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Reviewed
by: Darklight
This
is a goth rock band that actually rocks and they do it better than most.
There is energy in most of these songs combined with melody and catchy
rhythms and beats. What I like about this band is that they are not
trying to be weird or different to stand out, but instead just make
good quality music that you will want to listen to. But as with most
albums, not everything delivered here is great. Track one "Beneath
The Ocean Black" is a dull, dreary and repetitive instrumental
that I just am not able to sit through. The album really begins with
track two "Special One". This song packs a powerful punch
that you just can't resist. It's a guitar heavy goth rock song that
is straight forward and structured with great male shouting. Track three
"Sane" is a bit moodier, but still has a lot of energy to
it with thrashy guitar riffs and deep male singing combined with female
singing at times as well. Track four "Nothing Here" is a slower
paced song with an orchestrated edge and dramatic male singing and beautiful
female singing. Track five "Ashes In The Rain" is a rather
basic song with the typical and traditional goth sound to it. It's well
done, but a little too generic for me to really enjoy. Track six "Precious"
is a straight forward rock song with a good melody and well delivered
male vocals. Track seven "The Very Last Goodbye" is a slow
and dreary song that basically puts me to sleep. I find it to be too
mellow. Track eight "God And The Abyss" is just an ambient
instrumental that I skip right past because it's so boring and seems
like filler to me. Track nine "Fever" is a punk goth song
packed with major energy, heavy rhythms and beats and shouting male
vocals. Track ten "Burning Kisses" plays at a medium pace
and has an orchestrated edge with beautiful keyboard melodies, acoustic
guitar and passionate male singing. I would call it a love song and
I feel that it's really well done. Track eleven "Requiem"
is a dramatic and orchestrated instrumental that I myself find to be
rather drab. This is a quality album that fans of old school goth music
will really enjoy. I myself felt that a lot of the songs here had an
80's vibe to them that I just can't really get into these days. I am
more into the current electro/industrial/goth crossover stuff myself.
But as far as more standard and traditional goth rock music goes, this
album has some of the best that I have heard in a while. I could have
done without the boring instrumentals, but there are still enough good
songs here to make this album worthy of purchase for gothic music fans
out there.
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