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

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Chart (2010)

!Peak
position

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}}

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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}}

References

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{{Combichrist}}

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Category:Combichrist albums