V/A – Covered In Darkness

2016-06-30 / pcod / Reads: 4573

Panta rei - said someone once, and he was probably right. Songs which a man brought up with as time pass become "cult" (or just old) and in the life of every music reviewer comes a moment, a day that: damn it! It's been 20 years since the release of...

V▲LH▲LL- Leaning on Shadows

2015-07-04 / DamienG / Reads: 6471

Up until now V▲LH▲LL remained something of an enigma, having released a string of EPs and remix material and never clearly defining the boundaries of their witch-house derived style and method. Their début album "Leaning on Shadows", hopes to establish clearly what was merely hinted at on V▲LH▲LL's past material....

V2A - Machine Corps

2011-10-04 / goth4you / Reads: 3604

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...

Vanguard - Let Us Fall

2014-06-09 / fiuri / Reads: 4017

Woe is me. Vanguard is a synthpop/light electornics band, which I try my best to avoid. This time, however, I let myself be fooled, like a complete tool, by the release note which promised me a ‘powerful, dynamic and melodic kick off’ with charismatic vocals, but, as you can guess,...

Vanguard - Retribution

2018-04-28 / carpenterk / Reads: 4197

Synthpop is a genre represented  in large number in Sweden, inter alia by Hjärta, Melody Club, Page, SPOCK and many others.  VANGURAD in another band from this country, that fits very well to the '80 atmosphere of electronics.  The last day of February 2014 brought us a new album from...

Vanguard - Santuary

2013-05-01 / Jenna_Malique / Reads: 3008

The most recent proposal from Vanguard formation is "Sanctuary" and they are eager to serve us a new perspective on synthpop term. Did they achieve it? Let's look closely. Just in the first song hit us strong, synth sound quite nicely cantilevered to the ear, but with a little...