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Album: "Still
Born" (1999) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight Confession of Faith return with another full-length self released CD. They manage to create songs with more structure on this album. Their previous CD was somewhat experimental with a lot of drastic changes in the songs. But the songs on this CD are a bit more straight forward and actually have direction. They almost come off sounding like synth-pop in a lot of ways. The music is very electronic with multiple sound effects and sampling. There's uses of guitar at times as well. Light ambient style soundscapes are also buried behind all the programming. The music definitely creates atmosphere and is enjoyable to listen to, although It's a bit on the mellow side with a slight dark and cold feel to it. This music really couldn't work on the dance floor as it just moves along too slowly. The main problem with the CD are the vocals. The singer has a rather dull and dreary voice that tends to have trouble carrying a tune at times. He basically sounds the same on every song without ever putting a lot of emotion into his voice. His vocals do blend with some of the songs better than others, but there's really no getting away from the fact that his singing could be greatly improved upon. But this CD still manages to sound pretty good, and does flow from beginning to end quite fluidly. If you're looking for a mellow alternative electronic album, this Confession of Faith CD would be a good choice.
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Album: "Children
of a Dying Sun" (1999) |
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Reviewed by: Darklight Confession of Faith create a rather unique sound. They mix electronics, synths, samples, noise, guitars and drum programming with dreary male vocals. The music is a blend of enchanting electro similar to that of DELERIUM, with techno drum & bass, noise sounds and heavy guitar included as well. The pace of the music switches between melodic and aggressive throughout each of the tracks. There's a lot happening in it. It's rather experimental with different sounds coming and going all of the time. This is what makes it interesting to listen to. Also, there's a heavy edge with the use of noise and guitars. So while beautiful synth music plays; noise, guitars and drum beats make things harsh as well. The dreary male vocals are good, but could use some effects added to them. They're a bit plain and would benefit from some processing such as slight distortion. Overall, this CD offers a lot of great music to listen to. It's dark, dreary, harsh and beautiful all at the same time. If you're looking for something slightly different in industrial music, this Confession of Faith CD is it.
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