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    HM Magazine #72/Autovoice
    Autovoice — A Living Death cover

    Autovoice

    A Living Death

    (1997)

    Reviewed by Brian Vincent McGovern

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    Label Flaming Fish MusicHM Magazine #72July 1998
    electronicgothic rockindustrial

    Someone told me Christian industrial doesn't usually measure up. Well, maybe it doesn't always approach the high standards of the mainstream industrial world, but sometimes it comes close. I would say Autovoice is average. It certainly measures up, but without the groundbreaking verve of bands like Kraftwerk. You'll hear nothing but typical distorted vocal and a reliance on keyboards and effects, and there are some decent grooves, like in "Construct." "Fallout" could stand to have better sound quality. For info, write: Flaming Fish, 9 Koidern Ave, Whitehorse Yukon Y1A 3N7, Canada

    Other coverage for this album

    The Phantom Tollbooth 1998Reviewed by Mark J. AylorCan you say Gothic Industrial? I thought you could. That phrase sums up well Autovoice's second album A Living Death. Their first album, the self produced 00000011, was good enough to draw the attention of Flaming Fish Records, and here is the bitter-sour fruit of that union. Don't take that phrase the wrong way. In this case, that is very good! Who says Christians can't do gothic? Just thinking…

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