Monster Voodoo Machine
| Monster Voodoo Machine | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Toronto , Canada |
| Genre (s) | Industrial metal |
| founding | 1991, 1997, 2007 |
| resolution | 1996, 1999 |
| Current occupation | |
| Darren Quinn | |
| Adam "Doom" Sewell | |
Electric guitar |
Jason Cuddy |
| Dean Bentley | |
| Victor "Mundane" Rebelo | |
| Terry Landry | |
| former members | |
Electric guitar (live) |
Junior |
Drums (live) |
Dan Cornelius |
Keyboard |
Stacey Hoskin |
Electric guitar |
Mark Gibson |
Drums |
Drew Gauley |
Electric guitar |
Dave Rose |
Drums |
Dylan Huziak |
Keyboard |
Nick Sagias |
Electric bass |
Chris Harris |
Monster Voodoo Machine is a Canadian industrial metal band from Toronto that was formed in 1991 and has been active intermittently since then.
history
The band was formed in 1991 by singer Adam Sewell. The line-up was complemented by guitarist Mark Gibson, drummer Drew Gauley and bassist Terry Landry. In 1992, the first EP Burn was released on Epidemic Records . The release followed several tours and various line-up changes. Here Dave Rose came as a second guitarist and the keyboardist Stacey Hoskins. Due to further line-up changes, further appearances and the release of a debut album were delayed. Gibson and Rose were replaced by Jason Cuddy and Darren Quinn and Gauley had also left the band, whereupon Dylan Huziak took over his post for a short time before Dean Bentley took over the drums permanently. Then in 1994 the band's own label D-Tribe Records released the EP State Voodoo / State Control produced by Paul Raven , which was later followed by the debut album Suffersystem in the same year . The recordings for this had taken place in early 1994 in the Chicago Trax Recording Studio with producers Jeff "Critter" Newell and Howie Beno . Guest musicians include Roddy Bottum , Wesley Willis and Lesley Rankine . After the release, tours followed with Life of Agony and Marilyn Manson . In 1995 the album won the Juno Award in the "Best Hard Rock Album" category. A little later, Landry and Hoskins split up. As a replacement, Soulstorm members Nick Sagias on keyboard and Chris Harris on bass joined them. In 1994 and 1995 the band toured North America for a total of 18 months to promote Suffersystem , playing with Carcass , Fear Factory , SNFU , Pigface , Fight , Skrew and Soulstorm , among others . After 1996, the EP Pirate Satellite as "officially leaked demo" (officially ge leaktes demo ) with a circulation of 2,000 pieces over 45 Revolution Records was released, the band announced its dissolution in August. In 1997 they got together again, but without the keyboardist Sagias, who was dedicated to the reunited soulstorm. After further tours, the album Direct Reaction Now! released on Doctor Dream Records . In the same year the band performed with Queens of the Stone Age and they took part in the Ozzfest . However, since the album was unsuccessful, it came to another dissolution in early 1999. In 2007 the band got together again to release another album, which has not yet been released. Since then, the band has held a handful of isolated gigs.
style
Jason Anderson from Allmusic stated that both State Voodoo / State Control and Suffersystem are “heavier” than the industrial metal representatives of the time such as White Zombie or Ministry . The music sounds more up-to-date for the time and has a mechanical sound. Direct Reaction Now! lacks any industrial influences. According to Christian Graf in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon , the band moved between metal and industrial, although they tended more towards the former. At Pirate Satellite , the electronic and techno share has increased. With Direct Reaction Now! I tried to focus more on mainstream metal fans.
Martin Popoff wrote in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties about Suffersystem that it contains Metal in the style of Black Sabbath , with influences from the Industrial. However, the singing was mixed too far into the background. He would prefer songs by Clawfinger or Skrew, however. Pirate Satellite has a newer, lighter industrial sound. The guitars sound metallic and the vocals sound scared. Overall, the music is more suitable for the masses, quieter and more danceable and uses drums that would better fit into hip-hop . Direct Reaction Now! on the other hand is harder again, more to be attributed to metal and rock and strongly influenced by grunge , less close to industrial and is comparable to works by Monster Magnet , Mudhoney and Speedball .
Holger Stratmann from Rock Hard described the music of State Voodoo / State Control as a mixture of biohazard , fear factory and ministry or of hardcore punk , metal and industrial, which is strongly fixated on the groove . Overall, the EP is "a must for DJs and friends of contemporary music". A few issues later, Stratmann reviewed Suffersystem . The band then combined “hardcore elements in a groovy industrial garb with rattling synths and sick percussion inserts”, whereby the riffs would be reminiscent of Black Sabbath and Corrosion of Conformity . The vocals fluctuate between hardcore punk shouts and industrial vocals. One also often drifts towards techno. Stratmann again emphasized the grooviness of the songs.
In Zillo, Frank Rummeleit described the style on Suffersystem as a crossover , consisting of "electronic gimmicks, hardcore and industrial". So you could "vary the styles used" and make the pieces varied. The band has "earned its place next to Ministry, Pantera and Nine Inch Nails ".
Discography
- 1992: Burn (EP, Epidemic Records )
- 1993: Get on with It (Single, BMG )
- 1994: State Voodoo / State Control (EP, D-Tribe Records)
- 1994: Suffersystem (Album, D-Tribe Records)
- 1994: Bastard Is As Bastard Does (Single, D-Tribe Records)
- 1994: Defense Mechanism (Single, BMG)
- 1995: Inside These Walls (Salvaged & Recycled) (Single, BMG)
- 1996: Pirate Satellite (EP, 45 Revolutions Records )
- 1997: Demo 9-97 (Demo, BMG)
- 1998: Direct Reaction Now! (Album, Doctor Dream Records )
- 1998: Stealth MF / Gimme a Riot (single, Doctor Dream Records)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 184 f .
- ↑ a b c Holger Stratmann: Monster Voodoo Machine . State Voodoo / State Control. In: Rock Hard . No. 87 , August 1994, p. 77 .
- ↑ a b c d Jason Anderson: Monster Voodoo Machine. Allmusic , accessed November 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE - More Details Revealed For Suffersystem Re-Release. bravewords.com, accessed November 25, 2017 .
- ^ Past Shows for Queens Of The Stone Age. Monday Oct. 12th 1998. livevictoria.com, accessed November 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Ozzfest Bands. ozzfest98.com, accessed November 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Martin Popoff : The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2007, ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9 , pp. 287 .
- ↑ Holger Stratmann: Monster Voodoo Machine . Buffer system. In: Rock Hard . No. 96 , May 1995, 10 × dynamite. The cracker of the month and the ass bomb, p. 93 .
- ↑ Frank Rummeleit: Monster Voodoo Machine. "Buffer system" . In: Zillo . June 1995, Plattenmarkt, p. 65 f .