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by: Darklight
I
enjoyed Diva Destruction's debut release Passion's
Price. It was a good solid darkwave release with female
vocals similar to the music of Switchblade
Symphony. And I like this follow up entitled Exposing
The Sickness even more.
This release is less mellow darkwave and more gothic rock. Unfortunately,
this does mean electronic programming does take a back seat to guitar,
bass and drums. Thankfully, dark keyboard melodies get a good amount
of attention.
I like the energy contained in these songs. All of the instruments are
well played, and the songs all do a rather decent job of sounding diverse.
Debra Fogarty has improved as a singer, and dishes out the lyrics with
power and passion. She has an appealing voice that is perfect for gothic
music. Sharon Blackstone provides equally impressive backing vocals.
My only real complaint with the CD is that it contains a few too many
tracks. I feel the recording would have been tighter if a few of the
somewhat mediocre songs such as "Hypocrite", "When Trees Would Dance"
and "Dance Remix of Trees" were left off of it.
As with most CDs with a lot of tracks, some stand out more than others.
My favorites include: "Heathcliff", "Playing The Liar", "Valley
Of The Scars", "You're My Sickness" and "Survive". But
most everything on the CD is good making this recording a must for fans
of gothic music with female vocals.
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by: Darklight
Diva Destruction is the darkwave duo of Debra Fogerty and Severina
Sol. Both of these lovely ladies were kind enough to include several
photos of themselves throughout this CD’s packaging. But these beautiful
goth goddesses aren’t just all looks as they have quite a lot of musical
talent as well. This is a very strong debut for this act, only falling
short in a couple of areas. But I’ll address those later.
Debra Fogarty is the primary member of this project providing her vocals
on seven of the tracks, and handling all of the electronic programming
and keyboard melodies in the songs. There are a few guest musicians
as well that play guitar, bass and drums. But this isn’t rock music.
This is darkwave music mainly created by electronics and synths. Guitars
only come in once in a while to add a slightly heavier edge. They work
well with the music helping to deliver a fuller sound.
The songs play at a rather mid-tempo pace keeping everything energetic
enough to hold your interest, but never really fast enough for the clubfloor.
There are occasions when things pick up in pace and could possibly be
club tracks, but for the most part this music is all about mood and
atmosphere.
Both Debra and severina are very good singers with seductive voices.
However, I do admit that I like Severina’s vocal stylings a bit more.
Part of this is due to Debra’s vocals being recorded somewhat muffled.
This does take away from the overall flow of the CD as it makes it seem
unbalanced. But this isn’t too big of an issue, and things like this
are to be expected from a debut self-released album.
Debra does a good job of putting together the music here. But there
is still room for improvement. I feel that the music could benefit from
sounding a bit more layered and textured.
When all is said and done, this is a very enjoyable darkwave album including
all of the proper ingredients to make for a rather entertaining audio
experience. This CD is a must for fans of bands such as Collide
and Switchblade Symphony.
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