http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8219&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fdie-kreuzen%2Fplaylists.rssIn 1984 die Kreuzen debuted with one of the most distinctive sounding documents in Hardcore. Dan Kubinski's chilling, if-cockroaches-could-sing vocals were skin-creepingly incredible, especially when heavily layered as they were on tracks "All White" and "Live Wire." Somehow the band managed to play at amazing velocities while keeping every note distinct: each staccato riff cuts as clean and deep as a scalpel. Not content to rest on their laurels, the band turned to edgy, atmospheric textures on their second album, <I>October Faction</I>. The Metal-weighted material on the album took tempos down and raised the emotional stakes of their songwriting. "Cool Breeze" is a rainy-day plaint that prefigured the stark, lachrymose moments of <I>Gone Away</I>. On <I>Century Days</I> (1988), the band continued to display an unusual ability to break listeners' hearts at one moment and have them breaking a sweat the next. The album is by removes gorgeous and gutting. - Chad DriscollNoise Rocken720Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:07:54 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8219&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fdie-kreuzen%2Fplaylists.rss In 1984 die Kreuzen debuted with one of the most distinctive sounding documents in Hardcore. Dan Kubinski's chilling, if-cockroaches-could-sing vocals were skin-creepingly incredible, especially when heavily layered as they were on tracks "All White" and "Live Wire." Somehow the band managed to play at amazing velocities while keeping every note distinct: each staccato riff cuts as clean and deep as a scalpel. Not content to rest on their laurels, the band turned to edgy, atmospheric textures on their second album, <I>October Faction</I>. The Metal-weighted material on the album took tempos down and raised the emotional stakes of their songwriting. "Cool Breeze" is a rainy-day plaint that prefigured the stark, lachrymose moments of <I>Gone Away</I>. On <I>Century Days</I> (1988), the band continued to display an unusual ability to break listeners' hearts at one moment and have them breaking a sweat the next. The album is by removes gorgeous and gutting. - Chad Driscoll