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"Collusion" is the debut full-length studio album by US industrial metal act Dead World. The album was released through Relapse Records in September 1992. Dead World was formed in 1991 by Jonathan Canady (bass, guitars, samples, vocals), Greg Knoll (drums), and Kevin Kopp (guitars, samples, additional vocals). The former had worked as an art directer at Relapse Records and therefore knew Relapse Records founders/owners Matthew F. Jacobson and William J. Yurkiewicz Jr., who are both credited as executive produers of the album. So this is in some ways a Relapse Records family album...
...and honestly it probably wouldn´t have been released without Jacobson´s/Yurkiewicz Jr.´s involvement. I know it´s a bit flippant to call the release of "Collusion" a friend service, but I can´t see it any other way. The quality of the music is not very high, and sound production wise this doesn´t rank much higher than a good quality demo production. Stylistically this is a heavy, slow- to mid-paced and doomy industrial metal sound with some effect laden semi-growling/shouting vocals on top (and the occasional use of samples). The regular tracks are often bridged by shorter industrial noise interlude tracks. It´s like listening to the less talented brother of Godflesh or Skin Chamber. Old school, filthy, and gloomy sounding industrial metal. Repetitive, one-dimensional, and raw, but ultimately not particularly accomplished. A 2.5 star (50%) rating is warranted.