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Title: Acts of Obsession
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Artist: Ceekayed
Genre: Electronica: Industrial
Reviewed by: iceprincess on October 12, 2007 (All reviews by iceprincess)

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1Overall Description
Very aggressive, distorted industrial track. The mood seems quite stagnant, almost like a 3-second loop of a Nirvana song over a Chemical Brothers beat but much further distorted and with much more sense of claustrophobia until about 2:10 where it does a smart transition into a mood somewhere between Chemical Beats, acid, and Orchestral. I love the mood for the second part (past which I'd consider the song a 4)...it's just a shame it doesn't come earlier...the real issue that seems to need a fix in this song, oddly enough, is a mood that's so angry and "compressed" in nature it makes you feel like you're being attacked...it would work well in a horror movie actually and is well done musically, but, even though industrial music is by nature noisy and aggressive, this one seems to tip too far off the edge.
 
2Creativity Description
The way the cymbal crashes somehow manage to meld into a breakbeat for the second part is outstanding. The first part is very creative in the way it uses portamentos cleverly to make the synths sound like sirens and the breakdown at 1:30 with the guitars adds some much needed dynamics to the tune as does the octave-down breakbeat breakdown at 2:10. These little effects and touches make it more than just cleverly arranged noise.
 
3Sound Quality Description
This is bizarre because it's very distorted, even for industrial, yet I can make out the definitions for each instrument very well. The way synthesized instruments seem to jam in and out of the low frequency range around 2:33 is astoundingly well engineered to the point it tricks you into thinking there's a grunge guitar in to mix.
 
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