Making Monsters (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Making Monsters
| type = Album
| artist = Combichrist
| cover = Combichrist - Making Monsters.jpg
| alt =
| released = 27 August 2010 (Europe)
28 September 2010 (America){{Cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/119565/combichrist-releasing-making-monsters-sept-28th/|title = Combichrist Releasing 'Making Monsters' Sept. 28th|date = 3 August 2010}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Aggrotech, futurepop
| length = 56:48
| label = Out of Line/Metropolis Records
| producer =
| prev_title = Noise Collection Vol. 1
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = No Redemption
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Making Monsters
| type = Studio
| single1 = Never Surrender
| single1date = August 6, 2010
| single2 = Throat Full of Glass
| single2date = March 4, 2011
}}
}}{{Short description|2010 Combichrist album}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = COMA Music Magazine
| rev1Score = (Favorable)[http://coma-online.com/?p=1084 :Review: Combichrist – Making Monsters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325072343/http://coma-online.com/?p=1084 |date=2012-03-25 }} COMA Music Magazine
| rev2 = Brutal Resonance
| rev2Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web |last1=Lindström |first1=Patrik |title=Combichrist - Making Monsters |url=https://www.brutalresonance.com/review/combichrist-making-monsters/ |website=Brutal Resonance |access-date=7 May 2024 |date=2010-11-30}}
}}
Making Monsters is the fifth studio album by the American aggrotech band Combichrist. The album was released on CD, CD/DVD, double album, and digital download.
CD track listing
All songs written by Andy LaPlegua.
{{tracklist
| title1 = Declamation
| length1 = 1:55
| title2 = Follow the Trail of Blood
| note2 = feat. Brandan Schieppati of Bleeding Through
| length2 = 5:17
| title3 = Never Surrender
| length3 = 4:49
| title4 = Throat Full of Glass
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Fuckmachine
| length5 = 5:15
| title6 = Forgotten
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = Just Like Me
| length7 = 5:10
| title8 = Slave to Machine
| length8 = 4:25
| title9 = Through These Eyes of Pain
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = Monster:Murder:Kill
| length10 = 5:49
| title11 = They
| length11 = 6:21
| title12 = Reclamation
| length12 = 4:32
}}
DVD track listing (Digipak edition)
{{tracklist
| title1 = Electrohead
| note1 = Live in Russia
| length1 = 5:51
| title2 = Get Out of My Head
| note2 = Live in Russia
| length2 = 4:39
| title3 = Without Emotions
| note3 = Live in Russia
| length3 = 4:52
| title4 = Scarred
| note4 = Live in Germany
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = I Want Your Blood
| note5 = Live in Germany
| length5 = 5:41
}}
Charts
class="wikitable sortable" |
Chart (2010)
!Peak |
---|
German Newcomer Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/hurts-reissen-newcomer-fuehrung-an-sich.html |title=Hurts reißen Newcomer-Führung an sich - media control |publisher=Media-control.de |date= |accessdate=1 March 2012}}
|style="text-align:center;"|7 |
Reception
The album was received positively, with some reviewers comparing the sound to Andy LaPlegua's previous band, Icon of Coil.{{Cite web |title=CD Review: Combichrist – ‘Making Monsters’ |url=https://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/cd/cd-review-combichrist-making-monsters/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Soundsphere}}{{Cite web |last=Huhn |first=Sebastian |date=2010-10-16 |title=Combichrist - Making Monsters |url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-a-e/8441-combichrist-making-monsters |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Reflections of Darkness |language=en-gb}}