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Title: Industrial-by-numbers
Review: In movies, the dance clubs of the future always seem to be industrial clubs - wild affairs where cyber-vampires have one facial expression: a leer. "Avatar" would be the soundtrack to such a stereotypical scene. This is industrial-by-numbers, filled with the trance-inflected synths of the "futurepop" style currently in vogue. Technically, the production is faultless, as this is on Metropolis. But the songwriting is bland, the melodies are fluffy, and the vocals are monotonous and predictable. With all its edges sanded off, the album becomes frustratingly frictionless over its 74 minute length.
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