Moi dix Mois - Reprise

2013-03-29 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 2650

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....

Madre del Vizio - Un Mondo Dove...

2013-03-27 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 2502

Italian giallo film creator, Dario Argento, is known for his trilogy about the three mothers, the first of which, the Mother of Sighs, was hiding in a ballet school in Freiburg. For some time, Italian-German cooperation reminds me of another mother - Mother of Sin. The German band Madre...

Chemical Waves - The Garden of Forking Paths

2013-03-25 / savetier / Reads: 2632

As you might have already found out by reading my reviews I have a fable for contemporary Italian new wave music. When I came across the Italian one-man-project Chemical Waves from Rome, I was - as you can imagine - quite anxious to listen to it. The press release made...

The Stompcrash - Directions

2013-03-25 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 3098

As a fan of dark romanticism and classics of horror literature I have one deviation – if a music of a project is described as inspired by the works (or at least the works climate) of Poe or Lovecraft, I throw myself at it like as a deerhound on the...

Absent One - Places

2013-03-22 / curly_lady / Reads: 2640

Absent One was founded in 2009 in Moscow by two friends, Nick and Alex. They gained public recognition at the Russian festival: "Dark Entries". Their debut album, "Blowback", was appreciated by critics; "Stwerdess" song was put on the "Synth Radio Russians" compilation. Year 2010 brought, along with a new singer...

Tikahiri - Kaito no Tetamanu

2013-03-20 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 5505

Growing out of the Gothic style, combining acoustic and heavier sounds, album "Merahi kerekere" from Polynesian group of rock circles was my biggest musical surprise throughout 2012 (the album landed in my hands two years after its release). I did not suspect, that at the other end of the globe...