Higher (Treponem Pal album)

Higher is the fourth studio album by French industrial metal band Treponem Pal, released on 26 August 1997, by Mercury Records.

[5] In a retrospective interview, vocalist Marco Neves stated that working with Konietzko was "a bit painful" and "tough" "because we had to make him clear he was not producing a new album of KMFDM."

[5][7] AllMusic critic Victor W. Valdivia wrote that the band and producer Sascha Konietzko "hedged their bets by conventionalizing their sound," resulting in "an album that adds nothing new to the industrial genre" and features usual "heavy guitars, the monotone vocals, the techno rhythms and samples."

Nevertheless, Valdivia also thought that "occasional lapses into reggae rhythms" on tracks "Struggle" and "Panorama" were distinguishing factors and concluded: "There's not much that's truly terrible, but there is also not much that's original, and precious little to indicate why this band is considered so influential.

"[1] In a negative review, CMJ critic Ian Christie described the record as "a plodding barge of bawdy drum machine-rock wherein it plays the part of poor man's White Zombie.