Customer Reviews

Wasted Sky

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Numb at it's best. Dark and evil music, with lyrics to match. Highly recommened. sythns, samples, with some guitars. They also put on a good show, saw them with Front Line Assembly. Check them out, can't compare them to any other band.

As a fan of industrial since the mid-80s, I have to say that this album is a gem. I don't know anything else about Numb, cos this is the only album of theirs that I own. But I must say that this album represents everything I like about Electro-Industrial. Intricate & tricky programming, and distorted post-apocalyptic vox. Abrasive and loud. Very much like FLAs heavy work in the mid-90s, but a bit darker, I think.

As an inexperienced listener of Numb, I have to give it 5 stars on its own merits. I can't compare it to their other albums. What I can say that first 4 songs (Wasted Sky, Blood, Driven, Ophelia) + Smile (track 7) are brilliant industrial tunes. I'm still digesting the other songs, but from what I can tell, every track here is pure modern industrial....

Vancouver - temperate, mellow climate yet it spawned Skinny, FLA, Numb, and Devin Townsend. And probably many more intense acts. Must be the rain...

I love this CD. Although it is dancey, it is more industrial than other "industrial" bands. It has plenty of effects and samples to keep it interesting. It is very dark but not ridiculously like Wumpscut and VAC can be. All these songs are hits. This came out before EBM lost its industrial influence and became techno music with maybe a vocoder.

Here's an overlooked and fantastic band for you. Although "Numb" hasn't done a lot of music for a band that's been around as long as FLA, their music is very powerful. I own all six of their albums (at least I think it's six unless they've done one recently I don't know about) and each album is distinctly different and unique from the previous. Starting with the self titled album 'Numb' which sounded a lot like that old feel-good 80s 'puppy' then to 'Christmeister' which in many ways was similar to the sound that 'Ministry' demonstrated in the late 80s. Then there was 'Death on the Installment Plan' which seemed to have blended the previous sounds quite powerfully and uniquely. And now on 'Wasted Sky' Numb's sound seems to have completely evolved into their own. Although the 'puppy' influence may still be there, "Numb" is a band that can be compared to no other. I could say they're like NIN, but more intensely darker, or I could say they're like FLA but more straight forward and danceable. Or I could say they're like VAC, only without all those movie samples. But none of these comparisons do them justice because they have their own sound that has to be heard by each music fan before being labeled. I think this is probably their best album (at least I think it's my favorite), but their later work on 'Blood Meridian' and 'Language of Silence' is great, great stuff too.

The tunes on this disc are consistently catchy, moody, and incredibly danceable. Blood is a classic in clubs. One drawback is that most of the songs sound very similar; the instrumentation and whispered vocals give them a sameness.

As the Title Reads, This Album Definatly Sounds like FLA in some ways, Some of the vocals and some of the guitar work. It Sounds really different from "Blood Meridian". The Vocals just aren't the same. Don't Buy Blood Meridian if you end up liking this album. I like the tracks Effigy, and Driven the most. Over all it's a pretty [cool]Cd and if your into industrial in any way at all You'll probably like this.