Killing Joke

This was cool! I like the sounds, ahead of their time. I couldn't figure out where I knew Requiem from at first but later remembered there is a cover of it on the Foo Fighters expanded edition of The Colour and the Shape that I have.

This album did not start off great for me, mainly due to the singer. Honestly can't really get into his voice. But it evened out by Bloodsport, and the album was generally good the rest of the way through.

Shout out to the songs The Wait for its very Beastie Boys-Sabotage-esque riff (honestly you could sing Sabotage over it, and it'd work) as well as the Ministry-Thieves-esque riff to Change. Probably the two highlights off the record and proof that this is influential (since those riffs were basically lifted for Sabotage and Thieves, lol).

Killing Joke is an album that i absolutely love. Let's get one thing out of the way, this is a hard album to get into as it really tries to experiment especially during the first half. It can be tough to get into due to the experimental melodies and the singer's robotic voice. But when it gets to The Wait, that's when things really start to get good as it and each song after it is just so enjoyable to listen to. There is so much to like including the great guitar riffs, the crushing basslines and even the singer's voice feels less robotic at this point. A lot of these songs also have super catchy melodies which really add to them. It isn't an easy album to get into but if you stick around, you are in for quite a treat.
Best Song: The Wait
Worst Song: Wardance

I really love the mix of industrial and post-punk here, two genres I really love. The album perfectly straddles the line between aggressive and infectious. It's harsh as hell but still danceable.

Märklig industriell post punk.