Modern Cubism - Les plaintes d'un Icare

2008-08-24 / apeiron / Reads: 5546

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...

Moi dix Mois - Reprise

2013-03-29 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 2521

Previous album of Moi dix Mois, the formation led by Mana, the legend of Japanese gothic scene and visual kei, entitled "D + SECT", was released in December 2010, bringing significant changes in the style of the band - the compositions have become more developed and gained monumental, symphonic character....

Mona Mur & En Esch: 120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence

2011-12-19 / FilipRoland / Reads: 4042

"A gdy się zejdą, raz i drugi, kobieta po przejściach, mężczyzna z przeszłością..." (So when they get together, once and again, a woman after ordeals, a man with a past... – quotation from an old Polish song). She – a German lady of Polish origins, an excentric vocalist and composer,...

Mona Mur/En Esch – Do With Me What You Want

2011-09-05 / fiuri / Reads: 3016

An album beginning with the words ‘Touch me/ With the tip of your tongue’ cannot be described otherwise than sensual, sexy and rapacious. And even though this is what best characterises the second LP of Mana Mur and En Esch, it is most unfortunate that the atmosphere tends to vanish...

Mono Inc. - After The War

2012-06-18 / Closter / Reads: 4650

There is no need to introduce Mono Inc. to independent German goth rock scene enthusiasts. The band was formed after a few other groups had broken up and it decided not to succumb to any mighty record labels’ pressures. They give us the new quality and a breath of novelty,...

Mono Inc. - After The War

2012-09-06 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 4356

Since 9 years a German band Mono Inc. has followed a basic recipe in making their music. Combination of Sisters of Mercy’s goth with traditional rock from the time of its peak popularity invests their music with exceptional beatlesque touch, thanks to which, they carry away the crowds wherever they...