Monochroma [Import]

1. Heavy Water

2. Falling

3. One

4. 305699v2

5. Step By Step

6. Blue

7. Irq15

8. Suspect

9. Frequency

10. Nothing

Monochroma,8khz Mono,Progress,World Music

Average customer rating: Please SHUT UP good music... terrible singing Similar to Meantime, But Still Great Interesting Album... another great cd!

Monochrome Helmet Manufacturer: Warcon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Size Matters Aftertaste Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997 Meantime Saturday Night Wrist ASIN: B000G6BNRM Release Date: 2006-07-18

Tracks:

1. Swallowing Everything
2. Brand New
3. Bury Me
4. Monochrome
5. On Your Way Down
6. Money Shot
7. Gone
8. Almost Out Of Sight
9. Howl
10. 410
11. Goodbye
12. Unlisted

Customer Reviews:

Please SHUT UP.......2007-02-20

Why doesn't he just shut up and make an instrumental HELMET album, concentrating on the guitars and super rhythms instead? I have always felt that HELMET has held back somewhat from something really incredible; Page's solos sound like NO ONE else I can think of, and he should focus on that difference. I mean, seriously, does this music even NEED any lyrics or singing? I don't think so, personally, and man, I thought he sucked as a vocalist before (although I guess it was tolerable, maybe on songs like Overrated and such), but he is unlistenable now. Totally, almost as bad as Billy Corgan, and too, too similar, with the nasal pinching delivery. Please, release another album and just do it without any singing, like a Don Caballero or something. Rely on your awesome guitar playing and metal composition to come to the fore and blow minds. I would like to turn on the windshield wipers and wipe away that horrible shrill ratty voice from this good, heavy music. It just gets in the way, and now that HELMET is not in the spotlight anymore, but has an established following, they should be able to do whatever they want....assuming hopefully that someone must have forced him to sing this way, that is....I hope that's the only excuse for it, for the sake of their artistic integrity....

good music... terrible singing.......2007-02-03

What the hell happened to Page Hamilton's voice? He used to have a great cathartic clean voice and a growly scream, and now it's like he's regressed into a bad 80's metal shrill. The music's good, but I can't buy this album cause he sounds like a tweener.

Similar to Meantime, But Still Great.......2007-01-04

I've been a fan of Helmet since 1991. As pointed out by Mike (Death to the Metal Purists), the band reenlisted Wharton Tiers, collaborator on Strap It On and Meantime, Helmet's best albums. That accounts for the similarity of sound between those earlier albums and this one. I was startled by the first eight or so bars of 'Brand New' on Monochrome, because it is uncannily similar to the start of 'Turned Out' on Meantime, down to the time signature of the opening riff.

That being said, this album rocks in its own right. I really like the opening track, 'Swallowing Everything', and the guitar solos are vintage Page Hamilton, violent and beautiful.

If you have ever been into Helmet, I would recommend this album. I would also recommend it if you like heavy music, and your tastes also include Explosions in the Sky, Pelican, System of a Down, or Tool.

Interesting Album..........2006-09-05

This album does not sound like typical helmet at all, in fact it almost sounds like an entirely different band. I totally understand why A.Miller II trashed this album, since he is a fan of the original helmet stuff. I think Page has moved on since meantime and betty. Meantime was airtight and very exciting for it's time, but every year I listen to it, it sounds softer and has less steam in my opinion (it might be because it is an old recording...but). It was seriously amazing for it's time and resonated for over a decade but it has lost steam and I think Page has done the right thing in going in a new direction. I love the new "whining" sound of the vocals, it sounds more real, diverse and it's more in control. The growling vocals of meantime are almost funny to me now and hard to take seriously, I have a sneaking suspicion Page feels the same way since he does this a few times here and there in the new album in a way that almost sounds like he is mocking himself, which is funny.

