Testify
"Triviality Beyond Acceptance "
(2002 Van Richter) 

By Wayne Klinger

Another great band to add to my aggravation of the "first listen" as they have 4 other releases prior..grrrrr! Real beefy Industrial/Metal stuff from Germany in the realms of Rammstein, Pitchshifter,NIN,Ministry and Skrew and ironically enough, a few I mentioned have had appearances on Testify's other releases and also KMFDM (I think this band just reversed their letters for a new name if I remember correctly). Besides extensive touring, Testify has been given a reasonable amount of airplay on MTV (that's a shock actually since I hardly see videos on there anymore). 11 tracks and mainly on the basis of the bizarre, abstract and unorthodox vocal/narration fixtures as well as the samples and loops used....phenomenal ideas to keep them very identifiable. It's very early in the New Year but hands down on this one so far for my best Industrial pick for the month of March. www.vanrichter.net

© 2002, BBHrdRpt


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