The Crystal Method

Often thought of as the poor man's Chemical Brothers, the Crystal Method flout such simplistic generalities with this 2004 release. The truth is that the Method stray closer to hard rock and metal than most electronic acts like to be, and as a result they make a solidly gritty and industrial noise that sounds more like Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb than the Chems. The outcome is likely to please fans of the former rather then the latter, although Prodigy fans may find something to like here.

Dealers in fine used breaks, the Crystal brothers score low on originality, but they
certainly know how to make cheaply pleasurable noise: Witness the vacuum-cleaner
drone of "True Grit." Most of Legion of Boom is as accelerated as the trailer for a new action
blockbuster: all adrenalinized tempos and high-impact beats. "Weapons of Mass Distortion"
is as middle-of-the-road as techno gets -- think Grand Funk Railroad with more sy... More >