TO AVOID - All Gods Are Gone

2024-10-02 / khocico / Reads: 885

Berlin-based TO AVOID has been redefining the dark electro scene since their formation in 2000, blending late '80s EBM with '90s melodic dark electro, and adding a modern, genre-crossing twist. Their live performances are electric—having seen them at the NCN Festival, I can confirm their stage presence channels the raw,...

Tikahiri - Merahi Kerekere

2013-01-01 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 6295

Ordinary European listener rarely links French Polynesia with alternative rock, especially rooted in gothic rock. Yet, in the middle of Pacific Ocean was created a project that could with no shame fight against many aces of climatic playing coming from Europe and, what is more, could win the battle without...

Tikahiri - Kaito no Tetamanu

2013-03-20 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 5502

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...

Thot - Obscured by the Wind

2012-04-30 / fiuri / Reads: 4137

Every time I am to reach for an album labelled ‘industrial rock’ I am struck with a feeling of uneasiness, as the majority such productions are mediocre or simply weak, which is more than enough to undermine my faith in the genre. However, every once in a while there appears...

This Void Inside - Dusk

2009-09-22 / Medea / Reads: 2962

‘Dusk’ was the first thing I had heard by the gothic band This Void Inside. The CD contains 12 tracks, which resemble something between Orgy and HIM. All tracks have interesting lyrics, but there’s absolutely no musical freshness. While listening to ‘Dusk’, I constantly had the impression I’ve heard it...

This Vision - The Golden Age We Lost

2012-08-16 / Fairycharlotte / Reads: 2847

"The Golden Age We Lost" is the second album by the Swedish duo This Vision, however, I have never heard this band before. The artists themselves describe this CD as "a melancholic and dreamy pop record". I did expect something more synth-popish at first, but since the band had "introduced...