Actually there are two reasons I give this four instead of five stars: first of all, I think page should have just started another band, because this doesn't really sound like helmet and I think it's almost like false advertising (upsetting to hardcore fans of the old stuff) and second of all I think a couple of the songs were not good enough to be on this album. Gone, 410, howl, and unlisted could have been excluded in my opinion and I think it's odd that Page put "gone" up as the main song of this album...Clearly "Money Shot" is the best. This is a good album with a few kinks, and the major drawback is that it doesn't really sound like helmet very much. I mean, it doesn't sound like typical helmet and many of the original members are gone. This is Page's perogative however and he has a right to use the helmet name. He is an amazing writer and musician and even a really interesting thinker and I am interested to see what, if anything, will come after this...

another great cd!.......2006-08-31

this has a lot of strap it on type stuff going on as well as some slow melodic stuff. his vocal style has changed just a bit. i love it. it is helmet without a doubt. track 2 has that total meantime/strap it on feel. the noisy strap it on stlye guitar solos are back too. if you like helmet you will like this.

Average customer rating: "At Their Best" maybe, "Best Of" not really The Monochrome Set Are Back Refreshing and Liberating New Wave

Tomorrow Will Be Too Long: The Best of the Monocrome Set The Monochrome Set Manufacturer: Blue Plate Caroline ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000HQU Release Date: 1995-04-25

Tracks:

1. The Monochrome Set (I Presume)
2. The Lighter Side Of Dating
3. Expresso
4. The Puerto Rican Fence Climber
5. Tomorrow Will Be Too Long
6. Martians Go Home
7. Love Goes Down The Drain
8. Ici Les Enfants
9. The Etcetera Stroll
10. Goodbye Joe
11. The Strange Boutique
12. Love Zombies
13. Adestes Fideles
14. 405 Lines
15. B-I-D Spells Bid
16. RSVP
17. Apocalypso
18. Karma Suture
19. The Man With The Black Moustache
20. The Weird, Wild Wonderful World Of Tony Potts
21. In Love, Cancer?

Customer Reviews:

"At Their Best" maybe, "Best Of" not really.......2001-04-02

This is in fact an (inexplicably resequenced) re-release of The Set's first two classic albums, both from 1980: Strange Boutique (tracks 1 to 11) and Love Zombies (tracks 12 to 20).

Call it Art-Punk, call it Neo-Psychedelia, call it refreshingly intelligent pop, call it anything you want, but if you haven't got it BUY IT NOW!

The Monochrome Set Are Back.......2000-06-28

After disbanding in the late 1980s, the Monochrome Set are back again with the same great style rendered somewhat more mature. This album contains some of their finest material. One to treasure for years.

Refreshing and Liberating New Wave.......1999-05-10

I listened to these songs 15 years ago in Santiago, Chile. I didn't know who they where then, it was just an unnamed tape. Ten years later one word still remained in my mind: "monochrome set". I looked it up and I have finally found the source. This band has one of the most intriguing, refreshing and liberating new wave sounds of the era. It makes you want to play and experiment. ATU/99

Average customer rating:

The Best of the Monochrome Set The Monochrome Set Manufacturer: Cherry Red UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004Y2HG Release Date: 2004-06-28

Tracks:

1. He's Frank (Slight Return)
2. Eine Symphonie des Grauens
3. Monochrome Set (I Presume)
4. Strange Boutique
5. 405 Lines
6. Jet Set Junta
7. Ruling Class
8. Mating Game
9. Cast a Long Shadow
10. Jacob's Ladder
11. Up
12. Jack
13. Killing Dave
14. Her Pain
15. Forever Young
16. Christine
17. Milk and Honey
18. Leather Jacket
19. I Love Lambeth
20. Mousetrap
21. Bliss
22. Kissy Kissy

Album Description

UK 'best of' for the new wave veterans. Includes tracks from their early Rough Trade singles 'He's Frank (Slight Return)', 'Eine Symphonie Des Grauens' and 'The Monochrome Set' in addition to the hits, 'Jacob's Ladder', 'Jet Set Junta' and 'Cast A Long Shadow'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Average customer rating: *** Bryan is an Awesome Musician ***

Monochrome Bryan Crumpler , and S. Barber, P. Schickele, D. Dondeyne Y. Desportes G. Bertouille Manufacturer: WTG Classical - Bryan A. Crumpler ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BTEPOC Release Date: 2005-10-01

