'Le Dios Mechanische'
M.O.D are an Italian
electro duo who blend the cybergoth style of Angelspit and the ebm of
Psy'Avaiah. After a demo, single and a few compilation appearances to
their name, the duo of Maryhell and Angie return with their first
full-length outing 'Le Dios Mechanische'. The album features a pretty
consistent but ultimately a pleasing formula filled with nice melodic
hooks, and club-friendly rhythms with a few experimental touches
thrown in for good measure.
The album certainly
caters to the dance hungry of Europe’s club scene with near
anthemic tracks like 'Le Dios Mechanische', 'Tödlicher
Krebs', 'Freaks', 'Psychic Trap' and 'Gothic World' dominating the
albums track list. Though the band are still able to mix things up
with the more experimental flavoured, 'Please, Just Save Us!' and 'A
Part Of Nothing'.
Though there is a lot
of potential on display here, there is a lot the band still need to
work on. Firstly is the production with the vocals constantly
sounding too flat and drowned out in the mix. Also the vocal effects
on tracks such as 'Oxygen Destroyer', 'Tolleranz Null', 'Die
Sklaverei' don't quite blend with the rest of the song and as a
result detract from an otherwise good effort. There is also the
opening intro, which probably sounds great live, but could have been
trimmed back a bit. Finally at fifteen tracks, you do get your
money's worth (especially as this is a free to download album),
however it needs a little more variety in the style of 'Please, Just
Save Us!' and 'A Part Of Nothing' to keep the interest up over an
extended listening period.
Overall though this is
a promising album from a band that certainly have all the tools to
make a name for themselves. The strongest songs on the album are
definitely memorable and will no doubt also work well live. M.O.D.
are one to keep an eye on.