American Beast

American Beast is the fifth studio album by LUXT, released on January 14, 2003, by Blackliner Records.[1][2] Vocalist Anna Christine considers the album to be the band's best recording. LUXT disbanded in 2005 after the album's release due to divergent opinions in artistic direction, with vocalist Anna Christine wanting to become mainstream and the rest of the band preferring to remain in the underground scene.[3]

American Beast
Studio album by
LUXT
ReleasedJanuary 14, 2003 (2003-01-14)
GenreIndustrial metal, nu metal
Length57:03
LabelBlackliner
Producer
LUXT chronology
Chromasex Monkeydrive
(2000)		 American Beast
(2003)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic critic Brian O'Neill said "American Beast comes off like Shirley Manson fronting Marilyn Manson: moody and with gothic overtones, but also quite metallic and loaded with Rammstein-inspired industrial-strength electronics as well." O'Neill also praised Anna Christine's vocals, saying "her voice is sultry and completely muliebral, whether singing about blow jobs (or not, since "Suck It Down" is probably a metaphor for something) or the pangs of anguish that one feels just trying to make it through the day."[4] While agreeing on Christine's vocal prowess Exclaim! was also more mixed in its reception towards the music, saying "the guitars are average at best with their repetitive insipid cries" and "he samples are palatable and personable but not overly groundbreaking."[5] Patrick Schabe of PopMatters welcomed the band's diverse musical palette and praised the integration of goth and techno elements in their compositions.[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Erie Loch; all music is composed by Anna Christine and Erie Loch, except "Perpetusex", co-written with David Hiscook

No.TitleLength
1."American Beast"3:55
2."How Lovely"3:17
3."Cease"4:15
4."Suck It Down"5:19
5."Mary Megaladon"3:01
6."Infinite"4:56
7."Life Is Pain"4:51
8."Archangel"3:16
9."Jitter"4:31
10."Folding"3:15
11."Nerve"3:41
12."Death"5:23
13."Perpetusex" (Live Acoustic Version)4:04
14."Suck It Down" (Wet Cookie Mix)3:18

Accolades
Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1998CMJ New Music MonthlyUnited States Loud Rock: Crucial Spins19[7]
1998CMJ New Music MonthlyUnited States Loud Rock: College32[7]
1998CMJ New Music MonthlyUnited States CMJ Retail 10091[8]

Personnel

Adapted from the American Beast liner notes.[9]

LUXT

  • Anna Christine – vocals, arrangements, production
  • Crash – bass guitar
  • David Hiscook – guitar, bass guitar, photography
  • Erie Loch – guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, programming, sampler, vocals, arrangements, production, engineering, remixing, photography
  • Frost Reed – drums

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2003 Blackliner CD BL 06

References
  1. vonKaenel, Jeff (January 23, 2003). "LUXT: Band Bio". News & Review. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. Jorgensen, Eddie (January 23, 2003). "Mark of the Beast: Media-Savvy LUXT Aims for the Title of Hardest-Working Band in Local Show Business". News & Review. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. NINa Górnisiewicz, Katarzyna; Gariboldi, Marco (December 4, 2009). "LUXT – Interview". Fabryka Industrial Rock & Metal Encyclopedia. Fabryka Music Magazine. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. O'Neill, Brian. "LUXT: American Beast > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  5. Authier, Amber (June 1, 2003). "Luxt: American Beast". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  6. Schabe, Patrick (November 19, 2003). "LUXT: American Beast". PopMatters. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. Sciarretto, Amy (February 17, 2003). "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Monthly. Vol. 74, no. 802. CMJ Network, Inc. pp. 21–22. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  8. R. Weingarten, Christopher (February 3, 2003). "Under the Radar". CMJ New Music Monthly. Vol. 74, no. 799. CMJ Network, Inc. pp. 31–32. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  9. American Beast (booklet). LUXT. Sacramento, California: Blackliner Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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