Panzer AG 'Your World is Burning', Diary of Dreams 'Freak Perfume'

Panzer AG's 'Your World is Burning' takes on a direct and more pop-oriented position as opposed to the first album. Gone are the ominous growls, replaced by clear vocals and samples. Gone is the darkness and anger that pervaded 'This is my Battlefield'. Instead, there is 'Machinegun gogo'... Weird direction to take. Reviews have compared this with the industrial music of the late 80s like Nine Inch Nails' 'Pretty Hate Machine'.

Despite the imagery of German Second World War troops and more, the music did not convey anything in that direction which was disappointing to say the least. Why adopt this imagery when the music is just conveying not even the usual industrial themes? What about a thematic album about Stalingrad and other great struggles in the East?

'Your World is Burning' is different but that distinction is just not noteworthy. Pity.

There are Goth bands and there are real Goth bands. Diary of Dreams offers the same dark, sparse electronics in 2002's 'Freak Perfume'. Eerie, intense and disturbing. Recommended.