Plastic People - Good as you

2011-02-23 / shade / Reads: 2104

From the very first to the very last minute of "Good as You" I could not resist the impression that the author wanted to compose something from the boderline of The Cure and an 8-bit music. If that was what he was aiming at, he by all means managed to...

I:Scintilla - Dying & falling

2011-02-20 / hellium / Reads: 4248

If Trent Reznor was a woman, that is how Nine Inch Nails would sound, in all probability. Luckily, no such thing has happened. The best track on "Dying & Falling" is undoubtedly "Swimmers Can Drown". It is extraordinarily energetic – saturated with electronic and dance beat, complimented by an...

ESC - Enhancer

2011-02-18 / Serge / Reads: 3681

Not so long ago had I the pleasure of reviewing the latest album of the Portuguese from ESC, entitled "Eight Thousand Square Feet". In the review, I mentioned that their previous album, "Enhancer", which I am about to review thoroughly, had escaped my attention. Luckily, at the time it had...

Icon Of Coil - Machines Are Us

2011-02-17 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 4328

In 1997 Andy LaPlegua established the project Icon Of Coil, which was primarily a concept built around a logo, graphic design and music. Soon after the inception, the music soon turned out to be the most important part of the concept and LaPlegua invited Sebastian Komor, to work with him...

Autodafeh - Identity Unknown

2011-02-16 / _Morfeusz_ / Reads: 4720

"Identity unknown" is the title of the new Autodafeh album, which is the second full-length release and by all means reminds about the band's existence. After a short intro, the album enters on the right track. In the "Divided We Fall", The Swedes have already clearly indicated that they...

Ikon - Love, Hate and Sorrow

2011-02-10 / FilipRoland / Reads: 5328

Love, Hate and Sorrow is the sixth full-length album in the discography of Ikon, a band which was founded 19 years ago in Melbourne (on the debris of Death In The Dark) and which earned the name of "AC/DC of gothic rock" over the course of time. The record was...