Lust for Blood

This is a hard album for me to rate. Normally when I have an album that I don't find myself skipping any tracks on I rate it pretty high. This album is one of those rare exceptions. I can't find myself rating this over anything than a 7/10 but I play it all the time and overall it's an awesome album. Far better than The Art of Breaking Apart. I guess I'm just not moved by these tracks, even though... read more

Their latest record follows a brief two-year hiatus and is their most diverse album in the past ten years. Angry and other times haunting vocals are forged to incessant beats, permeating melodies, and relentless bass lines. Fans of The Cure will love "Crushed", while experienced VAC listeners will appreciate the intensity of "Wound" and "Lust", at the same time finding a slightly different vocal style in "Parasite". "Lust For Blood" proves that VAC hasn't even begun to tap into the innovations they're capable of, even with a decade of musical experience under their belt.