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Nihil

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Self-destruction anthem “Juke-Joint Jezebel” somehow became these Chicago-based sour Krauts’ biggest entry into the mainstream conciousness (even making it onto an episode of Beverly Hills 90210). Their eighth album and commercial breakthrough (on the heels of Nine Inch Nails’s ascent to superstardom) contains more joy than just its biggest hit’s gospel of sin. Rave-ups like “Ultra” and the thrash metal trash fire “Flesh,” which sandwich said hit, both show how effective the hybridization of industrial and metal could be. “Search and Destroy” isn’t a Stooges cover but it’s cut from the same nihilistic cloth.

Jeff Treppel

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