Xandria - Salome - The seventh veil

2009-07-17 / mashenah / Reads: 3263

Xandria’s new album is a symphonic goth-metal filled with neoclassical pathos. Unfortunately, the banal pop melodies force us to deal with (forgive me) a metal version of Modern Talking ('Sisters of the light'). Quite a few songs included on ‘Salome’ seem to be perfectly fit for the qualifying rounds of...

Technoir - Deliberately Fragile

2009-07-13 / arachna / Reads: 4709

The album „Deliberately Fragile” was released 19th February 2007 in limited and usual versions. My first meeting with Technoir was by accident (if we are to believe in such things) but if someone calls feeling-lucky search on myspace a purposeful then I agree it was done on purpose. And so...

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

2009-07-08 / happyjunkie / Reads: 7869

The album starts with the track on my favourite number. To tell the truth, I was expecting something more lively that would beat HYPERPOWER! Luckily, next tracks compensate this. 1,000,000 is fast, dynamic and catchy; it would make a good start of a concert. Similarly, Letting You after which the...

Siva Six - Rise New Flesh: Flesh and Will Resurrected

2009-07-03 / mashenah / Reads: 3215

Dark industrial and EBM duo Siva Six started in 1997 under the name Wintermute with the following members: Evi (keyboards), Z (Vocals) and Noid (keyboards). In 1998, they contributed the cover version of “Pornography" to Equinox records compilation “A Tribute To The Cure". They released 2 demo cds as Wintermute...

The Threshold HouseBoys Choir - Form Grows Rampant

2009-06-24 / alucard / Reads: 5130

After the death of Coil’s John Balance, there was absolutely no doubts about ending the band’s activity. But the second half of Coil, Peter Christopherson, is way too creative to end his career with the end of his mother band. Just after releasing the final, farewell Coil album, "Ape Of...

16volt - SuperCoolNothing

2009-06-20 / alucard / Reads: 4491

"SuperCoolNothing" is the fourth album of Eric Powell’s industrial rock Project. The musician continues on it his path of sharp industrial. It’s style reminds a bit of Gravity Kills, but harder. Songs are based mainly on loud, aggressive guitar walls ("Everyday Everything", "The Enemy", "Machine Kit"), but they don’t lack...