Tracks:

1. Le Chaleureux - Caractères for Clarinet Sextet (Y. Desportes)
2. Le Cafardeux - Caractères for Clarinet Sextet (Y. Desportes)
3. Le Nonchalant - Caractères for Clarinet Sextet (Y. Desportes)
4. Le Colereux - Caractères for Clarinet Sextet (Y. Desportes)
5. Le Reveur - Caractères for Clarinet Sextet (Y. Desportes)
6. Le Rigolard - Caractères for Clarinet Sextet (Y. Desportes)
7. Adagio Expressive from Concertino for 4 Clarinets (G. Bertouille)
8. Adagio for Strings arr. for Solo Clarinet & Clarinet Choir (S. Barber, arr. L. Calliet/B. Crumpler)
9. Monochrome III - Moderate, cool (P. Schickele)
10. Monochrome III - Gentle, flowing (P. Schickele)
11. Symphonie des Clarinettes - Modere (D. Dondeyne)
12. Symphonie des Clarinettes - Andante Expressive (D. Dondeyne)
13. Symphonie des Clarinettes - Allegro Moderato (D. Dondeyne)

Product Description

This album was inspired by a work by ... Peter Schickele (aka PDQ Bach) called Monochrome III written for 9 clarinets. On this album, Bryan Crumpler performs all parts. Other works include Yvonne Desportes' "Characters for Clarinet Sextet", "Adagio Expressive" from Gerard Bertouille's Concertino for Clarinet Quartet, Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings arr. for Solo Clarinet & Clarinet Choir" and Desire Dondeyne's "Clarinet Symphony for Clarinet Sextet". "Characters" is a 6 movement work designed to highlight the 6 major instruments, each representing a particular character. The Eb Soprano is the Welcomer... Contrabass Clarinet is the Loner... Bass Clarinet is the Cool Cat, or the Nonchalant... Alto Clarinet is the Hothead ... 2nd Bb Clarinet is the Dreamer, and finally... 1st Bb Clarinet is the Joker. The next piece, Bertouille's Concertino for Clarinet Quartet is not really published. Bertouille's music is represented by the Center for Belgian Music Documentation, which has released a score of what looks like copies of a pencil draft of the piece. The bass clarinet part was written in Bass Clef. The "Adagio Expressive" - the 1st of this two movement work - was just too beautiful NOT to record. Barber's Adagio for Strings was originally scribed by Lucien Cailliet for a full sized clarinet choir with Ab and Eb soprano clarinets as the solo/melody. Crumpler modified this version for Solo Bb Clarinet to warm it up a bit. Dondeyne's "Clarinet Symphony" is the finale and is a standard 3 movement work. The piece, published by Billaudot in France, was dedicated to clarinet master Guy Dangain. Although the works are not "new" and were composed and published 1 to 2 decades ago, the album is actually a world premiere recording of all of these works.

Customer Reviews:

*** Bryan is an Awesome Musician ***.......2006-10-17

Since I first purchased Mr. Crumpler's CD, I have thoroughly enjoyed every listening moment. Can't wait to hear more!

Average customer rating:

Tomorrow Will Be Too Long: The Best of the Monocrome Set The Monochrome Set Manufacturer: EMI/Virgin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000080MJ Release Date: 1995-02-17

Tracks:

1. The Monochrome Set (I Presume)
2. The Lighter Side Of Dating
3. Expresso
4. The Puerto Rican Fence Climber
5. Tomorrow Will Be Too Long
6. Martians Go Home
7. Love Goes Down The Drain
8. Ici Les Enfants
9. The Etcetera Stroll
10. Goodbye Joe
11. The Strange Boutique
12. Love Zombies
13. Adeste Fideles
14. 405 Lines
15. B.I.D. Spells Bid
16. R.S.V.P.
17. Apocalypso
18. Karma Suture
19. The Man With The Black Moustache
20. The Weird, Wild Wonderful World Of Tony Potts
21. In Love, Cancer?

