Promonium Jesters were formed in April 1994 by school friends Greg Cox and Ethan Moseley in Uxbridge Ontario, Canada. The info included with the release lists five members playing guitar, guitar and synths, and sampling accompanied by drum programming (no live drummer for the recording session). This has all the marks of a mix between heavy metal and NIN industrial with an experimental twist. Sonically dense with lots of fast beats. A lot of the vocals (with the de rigeur distortion) seem to be samples lifted from TV and movies, along with vocals by one Ethan Moseley. The overall tone of the release is the usual "life is horrible" theme blaming the usual suspects. The first half of the disk is dominated by the guitar-based metal/industrial din, but the second half is where I think they make their mark. This is where they let themselves be a bit freer in the sound department and let up on the spls. More room is given to melodic development and experimentation producing some quite interesting results. Not bad at all. There was only one weak track (#9) which I thought could have been edited or even left out completely. This is a touring band from Canada so I give them props for getting out of the bedroom or garage and doing this live.