Pandemonium (Killing Joke album)
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| Studio album by Killing Joke | ||||
| Released | 2 August 1994 | |||
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| Length | 60:32 | |||
| Label | Butterfly | |||
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| Kerrang! | 5/5 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
Pandemonium is the ninth studio album by English rock band Killing Joke, released on 2 August 1994 by record label Butterfly. This album marked Killing Joke's return after a four-year-long hiatus, the longest the band had taken since it was initially founded. This album also featured the return of founding member Youth, who replaced Paul Raven on bass.
Frontman Jaz Coleman considered Pandemonium to be a conceptual album on the external influence of Arabic music that was spread throughout the entire album. It also incorporated his perspective on life, which is apparent in songs such as "Labyrinth" and "Pleasures of the Flesh".
The title track, as well as "Communion" and "Whiteout", would become live staples of the band.
Pandemonium was released on 2 August 1994 by record label Butterfly.
The album was reissued in remastered form in 2005, featuring two new tracks: a remix of "Another Cult Goes Down" and an experimental dub remix of "Pandemonium".
Pandemonium has been generally well received by critics.
Kerrang! magazine wrote, "Gargantuanly heavy, catchy and hilarious at turns, Pandemonium yokes pounding slabs of techno-metal to Coleman's cosmic visions, to exhilarating, trance-inducing effect".Trouser Press described it as "a significant upgrade from Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions".
All tracks written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Youth and Geordie Walker).
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