OBCT fancy themselves as neo-industrial plunderphonic electropunks, heavy on the mutilated drum machines and sound collage. So it seems strange for them to lead off their album with the only slow piano-based ballad on the record. I'm guessing they thought it would build up the energy - and they're right thinking if they put it in the middle, it would completely halt the disc's momentum, but it really just gives away the band's biggest weakness right at the starting line.
Moments on this record are brutal, heavy and creatively interesting, but when the loaf has moldy spots, most people chuck the whole thing out.
The best part of "You Create Industrial Waste" is the tough dirty grind of the fuzzed-out drum machines with the heavy bass boom. When the computers take over, I get a quick flicker of what could be a very cool sound. When the rapping and whining kicks in, I want to get as far away from those humans as possible; I certainly don't want to try to relate to them. The two best points of reference for the vocals would probably be Linkin Park and Korn - I could never stand either of those bands and yet they sold millions of records! Gimmie the cold thudding computers calculations and sound collage please. Tracks like "AQBTKA", "ICBIAHD" (sense an annoying motif?) and "When Large Is Too Small" are more successful in this respect.
Like I said, this meal got tossed out right away.
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