This gives the album a unifying quality, making it seem much more like an experience, or a journey, if you will, rather than a mere playlist.Ģ. Nearly every track blends into the next one, although sometimes it’s not as obvious as in others. Each track flows beautifully with both the following track and the previous. That would be kind of superficial, wouldn’t it? No, I had a long, thorough listen to the album as a whole, multiple times before actually going out and spending money on it, and the three features that made me fall in love with it are as follows:ġ. After doing some research on the album, and especially after seeing that the cover art had been designed by David Ho, using the same morbid Asian girl from Seether’s album, Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, I knew I had to get it on my CD shelf.ĭon’t get me wrong, though I didn’t buy the album just for three tracks mentioned above, one of which was a radio hit single, and the cover art. So, after all that, you can imagine my delight when I stumbled across such wonders as “Heavyweight,” Suliman,” and “Becoming Insane,” three psytrance-based tracks slathered with heavy rock riffs that get stuck in your head for days and days. I became interested in electronica when I saw Aphex Twin’s music video for “Come To Daddy,” which sent me on a search to find more music that would melt my brain which bizarre synths and sound effects, while still satisfying my craving for that heavy metal distortion sound that I loved so dearly. In 2008, I was 16 years old, and was really into metal and hard rock, and all things related. It is the first Infected album I’ve ever heard, and has been with me since 2008, when I first took an interest in electronic music. Of all the albums I’ve ever owned, whether CD, mp3, or tape cassette, Vicious Delicious is by far my favourite.
Review Summary: Maybe not be everyone's cup of coffee, but undeniably one of the most powerful and innovative psy-trance albums of all time.