REVIEW: CRUEL HUMANITY - ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER

 

CRUEL HUMANITY - ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER (Independent, 2001)

Produced by Cruel Humanity

Recorded by Cruel Humanity

Tracks: 1- Atlantian Dreams / On the Edge of Forever, 2- Something That Bleeds, 3- Dogs of War, 4- Before Dawn, 5- Raid

I like the way this CD starts with a sort of keyboard introduction with some electronics going on here and there before getting into "On the Edge of Forever" a sort of musical piece with heavy use of keyboards and a raw guitar (which is difficult to discern) and a blast beat. What I don´t like are the vocals they sound really unnatural and like a chainsaw. This type of vocals contrast a lot with the rest of the music (despite the bad quality of sound in the guitars). Maybe using vocals with less effects on them will have a better result. The main thing here are the keyboards which make the tracks more epic and interesting and balance the raw side of Cruel Humanity´s music. And there is a big contrast (which I like) with the electronic drums. Favorite tracks: "Something That Bleeds", "Before Dawn" (with better sound) and "Raid"