COBALT 60 - Twelve
Songs: 12  Time:  47:15
Twelve by Cobalt 60 is not nearly as impressive as I had hoped it would be.  All of the songs are rather generic sounding, mixing guitar elements together with mild electro, creating a hybrid of the coldwave style.  Wail begins with a rumbling beat, noisy guitars, and distorted sequences, but from beginning to end the piece barely varies away from the initial structure or sound.  Rainbow Warrior has some nice sounding, cascading sequences and a tripped out beat, but like Wail, there is little diversity within the piece.  DeMeyer's vocals drive 12 Months, a high-ended electro piece with throttling guitar sounds and crisp sequences.  Another trippy, break-beat styled beat can be found behind Daylight Armed Robbery.  This is one of the more interesting tracks in that there are some musical / sound changes that make it more innovative.  A thick rhythm, fierce beats, and DeMeyer's unmistakable vocals are the main elements of Dolphin, another track that does stand out amongst the rest.  A bit more chaotic in nature, N! borders on intelligent electro without resorting to ambient or spacey sequences.  Twelve really doesn't tread any new ground and will probably only be admired by those who can't get enough of DeMeyer.  I think that if some of there tracks were doled out to various other bands for remixes, they might be able to turn them around and make them more interesting, but left 'as is' there really nothing to get too worked up about.
      
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Cobalt 60 is:
Jean-Luc De Meyer / Dominique Lallement / Robert Wilcocks
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