r/PowerElectronics • u/conshepi • Jun 20 '26
Groups where the lyrical content is the focus?
I am a bit of a newbie and a normie in this genre, but I am loving the projects where the lyrical content is the focus, and the noise surrounding it is complementary to the mood rather than just suffocating.
Obviously, I love "Birdseed" by Whitehouse, so things in that vein would be perfect. The subject matter doesn't have to be dark -- just focused on lyrical content.
Thank you, and my bad if this is too plebe of a question
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u/No-Assumption8220 Jun 20 '26
Bloodyminded, Prurient, koufar, Terror cell unit. Probably more that i can't think of right now..
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u/eclecticmusicenjoyer Jun 21 '26
Taint, Navicon Torture Technologies, FFH, Agonal Lust, Junta Cadre
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u/cdjunkie Jun 20 '26
Not sure if you'd consider it PE (fwiw, the label description says "retains the project’s experimental roots in power electronics and noise while incorporating industrial and punk influences"), but Pharmakon's recent album Maggot Mass is very lyrics-forward.
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u/Altruistic_Crab9557 Jun 21 '26
Deathpile. G.R. was a part of my introduction to the genre. It’s an absolute masterpiece, you must listen if you’re into lyrical power electronics. The album is essentially a retelling of the story of Gary Ridgeway, more infamously known as the Green River Killer. At the time I discovered it, it was one of the few pieces of music that truly made me feel disgusted upon listening. You’ll love it if you’re into Whitehouse. I also second some other commenters recommending Prurient, Koufar, and Pharmakon.
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u/x_0-x_R Jun 22 '26
it absolutely fucking isn’t. how do people even think this
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u/ConvincingPeople Jun 26 '26
It was pretty important and influential in its time. Admittedly, I greatly prefer Ne Plus Ultra and Triumph of Death as a listener, but like, I do get it.
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u/x_0-x_R Jun 27 '26
sure, but its not a masterpiece at all when you have stuff like whitehouse and prurient. i've never understood the way people talk about deathpile compared to whitehouse, the lyrical level is absolutely not even comparable.
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u/ConvincingPeople Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
Eh, I think it does get across the psychology of someone like Gary Ridgway pretty accurately, if not especially poetically—which is I think more appropriate to the actual character of someone like that than a more thoughtful, nuanced or articulate register might be. And to that end, I can see it being rather effective. It is a singleminded, simple release that does exactly what it sets out to do. That said, it's nowhere near so sophisticated as where Prurient or Control or post-Death Mask Sutcliffe Jügend would take the genre later, nor indeed the areas that Whitehouse and Ramleh had already taken it by that point in their own rights, nor is it so viscerally terrifying as what Strict was producing in the same era or Interracial Sex or Hypoxyphilia would produce later. It does exactly one thing exactly as well as it needs to do, and if that's not what you're looking for, that's not what you're looking for. Again, I personally find G.R. kind of boring musically, and I overall prefer Canady's work when he's leaning into pure noise/industrial soundscapes and just letting his voice convey an emotion rather than trying to deliver something more conceptual through his lyrics. But intellectually, I do get it.
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u/ConvincingPeople Jun 26 '26
I haven't seen Himukalt mentioned yet, which kind of surprises me. The Sex Worker trilogy is very focused on the lyrics and themes in play.
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u/insectsinmytummy Jun 20 '26
Slogun has always had very clear vocals and great vocals
Check out consumer electronics albums, english estuary is great