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Katarzyna NINa Górnisiewicz | Review submission: About | Suggest an artist
Angel Seed XXIII |Metal Blade, 1997|

01. Open Up, 02. Sea Man, 03. Seventh Eye, 04. King Of The Hole, 05. Porcelain, 06. Kosmo's Seed, 07. Sputnik, 08. Angel Suck, 09. Horsey (Man), 10. Slip, 11. Helter Skelter


Angel Seed XXIII is the fourth and the most coherent album from Skrew when compared to it's predecessors.
There is no truth to the idea that this is a poor album due to little reception from fans of the genre, although the lack of proper attention caused to Skrew to disband. Some of the professional music press of the 1990's tried to assimilate the lack of sales to a diminishment of the bands talent. The reasons the band quit were for a completely different reason, but Angel Seed XXIII should have taken a very high position amongst the rankings of industrial metal albums from the era.

Like previous albums, the Shadow of Doubt release included electronics that were used economically in exchange for a gigantic sound that was generated with the use of only a few guitars. You can hear these aspects in "Kosmo's Seed", "Sputnik" and "Porcelain", while the vocals combined with additional effects give the songs an impeccable industrial metal flavor.

There were also a few other instruments utilized such as piano, cello and even a bagpipe on the album. Certainly, all these sounds were dissected and adjusted with surgical precision into these industrial metal compositional arrangements. It's a true pity that songs like "Seventh Eye" and "Open Up" never had any official videos to accompany the music since they contain a very creative element of raw talent and power.

Other than that, there is also a cover version of "Helter Skelter", originally recorded by The Beatles. The funny part is that while Skrew was mixing the song, they decided to leave in an original intro on the final version where vocalist and guitarist Adam Grossman made several mistakes. Adam restarted the recording session twice to sing and play his parts correctly because he seemingly was not satisfied with the initial results of his performance.

Angel Seed XXIII is most certainly a representative album, which Skrew should never be ashamed of. It includes the pure strength that many modern metal bands are still missing.

(Katarzyna 'NINa' Górnisiewicz, Fabryka Magazine, 12/16/2012 - update. Proofreading: Scott M. Owens. This review must not be used for promotional or commercial purposes. See a Legal Note for the copyrights below)


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