Brainchild (Circle of Dust album)
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Brainchild is the second studio album by the industrial metal band Circle of Dust, released in 1994 through R.E.X. Music.
Overview
Brainchild was originally a side project between Klayton and Doug Mann. Their album, Mindwarp, was released on R.E.X. Music in 1992. R.E.X. wanted Klayton to make a second Circle of Dust album, but there wasn't enough money to make another album. So R.E.X. re-released the album as the second Circle of Dust album, Brainchild. The same cover artwork and layout was used for both albums.
The album contains sound bites from James Cameron's movie The Abyss, while the song "Deviate" contains samples from such sources as Ren & Stimpy, The Twilight Zone episode "The Mind and the Matter" and RoboCop. The only difference between Brainchild's and Circle of Dust's versions of "Telltale Crime" is that the sound clip of Geraldo Rivera was removed from the beginning of the song. Also, this is the only song for which Circle of Dust ever made a video; the video includes the band's live musicians, Daren "Klank" Diolosa (of Klank) and Klay's brother Dan Levler (of LVL).
In 2010, HM Magazine ranked Brainchild number 37 on the Top 100 Christian Metal Albums of All Time list with Doc stating that "without a doubt, this is one of the coolest techno/industrial hybrid metal releases ever. Paradoxically, it was the relative presence of a song structure and memorable groove that really distinguished this release from other 'noisier' entries within the genre."[2]
Track list
All songs written and composed by Klay Scott.
| 1. |
"Cranial Tyrant" |
4:16 |
| 2. |
"Telltale Crime" |
4:18 |
| 3. |
"Prayers of a Dead Man" |
6:14 |
| 4. |
"Regressor" (Aggressive Mix) |
6:11 |
| 5. |
"Enshrined" |
4:04 |
| 6. |
"Course of Ruin" |
5:02 |
| 7. |
"Descend" |
5:29 |
| 8. |
"Deviate" |
5:06 |
| 9. |
"Pale Reflection" |
5:08 |
| 10. |
"Aggressor" (Regressive Mix) |
5:50 |
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