Review of Wreath of Barbs

First off, I'll start by saying that this cover artwork is shit. As far as the music goes this is a pretty solid release. It's some good electro-industrial, which Rudy seems to very damn good at these days. I won't comment too much on the music as it's pretty good overall but I will say a couple negative things. First off, the Eclipse remix is crap and I never liked Rudy's remixes to begin with. Second is about the track Hate is Mine, which I fucking love a lot, but why in the holy fuck does Rudy put in Dune samples in this track. And they're not just normal Dune samples, they're samples that have nothing to do with the track or idea of it whats-so-ever! "We have just folded space from Ix." Please tell me what that has to do with dogs gaining on you and killing you and the whole idea of this track? In any event I think this was the album that marked the change in his sound for good. He would begin to have ringtones for his songs even. I do like this album but it has it's flaws and I think this is where I started to see Rudy making music for the masses instead of the great industrial music he was best known for in the past.