Average customer rating: Decent Tribute Album

Monochrome/a Tribute to Monochrome/a Tribute to ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000252NQ Release Date: 1995-11-27

Tracks:

1. Body & Soul - The Escape
2. 1959 - Dreadful Shadows
3. Valentine - Exedra
4. Adrenochrome - The House Of Usher
5. Good Things - Realm Of Doom
6. Home Of The Hit-Men - Scarlet Harbour
7. Vision Thing - Marquee Moon
8. Marian - Soul In Isolation
9. Poison Door - Sepulcrum Mentis
10. Temple Of Love - Endless
11. Dominion/Mother Russia - Babylon Will Fall
12. Lucretia My Reflection(Switzerland Club Mix) - Syria
13. Alice - !AiBoFoRcEn <
14. Marian - A Spell Inside
15. Afterhours - The Hall Of Souls
16. Something Fast - Page 12

Album Description

16 of the greatest songs by one of the biggest goth acts ever, as interpreted by obscure European indie rock groups. Includes covers of 'Body And Soul', 'Vision Thing', 'Marian', ' 'Temple Of Love', 'Dominion/ Mother Russia', 'Lucretia My Reflection', 'Al

Album Details

16 Track Collection featuring Contributions from Dreadful Shadows, Soul in Isolation and Syria!

Customer Reviews:

Decent Tribute Album.......2004-12-18

In a world in which very few tribute albums for The Sisters of Mercy exist, this one is indeed a good one. I think that a few of the songs could have sounded a little bit better, but if you're a SOM fan, you should definitely give it a listen, mine came in a really cool fake snakeskin digipack.

Average customer rating: Beautiful, super-cool industrial beats The dark beauty in the machine WickED

Great Industrial Love Affairs HMB Manufacturer: WTII Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Some Kind of Strange Chasing the Ghost Nuages du Monde Year Zero ASIN: B00005YU7V Release Date: 2001-12-13

Tracks:

1. Initiation...
2. Wanted
3. This Fire
4. Night Vision
5. Everything
6. Siren
7. In The Beginning
8. Falling Stars
9. Impulse
10. Return
11. Turn to Stone
12. Information
13. Might Have Been
14. ...Revelation

Album Description

After nearly a year of overseas collaborations, the duo known as HMB is poised to have their debut offering unleashed to the world. Comprised of Daniel Myer (Haujobb and Cleen/Cleaner) and Victoria Lloyd (Claire Voyant), the two set out to create a new boundary for experimentation. Fusing elements of EBM, techno and trance with the elegant vocal styling of Victoria and the distinctive programming of Daniel has made this album a beautifully crafted masterpiece. To complement an already solid combination, the pair also enlisted the help of Dennis Ostermann (ISC and Controlled Fusion) and Vanessa Briggs (Haujobb) to add yet another twist to the equation. Tracks such as "wanted" and "this fire" will be guaranteed floor fillers at clubs throughout the country. Their debut release, Great Industrial Love Affairs will appeal to the fans of Haujobb, Delerium, Collide and Switchblade Symphony and will not disappoint even the toughest of critics.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful, super-cool industrial beats.......2005-10-11

This is a great album! combining cool industrial sounds with both male and female vocals across fourteen excellent tracks. Personal favourites include "everything", which is a beautiful but hard-hitting industrial epic and "this fire", one of the more poppy, but still wonderfully crafted songs. Buy it!!

The dark beauty in the machine.......2002-07-27

When this project was initially underway, Victoria Lloyd sent me some of the demo tracks and I knew immediately that this was going to be a classic among EBM/Industrial dance fans. The enigmatic Daniel Meyer worked with members of Claire Voyant on some of the songs as well as a few other notable music figures in the underground, in order to tweak some of the best performances out of the combined group.

Although this is a slight change of pace of Meyer's previous works, it nonetheless creates a new benchmark for the artist to demonstrate that it is possible to skirt with various genres while still remaining loyal to fans from other work and genres.

One of the long standing debates in the underground scene has been the contention that Goth music hasn't evolved or that EBM/Industrial/ Synthpop has taken over too much of the Goth fan's attention.

