Videodrone

With some help from the guys in Korn, Videodrone's self-titled debut album rages, tears, and rants against the machine with comparable force and bluster. Blending hip-hop, metal, and industrial rock, Videodrone the album is sonic teen spirit, pissed-off style; weaving a standard thread of late-'90s bedfellows, Videodrone the band comes off as mere children of the Korn (on whose custom label this album was released). A few standouts -- the lurking "Ty Jonathan Down" (with a vocal guest turn by, you guessed it, Korn's Jonathan Davis), and the equally prowling "Faceplant" -- keep it temporarily engaging, if not exactly original.