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  • Summary: The German noisemakers return with a somewhat quieter affair, marking their first studio recording in four years.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. 40
    Doesn't fit comfortably into either the current musical landscape or the leftfield. [Mar 2004, p.109]
  2. It is difficult to say which is more tedious and painful to listen to, the lyrics or the orchestration.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. urhok
    10
    May be their best work yet. unbeliveable.
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  2. BrunoP
    9
    This is amazing album. After one year of listening to it, I can say its one of their best albums, much better then silence is sexy.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
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