Cold Fusion & Rukkanor - Silk Road

2011-01-20 / hellium / Reads: 5831

This time we set off on a journey following the trail of the old excursions, moving at slow pace to the rhythm of caravans. As far as the eye can see, amazing landscapes figuratively filled with exotic and orient sounds spread on the horizon. A scent of cardamom waftes in...

Mind.In.A.Box - R.E.T.R.O

2011-01-18 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 4416

Mind.in.a.box. have been around for a while with their own unique electro sound that have gained them many fans over the years with releases such as Crossroads, Dreamweb and Lost alone, with R.E.T.R.O now joining it. Unfortunately theres not much i can say about this album apart from it being...

Santa Hates You - Rocket Heart EP

2011-01-16 / Serge / Reads: 4370

The Santa Claus Day is approaching imminently, hence it is hight time someone reviewed an EP of Santa Hates You entitled "Rocket Heart". I have to admit it is my very first encounter with this project of Peter Spilles of Project Pitchfork. Is this EP worth a try? Let's...

Essence Of Mind - Watch Out

2011-01-14 / ScarabBonku / Reads: 4495

When the debut album of essence saw the daylight, the band instantly started to be compared to such gigants of the alternative music as Apoptygma Berzerk, Icon of Coil or Combichrist. Nontheless, it is my firm belief that the first record had that particularily extraordinary and harsh freshness, which the...

Lugburz - Songs from Forgotten Land

2011-01-12 / Medea / Reads: 3699

Lugburz is a project of Sathorys Elenorth, a musician related to rather commonly known bands: Narsilion and Der Blaue Reiter. While creating "Songs from Forgotten Land", the musician was being inspired by "The Lord of the Rings" written by J. R. R. Tolkien, therefore his record was somewhat forced to...

Beati Mortui - Let The Funeral Begin

2011-01-10 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 3905

Beati Mortui are a band I hadn't heard of before until the Enzeit Bunkertracks cd's where I stumbled across a song by them which I quite enjoyed. They have a sound thats like switchblade symphony bumped into reaper. After hearing their song on the Enzeit Bunkertracks album I thought Id...