The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse

2006-01-25 / katakan / Reads: 8819

"The Triumph of Death" by Pieter Brueghel the Older is a dramatic, yet tainted with grotesque vision of a 16th century apocalypse. A peculiar collage of impression closed in a grim danse macabre - the medieval dance of naked bones. The contemporary idea is a bit removed from this archetype,...

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

2006-01-26 / Chris / Reads: 12297

Nine Inch Nails after the release of their new CD were accused of repeating themselves. Well... the fans may feel disappointed. They have been waiting for a new album for 6 years and it's not a smashing one as they say. We got "the Fragile" in 1999 – the piece...

De/Vision - Subkutan

2006-02-02 / Selene / Reads: 14917

Not every group can boast a career as long as De/Vision's. Not every group has a fanbase similar to that of De/Vision, too. Finally, not every group can release a record after so many years, that will satisfy fans and not only fans. Such delicacies occur not only in one...

To Avoid - Voyage Into the Past

2006-02-02 / Antares / Reads: 4040

The album of the German duo called To Avoid is a really decent recording. No extravagancies, bells and whistles, just a good piece of music. 41 minutes of good electro-industrial will satisfy every fan of the genre. Listening to "Voyage Into the Past" you might think of early Suicide Commando,...

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

2006-02-02 / Chris / Reads: 12361

The quintessentials of experimental, indu-electronica music with a pinch of rock are presented on the 1999 double LP "The Fragile" by the Nine Inch Nails. A concept album. Reznor selected bits and pieces from his experience and put them together as a collection of great tracks. I don't know why...

Plan-A / Totenhaus / Desolation Zone - Grunberg Maschinen Sturm

2006-02-04 / Chris / Reads: 5029

I was supposed to write of each band separately, but the bands differ from each other to such an extent that I decided to treat them as a whole, as if one group, because the musicians share the similar approach towards creating the atmosphere. The use the same methods that...