Visual Audio Sensory Theater - VAST > Reviews

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: I want more!

...Nine Inch Nails, VAST (Or Visual Audio Sensory Theatre if you’re feeling on the verbose side) is the brainchild (Some might say dictatorship) of one man. Namely Jon Crosby. Mixing industrial, goth, rock and Gregorian style chants VAST really does not sound like anything else out there. This is one of the most stunning debut albums you will ever hear! * Here * The album gets off to a brooding start with the slow dark strings that begin ... Read review

Advantages: Moody Doomy And Unusual Fusion of Religious Music and Metal
Disadvantages: None , for those who love this genre

I read his review about a band that sounded like a hybrid of Nine Inch Nails and Gregorian Chants, and on the strength of that downloaded some stuff from Morpheus , checked out tracks on samplers in my collection and then bought their first and second albums. While I don’t think the analogy is totally accurate it gives you some idea of what to expect. The guitars and rhythms are as vicious as NIN and the vocals and sonic orchestral backdrops ... Read review

Advantages: A good debut
Disadvantages: Maybe difficult to get into

1) Here 2) Touched 3) Dirty Hole 4) Pretty When You Cry 5) I'm Dying 6) Flmaes 7) Temptation 8) Three Doors 9) The Niles Edge 10) Somewhere Else To Be 11) 12) You Released in early 1998, Vast hit the industrial/rock scene with this, their fantastic debut album, full to the brim with brilliantly co-ordinated music, much done by the band frontman (Jon Crosby) who plays various instruments, as well as taking care of the vocals ... Read review