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The 11th Hour

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Darrin Huss has outdone himself here. As I now listened to this CD about 6 times I realize it is much more complex than some of Psyche's earlier work. The opening track "Bloodcurse" has a horror movie element with the ticking of a watch and very deep vocals and cool electronica effects. Some eerie piano cords highlight this track. "Yearning" is good track with mellow tone and spooky lyrics. Many nice vocal styles are intertwined throughout this track. Next is "Defenseless" it opens with a nice piano arrangement and goes quite Electro with steady Electro beats then back to a piano melody and then back again. "15 Minutes" is an outstanding song. Strong lyrics and perfect vocal style. Great dance song too! Wait for the upcoming remix, it should be amazing. "September Moon" is a lovely ballad with beautiful lyrics. I just love its dark style and haunting sad sound-scapes. "Until" is a mid tempo electo-blaster! Turn it up loud and it gets into your head! A song that grows and grows on you. Layers of cool effects and sung and spoken vocals. Next is a very Electro-punk style track called "The Belonging Kind". A Goth classic with a hint of distortion but still very exciting and with great melody. A catchy track. Turn this one up loud also! "Justice And Damnation" is a mellow track. A good filler before the next EPIC track which is "11th Hour". This is one killer song. Makes you want to snap your fingers, then cut them off! The best lyrics, coolest melody, and a almost disturbing haunting Electro beat and mutated vocals. A ELECTO-GOTH Classic! Next is "Buried Alive" a long track with a synth beat. Layers of cool sounds and horror movie style lyrics & melody. Last track is "Theme 7". A slow beat then a very warped keyboard riff. Industrial sounding closure of an fabulous CD. Psyche lives up to its name here. Psyche will get into your Psyche with "The 11th Hour". Turn it up loud, turn out the lights, and ENJOY!

Psyche is back with their first original new release on Metropolis (USA). This CD is a must for anyone who likes Dark, Electro, music that you can actually hear the lyrics. Not noise polution like so many of the industrial bands out there. Psyche has covered it all since way back in 1982 or so. Darrin Huss has an amazing voice that keeps changing with the new directions on this CD. 15 Minutes is the strongest track to be considered for a single. I think a great club mix for this one will come out. I hope so as this is one great track. Some amazing soundscapes can be heard throughout this CD. I just love it. Psyche has always made great music that would fit into any Horror or Sci-Fi flick. This CD is no exception. Order it right away. Great price too!

It took me a few listens, but I have grown quite fond of this album and cannot seem to get it out of my CD player. I have never heard anything else of Psyche's so I cannot compare this to anything else they have done in their long career.

Haunting melodies with sorrowfull and droning vocals. There is alot of passion in the mix here. You can feel everything Darren is singing about. Musically I could compare this to alot of different synth bands, but the sound is pretty unique. Echoing drums reminescent of Lycia, drawn out synth lines and deep overtones with a sprinkling of piano and either synthesized or very amplified guitar. My only complaint is that a few songs lack variation and seem to drone in the same direction without hooks or buildup of any sort. Some very excellent tracks here though, My favorites have to be Until, and Theme 7/Assassin Reprise.

To be fair and correct, Psyche have a sincere approach to electronic originality that is hard to deny. This whole album is quite complicated as far as genre is concerned. At times it sounds like the NIN-Pretty Hate Machine Era of music, other times it brings to mind the darker elements of Depeche Mode. Some of the songs are slightly dancey, while most of the songs lean closer to Melodic Darkwave, or kinda Synthpop meets Industrial with suddle hints of Jungle and Goth. Despite the genuine creativity of this artist, I found myself growing board with it's slow and melodic consistency. Nevertheless, there are three songs on this album that I applied to my ipod and rather enjoy. Those songs are "Bloodcurse", "15 minutes", and the title track "11th Hour".