Der Blaue Reiter - Nuclear Sun

2010-06-10 / Medea / Reads: 2429

26th April 1986, Chernobyl, Ukraine. In the middle of the night the whole area is being shuddered by enormous explosion. The forth reactor of Chernobyl's nuclear power plant has just exploded. These events were an inspiration while to create the third studio recording Der Bleue Reiter "Nuclear Sun". Each...

Dependence

2005-09-24 / Dobermann / Reads: 5257

Let's get back to the year 1999. Reality TV doesn't exist, the clear CD costs fortune, the recorder is a luxurious thing and World Trade Center stands still and looks nice ... In this year appears a label recording company which gathers five bands - Covenant, VNV Nation, Velvet Acid...

Depeche Mode - Violator

2005-12-30 / _lin / Reads: 15369

March nine nil. Day nineteenth. Mute Records Ltd. before releasing "Personal Jesus" had already stirred up the charts in the USA and elsewhere. Not to mention the legendary "Enjoy The Silence" with the memorable character of the Gahan-King created by Anton Corbijn. The third hit-single only proved the genius of...

Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel

2005-10-17 / Attack / Reads: 15233

I have right at the front of me brand new hybrid in SACD and Audio CD (and extra DVD) containing latest "precious" from legendary Depeche Mode, LP called "Playing The Angel". It's a long awaited LP, that was very mysterious for a long time, very few knew what we can...

Delight - Breaking Ground

2007-02-19 / apeiron / Reads: 5025

It is true that taking part in competitions can be profitable. Especially if you participate in the Best Unsigned Gothic Act International competition at Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, in May 2005.  Delight from Skawina, a town near Krakow, was the only Polish band taking part in the compo...

Delerium - Nuages du monde

2007-01-25 / apeiron / Reads: 5371

Almost a decade after the great "Karma" Rhys Fulber & Bill Leeb release another album similar to "Chimera" (2003). We're getting less and less of the old Delerium. "Nuages du monde" is a pleasant listening, being charmingly trance-ambient. But it does not carry you. It lacks the atmosphere...