Devils In My Details

Ohgr

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 2008)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: SPV Recordings
• ASIN: B001D7SZL0
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #112,870 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

Devil In My Details is the third solo collaboration between Ogre, lead singer and front man of legendary experimental rock band Skinny Puppy and Mark Walk. Together they have created a journey of epic proportions... Lush textures and soundscapes collide with crashing beats and twisted melodies to make up this Industrial tour de force. Can you sense the stink of fear?

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ogre's In The Details, November 13, 2008

By	Christopher Vaughn (San Antonio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am pretty used to the dogma that Ogre faces from Skinny Puppy fans at this point. Unfortunately it seems that everyone wants his releases to sound exactly like a SP album. I've listened to Tear Garden, Hilt, Rx and his other collaborations and it is pretty clear that they are not SP sounding records.

The doubt should be absolved that Ohgr is a "solo effort". It is a collaborative pairing of two highly talented guys. That being said it seems that some fans just see "Ohgr" and assume it is just Ogre.

The album D.I.M.D. is a grand follow up to the two previous releases. A major and befitting difference is a lack of melodic hooks and catchy lyrical twisting. Mark and Ogre have definitely meshed their ideas well in making a more complex layered sound. By looking at the artwork I was definitely expecting the unexpected! As with SP, and not in comparison, I am always surprised with the ideas that exude from the mind of Kevin Ogilvie...

This is a powerful, dark and beautiful album. It gets better with repeated listens, marking a very well produced piece of work. I definitely think that Ogre is a superbly intelligent artist who is highly inventive with his styling of vocals, words, and sounds. There isn't anyone doing music the way he does it! It will be great to see this album translate into his live act. Always a good show!

Key/Fave tracks: Shhh, Eyecandy, Three, Pepper, and Whitevan (a little nod to "Dig It" in the lyrics: "Digging at this whole sh**ty world, digging it today..."

I have over the many years of loving SP and all the other projects that they are a part of, come to respect the fact that you cannot expect one idea to sound like the next. It would not be an art form if you recreated it again and again. SunnyPsyOp sounds very different from Welt as Mythmaker is quite different from Too Dark Park.

This record is remarkable. Enjoy the darkness friends...

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's a good recording, but..., November 7, 2008

By	<Anvil.Chorus> "Socio-Techno-Observo" (the Konza Plains) - See all my reviews

I think this is a very creative album.

The soundscapes are exactly what I would expect from Mark Walk, alien yet familiar. The weaving of riffs and ambiance is masterful and at times chaotic. The song structure is definitively anti-pop, which is nothing like WELT, but is touched on in Sunnypsyop. Some elements of songs just aren't used enough to give a song a solid form, which of course does not make it a catchy album you can growl to.

In my opinion if a band is going to feature one performer over another (in this case Ohgr/Ogre) then make them a significant part of the mix. THere is a lot of use of the terminology 'raw' in regards to this album, but would call it sloppy mixing and mastering. The vocals need to be lifted significantly by my various stereos so I can barely make out the ramblings of Ogre. THis I find disappointing and it doesn't make this recording any better. If there is one thing like about Skinny Puppy or Ohgr that makes me want to listen to them time and time again is the chain of thought imagery lyrics that Ogre portays (it fills out the song).

There is a lot of spoken word soundscapes on this recording as one song shapelessly bleeds into another. This is reminiscent of the tracking glitch on Last Rights. It doesn't detract fom the songs too much.

So, good album, but it has issues. I can honestly say that Mark Walk and Ogre are a great pairing. I cannot wait to see them live on Thanksgiving in Denver. I am sure the live show of this material will kick my preconceptions of the material into the stratosphere.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of my gods, January 27, 2009

By	Sean Robinson "empathandmalicey" (visalia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have to say that I honestly haven't gotten a chance to listen to the album as much as I would like to. Just got a 3000 watt PA for my living room, lol... listened to it about 5 times and broke my ears. I'm an old sp cult follower with not much time to fall into an album anymore. I have to say that Ogre is always creative! I'm glad it doesn't sound like SP. It would make me feel as if he was just trying to bank off the name. I love that Ogre is progressive. His work acts as if a diary most often. It always has, as if he has learned something new and wants to radiate what it is he has discovered. I would like to dig deeper, maybe my kids will because they seem to get just as excited when they hear that he has done something new. I always shout to the other room, "Hey kids! Who do you think this is?" while playing the latest Ogre. My youngest looks at my oldest as if it's a ridiculous question. "Is it Ogre?" my youngest says. My oldest laughs. Ogre was one of the musicians my youngest found out of my many mp3's. I never had to push it onto him; I just started hearing it coming from his room when he was about 6. I thought what?? Is this a congenital condition...? Keep it up... Another great CD!