Embryodead

Wumpscut | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 1997)
• Original Release Date: August 5, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B000005OPZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,040 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfectly good resort for music, April 21, 2000

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jon kirsch (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embryodead (Audio CD)

For those of you being recomended for this CD or for those of your just getting into the music of Wumpscut, it's a winner. It seems to cover every base touchable through Dark Wave. It's complex diversity is a sure thing from the moment you pop the CD in, to the moment the last song ends. I would recomend this to any fan of Industrial. EmbryoDead is one of the two good cds to start off with. Many fans say it's the best album ever created, and I even agree in cases. If you find morbid interests in bad taste, then you can obviously tell from the title of this CD, the band is not for you altogether.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Into the darkness......., August 19, 2001

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BloodySkoll (Hidden from the light) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embryodead (Audio CD)

Hmmmm.. how Rudy has changed since his early days of Mesner Tracks, Gommorah, and Bunker Gate 7. With all Wumpscut albums you have your share of great songs and annoyingly bad ones. This album is compiled of better ones rather then bad ones, almost all the songs on Embryodead range from good(War) to excellent (Angel, Embryodead, Golgotha). This album is much harsher in tone then any of Rudys other works, and thus it is unique. If you didnt like EEVIL YOUNG FLESH, then you will probably like this better, as it was made in an era when Rudy wasnt as popular so he was forced to make better albums. If you like this album, pick up Mesner Tracks, Dried Blood of Gommorah, Bunker Gate 7, and Born Again. But remember, Wumpscut isnt NSYNC, and thus you will be subjected to apathy, loathing, hatred, and depression... wait a second maybe that is NSYNC.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coup De Grace, June 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Embryodead (Audio CD)

Of all the albums in my CD collection, Embryodead is the one I most cherish. From beginning to end, it is wonderful, excepting perhaps "Pest," which isn't too remarkable from any perspective. Of the ten tracks, three meditate directly on the theme/question of whether the stillbirth of a baby is a disaster or a blessing. Rudy Ratzinger, mastermind of :Wumpscut:, evokes empathy, sympathy, and fright, for unborn foetuses via this triumvirate of songs. "Embryodead" is primarily about the (terrible) world a foetus will be born into, and the horror the child will be exposed to if he fails to refuse to die pre-parturition. Thus we are to feel empathic, as we too know "how hard it is to live/in this world full of hate". What's interesting is that the prenatal individual Rudy speaks to and admonishes is presumably still alive; therefore, "Embryodead" refers not to what one might initially think, but rather the condemnation such an individual is about to face. "Stillbirth" is rather sparse and depressing, but instead of celebrating stillbirth, as one might expect Rudy to do after studying the lyrics to "Embryodead," he mourns, as it is sad that one must die terribly prematurely to avoid the otherwise inevitable suffering this world confers upon the living. "Stillbirth" concludes with a delicate music box melody, the type that seems designed to put a child to sleep, and the frightful sounds of vital signs fading away. Any one somewhat familiar with the genre should not expect such an emotional moment to exist on an industrial release. "Womb" is a disturbing creation, and one that seems to contradict the sentiments behind "Stillbirth" and "Embryodead"; Rudy manipulates his voice to sound at once young and evil. The lyric, "I do not care about anything else but me," as delivered by the "evil" unborn child is surely an ironic counterpart to the aforementioned pair of songs, because it suggests! , correctly, that WE are the reasons our world is so undesirable a home, and that we were once foetuses. Which is to say, though one commiserates for the foetus and his future, he will likely, once grown, contribute to the misery. When is the last time an industrial release has been so emotionally complex? The music that complements the themes is totally appropriate: "Embryodead" is mostly harsh, as it reveals the brutal truth; "Stillbirth"'s synths are superbly melancholy; and aural menace backs "Womb". The remaining efforts on the album, ostensibly, might seem impertinent, yet some way all ten pieces manage to interlock and form a richly thematic whole. "Golgotha" is a twist on Christ's suffering on the cross; through Rudy's eyes, Jesus was unknowingly condemned by his Father to die. "Slave to Evil" could possibly be interpreted as a complement to "Womb", the narrator of track being the womb as an adult. ...........Running out of time here. To finish, permit me to make a confident suggestion: If you're not too interested in Industrial music, but haven't given it a fair shot, this album might be your best choice; it's not all impenetrable noise; some of it decidedly accessible; there's even a love song here; buy it! :)