Tag: Goth
Draconian – SOVRAN Review
For reasons I won’t get into here, it’s been a long month. Trials and tribulations; personal and professional; trivial and major – you know the type. So it was with a bit of resignation that …
My Dying Bride – Feel The Misery Review
If I were the type of person who worried about “guilty pleasures” (I am not) or whether some thing I enjoy will set me up for ridicule (I am not), I might have to admit …
Publicist UK – Forgive Yourself Review
So I guess that, underneath this suave and collected demeanor, I’ve always been something of a mopey bastard. I say that, because post-punk, in almost all its forms, has always appealed to me greatly, from …
Tribulation – The Children Of The Night Review
Originally written by K. Scott Ross. Isn’t it strange how sometimes music seems custom made for our tastes, and yet we don’t enjoy it? Such it was with Swedish retro-death turned progressive gothers Tribulation. Their 2009 …
Paradise Lost – The Plague Within Review
Paradise Lost’s career trajectory is an interesting one, sometimes derided but yet always worthy of respect. They’ve followed their muse through the darkness, wherever it led them, and in doing so, through some serious ups …
Albez Duz – The Coming Of Mictlan Review
German duo Albez Duz evidently derive their name from some medieval Germanic meaning “swan noisiness” or “swan rush.” Because I don’t know what either of those things are, I’ll be sticking to my original theory …
Vaura – The Missing Review
I am occasionally hyper-critical of bands that fiddle with the primeval black metal formula, particularly when the fiddling is rooted in an over-sentimentalization that clouds the genre’s core nihilism. This awareness is to blame for …
The Vision Bleak – Witching Hour Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey The Vision Bleak is tagged as a “gothic metal,” though the German duo prefers the more precise “horror metal.” This is worth noting, not for an immediate point of reference, …