The Church of Acid

Velvet Acid Christ

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 1997)
• Original Release Date: November 11, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pendragon Records
• ASIN: B000003QET
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #167,562 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Features two tracks not found on the USA version. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Industrial Masterpiece, January 11, 2001

By	Paula A. Mceneaney (sf, california) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A compilation of Bryan Erickson's best work taken from demo CD's "Fate" and "Pestilence", Church of Acid shows a wide range of music background (besides the usual puppy influence). Influences range from the Legendary Pink Dots to Public Enemy to Napalm Death, creating a wonderfully diverse and interesting collage of musical brilliance. Every track on this CD takes you to a different place; never walking over old foot steps. "Hell One" pulls you into the dark world of VAC... deep synths, whispers and cries, demonic soundscapes.. "Let's Kill All These Motherf**kers" thrusts you into total electronic chaos... tracks like "Hallucinagen" offer trippy, quirky synth sequences, topped off by Erickson's distorted voice. Gothier tracks such as "Fade Away" have excellant moody melodies, less voice distortion... You'll find everything on this record, if you're into gothic/industrial/techno/dark wave/ whatever, doesn't matter- this is GOOD music. ALSO, if you're planning to buy this CD, try to find the German Off Beat version with 2 extra tracks "Futile" and "Disflux" which aren't offered on the American version of Church of Acid...

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best VAC I own, August 27, 2002

By	E. McEneaney (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Church of Acid (Audio CD)

Again and again, I keep putting this CD on after years of having it. It's the only VAC record that can hold it's weight. Reason for this being it's the most imaginative and diverse. Plus it's always great to put on a CD and not have to skip any tracks- just run it from 1-12 and that's it. I would recommend this to anyone, not just electronic music fans. You might notice that other VAC works are littered with over-sampling and cheesy lyrics. Anyway, get Church of Acid, the import version (with Futile and Disflux) and you'll be a happy camper.

Highlights are LKATMF's, WHTSWHTK, Futile, Sex Disease, Pain

P.S.- If you can get your hands on Neuralblastoma, buy that, as it is in the similiar vein of material, but with a bit more guitar and hard driven beats.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wandering into Experimental Divisions of Darkwave/Industrial, June 4, 2000

By	jon kirsch (Ohio) - See all my reviews

Out of this band's other Cds, this perhaps is the most interesting because of it's massive style of diversity. Like industrial? What kind? This cd has almost all genres covered within the industrial/darkwave community. It has guitar, the techno beat, distorted vocals, a depressing mood of music, and overall, great songs. This cd is for many, but not all. It's obvious that this CD would be one of the best of this band's work, considering the songs came off of there unreleased projects before hand. If you are or want to become a VAC fan, this cd is number one.