HMB did the seemingly impossible. They combined the morose and forlorn emotional tides of gothic music, wrapped it up with frothy electro/industrial pulse beats and skewered it through many vocal intonations. Simply put, this CD is a brilliant piece of work that crossed the genre boundaries, signifying that Goth music and industrial music can in fact have a great marriage when enough forethought is given to its construction.

Daniel Meyer is to be lauded for the accomplishment of delivering a new body of work to his already well known classic works with Haujobb. Meyer brought out best sounds from the various artists who contributed to this project and simply disproved that Goth music is a static entity, unable to develop or venture beyond its tonal old school qualities from the 1980's.

Victoria Lloyd has had quite a following from her work with the Claire Voyant, and simply demonstrated that she is not a singular range vocalist. Her sounds can go from smooth as silk to seductively wicked in the span of a breath. Lloyd simply seduces, soothes, caresses and entices vocally, while Meyer is the musical whipping master, driving listeners into a frenzy. Along with other Claire Voyant band mates, Chris Ross and Benn Fargen, the additional evolvement of their abilities is simply brought to an innovative height to a whole new audience through the genius of Meyer.

Do seek out this recording if you like industrial dance music. Also if you are prone to Goth music with a bit more bounce to it, this should become a welcome mélange for your collection.

WickED.......2002-01-26

I am a huge Haujobb fan, and now I am a huge h-m-b fan! This album has songs that will be classics I am sure. "Wanted" and "This Fire" are easily my favorites and the sultry vocals of that siren are beyond compare. I am happy to see it released in the US.

Average customer rating: Once upon a time the monochrome set... Great stuff Great stuff

Eligible Bachelors The Monochrome Set Manufacturer: Cherry Red UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000080ME Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

1. The Jet Set Junta
2. I'll Scry Instead
3. On The 13th Day
4. Cloud 10
5. The Mating Game
6. March Of The Eligible Bachelors
7. The Devil Rides Out
8. Fun For All The Family
9. The Midas Touch
10. The Ruling Class
11. The Great Barrier Riff

Customer Reviews:

Once upon a time the monochrome set..........2002-01-16

You enjoyed "tommorow will be too long"(in fact "strange boutique"&"Love zombies"). Well, it's time for you to buy their third album,unfortunatly the last one with genious guitarist Lester Square (some people play accoustic guitar, some others play électric guitar, and Lester Square play intelligent guitar) but be glad, one more release as good as the others 's waiting for you, rendez-vous at "Volume, contrast, brillance"...

Great stuff.......2000-12-09

This has got to be one of my all time fav albums. The fact that I say "albums" tells you how long I've had a copy. These guys were an amazing breath of fresh and wacky britishness and it's too bad they never made a bigger splash this side of the pond. If you're looking for something just a bit whimisical, a bit mocking, but oh so proper-this is the album for you. I promise, you won't find another like it. (Pair it with an early Clash album and you've got a nice surreal range of Brit rock from a bygone era.)

Great stuff.......2000-12-09

This has got to be one of my all time fav albums. The fact that I say "albums" tells you how long I've had a copy. These guys were an amazing breath of fresh and wacky britishness and it's too bad they never made a bigger splash this side of the pond. If you're looking for something just a bit whimisical, a bit mocking, but oh so proper-this is the album for you. I promise, you won't find another like it. (Pair it with an early Clash album and you've got a nice surreal range of Brit rock from a bygone era.)

Average customer rating:

Eclat Monochrome Manufacturer: Sticksister Holland ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000E1JNV2 Release Date: 2006-02-27

Tracks:

1. Zweibruch
2. Series of Catastrophes and Celebration
3. Gegenst
4. Every Once a While
5. Accidents & Incidents
6. Souvenir of a Sentimental Non-Event
7. Kopfeuz
8. Amuse-Bouche
9. Ecart (Les Murs on La Parole)
10. Who Me?
11. Prim
12. Kosmodrom

Average customer rating:

Killing Dave ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B0007ULN4K Release Date: 2005-03-15

Album Description

Single features the title track backed with 'House Of God' (live) & 'Sweet Death'. 2005.

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