Cd review (october 2002)


Str8line #2 Str8line #2

Second compilation published by the young label Str8line Records, Str8line #2 features 18 titles by 9 french underground bands, going from Cold Wave to Electro-Indus.

This compilation is free! Some copies are still availables (the edition is limited to 1000 copies), click here to order.

VINCENT K


Str8line




Rosa Crux - In Tenebris Rosa Crux: In Tenebris

Rosa Crux is a unique band in the "goth" scene. Lead for nearly 20 years by Olivier Tarabo, this project melts music, performances et visual experiences. The ones who had the luck to see them on stage with all their weird machines, are unlikely to forget it!

After four years of abscence, here's a new opus. As a Rosa Crux album is generally built on a concept, In Tenebris deals with the eclipse.

The night meeting the day, we could ask to ourselves which side would be dominating. The title was a clue, but we didn't expect that In Tenebris would go so deep in the dark side!

All the work started the 11-08-1999, when the eclipse was total at the place where the band lives. A short movie (viewable on the CD-ROM track of the album) based on the same concept was also made. Featuring "Earth's Dance" (the band's most famous performance), this movie is dark and weird, fitting perfectly with the music. A pure wonder!

VINCENT K


Official Website





Fields of the Nephilim - Fallen Fields of the Nephilim: Fallen

Here's the long awaited new album, five years after the band's reformation!

Fallen is cool to listen to, between early Fields and Nefilim (Carl Mc Coy 's crossover side project), but it gives a weird impression because some titles sound... old... As if it was actually early stuff slightly reworked to sound more actual.

The situation gets more complicated when Carl Mc Coy say that "Fallen" is just a bench of early demos published by his label without his consent (a lawsuit seems to be engaged). He also invited his fans to boycott it (or to download the tracks from the Net) and to wait for the "real" new album "coming soon"!

We dunno when it'll be released, but it's already a legend. The question now is to know if it'll remain just a myth or not!

VINCENT K


Official Website