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    Jagged Doctrine

    I Wear the Mask

    (1998)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Side A RecordsHM Magazine #76March 1999
    ambientelectronicindustrialindustrial metal

    Aahhh! Nothing like some good, scraping, metallic industrial to ease my musical mind! With distortion high in the mix everywhere, it can be hard to follow the vocals sometimes, but you will never mistake the dance tracks and loops going on. High energy and a billion beats per minute, this stuff rages! And I love those dirty guitar tones. This is about the best stuff in this genre I've heard this month. Pick of the litter? Oh yes! Check out "The Reaper Sings," and you'll be a fan. This shreds.

    Other coverage for this album

    The Phantom Tollbooth November 1999Reviewed by Chris KingJagged Doctrine is a two man industrial-metal band from Ohio. Distorted guitars, drum machine beats, sound samples, and processed vocals are the main ingredients for most of the songs. They do stray a bit from this during the instrumentals, where they try a more ambient sound, and on the song "Red," which is a cover of a Dead Artist Syndrome tune. Some of the riffs are catchy, and some of the…

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