Anima Virus - End Of The Eden
With a great curiosity I have decided to reach for a band from Apennine Peninsula, and what’s even more interesting from Rome itself. So far I have associated Italy with heavy gothic metal like Theatres des Vampires or Mandragora Scream. It was hard to find there references to post-punk legends and gothic bands from the 80’s.
"End Of The Eden" is a debut album of Anima Virus. We can find here real depth of sounds in all shades of darkness. Death rock inspirations are clearly visible and the vocalist underlines fascination with Christian Death, David Bowie and Duran Duran. The whole album is enriched by electronics, which makes it different from other bands of this kind. I can’t help but to say that the vocal of Aurelio is similar to Marilyn Manson’s one sometimes, but it really fits the music of this band.
The lyrics are more or less about social alienation, ups and downs of each of us. It can be said that they focus on human being who thinks that he is the centre of the world. Very nice point here is the track "Zdzislaw Beksinski" whose distressing visions and paintings surely harmonize with album’s atmosphere. The cover "The Killing Moon" of Echo & The Bunnymen is worth attention. Unfortunately I didn’t like this interpretation, but it’s hard to reflect the romanticism of the original.
I would call Anima Virus a kind of a breakthrough, since most of the bands soon disappear because of lack of their own idea and originality in gothic rock. "End of The Eden" is, however, something different which cannot be simply classified.
Tracklist:
01. Days Of Ice
02. Black Lines
03. Sin And Sacrifice
04. Metaphora
05. An Old Wisdom
06. The Gust Of The Wind
07. Bed Of Thorns
08. Zdzislaw Beksinski
09. The Hunt
10. Amphetamine
11. Blood From Heaven
12. Siren
13. The Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen Cover)
14. Adam
Other articles:
"End Of The Eden" is a debut album of Anima Virus. We can find here real depth of sounds in all shades of darkness. Death rock inspirations are clearly visible and the vocalist underlines fascination with Christian Death, David Bowie and Duran Duran. The whole album is enriched by electronics, which makes it different from other bands of this kind. I can’t help but to say that the vocal of Aurelio is similar to Marilyn Manson’s one sometimes, but it really fits the music of this band.
The lyrics are more or less about social alienation, ups and downs of each of us. It can be said that they focus on human being who thinks that he is the centre of the world. Very nice point here is the track "Zdzislaw Beksinski" whose distressing visions and paintings surely harmonize with album’s atmosphere. The cover "The Killing Moon" of Echo & The Bunnymen is worth attention. Unfortunately I didn’t like this interpretation, but it’s hard to reflect the romanticism of the original.
I would call Anima Virus a kind of a breakthrough, since most of the bands soon disappear because of lack of their own idea and originality in gothic rock. "End of The Eden" is, however, something different which cannot be simply classified.
Tracklist:
01. Days Of Ice
02. Black Lines
03. Sin And Sacrifice
04. Metaphora
05. An Old Wisdom
06. The Gust Of The Wind
07. Bed Of Thorns
08. Zdzislaw Beksinski
09. The Hunt
10. Amphetamine
11. Blood From Heaven
12. Siren
13. The Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen Cover)
14. Adam
Other articles:
- Interview with Anima Virus - 2010-07-01 (Interviews)
