Killing Floor (album) explained

Killing Floor
Type:album
Artist:Killing Floor
Cover:Killing Floor - Killing Floor.jpg
Released:[1]
Recorded:
Studio:House of Faith
Genre:Electro-industrial
Length:53:30
Label:Re-Constriction
Next Title:Divide by Zero
Next Year:1997

Killing Floor (or /dev/null) is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Killing Floor, released on March 14, 1995, by Re-Constriction Records.[2]

Reception

AllMusic gave Killing Floor a mixed review, crediting the quality of the Killing Floor's work even although noting that the band was adding nothing new to the industrial rock genre. Aiding & Abetting called it an effective debut for the band, saying "the production is superb, bringing the proper feel to each tune" and "nothing in the sound shrinks from exposure; all components are properly acknowledged."[3] Fabryka Music Magazine gave the album four out of four called it the band's greatest merging of guitar driven industrial rock, electronic and coldwave music, saying "genius songs like "In Decline", "Two Dimes", "What Is the Truth?" and "Glass" should be put amongst the classic songs of industrial rock and coldwave styles."[4] Sonic Boom commended the originality of the band and called the album one of the best dance mixed with guitar-based industrial rock albums they had reviewed.[5]

Personnel

Adapted from the Killing Fields liner notes.[6]

Killing Floor
Production and additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 2000 . 9 . 2 . 140 . 9781575980782 . August 4, 2020.
  2. Chris . Christian . Interview with Killing Floor, San Francisco . Sonic Boom . July 6, 1996 . 4 . 11 . August 4, 2020.
  3. Jon . Worley . Killing Floor: Killing Floor . Aiding & Abetting . March 15, 1995 . 72 . August 4, 2020.
  4. Katarzyna NINa . Górnisiewicz . Killing Floor/Dev/Null – Cargo/Reconstriction, 1995 . Fabryka Industrial Rock & Metal Encyclopedia . Fabryka Music Magazine . July 10, 2008 . August 4, 2020.
  5. Chris . Christian . Killing Floor: /dev/null . Sonic Boom . December 1, 1996 . August 4, 2020.
  6. Killing Fields . . 1995 . booklet . . San Diego, California.