Circle Of Dust - Circle Of Dust (1995)

Iggy may have coined the term, but it took bands like Throbbing Gristle, Ministry, Skinny Puppy and the like to truly define "Metallic K.O." Good, old-fashioned industrial music – the kind that leaves you on the floor twitching like a fish on a hook, rendered immobile by a molten musical slag of sound and fury – seems to have been supplanted by pretty boys with death wishes, black hair and an obsessive preoccupation with the grim and gory. Not so Circle Of Dust, a New York trio that slaps together an excessive mix of sound and attitude that stands with the best of them.

Circle Of Dust is either their first album, or their second – depending on how you count 'em, but what it is is a cold, sharp kiss of reality delivered with all of the subtlety of a blackjack and the tact of a shotgun blast. This is industrial rock the way it was meant to be, with churning guitars, growling vocals and massive amounts of sheer sonic noise. If, perchance, you survive the knockout punch of Circle Of Dust, then may I suggest the band's first, er, second effort, Brainchild? If you survive this metallic k.o., then bunkie, you're ready to take on Tyson.... (R.E.X. Music)

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