This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
For those who find KMFDM too cuddly and giddy, there’s VNV Nation.
The Irish orchestral-electronic duo claim that “VNV is not a band, it is an expression of philosophy, art, politics, music, symbolism, all elemental in its voice.” Uh, sure. Whatever. Not surprisingly, the music here is as pretentious as the bio: Germanic lock-step disco, crypto-fascist songs titled Ascension, Honour and Chosen, grandly sweeping musical epics filled with swelling strings and creepy soundtrack arpeggios. Turns out they’re right; VNV is not a band — at least not a good one.
