L'Ame Immortelle - Namenlos

2008-09-16 / -Mix- / Reads: 5662

The band surprised me. Firstly, with the speed; it seems to me that it was just yesterday when they released the compilation “10 Jahre” and today I have “Namenlos” in my hands and ears. Secondly, the musicians surprised me with what they always should; that is with recording a very...

Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

2008-09-12 / apeiron / Reads: 3503

 If there had been organized a contest for the hardest working man, definitely the 2007 year`s winner would has been Steven Wilson. The multiinstrumentalist eminently didn`t loaf in that past year 2007. He filled a year with cds and concerts, where he`s the main power. Fans were very happy. Fanatics...

IAMX - Spit It Out

2008-09-07 / happyjunkie / Reads: 8217

Single is single: short but is it pithy? Well, not this time. Spit it out is my least favorite on “The Alternative”. Single mix version is good but the remixes are worse. Kowalski’s interpretation of the track in monotonous and if it wasn’t for the vocal, which author pitied and...

Suicide Commando - X.20

2008-08-30 / Älvalek / Reads: 8666

Four-disc release which is a sum-up of twenty years of artistic work of Johan van Roy. No one who values music from around dark electro should be disappointed with it. Except of 3 CDs with music the release includes a DVD with video clips and fragments of concerts. The...

Modern Cubism - Les plaintes d'un Icare

2008-08-24 / apeiron / Reads: 5721

This year’s springtime is full of high expectations! For more albums. And this particular album is a long-expected one, too. It is one of these vernal releases, to which I have the pleasure (or even the honour) to give the highest mark. Moreover, it was the first 2008 production to...

V/A - Castle Party 2007

2008-08-04 / SVN / Reads: 6788

One afternoon I finally got to hear a compilation of his year's Castle Party which held such bands as Diary of Dreams, Diorama or Suicide Commando. My first impression of the compilation was that most of the tracks on the CD did not match at all. My intuition, however, made...