Length 60:32 Release date 2 August 1994 | Producer YouthGreg Hunter | |
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Released 2 August 1994 (1994-08-02) Genres Post-punk, Rock music, Punk rock, Heavy metal, Industrial metal, Industrial music, Industrial rock Similar Brighter Than a Thousan, Night Time, Hosannas from the Basemen, Democracy, Extremities - Dirt and Various R | ||
Killing joke pandemonium full album first on yt
Pandemonium is the ninth studio album by English rock band Killing Joke, released on 2 August 1994 by record label Butterfly. This album marked Killing Joke's return after a four-year-long hiatus, the longest the band has taken since it was initially founded. This album also featured the return of founding member Youth, who replaced Paul Raven on bass.
Contents
- Killing joke pandemonium full album first on yt
- Killing joke pandemonium
- Content
- Release
- Reception
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
Killing joke pandemonium
Content
Frontman Jaz Coleman considered Pandemonium to be a conceptual album on the external influence of Arabic music that was spread throughout the entire album. It also incorporated his perspective on life, which is apparent in songs such as "Labyrinth" and "Pleasures of the Flesh".
The title track, as well as "Communion" and "Whiteout", would become live staples of the band.
Release
Pandemonium was released on 2 August 1994 by record label Butterfly.
The album was reissued in remastered form in 2005, featuring two new tracks: a remix of "Another Cult Goes Down" and an experimental dub remix of "Pandemonium".
Reception
Pandemonium has been generally well received by critics.
Kerrang! magazine wrote, "Gargantuanly heavy, catchy and hilarious at turns, Pandemonium yokes pounding slabs of techno-metal to Coleman's cosmic visions, to exhilarating, trance-inducing effect". Trouser Press described it as "a significant upgrade from Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions".
Track listing
All tracks written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Youth and Geordie Walker).
Songs
1Pandemonium6:42
2Exorcism7:27
3Millennium5:35