I once used to claim that My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult was the best band I knew. It must have been in the early nineties, when I had only recently discovered metal and industrial and stumbled upon some of their work, especially their Confessions Of A Knife-album; in my opinion still one of the best dark goth/industrial albums ever. Following the band curiously from there, I saw them undermining their cult status by releasing albums that were not even inherently `bad`, but just too different in atmosphere to appeal to their fans.

With 13 Above The Night and especially the highly underestimated Hit & Run Holiday, MLwtTKK went to explore a new style of music that took some of the best rock/goth influences and mixed it with dance and especially 50s era music. Fans didn`t bought this change in style, and even the Crime For All Seasons album (in 1997) which saw them return a bit to their old style couldn`t save them. And so the Thrill Kill Kult was disbanded.

Now, at the end of 2001, MLwtTKK is back in the scene. On The Reincarnation Of Luna they try to win old fans back as well as get some new ones by merging some of their famous old sounds with modern dancefloor pop/dance.

Unfortunately it is a bit late for that, as plenty of bands in the rock and metal scene have already had their dance flirts, and usually they did it considerably better. The Reincarnation Of Luna has the sound and feeling of a mid-nineties album and I`m afraid it won`t live up to the current standards in the scene that is supposed to be `into` this kind of music. Granted, there are some really good songs on the album, especially "Radio Silicon", "Girl Without A Planet" and "Temptation Serenade"... but that doesn`t justify grand missers such as "Hour Of Zero" or the R&B`ish "The Kult Konnection".

The Thrill Kill Kult, even though I gladly welcome them back into the business, have lost any relevance they had back in the early nineties. Their music will only appeal to a selective audience, mostly their long-time fans and perhaps a few new dance souls, but if modernization doesn`t set in with these guys soon, I am afraid this revival will be short-lived, or at least it deserves to be as to not discredit the name `thrill kill kult` any further.