V2A - Machine Corps

2011-10-04 / goth4you / Reads: 3686

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: 3223

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...

LPF12 - A Sense Of Loss

2011-10-01 / hellium / Reads: 3224

A new release from LPF12, a well-known project to admirers of an other-worldly sound, is a collection of ten pieces, which in a full way gives a common sense of loss and loneliness in an urbanized world. The sounds collected on this CD are enveloped in a grim melancholy, that...

Inkubus Sukkubus - The Dark Goddess

2011-09-29 / Scarlet_Kitty / Reads: 3400

Inkubus Sukkubus is a main representative of British gothic rock from the nineties. The band was founded in 1988 as ‘Bela Knapp,’ but soon it was changed into the pagan band ‘Children of the Moon.’ Under this name they released their first album ‘Beltaine.’ The present name of the band...

Kill The Dandies - I Saw White Fields

2011-09-29 / A.k.Bizarre / Reads: 3086

Kill The Dandies! describe their music as a psychodelic-garage-punk mixture on their facebook profile. Yet, it is not a sufficient way of characterizing their sound. They are capable of blending the 60's rock with a cult hammond in the vanguard, they use analogue synthesizers while their guitarist, Richard Fischer, extracts...

Rx - Bedside Toxicology

2011-09-27 / A.k.Bizarre / Reads: 3978

In May 1998 Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy) and Martin Atkins (Killing Joke, Ministry, NIN, etc.) released their album Bedside Toxicology. The project Rx or its previous version Ritalin in its style refers to the groups of the 1990s. Yet the sound has already passed that stage, making the album closer...