Alter der Ruine - This is why we can't have nice things

2011-06-27 / arthur / Reads: 4392

There's this German label Pronoize, thanks to which we know such projects as Noisuf-X, SAM or Xotox. Last year American band Alter der Ruine was taken under its wings and for a good start of their cooperation, a greatest hits package: 'This is why we can't have nice things' has...

Rotersand - War On Error

2011-06-29 / A.k.Bizarre / Reads: 4393

Works of Rottersand are defined as Industrial Pop, Future Pop or EBM. As a relatively young band, they quickly climbed up the ladder of popularity. Their singles have reached pretty high positions on the music charts, and the group shared the stage with the biggest bands. In September 2009, EP...

Felix Marc - Parallel Worlds

2011-07-01 / LeNa_ / Reads: 4603

Despite all my blind love and lack of objectivity towards the band called Diorama, I’m very sceptical if it’s going about Felix Marc’s solo project. Honestly? After the first listen to "Pathways" (first solo album) I felt nausea. It just seemed to be too sweet for me. But I didn’t...

Svartsinn - Elegies For The End

2011-07-06 / hellium / Reads: 2798

Svartsvinn’s last release introduces listeners into the dark spaces, closely filled with varied tones of the black. The more we get into the desolated places, marked by inevitable passage of time, the more we find out about the landscapes filled with different sounds. From rumbling, through murmuring to the sounds...

Rise and Fall of a Decade - Love it or leave it

2011-07-08 / Bašnia / Reads: 3183

This review is a reminiscence of the band called Rise and Fall of a Decade which released the last album in 2008. The circumstances where tragic, because in May 2007 Pierre-François Maurin-Malet (the singer, the author of the lyrics and co-composer of the songs) died of cancer. The double...

Novakill - I Hate God

2011-07-11 / soulfake / Reads: 3662

"I Hate God" is the third album in musical oeuvre of Australian duo called Novakill. Two previous ones – "Hard Tech for a Hard World" and "Kill Everyone" – collected quite good reviews but they didn’t create a sensation on the electro-industrial scene. However, Bonie and Sik had promised...