The Art of Breaking Apart

Velvet Acid Christ | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B002NPUC2G
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, October 31, 2009

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M. Randall "Deadpool" (Allen Park, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of Breaking Apart (Audio CD)

This is pretty much a love or hate it album. VAC aka Bryan bragged for months prior to release how this album was a mix between Fun With Knives and Twisted Thought Generator. Uh, sure. If you say so Disease. This album is much more a "sister" album to his previous effort, Lust For Blood. Not a whole lot of change or growth since that album. VAC is diving more and more into the guitar and unprocessed vocals, which is fine, because it sounds good. But its clear at this point that music acts such as The Cure is a much bigger influence on his work then acts like Juno Reactor. Velvet Acid Christ is still one of a kind, which is all that matters I guess.

Oh and my only real problem with this album? The false advetisement of a enhanced portion including more music when placed into your CD-rom. Anyone who visited [...] or his myspace knew he made several promises of such a bonus... and upon release I come to find there is nothing extra. I'm sure he had his reasons but way to get our hopes up for nothing...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unfocused..., June 26, 2010

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dark ash - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Breaking Apart (Audio CD)

not bad, but too unfocused. it's OK for VAC to be influenced by DIJ, but when he creates a very DIJ-ish song in the midst of the techno clangor, it just doesn't fit. the rest of the record isn't very impressive either -- thinly produced and largely unmemorable tunes (it says something when the most memorable tune is the dead or alive cover!)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was not disappointed, November 23, 2009

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E. Anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Breaking Apart (Audio CD)

I haven't been a Velvet Acid Christ fan for very long. It has been a few years since I seriously got into their music via Fun with Knives. I have been really excited to hear the new album The Art of Breaking Apart when I heard samples of the album online. Judging by the samples I had heard, I knew right away the album was going to be good. The Art of Breaking Apart certainly does pick up where Lust for Blood leaves off but at the same time it also is an entity of its own. The Art of Breaking Apart begins with the traditional soon to be club classics "Tripped Out" and "Vaporized" but after that the music takes an interesting turn. The music quickly develops a more organic sound with the acoustic guitars and Bryan's untreated vocals. "Black Rainbows" is one of the highlights off the album. This is the first time I have heard Bryan Erickson's vocals in its purest form and untouched by technology. I like the combination of acoustic guitars with the subtle dance beats. The combination is kinda like yin and yang. They may be different but at the same time compliment one another. "Phucked up Phreak" is another great track, very typical VAC with Bryan's vocals processed and filtered. My personal favorite song on the album has to be "Faithless" which the music is a bit like "Black Rainbows" with the acoustic guitars and Bryan's vocals. I enjoyed every single song on the album. The Art of Breaking Apart is surely going to end up somewhere on my best of 2009 list.