ESC - Enhancer

2011-02-18 / Serge / Reads: 3534

Not so long ago had I the pleasure of reviewing the latest album of the Portuguese from ESC, entitled "Eight Thousand Square Feet". In the review, I mentioned that their previous album, "Enhancer", which I am about to review thoroughly, had escaped my attention. Luckily, at the time it had...

Icon Of Coil - Machines Are Us

2011-02-17 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 4147

In 1997 Andy LaPlegua established the project Icon Of Coil, which was primarily a concept built around a logo, graphic design and music. Soon after the inception, the music soon turned out to be the most important part of the concept and LaPlegua invited Sebastian Komor, to work with him...

Autodafeh - Identity Unknown

2011-02-16 / _Morfeusz_ / Reads: 4548

"Identity unknown" is the title of the new Autodafeh album, which is the second full-length release and by all means reminds about the band's existence. After a short intro, the album enters on the right track. In the "Divided We Fall", The Swedes have already clearly indicated that they...

Ikon - Love, Hate and Sorrow

2011-02-10 / FilipRoland / Reads: 5141

Love, Hate and Sorrow is the sixth full-length album in the discography of Ikon, a band which was founded 19 years ago in Melbourne (on the debris of Death In The Dark) and which earned the name of "AC/DC of gothic rock" over the course of time. The record was...

[x]-Rx - Update 3.0

2011-02-05 / Layla / Reads: 4460

After a year since the release of Stage 2, Pascal "Cyrex" Beniesch puts out another album entitled "Update 3.0". The record was praised as a revolutionary one, while taking all the works of [x]-Rx into account, due to its unusual vocals, which had never been encountered before on his albums,...

V/A - Black Snow 2 - the completely different Xmas compilation

2011-02-04 / Agnieszka Szczepanik / Reads: 4470

After a noticeable success of the last year's Christmas compliation, Blackrain continues its "Black Snow" series. This year's compilation features 13 tracks, which specially created on the occasion. Just like it was a year ago, they are to express certain feelings and a specific apporach towards the Christmas. The release...