ohGr

Devils In My Details

[4/5]

As a member of Canadian industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy, Nivek Ogre spent more than two decades working hard to corrupt and disturb the world’s youth with cold, electronic beats and nightmare soundscapes. If Nine Inch Nails and Ministry were putting industrial music into the minds of metal kids during the ’90s, Skinny Puppy were doing their best to be awkward, confusing and firmly rooted in the underground. His new project, ohGr-consisting of Ogre and fellow Skinny Puppy member Mark Walk-have thrown a curveball in that Devils In My Details is perhaps the most accessible record he’s put his name on. Not that this is “pop-industrial” by any means-there’s still enough to upset the radio-rockers. But tunes like “Shhh” and the awesome “Psychoreal” throw a large portion of melody into the mix alongside the bile that exists in Ogre’s twisted mind. There’s plenty on this disc to keep fans of Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson wearing a shit-eating grin for months. (SYNTHETIC SYMPHONY) Brett Callwood