Generation Hexed
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| Released | 23 August 2010 |
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| Label | Greco-Roman |
Generation Hexed is the debut studio album of Scottish electronic musician Drums of Death.
Generation Hexed is a rave synthpop album;[1][2] while it does it have elements from a variety of genres such as disco,[3][4] its influences mostly stem from 1990s dance music.[3][5]
The Line of Best Fit critic Steve Lampiris noted the album's undertone of nostalgia for video games, dance and gothic scene music of the 1980s.[2] "Creak" has a synth riff in the style of a Castlevania game, while "Everything All At Once"'s "spiraling" synthesizer line has a similar feel to The Legend of Zelda.[2] Lampiris described "London Teeth" as a more industrial version of a track from Depeche Mode's Violator (1990), and analogized "Modern Age"'s instrumental as one of the early songs by singer Kylie Minogue.[2] Generation Hexed also takes influence from modern pop as well, one example being "Karaoke", a track which opens the record. The song only consists of a hymnal-esque vocal section and "minimal keyboard chimes," giving it a primitive Animal Collective-style vibe, writes Lampiris.[2]
