DREAM INTO DUST

Album: "The Lathe of Heaven"
Label: Chthonic Streams (2003)
Style: Darkwave
Songs: 11

B
 

Reviewed by: Darklight

The first thing that I noticed about this album is the great artwork. It's very well done with a nice industrial look to it. However, I don't really feel that it fits with the music here since it's extremely melodic darkwave with sampling, moody melodies, acoustic guitar, violin and soft spoken male vocals.

This CD offers some very quality well produced music that I find quite appealing to listen to. This three man band is quite skilled and talented creating some nicely developed songs with a good blend of melody along with some chaotic experimental noise.

For the most part this is slow moving music, but the industrial crunch in the mix really adds a nice element.

If you're a fan of darkwave music with some industrial touches and male vocals, this Dream Into Dust CD is a must.

Album: "No Man's Land" (1997)
Label: Chthonic Streams
Style: Goth
Songs: 4

B

Reviewed by: Darklight

The music found on this album is dark, dreary and eerie. It plays at a slow to medium pace with various sounds, instruments and drum beats while clean male vocals sing over it. The music has some experimental and noise elements to it where it changes direction often and throws a lot of sounds at the listener. There's also an orchestrated edge combined with melody and harmony as well. Everything is quite haunting and cold definitely making this traditional goth music. There are slight electronic effects, but they're given more as sounds as opposed to actual music construction. Everything delivered here is rather mellow creating mood and atmosphere. There's even a experimental spoken word track that comes off as musical poetry. The last track includes acoustic guitar and seems like a gothic folk song. This is rather artistic music that does feature enough structure to it to make it very listenable. It's something that you could really enjoy when you're in a more relaxed mood and just want to listen to something that you can lose yourself in. Dim the lights and let this Dream Into Dust album take you away.