Killing Joke cover

Killing Joke

Released

Two decades after they lobbed their first Molotov cocktail, Killing Joke returned with an equally incendiary mix informed by the total lack of progress since then — some might even say regression. Not yet fully consumed by the conspiracy theories that would define his later work, Jaz Coleman (reunited with classic members Geordie Walker and Youth and assisted on drums by Dave Grohl) spits out diatribes against religion and the Bush government and for anthropocene extinction. “The Death and Resurrection Show” and “Asteroid” stand next to classics like “The Wait” and “Primitive” from their previous self-titled record. It’s industrial in the “crushed by the gears of society” sense.

Jeff Treppel

Recommended by

Suggestions
Starfish cover

Starfish

The Church
The Infotainment Scan cover

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall
Just Look At That Sky cover

Just Look At That Sky

Ganser
Principle Of Pain cover

Principle Of Pain

Fotocrime
The Crow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) cover

The Crow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Various Artists
Disintegration cover

Disintegration

The Cure
Duma cover

Duma

Duma
DISCO4 :: PART I cover

DISCO4 :: PART I

HEALTH
Songs About Fucking cover

Songs About Fucking

Big Black
D.O.A.: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle cover

D.O.A.: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle
The Divine Punishment cover

The Divine Punishment

Diamanda Galás
Polaroïd/Roman/Photo cover

Polaroïd/Roman/Photo

Ruth