On their 9th album "Inauguration", the leading German Gothic Rock act The House Of Usher start with the epic wide-screen song "Seagulls/Only Memories Remain" that reminds of U2's "The Joshua Tree" as well as Editors "An End Has A Start". But when in the following tracks it is reduced you will closer to the music of the band than ever before. The sound of the whole album is like a professionally cut diamond and it has got even brighter reflections like "Hours Away" and "What If Christ Never Came", while songs like "Shadowside" appear relaxed and mature. There is a line in this song that says "I'm on my track like a train but I'm running out of coal" which doesn't apply to the band obviously as they prove in the powerful end of the album with "Tantalus Awake!" and "Famous Last Words", songs that call the Simple Minds in their zenith back to your mind. After their nearly sold out album "Pandora's Box" The House Of Usher were successful with their intention to create an album that doesn't mean deadlock on one side yet doesn't annoy their faithful fans as well.