Funker Vogt continues to fly the flag for electronic industrial music in the tradition of
KMFDM and
Front 242. On
Survivor, the duo puts the emphasis on the dance component of their sound, with bending synths, 4/4 beats, and rave melodies. While accessible to newcomers to the genre -- with clean
Depeche Mode grooves on "History" and simple, soaring dark atmospheres on "Compulsions" -- the album sounds closest to a set of
KMFDM dance remixes. Sure, "Obscure Pictures" employs harsh, grating electronics that favorably recall
What Do You Know Deutschland?, but this record lacks the punch of industrial's early-'90s heyday and the defining albums of the time:
KMFDM's
Angst,
Ministry's
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste and
Psalm 69,
Pigface's
Fook, and even
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult's outrageous and danceable
Sexplosion! and
13 Above the Night.