V▲LH▲LL- Leaning on Shadows

2015-07-04 / DamienG / Reads: 6582

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: 3685

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: 4120

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: 4304

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: 3091

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...

Vanity - Occult You

2013-09-19 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 4748

Issued by the Church Independent Occult You album from Italian group VANITY combines the best European traditions of gothic rock, post-punk, darkwave, and even elements of metal and other alternative music styles. Unlike other projects, that decide to create similar hybrids, it is not a formless mix of nondescript taste,...