Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age

This debut features a sparse blend of clanging percussion, aggressive bass riffs, and impassioned screaming. In spirit, the music is industrial, yet it manages to avoid the cliches critics associate with the genre (such as overly processed vocals, and megadistorted guitar sounds). The songs dispense with traditional notions of melody and harmony, focusing instead on percussive innovation and rhythmic variation. Although monophonic synth lines comprise the only tonal instrumentation, the upbeat tempos, relentless vocals, and percussive embellishment prevent the arrangements from growing tedious. --Michael A. Massa Amazon.com

Nitzer Ebb That Total Age

My favorite album from the Industrial Age of music. I love every track and sometimes I feel winded after hearing it because I've wanted to jump out of my office chair when it plays.

I heard the tracks at clubs when I was in high school and I remember the joyous mayhem on the dance floor. The energy from the crowd was awesome. I feel sorry for kids these days who only get rap, hip hop, or pop at their clubs. July 25, 2008

A Classic Industrial Disc

I doubt some of the negative reviewers were even born when this album was released in 87. Available only on Vinyl and tape! Nitzer Ebb's seminal album recorded when they were only teenagers! Unique, innovative and relentless. Heard only at good industrial clubs (only a few back then) and very select and progressive college radio station late night programs. Radical music for it time that still holds it's ground today. The first album of a genre defining band. Listen and learn from the masters. Get Belief also and see what they were able to do once Flood got on board. November 7, 2007

Worth..

This is worth Getting.I must sAy.Though one can't mentioN certain..people..some don't care.Jeff Dudevoire played this..Amy OlsOn (other individuals I must work out my feelings about..)helped me (Certain cute ((OOHH scary Vanessa..))and sweet people one can't wave to (sweet girls will make up their own minds..what will they be told? Who's scary VAnessa? All bad?? Explain lack of stalking and other cruel behaviors..no she can't..If you tell someone you've been charged with phone harrassment..((Love will never be lost..Vanessa's more than that..she's "transcending.. the fall from the garden.."((("Brown-Eyed Girl"--Dead Can Dance,off "Toward The Within"..)))))By gollY they think they'll press charges too..)in thEir car although one can rememBer helping thEm when they were ill and their mother..)reclaim it.. August 20, 2007

Late 80s industrial breakthrough

I still remember the first time I watched the video for "Murderous" on "120 minutes" in the late 80s, back when MTV used to play music videos. I was lucky enough to record it on VHS, and I watched it all over and over again for months. A friend in school ended up buying the album, made a copy for me, and I was transformed. The heavy beats, the energy, the hard pumping synth, the angst in the lyrics, all resonated with me.

I was extremely lucky to catch them live in the early 90s ("Ebbhead Tour"), and to this day, I still think it was one of the best live performances in a small venue I have ever seen...very visual, very goth-like, up to par with Front 242's live show around the same time.

This is definitely a very "pioneer" production, and their best effort. This album is what made them who they are today, even though they deviated from this sound, to what some consider a more "watered-down" version. And incredible industrial gem. 5 Stars. March 9, 2007

This is not industrial... this is just loops.

This band might have share the same years in which industrial was popular, but they sound annoyingly repetitive. Wherever I go, if I search for FRONT 242 music I always end with these guys in the list, like if you like these you might like these too. Well, not really. FRONT 242 uses loops too, but they don't make the loops the entire song. This guys probably are cool if you like for example the Andy Warhol movie where he filmed the empire state building for 24 hours. No dialog, no music, one shot. If you can stand that type of movie, this music is for you. January 8, 2007

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