Sub-Division – Ten Years Before The Dream

Releasedate: 09-10-2009; Label: Danse macabre
By: Nina Mende

Sub-Division is an anglo-french formation from Toulouse (France) with a unique musical flavour: electro-rock tinged with a variety of influences ranging from the French Coldwave rock of the 1980’s to today’s cyber-electro, with a touch of gothic rock and industrial metal. They have been existing for about ten years now. Their latest release is called “Ten Years Before The Dream”.

The album is – as said before – industrial rock, but the vocals somehow sound very dull and anemic whereas the music itself sounds good. Female and male vocals alternate throughout the album. Sometimes the vocals are distorted just the way it is common for industrial music. The songs vary between being rock and more electronic.
Sub-Division is compared to KMFDM and Nine Inch Nails, and yes, you can find analogies in some melodies and tracks. But I would not say it sounds like them. Sub-Division has its own style. Unfortunately I can’t find anything catchy or thriving on this album but the album is very suitable if you simply need music for filling a silence. And for fans of this genre this album will be great as well.

Links:
Sub-Division MySpace