Pandemonium (Killing Joke album)

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Pandemonium
Killing Joke - Pandemonium.jpg
Studio album by Killing Joke
Released 2 August 1994 (1994-08-02)
Genre Industrial metal, industrial rock
Length 60:32
Label Butterfly
Producer Youth, Greg Hunter
Killing Joke chronology
Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions
(1990)Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions1990		 Pandemonium
(1994)		 Democracy
(1996)Democracy1996
Singles from Pandemonium
  1. "Exorcism"
    Released: March 1994
  2. "Millennium"
    Released: April 1994
  3. "Pandemonium"
    Released: July 1994
  4. "Jana"
    Released: October 1994

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 has taken since it was initially founded. This album also featured the return of founding member Martin "Youth" Glover, who replaced Paul Raven on bass.

Content

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".[citation needed]

The title track, as well as "Communion" and "Whiteout", would become live staples of the band.[citation needed]

Release

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".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[1]
Kerrang! 5/5[2]
PopMatters 7/10[3]

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".[2] Trouser Press described it as "a significant upgrade from Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions".[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Martin "Youth" Glover and Kevin "Geordie" Walker). 

No. Title Length
1. "Pandemonium"   6:42
2. "Exorcism"   7:26
3. "Millennium"   5:34
4. "Communion"   6:56
5. "Black Moon"   5:19
6. "Labyrinth"   5:55
7. "Jana"   4:06
8. "Whiteout"   5:43
9. "Pleasures of the Flesh"   5:42
10. "Mathematics of Chaos"   7:24

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 16
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers 39

References

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