By: Chris Stead
Music Reviews
Bella Morte
Bleed the Grey Sky Black
Take everything that makes dark music good and combine it in one group. What would you get? Bella Morte. Bleed the Grey Scky Black is an exercise in greatness. From the opening track, On the Edge, to the album closing, Haunted, this is an outstanding album. If there is one CD that you get this year this should be it! Not generally for the dance crowd, Punk, Metal and old-school Goth influences abound. What are you doing still reading this? Buy the CD already.
Listen to Bella Morte:
Dust
Grey Skies Black
On the Edge
Preteen Pornstar
In Goat We Thrust
This disc is, without a doubt, THE art-music disc of the year for the Goth/Industrial scene. Some songs are soothing, while others are jarring and unnerving. This CD will take you places you have always wanted to ge, places you never thought you would go and also to some places you never wanted to be. Not for the feint of heart or those looking for a mainstream sound.
Listen to Preteen Pornstar:
Jim Jones Conquered the World
Kaijin 21 Menso
Words of Advice for Goats
Older Discs:
Envinity (Formerly Envy)
Sweet Painful Reality
Have you been looking for a dose of dark rock but don’t want to listen to an emo group or HIM? Do you like Evanescence but would prefer something with some more bite? Then Envinity is the group for you! With a male singer, the songs have more bite than the popular girl-groups while still keeping the melodic feel. All of the goth-synth goodness with metal guitar and a singer that knows how to grant you insight into his emotions. Sweet Painful Realtity gives us a very good idea as to what is to come with Envinity.
Listen to Envinity:
Imperative Reaction
Redemption
Ah! This is just what we needed. Dancey, emotional, subtle and electronic. Ted presented his third work to the world 2 years ago, and it still has the bite that some others could only wish for. This CD is very reminiscent of Pretty Hate Machine from Nine Inch Nails with a stronger dance feel: All the emotion and twice the downbeat!
