With '80s metal gradually fading to black and being overwhelmed by the grooves of the '90s, bands such as Cop Shoot Cop were emerging from the wastelands to supply the world with angst-driven rock. Not quite industrial, not quite anything, this is the bands second record, and if you like the music of Consolidated, Ministry, but are expecting something slightly less grey then check it out. Hard to classify although the band doesn't need to attempt to be different, they simply fuse hard-edged odd rock with nuclear anthems yet somehow manage to parade several very accessible tracks, some cracking lyrics, clever rhythms, all the while maintaining an industrialised vision. It's not overly bleak because the band are able to write such compelling tracks, 'Traitor/Martyr', and the brilliant 'Chameleon Man' just two of twelve quality tracks that won't exactly sit comfortably alongside some of the more colourful alterno-metal groups from the time. '$10 Bill' and 'Hung Again' are dark and creepy anthems for the estranged, and 'White Noise' is an album that needs your ears. It's peculiar.
8/10
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