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5 out of 5 stars

The Best One January 25, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

As a fan of EBM, I would like to say that this CD is an excellent purchase and well worth the money spent on it. The samples are great, the beats range in different speeds making the CD virtually flawless, and most of all it's fun to listen to during good times... (you know).

5 out of 5 stars

"Its called Mescaline. Its the Only Way to Fly." February 26, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

VAC has become a staple with regards to beats involving bleak social outlooks, tipping its hat to both rage and anger and the need to progressively spit into the eye of dogma. Earlier works take a more violent tone with that, the middle works a wider spectrum, and the later works a little bit of everything learned in the motion. As a sonic body that means variety in some ways but in a specific field, and with specific elements in the music. Voxing, darkwave beats and sampling, and negative emotive rainbows; that is the staple holding it all together.

Unlike other VAC albums, this is more of an introspective piece dealing with depression and the needs of the self-destructive. In it Bryan credits this to a few things, saying that he was going to make an album with upbeat lyrics and turned to MDMA (X/E) to craft the piece. The problem was that he had issues in his life and personal problems and that his trip into ecstasy became bleaker as he walked that line. You can see it in the songs themselves, with the songs falling further down and the thoughts coiling and twisting like syllabic nooses.
And that makes good listening.

While I'm partial to the work as a whole, there are specific tunes I pick out when I want to showcase the album. The first of three I normally turn to is Lysergia, because it is a template for a variety of VAC themes and because it shows the direction the album goes. It keeps its beat and grows dark, splinting, with lyrics like "Acid dreams and nicotine, violent screams from a mezzanine" echoing over and over again until it hit that "and to this night there is no end" conclusion.
I also like Dial8 because it has a few elements I'm fond of, and uses the other side of the voxing that Byran works well with. Instead of the mere shadows of lyrics it contains both electronica and darkness, and it grows in its angst.
As a last example I'll pick out Dilaudid, because it changes the course of the album a little more, slowing the sounds but darkening the tempo a little more, and giving something akin to pain to the noise coming form inside. I always liked the lyrics when they're slowed to a crawl, almost human and yet haunting, and this song carries that sound.
(and this, by no means, discounts other tracks because songs like Asphixia are great)

As far as VAC albums go, this is definitely one to pick up because it helps capture the scope of what VAC can do. As I said before, this is an internal slideshow of a person actually beginning to fall apart and recording it, so it has power in it. And I like albums associated with the ugly side of living, because that's oftentimes the place we're running from when we knock on music's door.
"I could have been the parasite chewing holes in this life you so cheaply passed on."

4 out of 5 stars

Great surprise when you play it in your PC June 13, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Velvet Acid Christ continues to put together songs that have multiple layers and a slightly different sound compared to all previous albums. The surprise comes when you put it into your PC and discover that there is an entire "extra" album on the CD in MP3 format with a readme file from Bryan himself telling you that the extra tracks are for his hardcore fans. All the extra tracks are extremely experimental in nature and created in a mind altered state and "well" worth listening too. Overall, I was very impressed with this entire album and look forward to the next offering.

5 out of 5 stars

new vac cd :-) November 17, 2000
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

I was so excitied to get my copy of Twisted Thought Generator. It was totally worth the money. Great cd with 9 really good tracks plus when you put the cd in your computer, there is a suprise. I admire how honest Bryan Erickson is. How he speaks his mind and says what he feels, unlike other artists. Props to VAC. I know this cd will be in my cd player for a long time to come. Still listening to his other stuff fun with knives, calling of the dead and so on.

In comparison to his other works. This album is the best production quality of any VAC album ever made. His high quality reocrding setup is paying off. Musically it is different then hs other works. Just like people where saying when fun with knives came out. They would say Fun With Knives is so different from Calling of the dead or whatever. Bryan Erickson is a true artist in the sense he likes to experiement and always do something new. Most of this album I feel this albums encompesses alot fo genres but mainly is from the TRANCE sorta genre. It is VAC's own blend of trance.

It seems to my every style he trys to do he is usually does a good job. Whether it is goa, trip hop, guitar industrial, trance. You name it he has tried it or will try it. Whenever you buy a VAC album expect something new and different. Always fresh.

christian - nin759@hotmail.com

5 out of 5 stars Very Good Album June 13, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This album is quite good and worth the money. It only as nine tracks, but they are all long and excellant. The first track "Velvet Pill" is awsome. It is very dark, and melodic. It also has amazing pianos and synths. The next song, "Dial 8" is very techno/trance influenced. It as lots of fast beats and melodic interludes which make it very enjoyable. The third track, "Mindphlux" is probably the least good, but still enjoyable. It is instrumental and should not of been. Track 4, "Lysergia" is awsome because of its evil beats and vocals. This is probably my favorite. "Asphixia" is aslo good. It starts out technoish, but then gets melodic with more pianos. "Never Worship" is excellant also. It starts out very dancy with an awsome beat. About half way through the beat changes into something dark and technoish which is very awsome. The next song "Crypsule" has a wierd, but cool synthline. This song actually has something close to a chorus wich is very cool. "Hypersphere" is probably the best instrumental song I have ever heard. It has the coolest beats and synthlines. The synthlines change a lot but are always awsome and very dark. The final track "Diloudid" is brilliant. It has very melodic beats and a female chorus. It is my second favorite track. Definiatly buy the CD if you like electronic music cause it is amazing.

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