They've got the look, they've got the sound, they've got the attitude...too bad it's not theirs. Well, it's been adopted, coddled and sexually teased into enough of it's own entity that it has a "Godhead" personality of it's own, but there's no denying where this type of thing gets influences from. "Godhead" (don't we have enough "god" and "head" named bands already?) encompass that dark, electronic heavy - moody ass new jack synth rock. And since this is "Godhead's" fourth album, we can assume they were "goth" before "goth" was cool. Wallowing in the pits of the industrial pop insecurity created by NIN and the like, and most recently brought to the forefront of mainstream rock with the success of bands like Orgy and Videodrone, "Godhead" ooze that deviant sexual S&M vibe with the drug excess chic. Most songs on "Power Tool Stigmata" hold together some sort of tangible pop structure, but some of the later numbers tangent off on more dance beat endeavors, and although creative, will probably only appeal to the crowd heavy into the electronica forum.

There is a bone dry version of "Eleanor Rigby" that highlights the singers very darkly smooth vocal presence and spices up the Beatles song with heavy percussion's and large wall of guitar break chorus. Interesting choice of covers with the chorus of "ahhhhhh Look at all the lonely people" taking on a more somber mood through "Godhead's" angelic barotone vocalist.

There's lots of attention paid to lyrical presence throughout the disk, which helps keep interest up through a whole listen. Fortunate that the sound of the vocals is so impressive, because the lyrics generally fall into the wishy washy, self-loathing, sexually innuendo'd whining of the white makeup/black outfit sporting crowd (so if you claim membership to that set - your self-induced depression might relate).

The underwater vocals and intensily audible squinks and squeeks of "Suffer" generate a truly unique listening experience. "Godhead" offer a varying degree of intensity and mood and generally create movements that are both cohesive and complex with some of the more expansive numbers finding multiple moods within one idea.

The drifting slowness of some songs will sometimes drag out some, especially in contrast to the sassy vibe of the bouncier numbers, but it's nice to see a band with such obvious electronic foundations that doesn't "overload" songs with tons of effects and samples. "Godhead" are often content with the minimalistic crush to further dramatize the intensity.

The disk ends with a louder stroke and crash in "Afterthoughts," and shows "Godhead" at their most complex and tangible. Sleepy dark, with some pleasantly spooky atmosphere's, "Power Tool Stigmata" accomplishes it's own identity within an easily identifiable sound.