FiXT Remix

Celldweller
Wish Upon a Blackstar: Chapter 01
FiXT Posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
By: Ilker Yücel
Editor

Two new songs plus plenty of bonus material give listeners just enough of a taste of the new Celldweller record to keep them begging for more.

Considering that the debut Celldweller release was more than six years ago, some would perhaps like to accuse Klayton of procrastination or laziness; the release of Wish Upon a Blackstar: Chapter 01 provides the ultimate proof to the contrary. Available as both a standard and deluxe edition, the two-track single release acts as more than a precursor to the second full-length Celldweller album. The standard release offers up the two new songs, "Louder than Words" and "So Long Sentiment," which by itself should help to satiate the fans' thirst for new material. Indeed, "Louder than Words" is just the type of song we've come to expect from Klayton, full of cutting-edge synthesizer arrangements meshing perfectly with heavily manipulated but still guttural guitars, yet again combining alternative rock modes with varying electronic genres like house, new wave, and trance. Klayton's voice is as crisp as ever...

(read the rest of the review at RegenMag.com)