Even though Gravity Kills have never been very popular in Europe, they have always done quite good in the States. Their selftitled debut album was a big hit in the alternative rock scene and "Guilty" even became a small hit. Obviously influenced by Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode, and operating in the same league as Stabbing Westward, Filter, White Zombie and alike, Gravity Kills always did their own unique thing.

For 1998 follow-up album Perversion, Gravity Kills focused more towards writing real songs. Unfortunately, this album didn`t manage to convince the audience like their debut album did. Especially the vocals and lack of aggression could be mentioned as the biggest downsides of the album.

Now, almost four years later, Gravity Kills return to the scene once more. With "Superstarved", they finally redeem their promise and turn the album into the big blow that everybody had expected "Perversion" to be. Opener `Love, Sex, and Money` (also on the album as a remix track) might be the standard attempt to score a hitsingle, but all is easily forgiven with `Take It All Away`, `Forget Your Name`, `Beg And Borrow` and `One Thing` which prove that band is very capable of writing good songs that are melancholic yet aggressive.

While some of the songs don`t sound elementary different from their debut album, they do seem to have been written more careful. Lyrically, "Superstarved" strikes me as a more honest album than the clinical "Perversion".

Granted, with "Superstarved" Gravity Kills has suffers from the effect that after half an hour or so the songs start to blend together and sound alike, but the effect is not devastating for the album. It almost seems like they realized this flaw and tried to work around it by creating a killer eighth track: Gravity Kills` cover of Depeche Mode`s `Personal Jesus`, done in Marilyn Manson`s `Beautiful People`-style is the real surprise of this album and might very well be the next hit on the dancefloor.

All things considered, with "Superstarved" Gravity Kills managed to stay in the competition. Sales will point out whether or not the audience is still waiting for them after their four-year hiatus, but one cannot accuse Gravity Kills of not giving it their best shot.