pieces, Gun and Miasma return to that heavy drum machine sound. Accompanied with synth action, they riddle down the way for the last leg of Turin. No Question is more slow-dance oriented with Nurv's harsh vocals wailing away through the speakers. Tracks eight and nine almost remind me of B-Ton-K songs. They have heavy and harsh beats that really make your head want to explode. It is especially effective with headphones and volume on high. Haunt is more or less and atmospheric outro to Turin. Ambient space music that sets the end of this album.
           Do not be mistaken by I, Parasite's comparisons. They have their own distinctive sound which is enough to propel them further into this genre of mediocre industrial bands. Who says American industrial is dead? I, Parasite is proof that such a breed exists on these shores.