Endless Asylum - Danvers State Hospital - Beyond Mental Illness

2012-09-09 / Shadow / Reads: 3893

Madness. Such a rewarding subject for dark ambient compositions. Briefly, a paradise for ones creating dark, insane climates. A problem comes when one has to measure this madness, or rather it’s reflection, an overall waft of a romantic topos in inspired work. A great majority of albums floating in this...

Mono Inc. - After The War

2012-09-06 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 4511

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...

Dead Hand Projekt - The Lost EP

2012-09-05 / Serge / Reads: 3520

Music should be made for pleasure and that is, in my strong belief, one of its essential aims. Sometimes this pleasure can be quite masochistic, "noise" for instance, while sometimes both the music and the rhythm are catchy, even if they’re somewhat shallow. Those who have already glanced at the...

Austin Galante - Cat of Nine Tales

2012-09-03 / hellium / Reads: 2501

"Cat of Nine Tales" is the debut album of an artist from California - Austin Galante. He is known mainly from The Warped Tour, and to the admirers of 30 Seconds to Mars, whose concerts he opened. This album consists of 9 pieces produced in a trip hop style. For...

Ben Frost - Theory of Machines

2012-08-30 / kettu / Reads: 2269

Ben Frost, that is an Australian living in Iceland; a musician mainly famous for having cooperated with Björk. Today I am about to comment his record from 2006, that is Theory of Machines. The album sets an example of an exqusitle well-sounding electro-acoustic album! Theory of Machines consists of...

Epica - Requiem for the Indifferent

2012-08-27 / Airelinnuel / Reads: 4954

Requiem for the Indifferent is the latest, 5th album of Dutch band Epica which was released on 9th March 2012 in Europe. It contains 13 amazing tracks providing over an hour of gothic/symphonic metal music. The first track is Karma which is an instrumental introduction to the whole album with...