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| Serenity Is the Devil | 
 enlarge | Artist: Icon Of Coil
Label: Metropolis Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $10.55
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 55798
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 782388018821
EAN: 0782388018821
ASIN: B00004Z3U7
Release Date: November 14, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Activate | | • | Regret | | • | Shallow Nation | | • | Down on Me | | • | Former Self | | • | Everlasting | | • | Situation Like These | | • | Fiction | | • | You Just Died | | • | Floorkiller |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
Another great album of EBM/futurepop November 17, 2002
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was perusing the used cd bins last weekend at my favorite record store when I found a copy of "Serenity is the Devil". I was surprised that someone would be willing to part with this cd, much less anything from Metropolis Records. I guess "what is one person's junk is another person's treasure", and "Serenity Is the Devil" is no exception to that rule. I got into Icon of Coil when I picked up their new album "The Soul Is in the Software", being a big fan of bands on Metropolis Records (KMFDM, VNV Nation, Project Pitchfork, Bella Morte, Diary of Dreams, Apoptygma Berzerk). I had no idea what I had in store for me today .... I didn't realize I would strike gold and find two albums by two Metropolis acts (Die Form and Icon of Gold). Anyways, being a big fan of Icon of Coil, I immediately bought the album (as well as Die Form's "Confessions"). I love Icon's brand of EBM/futurepop. It took me a few listens for their new album to grow on me but with "Serenity Is the Devil", I loved it immediately. "Serenity Is the Devil" didn't start off with fairly aggressive tracks like "The Soul Is in the Software" did. It was a smooth transition from a more mellower song such as "Situations Like These" to "Faction", a much more aggressive song. For me, the one song on this album that really stuck out for me like a sore thumb is "Everlasting", Icon's equivalent to VNV Nation's "Beloved" and Apoptygma Berzerk's "Until the End of the World". The melodies are just divine, and the lyrics are absolutely perfect in that same emotional sense that I get when I listen to "Beloved" and "Until the End of the World". There isn't one song on this album that I did not like or that required a few more listens to grow on me. I may like "Serenity Is the Devil" slightly more than their new album, the band can do no wrong with me. Just another awesome Metropolis band.
 Pounding beats and black moods February 22, 2002
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Icon of Coil are from Norway, and I found out about them through idly listening to an anonymous techno CD of various artists. The track "Shallow Nation" was easily the best track on that CD - a little reminiscent of Nitzer Ebb, but by no means so percussive as to be near the point of being atonal."Serenity is the Devil" is a very good CD indeed, and most tracks are well worth listening to (although a couple seem to be out of place). The most compelling aspect is the divergence in speeds, often starting slowly and building up to a crescendo of faster and faster beats. However, the lush bass treatments and the dark, portentuous vocals should also not be forgotten, and when combined it adds up to one of the best industrial CDs you will hear in a very long time. Icon of Coil also are avid producers, and have remixed tracks for many other groups. That is no surprise - for this is a very well-done CD all around, and if they release remixes from it I would be very interested to hear those as well.
...One of the best five albums of the year!!! January 18, 2001
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Simply put, Serenity Of The Devil is one of the best albums of the year. Songs - like Activate, Regret, Shallow Nation, Former Self and Floorkiller - are amazing, body-moving tracks. A must have for anyone who likes dance music, especially fans of the ebm/electro genre. If you like Apoptygma Bezerk, Covenant, VNV Nation, you will not be disappointed. An truly empressive debut album.
One of the best new Industrial Groups out there! December 23, 2000
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I picked this cd up on the recommendation of a friend of mine who is an industrial DJ. All I can say is WOW! I have been very bored and disappointed with the quality of new industrial stuff being put out. This album more than makes up for all the crap out there! For any of you who are jaded and tried of new boring industrial music, check this out. It's a great album to get you up and moving. Some of the best tracks on here include, Shallow Nation, You Just Died, and Floorkiller. A must have for any industrial fan!
a great Debut Album January 27, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
yesterdy i bought this cd it's great very much Pop trance blend with EBM i really like it for me a Depeche Mode fan. a very Recomended cd for all the people who like EBM Synthpop and even Trance and all the people who like dance musicthis cd used with the cutting age of Electronic music once again a very recomended :)
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