Relativity
1993
Violent New Breed
About This Album
The last -- and definitely the best -- Shotgun Messiah release, Violent New Breed is a little-known industrial metal gem. After making a name for themselves as a pop-tinged hair metal band with a talent for crafting hook-laden yet somewhat derivative music, bassist/vocalist Tim Skold and guitarist Harry Cody entered the studio sans drummer to create a follow-up to their minor breakthrough, Second Coming (which featured the rock radio hit "Heartbreak Blvd."), and created a record that sounded absolutely nothing like their earlier work -- or really anything that had been released up to that time. During approximately this same period, White Zombie was also working on a similar Ministry-influenced, yet more song-driven, sound, but Shotgun Messiah deserves credit for creating the first purely song-driven industrial record built as much around traditional rock song structures and vocal melodies. These records boasted absolutely no keyboard-driven, repetitive breakdowns that referred to the genre's dance roots à la Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, and others from the Wax Trax set. In many ways, Violent New Breed is more rock and more punishing than White Zombie's Astro-Creep: 2000, and it was released first.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,5,6 and 7)

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