A Spell Inside - Essential

2011-10-10 / hellium / Reads: 3326

"Essential" is a compilation of the best hits which A Spell Inside has released so far. When it comes to synthpop music it is true that now so many bands play it that there is almost no band which hasn’t recorded something in synthpop style or at least mixed with...

Uberbyte - DOS

2011-10-10 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 3093

Uberbyte were formed in 2007 when singer Uberman's(aka Richard Pyne) old band Killing Miranda split. He had been kicking around the idea of a solo project for a while but instead formed Uberbyte, the other members are Ubergirl, Carbonel, Deadboy and Alpha. In 2008 they signed to record label Crunch...

Helalyn Flowers - Plaestik

2011-10-06 / ScarabBonku / Reads: 3267

Some time ago I’ve read about Essence of Mind and there was a comment written by somebody who mentioned "broken" English vocal... So I am waiting for a comment about Helalyn Flowers, as the vocalist squeezes out of herself some sort of angular words... But after all, it’s a specific...

DE_TOT_COR - Dead Heart EP

2011-10-06 / Serge / Reads: 1678

Today on the wallpaper we have a debut EP from a Spanish project called DE_TOT_COR, entitled "Dead Heart EP". It is always interesting to write about debut albums of hardly known performers, because they can not be compared with their previous achievements and you can look fairly objectively at them...

V2A - Machine Corps

2011-10-04 / goth4you / Reads: 3546

Recently the third release of V2A has come out. The band, set up in 2002, is a British-German project with Kevin Steward and Ines Lehmann being its members. The group has gained some popularity thanks to a peculiar mix of EBM, Cyber Electro and Industrial. However, in my opinion...

Plastique Noir - Affects

2011-10-02 / hellium / Reads: 3064

Like a good old Joy Division, this release drags in a fully conscious way into a reality of overwhelming feelings, that can break the inwardness of the audience. The opening track of this record "Rose of Flesh And Blond" already gives a pretty good kick. Adequate tones, well-considered lyrics and...