I have been Cradle Of Filth fan since Dusk And Her Embrace came out over 25 years ago and have been following Dani Filth and the gang through all great excellent albums and less great albums and this one is a treat. This new opus returns band to more known old school COF paths with faster more aggressive sound bordering somewhere between thrash and heavy metal and gothic black metal. Yet, the band retained all those sorrowful and grandiose melodies that made me love their music in the first place and Dani sounds better than ever, live and in the studio. New keyboard and orchestral/backing vocals player brought new and fresh blood to the song structures somehow returning the blood and iron times of this glorious Suffolk based band. Songs like Necromantic Fantasies, Black Smoke Curling from the Lips of War or How Many Tears to Nurture a Rose are my personal favorites, you will have to discover yours. Check this great album out!
Fixion are hailling from Uruguay, being a brainchild of Daniel César (former bassist of Los Traidores), voice, guitar, keyboards and production. There are 10 songs on this record. The music of Fixion can be described as a mixture of electronic, gothic metal and post punk, thus creating a darkened amalgamation of mentioned styles into one unique and nice blend of darkness. The lyrics are in Spanish and this only emphasizes the darkened beauty of the music. I love the more uptempo gothic metal of Estreall interior, but also more guitar oriented title song is one of my favorites on this record. The vocals remind me a bit of singer for Heroes Del Silencio mixed with the voice of Moonspell´s singer, so they are cool and fit perfectly to the song structures. This is nothing above or special, but it is done in nice and superb way with one simple trick. Nothing too much. Not too much metal, not too much electronics, not too much post punk, but great written songs. Nice one indeed!
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