This was their second album out of three, and on this one they were beginning to find their own voice. Whereas on the first album they were quite often a Ministry clone (This Is No Dream, I'm looking at you), on this one they began to incorporate influences from Joy Division, The Cure (who they would cover on their next album Your Vision Was Never Mine To Share) and XTC (who they covered on this album).
By the time Not Like Them hit the shelves, Misery Loves Co. was no longer a full-on industrial metal machine kicking your face in with grinding guitars and cold mechanical mayhem, but rather a more organic, darker kind of metal which at times sounded and felt downright suicidal. Misery Loves Co. lived up to their name without ever feeling like the fashionable "O woe is me" type that was so trendy with heavy bands in the 90s.
Not Like Them is so introverted and destructive that Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral feels life-affirming and inspirational in comparison. Truly the pinnacle of Misery Loves Co.'s career.
Singer Patrick Wirén is now a full time journalist and has a popular blog right here. Well worth a read if you understand Swedish.
(mp3) Misery Loves Co. - Prove me wrong (recommended!)
(mp3) Misery Loves Co. - Complicated game
(mp3) Misery Loves Co. - Infected
Buy Not Like Them @ Amazon.com.
The video for Prove Me Wrong:
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