It’s pretty obvious that False Icons does raise some great expectations, especially since it’s also released on the 13^th Planet Record label of Al Jourgensen. Starting with ‘Decay’, I really hope False Icons can meet up to my expectations. When the music fills my room I know this is a good start for the album. The music is intense and well produced. Maybe even a bit overproduced, which gives the album a sort of clinical sound but that doesn’t matter to me. As for the sound, you should throw Stabbing Westward and Pain into a blender. Add some Ministry and a drop of Ljungblut and you’ll know what False Icons sound like.

 

Although John Bechdel was responsible for the keyboard in a lot of bands, he chooses to play the guitar and to do the vocals in False Icons. This, in my humble opinion, didn’t turn out very bad. In for example ‘Mystified’, the vocals are a great addition to the song in combination with the synths that are ruling in the background.

 

Overall I would say that John Bechdel created a great album. The only setback for me is that I expected much heavier stuff. Especially since the biography titles this as cyber core. I mean that genre title made me think of Atari Teenage Riot for a second. On the other hand, why am I bitching about some genre title that was probably made up by some idiot behind a desk? In the end, Godcomplex is an interesting album with some great, almost hypnotising songs with a great atmosphere.