A revved-up, all-new remix collection, DIAMONDS & DAGGERZ features new versions of the Kult's most notorious tracks. Assembled by the band from loops and samples of their own work into something familiar yet terrifyin... more »gly new!« less
A revved-up, all-new remix collection, DIAMONDS & DAGGERZ features new versions of the Kult's most notorious tracks. Assembled by the band from loops and samples of their own work into something familiar yet terrifyingly new!
Dave M. from MANSFIELD, TX Reviewed on 1/14/2010...
At first when I started listening to this CD I thought "wow, TKK has gone all wussified". But as each song progressed on the CD the beats got more evil and by the end of the CD it was *almost* old school, vintage TKK. I think the arrangement of these songs was very deliberate as is evidenced by the title of the CD. Overall a pretty good CD
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CD Reviews
Daisy Lou is right.....it kicks a respectable amount of ass.
DeEmVe | Los Angeles, CA United States | 11/05/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is a pretty damn good industrial/glam/dance/rock cd. While it doesn't pack the full blown punch of 100% new material, it still is new music. I mean, I'm sorry but track nine, "Young Tongue" kicks ass. All too often when a group has been around for ten years plus and had many releases (which is no small feat), almost any new release is railed upon with criticism from fans in year ten that want music just like in year one. The problem is bands must evolve to survive. If they don't change they become boring and very early on get labelled as talentless one trick ponies. So, it's fine if you don't like the directions a band goes but lots of people like early TKK just as much as recent TKK. So, if you're one of the former, it's not that you're a die hard fan and TKK is letting you down and it isn't *really* My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult anymore. Fans of only old material don't possess the true identity of a band, the notion is absurd. The truth of the matter is TKK is TKK and you're just not a fan anymore. It's evolution at work. For those of you waving a fond farewell while clasping your Wax Trax copies of "I See Good Spirits..." there are new fans arriving. A number of my friends who haven't cared much about TKK love this CD and bought it after I played it for them. Besides, its a given that if they produced a new CD with an older, more familiar style tons of people would just bitch that they were falling back on their old sounds and being lazy and not trying to come up with anything new. It's a damned if you do and damned if you don't arrangement with fans. This disc uses old to make new. The sense of entitlement fans tend to feel amazes me. If you like a band's cd you like it and if you don't you don't but the band doesn't *owe* you anything. Make no mistake I am not saying you're wrong if you don't like this disc and I am right because I do, nothing of the sort. I'm saying don't wait for the next "Sexplosion!" because it already happened ."
Good Dirty Fun!
Crashy88 | Level 2 | 11/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've been a Kult follower from the beginning, and I love this album! They've taken some of their best-loved samples and hooks (most from the "Sexplosion" era, although actually spanning pretty much the whole saga) and reworked them into something just as good: a sleazy, disco soundtrack for a joyride to Hell! True, there's a little more sex and a little less Devil and drugs in this mixture, but who's complaining? Longtime fans wil love it, but so will neophytes--it's a great soundtrack for parties, and there's something for everyone. Note: since some reviewers seem unclear on the concept of the sound collages at the beginning and end of the CD: those are the intro and the outro. They're not songs, they don't care if you "like" them or not, they're just to set the mood... In-between is pure Kult mayhem: enjoy!"
Buzz and Groovie Can Do No Wrong!
Scout | San Antonio, TX United States | 12/16/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've been a loyal fan for years now (thanks G) and their latest project is aptly named. The disc is full of Diamonds and Daggers. The first and last tracks are basically filler, in my opinion, but all the tracks in between are pure Thrill Kill Kult. Leave it to Buzz and Groovie to create a disc of new material using previously released material. "Young Tongue" alone is worth the price of this disc. Groovie Mann is my God!!! I hope the soon to be released "My Life Remixed" is just as awesome!"
I agree
Joe Westfall | Medina,OH | 10/28/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I too really hope Groovie mann and buzz realize that this hold they have on us will fade. i didnt expect anything from this album and i got nothing but songs are exactly the same as golden pillz and luna. i went to see them last time they were around with pigface and it was just groovie mann and some dude on a keyboard thats it. it totally sucked. i will be seeing them again on the "evil doers" tour which i hope will be better than the last time. I will be able to call it a good show if at least i see LEVI LEVI up there groovin to the bass line but im not expecting much. Get with it TKK. Just pump out some of that old darker funk that you used to put out. Get back to the genius samples sexpot riffs that we've all grown to love. i really dont want to have to bail on you."
One-of-a-kind project
VertigoXpress | USA | 04/16/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
""Diamonds & Daggerz" is an interesting prospect; it's impossible to really say what it is. It's not exactly an album of original material, and yet it's not just a remix album, either. Each of the tracks incorporates elements from the best of TKK into entirely new 'songs'. Best listened to as a full-length release from start to finish, each of the tracks builds and builds in a non-stop megamix that covers all of TKK's style, moving from groovy lounge disco through giddy go-go and finishing with full-on aggressive stomp. The early tracks like "Devil Rider" and "Mz Disco" sample elements from more laid back tracks like "Blue Buddha" and "Mindcage"; the middle section of the album echoes "Hit & Run Holiday"; the final segment of the album gets darker until it climaxes in an orgasmic finale of "Dope Kult", which blends "Devil Does", "A Daisy Chain 4 Satan", and "Kooler than Jesus". TKK is probably the only band that could do this kind of a project; I can't imagine anybody else having the right material for it. Typically great artwork, too."