Disco de Combichrist: “Making Monsters”

I love Combichrist and as far as electro (EBM) style bands I think Combichrist are one of the better live acts. Sadly, this album fails to entertain. The production is kinda "cheapish" for lack of a better word...everything seems rushed and out of place. The music isn't that catchy...most of the songs are stupid...and the vocal style is horrible on allmost every song on the album. The prior Combichrist album are lightyears ahead of this verry dissapointing album. Bottom line....THIS IS NOT A GOOD COMBICHRIST ALBUM!!!

Combichrist has made alot of changes throughout the years, they started out as a powernoize project then eventually went into more of an EBM sound with more vocals. No matter what they did though, they've always had a very powerful sound...so, this album completely threw me off.

My two best friends and I are Combichrist fangirls...but we found ourselves frowning through pretty much the entire album. This is a very watered down, depressed Combichrist. Boring, generic beats and Andy's "singing voice" makes me cringe. When I listen to old albums, I get excited. I feel like raging and dancing until I die, and it never gets old. Where with Making Monsters, I find myself to be indifferent through most of it. Throat Full Of Glass makes me feel like I'm sitting in a shobby bar, alone and miserable on a rainy day. I really hate to say all of those things because I don't want to believe that the same group that got me into the scene is the same one that made this catastrophe of an album.

I love when a band or artist changes it up but, this isn't good. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

I love the music. I was never a fan of techno till I heard this album. All of it is very good, and I still listen to it

Ouch! What was Andy thinking when he made this monstrous disaster? I am sorry to report as a Combichrist fanatic that this album falls short of anything I could ever proudly give anything other than a single star rating on Amazon. This is the worst Combichrist album to date. Actually, this is the only bad Combichrist album to date but still....ouch!...Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

I like this release, just about every track is good, theres really no low points. I don't now if there are really any tracks that stand out among the others as reigning supreme, but favorites, especially after seeing them on 11/19, include Slave To Machine and They, both of which have been beckoning for some heavy rotation. I was also instantly drawn into Never Surrender and Throat Full Of Glass after the first listen.

This one is a bit different from previous releases as the tone seems to be darker and... more serious? (nothing like Happy Pig Whore Mom and the like). Perhaps that's what is getting some of the negative reviews? Combi, as offensive as they can be (to others), always had some 'fun' element in their violent, angry assault. That element seems to be missing here. I'm fine with the change and live, the new stuff sounds really great. Glad I bought this and stuck with the band.