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In that category of bands with ridiculous names that many don’t ever bother to check out is We Butter The Bread With Butter, a German outfit that injects electronica into deathcore. If that sentence made you throw up in your mouth a little, this is one instance where you can judge a book by its cover, because “Goldkinder” really isn’t a secret hidden gem. To be fair, it does have moments worth hearing with some injections of extreme material and black metal influence, but the album as a whole is skewed heavily towards a sound that’s too mainstream to work with the metal crowd.

The album starts off with a bang and a whole lot of promise, as “Alles Was Ich Will” is the highlight of the whole disc. The hoarse, screamed vocals fit the sound perfectly, the drum beat keeps the heads banging, and the electronic parts add to the sound rather than dilute it. The track unfortunately gives a false impression of “Goldkinder” as a whole, because the epic heaviness tapers off significantly as the album progresses.

From “Meine Brille” onward, the focus shifts to the other side, with poppy robotic vocals and a big dose of ‘80s style electronic sounds (“Ohne Herz” is almost like a Germ track, just minus the insane growls). This trend gets more noticeable over time, and by “Mayday Mayday,” the album is more on the mainstream end of the spectrum, even if there are still harsh vocals to be found. This segment of the disc is likely only going to appeal to fans of radio style techno or industrial. The “Krieg Aus Gold” track frankly can’t even be considered “metal” in any sense of the term, and is essentially just electronic pop. The only respite comes from tenth track “Das Uhrwerk,” which is more of a standard black/death offering that happens to have synths in the background.

Rather than finding a good balance between the two opposing forces, “Goldkinder” is an uneven experience. On the heavier side, there is a fair share of deathcore breakdowns and some black metal moments, and those few times when the album is firing on all cylinders, it offers an electronic/metal mix along the lines of Nachtblut or Rammstein. The bulk of the disc, however, is the sort of thing that will fail to hold the interest of anyone looking for a more extreme musical expedition and doesn’t care for mainstream music.