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Lescure 13
Lescure 13

Lescure 13 was a collaboration between Suicide Commando's Johan van Roy and Stin Scatzor's Stefan Bens. And despite its rather primitive, vaguely '80s sound, this disc was recorded in 1997. Curiously, Bens refers to his involvement in the project on the Stin Scatzor Web site. But from van Roy? Not a peep. No acknowledgement whatsoever. Is he embarrassed about it?

I guess I would be. He did far better work both before and after this material. It may also be because, in the end, this sounds a lot more like a Stin Scatzor album than anything Suicide Commando would release. There was always something of Klinik's precise pounding in Suicide Commando's music, and this recording lacks that peculiar intensity. It tries to compensate with a raw, unfinished feel, but unfortunately the quality of the songwriting isn't quite there to support that approach.

I like Stin Scatzor enough, but I think this collaboration unintentionally reveals why Suicide Commando ended up being the more successful band.

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