Review by Shezma for Thorns - Thorns (2001)

Thorns.. where do I start? Never heard of these guys before at all. Not quite sure since after hearing about this, it is quite revered everywhere. I don't listen to industrial metal often, haven't found much before that have interested me. There are industrial moments, of some mechanical and even digital sounding percussions and background rhythms that come off very interesting. There is some very innovating material here and I can see learning this style, however the entire time I'm thinking if I was a musician I would do this and try to make it better. The interesting bits seemed more in the middle of the album where I actually took notice, heavily industrial influenced and I enjoyed that quite a bit. I liked the what I consider almost symphonic parts of Underneath The Universe and the various instrumental bits like the end of Shifting Channels however they're limited here and would love to hear a full album of that style. Most of the time unfortunately I just tuned out really longing for more from this. 

This album has so much in it that I would love to show off to other people looking for a new and challenging listen, and I could understand this can be a life changing experience for someone. Especially for 2001, this has to have been some musicians influential first starts into what we have today. Again, I'm not a fan of this but I have to show respect and acknowledge that there is something here for others.