Whether or not you like this book may depend on what you think of the title. You see, this is the most deceptively titled book in recent memory, mainly because it contains a lot of opinion and criticism. I read somewhere that this book was supposed to be called something else akin to “Mark Allen…
Before Saviour Machine, before Dead Artist Syndrome, there was Idle Lovell. Idle Lovell was a side project by Michael Knott designed to be only for non-Christian audiences. So, while this is not the first Christian Goth band, it is one of the earliest examples of Goth music made by Christian artists. This six-song vinyl album…
Virgin Black first released this album in 2000. Entitled Sombre Romantic, this disc is full of dark, ethereal, heavy, ambient and operatic songs. The music is diverse, at times very low and quiet, then it builds and breaks and crashes around the listener as the crescendo is reached in an heavy metal-ish dirge. There are…
The Last Dance is a great band, and this album is solid! I bought this disc years ago and it fell to the bottom of the pile quickly because I sometimes buy too much music and I overlook and forget about things. A couple of weeks back I was digging through some discs and came…
The Awakening have been around for quite some time. Led by Ashton Nyte, who also has an impressive solo output, The Awakening are the quintessential gothic band. I chose to review one of their older albums because it was the first one that I purchased by them. Ethereal Menace came out in 1999 and was…
Eva O may or may not be an unknown to many here. She has been one of the originators in the “death rock” scene. Probably best known for her band Shadow Project that she started with her late husband Rozz Williams, Eva O is a staple in the scene she helped create. She was married…
Prints of Darkness is the one that started it all. This one the one that introduced me to DAS and I was immediately hooked. I actually bought the album because of the cover art and the name, at the time I didn’t know anything about the music. The other reason that I also bought this…
Since we talked about Seventh Circle’s album The Struggle in the interview, I figured we would just review The Struggle Remixes here. Below is the review, straight from Adam Pederson so you get the full scoop from the artist himself. There is one remix of each track from the album and it’s about 62 1/2…
Against all odds, this classic album by Sincerely Paul has been re-issued… and one sweet re-issue it is! Not only do you get the full original album re-mastered, you also get a full extra disc of bonus material. Grieve has been reviewed here before, so I’ll just briefly touch on the re-mastering on disc one:…
The Gig in Diamond Bar, Ca The Crucified, first show since 1995, and a testimony of Faith from Sonny of P.O.D. Free Show!!!! Sonny, looking as stoked and amazed as I was, introduces with a “I can’t believe it….The Crucified!”. The band kicks off with the intro to “Hateworld”, Mark Salomon takes the stage, looks…