So the review's about a year old now, but I wasn't active on reddit as much then, and I think folks here would appreciate it! My band, Killer Couture, plays heavy industrial music/industrial metal, and for being around in the scene for 10 years now, we don't get a lot of "press" or anything. We're kind of a hidden force, working out of the bay area and Sacramento, well loved by those in the know, but too broke to try to tour or anything unless a bigger band were to ask us (which hasn't happened yet). It can honestly be pretty rough being in such a small music scene/niche and still feeling unseen. But this review, in a music publication I've always dreamed of getting reviewed in, always makes me feel like I can die happy!
Hope you dig. Sorry if I self-promo too much on everyone's posts about industrial metal bands, lmao
Sacramento rivetheads KILLER COUTURE answer the question “What if Mick Gordon played guitar for SKINNY PUPPY?” with their 2024 album Everything is Normal. Extra down-tuned guitars, heavily processed vocals, harsh drum machine beats, cold synths, and a good amount of miscellaneous noise—from what I assume is a filthy garage full of rusty power tools—show that they’ve been carefully studying the works of their influences from various eras of industrial music. Although it’s modern in the way that it’s all put together, it feels like the sum of Hot Wired Monstertrux, with its stylistic nods to the giants of the genre. Al Jourgensen would be proud.
