Chosen by E.P.

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INTRO (from Wiki)

In 1999, a two-CD “best-of” collection was released on Cleopatra Records called Rest in Peace: The Best of Controlled Bleeding. The first disc, “Hard Rhythms and Noise”, was a retrospective of the band’s industrial dance, metal, and noise periods, and the second disc, “Dark Voices and Instrumentals”, focused on the band’s sacred music, gothic, and dark ambient work. Furthermore, the liner notes announced that Controlled Bleeding was officially deactivated as a musical project.

TRACK LISTING

REVIEWS

Mick – “Mother of Jesus, where to begin on that one? What a mix of styles and music that’s for sure.
The first time I heard Day Of Bread And Wine I thought the guy’s voice was like Tom from The Editors a little. Darkening Skies, I liked the melody but the singing kinda spoilt it for me. The Talking Drum is some funky shit indeed and on another mad twist The Peacock has some sweet Spanish guitar. Burning Room rocking the 80’s sound too.
My favourite side of the album was the slightly more electronic sounding side. Uncertain Sorrow and Fire Inside were really good and reminded me of someone like Portishead or Zero 7. Awakened Beneath The Ground and Now Is The Time were like The Prodigy or Apparat – again really good.
There was quite a lot I didn’t like at all. Like the style in Crack The Body and Tormentor’s Song, I really didn’t like but I could hear a little bit of the heavier influence in there.
Not sure it’s one I’d go back to too quickly but a good listen for something completely different from my norm.”

Spud – “I couldn’t wrap my head around this album at all. But as this is a best of then it might explain a little the lack of flow or wild variations of styles. The first disc has some really mad shit on there!
I agree with Mick that the singing ruined some of the music. It was a mad choice and while I didn’t mind it, I won’t be listening to it again.”

Molly – “Defo a mix of genres on the album . Hard to get into a flow of listening . Might be easier to listen to their albums to get their album “story “. I didn’t dislike the best of, just didn’t love it.
I did like the flamenco style of The Peacock. But Burning Room was my favourite.”

Sol – “Well that was one of the stranger albums! While I didn’t dislike it, I found a whole album a bit too much. I found myself not really in the mood for going back to it during the week, however, I gave it another listen today and enjoyed it a bit more. Some amount of changes in genre throughout it. I’m glad ya put it up as it’s something different – I might give their other stuff a listen to see if I like another album more.”

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SONGS ADDED TO THE MUSIC NIGHTS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:

• Burning Room
• The Peacock

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