It wasn’t the deep satire of Laibach or the subtler wryness of D.A.F., but like those two acts My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult knew that the industrial ‘scene,’ however defined, had room for knowing humor, and on their debut album they went straight for the heart of the overblown and damaging Satanic panic of 1980s America. While some songs are more mood-setting than anything else, the careening party-in-Vegas vibes that would come to define the band are already emerging on “…And This Is What The Devil Does!” and “Do You Fear (For Your Child?).”

– Ned Raggett