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Title: One More Nail in the Coffin
Review: I'm trying to forgive Michael Gira and Jarboe for dragging the death of their "main" band out like the demise of the monster in a cheesy horror film, and it's getting pretty difficult. It isn't that I don't appreciate the incredibly diverse body of work that they left behind, and the live shows that I have attended were near-religious experiences, it's just that those experience haven't tended to translate all that well in recordings. Jaboe isn't all that scary when she isn't hanging out over the front of the stage screaming like a more muscular Diamanda Galas, and Gira's leadership of the the whole churning mess comes out sounding more like a Walkman recording of a Pigface show. This pair has always been a trifle arrogant in the sheer volume that they have thrown at their fans, and this is a prime example.
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