Artist: Deconbrio

Album: Voyeur

Label: Bit Riot Records

Genre: Industrial Rock

Sounds Like: Nine Inch Nails, Stabbing Westward, Mesh

Well here is something I wasn’t expecting at all.  An extremely catchy record combining the best of modern production techniques with a classic 90′s era industrial sound to bring something a bit new to the table.  While Danny Rendo is not reinventing the genre but any stretch of the world he is making a sound that a listener can automatically identify with and feel comfortable in.

As soon as I loaded up the first track on the record “Now or Never” instant images of Stabbing Westward came to mind.  Rendo works with a bit of the same color palette as Stabbing Westward and even a bit of the same palette as Nine Inch Nails.  The production on this record is pretty impeccable too for a self produced record.  Every nook and cranny is filled with carefully mastered sounds.  Everything really feels like it has a home and a place.  In my opinion this record is ready for mass consumption and could be a huge hit at active rock radio (hint hint Rock 108).

The same things that give this record it’s strengths also hurt the record in my opinion to an extent too.  First off since it has such a familiar feel to it, long time fans of the genre may feel like they have been there done that before and not really let the songwriting fall on their ears and give it the time it needs to really digest the whole record.  Secondly the production is so clean and radio friendly that I found myself wishing the vocals were mixed just a hair further back in the mix to give the little sounds some room to breath in the full mix of the album.  I also think that while Rendo definitely has his own voice and his own style too much of this record sounds like Nine Inch Nails and Stabbing Westward.

I think if radio got behind this though, Rendo and Bit Riot could easily have a huge hit on their hands.  My rating is 3 out 5 stars.

This record was provided to me for review from Bit Riot Records.

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