Charlotte’s Shadow biography states that they’re inspired by the early Gothic scene and that their main themes are melancholy, despair and romanticism. One may find all these elements in their recent publishing “Hush”.

Letatlin is one the more interesting new bands I came across this year. Their sound is an unique blend of new wave inspired guitar music and avant-garde influenced industrial electronic music.

Five concerts of The Sound broadcasted by Dutch radio between 1981 and 1985 are available now on a series of friendly priced cd’s. Interesting about the set is that each disc is from another year, with different setlists, settings and phases in The Sound’s career.

Deathcamp Project is a Polish band that was established in 2001. They are said to create goth rock music with the elements of death rock, electronics and industrial.

Most of the work of The Phantom Limbs is not very accessible. This 12” might therefore come as a pleasant surprise. This release is relatively easy to digest in comparison with the other releases.

Frustration from France are slowly but steadily building a name for themselves in the post-punk scene. Their music is a raw and intense mix of cheap electronics and rough guitars with screamed vocals on top.

Early 2005 I stumbled on the homepage of Ultranoir, a Finnish synth-pop group. Recently Ultranoir released their debut album “Suffer No Fiction”, preceded by the single Single ‘Reach Me, Helen Keller’.

The second album by The Weegs is all you might expect. As on there debut the band delivers a nervous, neurotic and spastic post punk / no wave sound. This explosive stylistic blend results in music that is not easy to digest but worth every try to swallow it.