Into The Mist - Dancing Into The Mist

Der Himmel über Berlin – Shadowdancers

 

Shadowdancers is Der Himmel über Berlin second studio album, released 2014. The band is from north east of Italy, and in their biography it is said they take inspiration from bands like The Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Joy Division.
It is very much guitar- based post-punk with a sound from the 80´s. The album Shadowdancers is very well produced, perfect sound- quality and their songs very well made. I like the drum-sounds, it has kind of a metal/punk feeling.
I think it is hard to pick out some favorite songs, everything is good. Highly recommend this album.

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INTO THE MIST - All Mankind Will Dance Meanwhile (Gothic Rock Italy)

Into The Mist is:

MassAnder - Vocals
SaintAngel – Bass
LilAngel – Guitar

Directed by:
SaintAngel & MassAnder

Camera operators:
Gianni Del Popolo
Luca Marconato

Steadycam operators:
Gianni Del Popolo

Lights and Smoke Effects:
Marco Cirilli

Director of photography:
Michele Ancora

Video Editing:
Gianni Del Popolo

Production:
Stream Liquid s.r.l.

Special Effects:
Stream Liquid s.r.l.

Production assistants:
Giovanni Bax
Antonella Moriga

Location assistants:
Antonella Moriga
Roberta Paris

Scouting assistants
DJ Anth Severance
Giovanni Bax

Mislealia Records Production 2014

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https://mislealiarecords.bandcamp.com/

Check out their youtube channel:
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Mislealia record label:
http://www.mislealia.com/

The Horror Vacui – Return of the Empire

Horror Vacui released their second full album, “Return of the Empire” in october 2014. It is a very good continuing of their debute “In Darkness You Will Feel Alright”, that came out 2012.

This album feels a bit more punk-rock / hardcore attitude, but still got a gothic rock style. The most of the songs goes very fast forward, “till the Last Drop” is kind of slower. They have succeded in to bring up the production and sound quality, but still kept their punkrock attitude.

As I said, this is a great second album and I think everyone who liked their first album should check this out. If you found Horror Vacui by this release, then check out their first album.
This is an album that also getting better and better each time I listen on it.

I like the most of the songs, can´t really tell what is my favorite but I think “Light of Darkness” is kind of outstanding and different from the other tracks on this album. Great album, recommend!



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The Stompcarsh - Love From Hell

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Vanity - Sleeping Tears (Pagans Pt. I)

A Church Independent Production

Directed by Giovanni Aloi (TheSponk Studios)

Written by N

Cinematographer & a.d : Andrea Barone
Lighting & grip : Niccolò Corradini
Producer : Marco Putignano
Vfx: Marco Miraglia

Biography
Vanity is a name which could suggest a formal and superficial approach rather then real substance. It's a conscious contradiction indeed, 'cause the impact of their sound is deep, bearing the charm of everything that is esoteric and obscure.
Vanity interpret the classic dichotomy between form and substance, suspended between grace and disgrace.

Altough based in Tuscany (Italy), members of Vanity come from different countries and cultures.
N, the singer, was born in Gaza (Palestine); the bass player F. is helvetic, and the country's severe and austere character it's reflected in the way he plays.
F and T -- respectively guitar and drums -- they used to live for a long time away from the blunders of modernity, in a small village on the Tuscan hills.

Vanity's debut album "Occult You" was recorded in complete isolation between December 2011 and February 2012, with help from producer Lorenzo Montanà (Tying Tiffany, TTL).
The album was released in Italy first early 2013, then in summer it got distribution in Europe by Rough Trade, with local promotion, getting enthusiast feedbacks in Germany, Austria, Benelux and even from Russia and Baltics.

It can be said that Vanity are a rock band, mainly 'cause they write songs indeed, with a retro vibe and post-modernist attitude.
It's not wave, it's not metal, it's not indie, but possibly all these things together, developed through the style, the imagination and the sensibility of the band.
The voice, the afterlife choirs and the guitars, sometimes distant and muffled and sometimes brazen, are the distinctive elements that characterize the sound of Vanity.

Vanity's sound is utterly fillled by a ruthless romance, by extreme melodies and by a crude and dark melodrama.
There's definitely something that, instinctively and without compromises, repels or attracts

The album and the lyrics are featured from a never published novel of N, "Occult You", which became the album title.
A private tragedy and drama that blends not only love (the central theme of the album), but also loneliness, anguish, the inevitability of fate and incommunicability.
Description
A frontman from Palestine, bassist from Switzerland, Guitarist and Drummer from Italy. The sound of VANITY is a thrilling and romantic mix of genres including shoegaze, indie, psych and post-punk.
"Occult You" is the band's debut album, released across Europe in May 2013 via Rough Trade/Church Independent.
It was hailed by the critics and the press as one of the most interesting and international italian album of the year.
Another important aspect are the music videos produced by the band, an integral part of their imaginary, hosted, among other by NME, Rolling Stone and Tape.tv, as well as the publication in the major European webzine.

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Antonius Rex – Hystero Demonopathy

I heard Antonius Rex´s album Hystero Demonopathy by a chance when I was surfing over youtube. However, it felt like I have heard this before. And when I checked them out I found out that behind Antonius Rex is Antonio Bartoccetti, he has another project under the name Jacula. And Jacula released their first album 1969.

