DEAD WORLD

Industrial Metal • United States
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US Industrial Metal band formed by former Relapse Records art director Jonathan Canady, guitarist Kevin Kopp and drummer Greg Knoll. The band recorded three albums, by the time of the third (Thanatos Descends) Canady was the only member. Dead World was discontinued in 1999, but since then Canady has worked on his power electronics project Deathpile, which lasted until 2004, and currently works on another electronic project called Angel of Decay.
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DEAD WORLD Collusion album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Collusion
Industrial Metal 1992
DEAD WORLD The Machine album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
The Machine
Industrial Metal 1993
DEAD WORLD Thanatos Descends album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Thanatos Descends
Industrial Metal 1996

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DEAD WORLD This Will Hurt Someone album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
This Will Hurt Someone
Industrial Metal 1994

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DEAD WORLD Thanatos Descends

Album · 1996 · Industrial Metal
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"Thanatos Descends" is the third full-length studio album by US industrial metal act Dead World. The album was released through Malsonus in 1996. It´s the successor to "The Machine" from 1993 although the two full-length studio albums are bridged by the 1994 "This Will Hurt Someone" EP.

Stylistically "Thanatos Descends" is industrial metal. It´s heavy, gloomy, raw, and repetitive in nature and there are also influences from both drone and noise on the album. After the opening track "Warhammer" which is a relatively regular Dead World track, we are for example treated to an almost painful noise track in "Thanatos I". Imagine how it would sound if you recorded a chain saw cutting through steel pipes, backed by gloomy keyboards and eerie low-in-the-mix samples for three full minutes would sound like...I´m pretty sure it would sound like "Thanatos I". Nasty noisy stuff. "Thanatos Descends" unfortunately features both "Thanatos II (Parts 1 & 2)", "Thanatos III (Parts 1 & 2)", "Thanatos IV", and "Thanatos V", which are all noise/drone type tracks, and they aren´t just shorter interludes, but regular full-length tracks.

The industrial metal tracks (there are only 4 of them on this album hidden away between the "Thanatos" noise/drone tracks) sound a little tired and the vocals don´t help as they are sedated and distorted talking/singing. So unfortunately Dead World didn´t leave with a high quality swansong. "Thanatos Descends" is an album which is hard to appreciate if you don´t enjoy noise/drone and it´s also a bit incoherrent with 4 industrial metal tracks and 5 noise/drone tracks placed on the same album. A 2.5 star (50%) rating is warranted.

DEAD WORLD This Will Hurt Someone

EP · 1994 · Industrial Metal
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"This Will Hurt Someone" is an EP release by US industrial metal act Dead World. The EP was released through Release Entertainment in April 1994. It bridges the gab between Dead World´s second- and third full-length studio albums "The Machine" (1993) and "Thanatos Descends" (1996).

"This Will Hurt Someone" is a 4 tracks, 21:19 minutes long EP, and the title track which opens the EP is quite different from anything Dead World have released before. It´s an uptempo electronic industrial music track and there are no heavy distorted guitars and bass on this track. The only vocals on the track are movie samples. It´s maybe a little repetitive, but otherwise it´s a pretty effectful and interesting track. "Paroxysmal Euphoria" is a dark, noise/drone type track, which is a pretty raw and gloomy listen (featuring some beastly/demonic movie samples).

Next up is an edited version of the title track from the preceding album ("The Machine"), and Dead World actually made a promotional video for this version of the track (the original 8 minutes long version probably wasn´t the best pick for a promotional video). It completely changes the mood and direction of the EP, as it´s a heavy, doomy, and distorted guitars/bass loaded track. The closing track titled "Dead World" is pretty surely a take-out from the recording sessions for "The Machine", as it features a similar sound production and writing style as the material on that release. It´s a decent quality track and it could easily have been included on the full-length studio album.

"This Will Hurt Someone" is upon conclusion an interesting EP release from Dead World, and it looks into the future and the electronic music projects of Jonathan Canady (who at this point was the only member of Dead World). Canady would have one more metal oriented release in him though before he would lay Dead Word to rest and concentrate his efforts on electronic music. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.

DEAD WORLD The Machine

Album · 1993 · Industrial Metal
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"The Machine" is the second full-length studio album by US industrial metal act Dead World. The album was released through Release Entertainment in October 1993. It´s the successor to "Collusion" from September 1992. There´s been one lineup change since the predecessor as drummer Greg Knoll has left. Knoll has not been replaced and instead the drums on the album are programmed. Dead World is therefore down to the duo of Jonathan Canady (bass, guitars, samples, vocals) and Kevin Kopp (guitars, samples, additional vocals).

The inclusion of a drum machine is actually quite suiting for the repetitive, gloomy, and heavy industrial metal of Dead World, and I find that the drum machine works much better for them than Knoll´s drumming did on "Collusion". "The Machine" is on most parameters a step up in quality since the debut album, and while Dead World have adopted some alternative/industrial rock leanings here (Nine Inch Nails had just debuted the year before), and have cut out the semi-death metal elements of the debut album, "The Machine" is ultimately still a cold, heavy, and gloomy sounding industrial metal release in the vein of the early releases by Godflesh and Skin Chamber (in other words it probably wouldn´t be enjoyed by Nine Inch Nails´s or Marilyn Manson´s audiences). Most tracks are effective, driving, and hard heavy grooving, but the industrial noise/sample track "Blood Everywhere", which is placed right in the middle of the tracklist disrupts the flow (or works as a breather...you decide).

The heavy riffs, mechanic rhythms, organic bass, and droning lead guitars work pretty well and create an apocalyptic and grim atmosphere, but the distorted shouting/singing/talking vocals don´t add enough to the music. When they are best, they add an extra eerie spice to the already grim mood of the music, but when they are worst, it sounds like a toneless Marilyn Manson has been given access to the recording sessions. Still there are more positive than negatives to say about "The Machine" and I generally find myself enjoying it quite a bit. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.

DEAD WORLD Collusion

Album · 1992 · Industrial Metal
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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.

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