ThouShaltNot: When Everyone Forgets

This classic ThouShaltNot Song features a melancholic acoustic complemented by cleverly placed electric rifts. I like the way the focus is on the lyrics ("With new language you lead me into this continental rift"/"a truth that lives in lies, an echo of the way you knew me under foreign skies") and on the vocalist, rather than on the chorus. This song appears on their album Neil Gaiman - Where's Neil When You Need Him?. The album is a tribute to Neil Gaiman, the modern fantasy novelist (I recommend American Gods).

Verdict: Thumbs Up
Other good songs: Raven Star, Come Sweet Death, The Cold Black Key

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The Danse Society: Seduction (The Society Collection)

The 80s post punk band Danse Society combined rhythm, electronics and guitars to create their unique sound. Inactive since the late 80s, the band has recently united to release their new project this month. Their album "Seduction", released in 1982, is by far my favorite.

Verdict: Thumbs up
Best Songs: Belief, Ambition and Godsend

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Sopor Aeternus : Darkwave Masterpiece

Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows has a truly unique concept, sound and enactment. A solo project by Anna-Varney Cantodea of Germany, her music captures melancholy pessimism at its existential pinnacle. The band also is unique in that Cantodea does not perform in front of audiences, preferring to work in solitude. With influences as varied as Edgar Allen Poe to Victorian gothic horror to immortal deities, Sopor Aeternus is worth a listen.

Best Songs: The Hourglass, The House is Empty Now, No One is There




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Antimatter: Deliciously Dark

Antimatter is among the best underrated bands in their genre. Based in England, the dark gothic acoustic band delivers an amazing album called Savior. One of their first albums has a Portishead-esque sound but with an acoustic twist all their own. As a whole, their lyrics are deliciously dark, like in their song "Psalm" (my personal favorite): "He can't hack it when his mind paints a picture from an evil eye/"You can't wash the canvas now cause it's full of dye." The album is neo-nihilistic, exploring our empty loveless existence, with death as its disappointing conclusion. A sombre band, but its touching.

Best songs on "Savior": Psalm, Flowers, Over Your Shoulder, Going Nowhere

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Covenant: Beyond Rudimentary Electronics

Delivering their electropop music as an art form, the Swedish band Covenant is on the rise. Their newest album, Modern Ruin, explores the dichotomy between deep emotions and disconnected reality. Beautiful, dark, piercing, the album is their latest masterpiece.

The verdict: thumbs up.
Best songs: The Beauty and the Grace, Words Collide, The Night

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