I got stuck into this album, I have listen on it with repeat in the past week. It felt like I found the holy grail, a lost treasure. This is fantastic!

Hystero Demonopathy was official released 2012-12-12. This is gothic progressive rock, very dark and evil with a blend of humor. It is mainly instrumental, sometimes there is speaking whispering vocals and sometimes samples, I guess from old movies.

I can find so much things inside this record, I do not know if it is influences or who influence who here. Antonio Bartoccetti have somehow kept his style since the old time Jacula. But I felt much reminding of Devil Doll, even Laibach, Sopor Aeternus and Madre Del Vizio sometimes. There is of course progressive rock, sometimes with a blend of 70´s jazz touch, but also neofolk, metal, classic music ect. Antonius Rex have succeeded here to build up an atmosphere where you can picture a story from the beginning of this record til the end. The story feels very much medieval, and I guess there is a witch hunt by knights. Some moments they really succeeded to build up a hunting atmosphere. I really jumped on my chair when I heard samplings with my Swedish native language. “Du är så snäll mot mig”, that means “You are so kind to me”. I need to figure it out from where Antonius Rex have took this sentences from.

You should give this album a chance, and listen to it in a relaxing moment because this is music that brings a vision of a story, and there is not a happy ending in this one.

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The Nine Tears - Black Heart (Gothtune TV)

Black Heart is a Koure Nero cover of Gerardo Konte
The Nine Tears are:
Michele Perrella - Vocals and keyboards
Gerardo Konte - Cyber manipulator, backing vocals
Carlo Baldini - Bass
Gene Crazed - Guitars

Mix and mastering by Carlo Baldini
The Holy Hour Records 2012

Background:
The musical project The Nine Tears was born in June 2011 from the mind of Michele Perrella, who decided to give shape and substance to his solo compositions. Great friend and manager of Gene Crazed, the first one-man band Italian rockabilly, he offers to him to play the guitars in their songs, confident in his musical experience, result of years spent on Italian and international stages and of a remarkable musical culture. The agreement turns out to be good when their first song, Killing Time, realized as The Nine Tears, immediately gets many positive responses from fans of the genre, experts in the field and another one-man band, Carlo Baldini, creator of the darkwave project My Terminal And The Trip. Impressed by the creativity and flexibility demonstrated by his compositional and instrumental solo project, Michael invites him to play bass in the Nine Tears. Carlo accepts and the arrangement proves successful with him, his bass lines matches perfectly with the sound path taken by the duo, which from that point officially became a trio. The band starts immediately to work to make his first EP to be released within the month of October for The Holy Hour Records. The band, in early 2012, it instantly goes to work to record his first full length and "engages" the musician and remixer Gerardo Konte. With his support participate at the Gothic Room 2012 and start to realize the single ERMOY anticipating the release of Candid shade of pleasure.

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REVIEW: Horror Vacui - In Darkness You Will Feel Alright

The Italian band Horror Vacui´s debut album "In Darkness You Will Feel Alright" was released in the end of last year (2012). The record introduced by Krzysztof Komeda´s "Main Title", a soundtrack from Roman Polanski´s movie Rosemary´s Baby. The singing woman ends abruptly with the track "Black Rivers" and thereafter Horror Vacui plays intensive with a higher tempo til the end.

The members of Horror Vacui have a past in the punk rock scene, and you can hear that. In an interview with the band, they told that they normally listen to Gothic Rock so it was time to play what they listen to. That´s how Horror Vacui was founded.

"In Darkness You Will Feel Alright" is a record where the music is based on very traditional Gothic Rock. A sound from the 80´s or early 90´s. The songs have a very high standard through all record, their sound is kind of noisy, punk sound, I love it!

I can highly recommend this album. It is a prof that there still are bands that turns back to the roots of darkwave / Gothic Rock.



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REVIEW: Vanity - Occult You

First time I heard the band Vanity was for about one year ago and I played them on Gothtune! (podcast #4 (Sleeping Tears) and #11 (Under Black Ice). But it took nearly a year before I listen through all their cd Occult You.

The record was recorded under total isolation between december 2011 to februari 2012 och the release day was not until begining of 2013. The members lives near Tuscany in Italy, but comes from different countries and cultures. The lyrics is based on a never released book by the singer with the name "Occult You".

When I got the chance to listen to all the record and build me a full picture, I understood how damn good they are. It is hard to point a finger and tell where I should categorizing there music. There are a bit of everything and everything sounds fantastic. I hear rots of darkwave, but other kinds of rock. If I should make a choice, I can tell you that I hear some metaphors and sounds that reminds me of Anathema´s record Alternative 4, which I had on repeat for a long time in the end of the 90´s. However, it is wrong by me to compare them with Anathema 100% because you find other influence as well.

What can I say, I think this can be one of my favorite records of 2013.



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VANITY - UNDER BLACK ICE

VANITY is an Italian based band including members from Switzerland, Palestine and Italy. Their first full lenght OCCULT YOU is an album inspired by European culture and a challenging combination of Doom, Black Metal, Indie, New Wave and Gothic with fascinating vocals and shades of electronic. Facebook

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