It was already back in 1996 that Desiderii Marginis released the wonderful debut album Songs over Ruin, inspired by other Cold Meat acts such as Raison d”Etre, but with a distinct quality. Except for a track on the Absolute Supper sampler it became silent around this project, but luckily Desiderii has returned with a strong album…
Reviews
Die Form – Deep inside
November 20, 2001 by
New 4-track cd-single from this legendary French band. After the succesful album “Duality” with the hitsingles ‘Rain of Blood’ and ‘The Hidden cage’, and the compilation “Histories” Philiipe Fichot now returns with a rather good single. Again Eliane P. does the vocals. The title track ‘Deep Inside’ is cold and technoid…
Les Joyaux de la Princesse – Croix de Bois ; Croix de Feu
November 20, 2001 by
From Les Joyaux de la Princesse, the French project of mastermind Erik, you can always expect something special. This time it is a spectacular release: a red vinyl 10″ plus a small flexi disc, packed in a sort of a book, with the French tricolore on the cover and filled with historical texts and images…
Decoded Feedback – EVOlution
November 20, 2001 by
Music for the dancefloors, that is what Decoded Feedback stands for. Very danceable dark electro tracks that you can’t sit still to. This album consists of three parts: Part I contains six new tracks, part II has remixes from Breathe, Bio-Vital and Relic (songs from their previous album) and the last part is filled by the Italian formation The Frozen Autumn, who are covering Bio-Vital…
Stille Volk – Satyre Cornu
November 20, 2001 by
In a nice green digipack with a beautiful booklet comes the new cd from the French band around Patrick Laforque and Patrice Roques. They play a large number of different stringed instruments, wind-instruments and percussions…
Days of the Trumpet Call – Purification
November 20, 2001 by
After a few sampler contributions this is the debut album of this German project, that makes neo-classical music, in a rather bombastic style, mostly with synthesizers. Perhaps it is surprising that this album is released (in 2000) by Black Rain, who are mostly known for danceable electro bands like Feindflug and Davantage. TDOTTC consists of Raymond P., who wrote all the music…
Eremit, Der – Fiebertraum
November 20, 2001 by
It doesn’t happen too often that music from Switzerland comes my way, the only other bands I can think of right now are The Young Gods, Panic on the Titanic and Sleepwalk. Der Eremit (German for ‘the hermit’) make truly original music. The band was founded in 1995 by Gian Albertin, in 1998 their first album saw the light, “Blend-Werk”…
Dawn & Dusk Entwined – A Leftover from Gaia
November 20, 2001 by
I got to know Dawn & Dusk Entwined through the magnifique sampler Lucifer Rising (with Blood Axis, Endura, Allerseelen, Ain Soph etc.). Their song ‘Morning Star’ was the highlight on that compilation to me. So when I saw that World Serpent released a full cd of Dawn & Dusk Entwined I ordered it instantly…
Decoded Feedback – Reflect in silence
November 20, 2001 by
Released by Bloodline is a new 5-track mini cd from this electro formation. it is a taster for the upcoming “Mechanical Horizons” album. Well, this single does not hold any real surprises, just a continuation of the style (and probably success) of their previous EVOLution album. That means modern sounding EBM/electro, well suited for the dancefloor, without becoming too clich? and popular…
In My Rosary – A collection of fading moments
November 14, 2001 by
This cd presents the best songs from In my Rosary, taken from their four albums and the mcd “Strange E.P.”. All music was released between 1993 and 1996. It also contains three previously unreleased pieces. In total you get 19 tracks for a friendly price. The band consists of Ralf Jesek, the musical mastermind, and Dirk Lakomy, who is responsible for the lyrics and the artwork…
Howden, Matt – Hellfires
November 14, 2001 by
This is the second solo album of this talented musician, who became known through his work as a violinist for Sol Invictus. To my surprise this albums differs considerably from his debut ‘Intimate & Obstinate”. Mr…
Howden, Matt – Intimate & obstinate
November 14, 2001 by
If you ask me: “which album has been in your cd-player most often this year (1999)?”, this neo-classical, first solo album from Matt Howden definitely has a good chance. I bought it after a brilliant Sol Invictus concert in London, where Matt Howden, who is a Sol bandmember (violinist), was one of the stars of the evening…
Hekate – Tempeltänze
November 14, 2001 by
This EP, with a playing time of 38 minutes, is a nice way to shorten the waiting for a complete new album. Tempeltanze contains 8 very different tracks, presenting the different styles that the band controls. Two tracks already appeared on compilations in the past, but weren’t in my possession yet, so I don’t mind…
Hekate – Sonnentanz
November 14, 2001 by
Hekate, a German band from Koblenz, first came to my attention at the Wave Gotik Treffen in 1998, where they did an impressive performance at the Parkbuhne, together with Hagalaz Runedance. Spectacular was their powerful use of drums and percussion, reminding a bit of Camerata Mediolanense. The first full-lenght album from Hekate, “Sonnentanz”, proves its evolution…
Hungry Lucy – Apparitions
November 14, 2001 by
Recently I received an advance promo copy of this debut album from US band Hungry Lucy. With such a bandname you can expect anything, but it turned out that this band has a rather pleasant sound, somewhere between gothic, pop and triphop. I think that fans of the Projekt label and “Heavenly Voices”, but also Portishead and Massive Attack will like this release…
Mentallo & the Fixer – Return from Grimpen Ward
November 14, 2001 by
One of the best industrial/electro bands from the 90’s is back with this ‘Remixed Retrospective of Revamped Material’. Fourteen classics are collected here, put in a modern jacket to make them sound fresh, which they have done well. I’m glad that the band released this album, because the latest studio releases were them a bit unworthy and Mentallo seemed to die an honourless death…
Mortal Constraint – Second Move
November 14, 2001 by
It was already back in 1994 that a band called Mortal Constraint released an excellent dark electro album called ‘The Legend of Deformation’, with great songs like Growing faces (on Glasnost Records). After a long silence Mortal Constraint released a mcd called ‘Second move’ in 1999, which appeared on the unknown (their own?) label Halbschlaf Records…
Megaptera – Beyond the massive darkness
November 14, 2001 by
After ten years of making death industrial Megaptera decided to call it a day. The extremely dark ambient sound of this Swedish band has influenced many other acts. I saw the band live recently, which impressed me a lot…
Lustmord – Purifying Fire
November 14, 2001 by
An influential and godfather-like project of dark ambient is with no doubt Lustmord. This electronic project around Brian Williams is active since 1990. This albums brings together 6 long tracks (playing time over 70 min!) from the period 1995-1998, that were originally released on now obscure records and compilations…
Lady Morphia – Recitals to Renewal
November 14, 2001 by
After having read some favourable reviews I could not refrain from obtaining this album. Lady Morphia is a British neo-folk ensemble in the best World Serpent tradition. On this album the band consists of Chris & Nick Nedzynski, the latter has written most songs…
