MissFit Toys – The Nine (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: MissFit Toys is a band based in Florida (USA). Active since 2007 they already self-released different productions and finally signed to Distortion Productions to unleash this official debut album at the end of 2022.
Content: From the very first notes and vocals you clearly will recognize the Dark-Electro approach. The cadence and cold melody lines are mainly reminding to Suicide Commando but I can also mention early Grendel as a potential source of inspiration. The work is characterized by carrying, linear, leads and bombastic drum sections.
+ + + : MissFit Toys sound to me as belonging to the class of Suicide Commando. The songs are well-crafted and efficient. There’s nothing truly original but it’s an efficient and noticeable production in its genre.
– – – : The main strength of the album also is its major minus point; no real innovation or originality. The songs are sometimes a bit too linear and predictable after a while.
Conclusion: If you like good-old Dark-Electro style MissFit Toys and “The Nine”-album will definitely catch your attention. This is a band with potential.
Best songs: “Blithe Din”, “Binary Binding”, “Red Dragon”, “Tulpa”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/MissFitToys
Label: www.distortionprod.com / www.facebook.com/distortionproductions Read the news on ‘The Nine’.
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About MissFit Toys
MissFit Toys was formed in Orlando, Florida in 2007 by Richie V. Suriv. The aggrotech/industrial act self-released a string of productions before signing to the Pittsburgh-based Distortion Productions for its official debut album, “The Nine”, released December 9, 2022. The band has played live with Dope, Pig, Skold, Psyclon Nine, Combichrist, Grendel and Wednesday 13, and served as direct support for Hocico in spring 2022, with additional Hocico support dates in Mexico announced for 2023.
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