Covenant - Skyshaper

2011-09-07 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 5550

Based in Sweden Covenant are a future pop/ebm/synth pop and formed in the mid 80's and signed to 21st Circuitry Records. Due to release a new album soon I thought id take one of their older album releases and revel in the marvel of them as they are still going...

Mona Mur/En Esch – Do With Me What You Want

2011-09-05 / fiuri / Reads: 3204

An album beginning with the words ‘Touch me/ With the tip of your tongue’ cannot be described otherwise than sensual, sexy and rapacious. And even though this is what best characterises the second LP of Mana Mur and En Esch, it is most unfortunate that the atmosphere tends to vanish...

iVardensphere - Scatterface

2011-08-30 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 1791

I thought I'd check out this one on recommendation by a friend and seeing as I already had one track on my Ipod and didn't think it was too bad I thought 'Why not! What's the worst that could happen!' IVardensphere’s goals are simple: the creation of music that will...

Poesie Noire - Sense Of Purpose

2011-08-26 / hellium / Reads: 1932

Poesie Noire previous release was issued in the early 90's. Many things has changed in the music since that time, but what this band plays is fortunately unchanged. The voice of Marianne Valvekens that attracted attention to the work of this group in the 80s, is still a recognizable feature...

Amgod - Dreamcatcher

2011-08-24 / Noktula / Reads: 3380

Another winning album from the hellish stable of Alfa-Matrix. After the 6 years of an artistic slowdown, Dominik Van Reich, the soul and the body of AmGod, made a comeback in a grand style. Once more we deal with outstanding mixture of industrial dirt and schizoid, electronic sounds which take...

Ad Inferna - DSM

2011-08-22 / hellium / Reads: 4799

Lately, more and more bands depart from playing heavy music and try to experiment with softer dance rhythms. Ad Inferna may serve as an example. It began as a blackmetal group from France who recently started to serve mixture of electronic sounds which combines gothic and industrial genre. The newest...