Quite interesting this self produced mini Cd by Keen, a five-person band from the Abruzzi, Italy, fronted by the histrionic figure of Shirley – better known as Gianni Buccigrossi, founder and president of the Italian Marilyn Manson fan club. This Cd shows fine inventiveness and pretty good skills in blending a quite romantic dandy character with martial rhythms and that light dark wave which is so popular today but draws its inspiration from old masters. Here and there, as obvious, the Cd brings to mind some stuff of Marilyn Manson – in particular that overly-mannered glam and the decadence of ‘Mechanical Animals’. However, the sound that most influenced Keen is certainly that of the bursting Rammstein, which unfolds both in the “soldierly” pace of their music and in the voice of Shirley, authentic emulation of Till Lindemann – that’s not bad. Nothing to object to this very first tryout – more and more ambitious goals are likely to look within their grasp if a more distinct personality will come out of their work

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